UK record label boss: A musician who is an artist and producer is the modern-day singer-songwriter

"You could argue that [a musician] who is an artist and producer is the modern-day singer-songwriter. You used to be there with a guitar singing and strumming, and that would be it. That's a whole record, that's everything you need, that's Bob Dylan. That occurred to me about these [grime] guys - they do everything. The level of self-reliance, and autonomy is pretty mindblowing" - record label boss Richard Russell said in an interview. Russell signed Dizzee Rascal and Wiley, and says grime saved UK rap - "It was always difficult making rap records in the UK and getting anyone to care". Russell said hip-hop producers like himself and The Prodigy's Liam Howlett ended up making rave music instead. BBC...