Tower Block Dreams
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Tower Block Dreams

9.0 / 10
2004
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

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.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Spitting and Shotting

    08-01-200456m

    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 Some...

  • Ep 2

    2.Ghetto on Sea

    15-01-200456m

    This edition features emcees Killer and Gambit who both live in council estates in Southend. Killer runs Y2K FM, a pirate radio station in Southend that plays house and garage musi...

  • Ep 3

    3.Grimetime to Primetime

    22-01-200456m

    This edition features Scarface and Mini-Me, a teenage rapping duo from a housing estate in Tottenham hoping to make the big time, and Jamieson, a record producer whose latest singl...

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