Kai, Mystery Jets: ilikemusic because... Music makes me smile.
Peter Cincotti: ilikemusic because... Of what the world would be without it. It’d be a very scary place. I think we’d all be screwed.
Jo Whiley: ilikemusic because... It makes me laugh and it makes my cry and it gets me out of a stress if I’m in a stress, and, if I’m in a good place then it will make me in a better place. It’s all about the emotion, it’s all about the feeling where music takes you to and what affect it has on you.
James, Maroon 5: ilikemusic because... It is a gateway into the present moment.
DJ Format: ilikemusic because... I was never going to make it as a footballer
Keane: ilikemusic because... It’s the way we express ourselves
Ryan, OneRepublic: ilikemusic because... It is the soundtrack to my life every day.
Sharleen Spiteri: ilikemusic because... it takes me to places that life can't
Ellen, Los Campesinos: ilikemusic because... It’s the best form of escapism that you can have wherever you are. You could be completely miserable or waiting for a bus and put on any song that inspires you and you can escape into a little world, well that’s what I tend to do anyway.
Master Gee: ilikemusic because... It gives me an opportunity to truly express myself, unlike what happens in an everyday living situation where there are restrictions on you and limitations on you and demands on you and bills to pay, through music I can truly be comfortable with who I am, and do what I really want to do and say what I really want to say.
Demi: ilikemusic because... Girl's love music.
Tim Westwood chats to I Like Music
ILM: Tim, you are the most influential figure in hip hop in Europe and a pioneer of the UK hip hop scene - what's the state of play at the moment with UK hip hop. We had the likes of Mark B and Blade a few years ago, there's DJ Format, Dizzee Rascal has blown up, Lethal Bizzle… what's your take on the UK flava at the moment - who's hot in your book?
TIM: The artists you talked about there are really across the whole section of what's happening with the UK rap community of artists, but I think where the real energy is, is in the likes of Lethal Bizzle, Kano, definitely Wiley and the young'uns that they're bringing through as well. And where they differ from Blade and people like that, is that those guys are more traditional rap, rhyming over samples, whereas artists like Kano, Lethal Bizzle and Roll Deep, they've come from the grime scene which is the garage scene, since So Solid with people rhyming over garage, I think that's the cutting edge, that's where the energy is.
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