Mr Gee

Poet & Radio Presenter Mr Gee:Presented BBC Radio 4's "Rhyme & Reason", "Bespoken Word" & 'Poetic Justice". Founding member of Chill Pill Collective. Starred as "the poet" for the West End run of "Into the Hoods"Was the "poet laureate" for Russell Brand's SONY Award winning Radio Show (yes I was there during "Sachsgate") Supported Russell Brand on the "Messiah Complex" tour (first performance poet to do a set at the O2, in front of 16,000 people!),Had a cameo role in the film "Get Him To The Greek" Writes current affairs poems for BBC regional radio & National Prison Radio. "A charming and politically articulate street poet” - The Times

The Olympian

#Olympics #SpokenWord Sports themed poem set to music by L. Mohammed.

08-18
02:59

Tryna Sound Intelligent #18 - Putting the Word To Rights (Final Show)

Author & Poet Lemn Sissay MBE verbalises with Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee for the final show. Reflecting on his long standing career in the Creative Arts since the 80's and his suggestion on why we should all be "Ninjas". #LemnSissay #SpokenWord #Racism #TheQueen #Poetry #UK

08-01
01:08:21

Tryna Sound Intelligent #17 - What is Unconditional Love? - Why are "Hoteps" problematic? - And Who are you gonna call?.... #Ghostbusters

Chill Pill member Deanna Rodger gatecrashes in on Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to spread the word of Unconditional Love, Twerking & movie stereotyping, plus we cover all things Hotep! #Ghostbusters #ThirdEye #Twerk #Bjork #JillScott #Afrocentric #Hotep

07-29
01:04:31

Tryna Sound Intelligent #16 - From Afrobeat to Grime (Africa's influence on music)

MC Afrikan Boy speaks to Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee about his early days working with M.I.A. the rising influence of Modern Africa & the Heritage of Grime. #Grime #Afrobeat #MIA #Immigrant #Empire #Power #2pcc

07-27
01:03:01

Tryna Sound Intelligent #15 - Why are there so few Black people at Festivals?

Poet Caleb Femi (#sxwks) hangs out with Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to discuss the #BlackLivesMatter march in London, the recent riots in Hyde Park & share our love/hate relationship with Festivals. #BlackLivesMatter #HydePark #Festivals #LoveBox #Wireless #Latitude #GaryYounge #Kelis

07-22
01:06:51

Tryna Sound Intelligent #14 - Will Black Lives ever matter? (on screen... or off)

Poet Rachel Long explains why she decided to form her Collective "Octavia" to represent Women of Colour. We discuss the #BlackLivesMatter movement ask what exactly is a "Post Racial Society?" #Revanant #BlackLivesMatter #HiatusKaiyote #OscarsSoWhite

07-19
01:07:15

Tryna Sound Intelligent #13 - Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn - (who would represent a greater victory for Feminism?)

Poet & #DifferenceMaker Hollie McNish joins Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to ponder over the realistic implications of a female Prime Minister, the propagation of gender roles in advertising & the retelling of the slave tale Roots for 2016. #JeremyCorbyn #TheresaMay #Roots #HollieMcNish #Feminism

07-15
01:12:15

Tryna Sound Intelligent #12 - Everything Except Brexit (re-evaluating the ethics in #Boxing, #Gaming & #SpokenWord)

Sean Mahoney is this week's guest, talking to Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee about his one man show " Until You Hear That Bell" & it's #boxing theme. There's a "No-Brexit" rule being enforced, so we talk about Open-Mic Nights, Computer Games & #DizzeeRascal #SamuraiJack #Bloodborne #PacMan #DarkSouls

07-07
58:10

Tryna Sound Intelligent #11 - The Post-Brexit Blues pt 2 (with Suli Breaks)

Poet Suli Breaks joins in the Post #Brexit debate with Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee. Reflections on the deep divisions exposed within UK society, the rise in Hate Crimes & last (but not least) #GameOfThrones. #Farage #Leave #Corbyn #Remain

