🎂 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍'𝐒 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 ! 🎂

Born on Aprile 20, 1973, Justin Warfield turns 49 today ! 😄

🪅 ℍ𝔸ℙℙ𝕐 𝔹𝕀ℝ𝕋ℍ𝔻𝔸𝕐 𝕁𝕌𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ !! 🪅

Photo credit: Screenshots from Spite And Malice live at Reading (2000), unknown, edit by Laetitia

💦 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 💦

🎈 A young talent on the British hip-hop scene, Justin was only 20 years old when he released his first solo album, 𝘔𝘺 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘛𝘰 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 9, in 1993.

* 𝑻𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂
🎥 https://bit.ly/3KWw82J 🎶

🎈 He quickly became known for his atypical, somewhat psychedelic style. In 1995, he radically changed his style with his second album 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵, with a rock and melodic sound.

* 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓
🎥 https://bit.ly/37vfI31 🎶

🎈 He participated in the music of 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰 + 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘵, which was a worldwide success, under the name of One Inch Punch with the song 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘖𝘧 𝘍𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩.

* 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝑷𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝑶𝒇 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉
🎥 https://bit.ly/3vrlISl 🎶

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🎈 In 1997, Justin Warfield remixed 𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 , entitled 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 (𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘹), which can be found on the two CD EPs devoted to the re-recording of Placebo's oldest song.

* 𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 (𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒙)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3uTpLYC 🎶

🎈 Being under contract to the same label, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏 met through this process. When 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 thought of finishing the chorus of the song 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 during the recording of 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄, the idea of including a rap part was born. He felt that Justin would be the ideal person to do this. Brian invited Justin to the recording studio and Spite And Malice as we know it was born.

𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆
🎥 https://bit.ly/3KZw3LV 🎶

🎈 Justin and Placebo performed Spite And Malice just once live at Reading Festival on August 27, 2000 and you were lucky enough to attend this show !

* 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆
🎥 https://bit.ly/3rE7xbz 🎶

🎈 Since 2006, Justin has been a member of the electro rock band 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦.

* 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑨𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕
🎥 https://bit.ly/3jSxIa7 🎶

💦 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 💦
💬 It was a song we had been working on for a long time and we didn't have a chorus. We couldn't get it right and we didn't want to force it. Brian suggested Justin Warfield. We've known him for five-six years. He's a real rapper, not one of those wankers like Puff Daddy. We sent him the song and let him rap. It was a panic, but it's a great experience for us. We want to stay spontaneous and not compose with ready-made formulas. That's the end of a band.
✔️ 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕 - 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸000

💬 We had this track that had been around since WYIN, which was basically an eight minute jam, which we brought down to a four and a half minute song. The verses were there but we did not have a chorus and didnt really want to force anything out. So we said let's try a rap...Placebo and rap? Well, yeah! We had known Justin since we had been on the same label. He was in a band called One Inch Punch. Justin was introduced to Brian, a few years before and he just became a friend. He was the only other person, other than Chuck D., who we could think of, and I think Chuck D was busy. We called Justin and he was really up for it.
✔️ 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕 - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 - 𝟸00𝟷

Backstage at Reading 2000. Photo credit unknown

💦 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 💦
◾ 𝑂𝑛 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 & 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑊𝑎𝑟𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑃𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ, 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐿𝑜𝑠 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠 ? 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛, 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑝 ℎ𝑖𝑝 ℎ𝑜𝑝 ?
💬 I'm not a rapper ! No competition with Eminem, no thanks ! I can't rap. We all try but just for fun, to mess around when we've had too much to drink ! In this song, there was a big hole, we had the music, the verse but not the big chorus we needed. We wondered what we were going to do. I can't force the words to come out, I like it when it comes naturally: "When it flows out". And the idea came to me: we've been listening to Public Enemy for ten years, "Come on! Let's do some rapping". And I know the guy to do it: Justin. Even Justin Warfield wears make-up sometimes: that's why we were introduced to him! He's one of the only rappers with make-up! We understand each other.


◾ 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑝 ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 ?
💬 Because then it would become a "formula" ! We don't like "formula". I would be surprised to find hip hop on another Placebo album ! It won't happen ! It was a one shot.
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔 - 𝟸000


◾ 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑃𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ'𝑠 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑊𝑎𝑟𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 ?
💬 We were introduced years ago because we were kindred spirits. When the idea came to use rap, Justin sprang to mind simply because of his approach. When he worked with Bomb the Bass on the song Bug Powder Dust, he was rapping about William Burroughs. On the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack he's rapping about Shakespeare. This is not a guy who raps about bitches and hos and getting people down on my D, which is not the kind of hip hop we're into. We're into Boogie Down Productions, KRS-One and Public Enemy, big time.
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝙼𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛- 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝟸00𝟷

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