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Tower Block Dreams

Jan 8, 2004 60 min avg S1 E1

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Tower Block Dreams is a British documentary series that broadcast on BBC Three during January 2004 investigating the underground music scene on council estates in the United Kingdom. The series looks at modern inner city life, through the stories of young musicians trying to make a career in music. The series shows that the underground music scene is fuelled by pirate radio stations and rappers' ambitions to become successful in the future.

Episode 1Spitting and Shotting

This edition features London rappers Sloth and Skinnyman, both of whom have criminal pasts, but are striving to stay on the straight and narrow. Sloth grew up on the notorious Somers Town estate in North West London. He was first arrested aged 11 and has been in trouble with the law ever since. Now he’s decided to avoid threats on his life becoming a reality, he must leave the "ghetto life" behind him and focus on his music. Skinnyman is desperate to reclaim the record deal he lost after being sent to prison for possession of cannabis with intent to supply, but when the major record labels show little interest in signing him, he decides to make and release his own records. The film follows their efforts to make a career out of music, which both hope will save them from doing more crime and more jail-time.

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