07-02
01:11:19

Tryna Sound Intelligent #10 - The Post-Brexit Blues pt 1 (With George The Poet)

George The Poet drops in to join Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to talk about working with #PrinceHarry arguing with #NigelFarage & breaking down the genius of #Jayz in the 90's #Brexit #BorisJohnson #Leave #Remain

07-01
01:11:15

Tryna Sound Intelligent #9 - T'was the Night before Brexit 🇬🇧 vs 🇪🇺

Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee are joined by poet Keith Jarrett on the night before the referendum vote. Analysing the tragic events in #Orlando, the death of #JoCox & the tactics of #NigelFarage. #Brexit #UKIP #DavidCameron #BorisJohnson #EU #Trump #Homophobia #Immigration #Terrorism #Barbershop3 #TrophyKids #guncontrol

06-22
57:26

Tryna Sound Intelligent #8 Brexit, Immigration & the Poetry of it all

Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee are joined by fellow poet & photographer Jolade from the amazing "Sx Wks Collective". Discussing the implications of the #Brexit vote & the evolution of #SpokenWord artists in the UK. #Jolade #Floetry #Greeds #sxwks #10CloverfieldLane #Immigration

06-16
53:56

Tryna Sound Intelligent #7 We share memories of Muhammad Ali. Criticisms of the Brock Turner case & we ask "Can a white director make a movie that accurately expresses the Black experience?"

Mr Gee recounts meeting his hero #MuhammadAli, Joshua Idehen gives a harrowing update on the #BrockTurnerVictim case. And of course we argue over movies! #HardcoreHenry #Victoria, #Girlhood, #Avatar, #Duel, #Amistad #SchindlersList #WhenWeWereKings #BrockTurner #OscarPistorius

06-09
01:09:51

Tryna Sound Intelligent #6 Have Marvel Movies Peaked? Has Rap lost it's political voice?

Jordan Stephens from #RizzleKicks joins Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to talk about the state of Music, Battle Rap & we ask "Will #Marvel ever make a good #Hulk movie?" #DeadPool #Thor #AntMan #Blade #IronMan #BlackPanther #DrStrange #AsapFerg #Wildhood

06-02
55:50

Tryna Sound Intelligent #5 Should Azealia Banks have been Suspended from Twitter? Are we scared of women with opinions?

Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee recap the whole #AzealiaBanks Twitter Storm & ask how it relates to the state of society. Author Bridget Minamore discusses the difference between the world of journalism & the world of poetry. We also review #CaptainAmerica #Daredevil #MilesDavis & #JungleBook

05-27
01:01:03

Tryna Sound Intelligent #4 With the current allegations against Afrika Bambaataa & Woody Allen, we discuss the Good, the Bad & the very Ugly of Hip Hop & Hollywood

Author & Journalist Bridget Minamore joins Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to talk about her new book "Titanic". We also discuss the allegations against Afrika Bambaataa & Woody Allen as well as the trend of albums from big names being released without any promotion. #AfrikaBambaataa #WoodyAllen #HipHop #Skepta #DavidBowie #Rihanna

05-20
01:01:59

My Failed Mixtape

Demo tracks from an album deal that never was...

05-08
16:41

Tryna Sound Intelligent #3 Can you still be a fan of Bill Cosby or R Kelly? & what exactly is GamerGate?

Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee delve into #GamerGate & ask whether or not you can still be a fan of an artist's work even if you disagree with their views or actions. #RKelly #BillCosby #ChrisBrown

05-06
59:55

Tryna Sound Intelligent Podcast#2 - This week: Prince, Beyoncé, the Nina Simone film & Racism in Hollywood

Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee deliberate over the passing of #Prince, the evolution of #Beyoncé, blatant "blackface" in the #NinaSimone film & subtle racism in #Hollywood.

04-29
01:28:52

Tryna Sound Intelligent Podcast #1 - Two guys who have figured out the meaning of life.

Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee discussing #JustinBieber's dreadlocks, Cultural Appropriation, poetry shows & #BatmanVsSuperman

04-20
01:15:39

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