Ridley Styx - Scummy Bummer (2015)

 



Fife native Ridley Styx is an interesting character, if an unassuming one, and his debut album doesn't quite tell the full story at all. 

Before he even considered becoming the hottest, hardest rapper this side of the Firth of Tay, he made his living in crisps. Specifically the crisp megastores that were so popular in the Fife area in the mid-2000s. 

Under his real name Duncan Farland, he spent four years working at Crispin Salt's Crisp Emporium, before becoming Assistant Deputy Manager at Chris McCrispington's World of Crisps, where his work was considered 'exceptionally adequate'. 

But in 2014 he gave it all up to embark upon a recording career, armed with only a record deal that wasn't worth the paper it was printed on, and a packet of Cheese and Onion Ringos that wasn't worth very much more. 

But five neoplatinum albums in as many years would suggest his particular brand of reformed crispy hip-hop was actually worth something. Probably quite a lot. Obviously I despise both rap and the Scottish and so haven't listened to any of them, but I'm absolutely certain it's a Grimecore classic nonetheless. Not that i'm certain Grimecore is even a thing. 

By 2020 Styx was so famous that we was able to duet with Cardi-B (real name Cardiogram Bumbaclart) and so rich that he was able to purchase the actual pants that Chris Evans died in. And Chris Evans isn't even dead.

 

Discographicalz

  • Scummy Bummer (2015)
  • Scummy Bummer II (2016)
  • Cummy Scrumper (2017)
  • Scummy Bummer IV: Dummy Thumper (2019)
  • Yummy Mummy Fucker (2019)

 

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