Upfront FM 99.3 | DJ Madd B & MC Spidey G | UK Garage Classics In The Mix | Sun 18th Apr 1999

Artwork by Take Me Back Pirate Radio Archives. DJ Madd B was also a talented MC. In 1999, he released a single alongside MC Destruction and D.E.A. Project ‎– Music Is My Life (Booby Trap Recordings). Out to those listeners who had searched our Pressure FM 100.4 archives, the reason why we say that is, MC Spidey G, who featured on one of our recordings from the jungle days on this channel had now crossed over to the UK Garage scene. Spidey G gained some popularity for his professional hosting and MCing also releasing a track the same year of this recording with, G-Men Featuring Spidey G ‎– Special (Marvel City Records). He started off on Chicago FM 90.6 in the mid to late 90s before joining Upfront FM and then moving to Flashback FM 97.6. He headlined many top UK Garage events like: Trinity, La cosa Nostra, License to Rave, Vocal Explosion, Twice as Nice, Sun City, Lords of the Underground, Upfront Affair and Southern Comfort. The 99.3 frequency was home to Upfront FM during he late 90s and early 2000s which showcased scores of talent, with some of the very best DJs, MCs and producers of that era: DJ Hatcha (Big Apple Records) & MC Crazy D, DJ South Central (Urban Myths), DJ Para (D.E.A. Project), DJ KCK, DJ Goodfella, MC Spidey G, Jaydee, DJ Frontline, DJ G Money, DJ Risky & MC Asher, DJ/MC Madd B, MC Destruction, MC Shadow, MC Contrast, MC Lipton (Trinity @Chunnel Club), MC Easyrider (RIP), DJ Jesse James, DJ Top Notch, DJ GBH, DJ Iron Lung, DJ Lady B Line, DJ Danny C (AIM Records), DJ GBH, DJ Gavin Jay, DJ Mr Wilson, DJ Jon Russell, DJ Nicklebee, DJ Paul Lipton, DJ Emma Feline (London's Most Wanted), DJ Darren James, DJ Aqua D, DJ Jo Public, DJ Dave Foster, DJ Tony Dee, DJ Relay, DJ Kraftie, DJ Matix, DJ Mark Brown, and many well known artists from that era. They went off air in the late 2000s with the transformation of UK Garage into Dubstep and Grime. The year 1999 was a successful year for UK Garage releases in the UK Commercial Charts with tracks like: The 10th Night - Y-Tribe, All 'n' All - 187 Lockdown featuring D'Empress, Buddy X 99 - Dreem Teem vs. Neneh Cherry, Do U Dream - Serious Danger featuring Carlton, Enough Is Enough - Y-Tribe featuring Elisabeth Troy, Everybody Come On (Can U Feel It) - Mr Reds vs. DJ Skribble, Funk on Ah Roll" (Bump & Flex Mix) - James Brown, Get on Down - JKL featuring MC Neat, Girlfriend - Caramel, Got Myself Together - Bump & Flex featuring Kallaghan, Happy Day - SJC featuring Wayne Allen, Joyrider - Colour Girl, A Little Bit of Luck - DJ Luck & MC Neat, Moving Too Fast - Artful Dodger featuring Romina Johnson, My Love (10º Below mixes) - Kele Le Roc, Over Here - M-Dubs featuring Richie Dan, Reminisce - Corrupted Cru featuring MC Neat, Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) - Artful Dodger featuring Craig David, Something - Artful Dodger, See Line Woman '99 - Songstress, sets 2 Me - Grant Nelson featuring Jean McClain, Straight from the Heart - Doolally, Sweet Like Chocolate - Shanks & Bigfoot, Things Are Never - Operator & Baffled featuring Colour Girl, Try Me Out - Sunship featuring Anita Kelsey, We Are Da Click - Da Click, What U Do - Colours featuring Stephen Emmanuel & Eska, Who's the Bad Man? - Dee Pattern, and, You're Mine - Suburban Lick. Out to all the London FM pirates of the past. Although they aren’t about now their contribution to the British music industry and to the London music scene has been immense. Here's a list of some of our most loved pirate radio stations in frequency order from 1989-2005: Flava FM 87.6 / Shine FM 87.9 / Rude FM 88.2 / Impact FM 88.2 / Centreforce FM 88.3 / Unity FM 88.4 / Conflict FM 88.4 / Ice FM 88.4 / London Underground FM 89.4 / Defection FM 89.4 / Raw FM 90.0 / Raw Mission 90.0 / Raw Blaze FM 90.0 / Pure Magic FM 90.2 / Pulse FM 90.6 / Chicago FM 90.6 / Mission FM 90.6 / Y2K FM 90.6 / Rinse FM 91.8 / Passion FM 91.8 / Weekend Rush FM 92.3 / Kik FM 92.3 / Deja Vu FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush FM 92.5 / Taste FM 92.5 / Mac FM 92.7 / Freeze FM 92.7 / Format FM 93.2 / Touchdown FM 94.1 / Stompin’ FM 94.2 / Kool FM 94.5 / Origin FM 95.2 / Entice FM 95.5 / Heat FM 96.6 / Rinse FM 97.6 / Flashback FM 97.6 / Cyndicut FM 97.8 / Shake FM 98.0 / Fantasy FM 98.1 / Fantasy FM 98.6 / Future FM 99.1 / Upfront FM 99.3 / Rinse FM 100.3 / Pressure FM 100.4 / Don FM 100.5 / Eruption FM 101.3 / Erotic FM 101.3 / Industry FM 101.3 / Freek FM 101.8 / Temptation FM 102.4 / Chillin’ FM 102.9 / Delight FM 103.0 / Flex FM 103.6 / Smoove FM 104.0 / Rude FM 104.3 / Ruud Awakening FM 104.3 / Don FM 105.7 / Shadow FM 106.5 / Force FM 106.5 / Girls FM 106.8 / Dream FM 107.0 / Freedom FM 107.3 / Dream FM 107.6 / Don FM 107.9. #takemebackpirateradio #ukgarageclassics