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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Lee Scott
| genre           = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[Alternative hip hop]], [[British hip hop|UK hip hop]]
| label           = Blah Records
| website         = https://blahrecords.com/pages/lee-scott
| associated_acts = Cult Mountain, Mcabre Brothers, Antiheroes, Cult of the Damned, Hock Tu Down, High Focus Records
| years_active    = 2003 – Present
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|01|24}}
| origin          = [[Runcorn]], England<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://trendjackers.com/outstanding-examples-modern-music-marketing/|title=5 Outstanding Examples of Modern Music Marketing|last=Team|first=Trendjackers|date=2017-01-17|website=Trendjackers|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref>
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'''Lee Scott''' is an English [[Rapping|rapper]], author, [[Record producer|producer]], and co-founder of record label [[Blah Records]].<ref name="wordplaymagazine.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wordplaymagazine.com/blog-1/2019/5/26/live-review-mcabre-brothers-bristol-vs-london|title=Live Review: Mcabre Brothers - Bristol vs London|website=WORDPLAY|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref><ref name="Swan Songs by Lee Scott">{{Cite web|title=Swan Songs by Lee Scott|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/677206/swan-songs-by-lee-scott/9781913462574|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Penguin Random House Canada|language=English}}</ref>
He has been making [[hip hop music|hip hop]] since 2003, and started Blah in 2006.<ref name="The Cult of Blah Records">{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-monitors.com/2014/07/10/cult-blah-records/|title=The Cult of Blah Records|date=2014-07-10|website=The Monitors|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> As well as Blah artists, Scott has worked with veteran rapper [[Jehst]] on his label YNR and has released music on [[High Focus Records]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theneedledrop.com/articles/2015/8/lee-scott-butter-fly|title=Lee Scott - Butter Fly|website=The Needle Drop|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2016/03/premiere-lee-scott-jehst-campbell-and-algar|title=Premiere: Lee Scott And Jehst Murk A Morriarchi Beat On "Campbell And Algar"|website=Complex|language=en|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref>
== Early life ==
Born in 1985 to a single mother, Scott was raised in the Castlefields estate of [[Runcorn]], Cheshire.<ref name="Big Issue">{{cite web |url=https://www.bigissuenorth.com/features/2022/03/grime-fiction/ |title=Grime Fiction |last=Moss |first=Chris |date= |website=[[The Big Issue]] |publisher= |access-date=19 June 2024 }}</ref> He moved with his mother to [[Rochdale]] and [[Liverpool]] before returning to Runcorn to work at the [[Teva Pharmaceuticals]] factory.<ref name="Big Issue" />
== Style and works ==
Scott has been a member of many rap groups and crews since 2003. These include Cult Mountain,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guestlist.net/article/89818/cult-mountain-2-milkavelli-x-trellion-x-lee-scott-x-sumgii|title=Cult Mountain 2 - Milkavelli X Trellion X Lee Scott X Sumgii|last=Tang|first=Phil|date=2016-04-01|website=guestlist.net|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> [[Cult of the Damned|Children (later Cult) of the Damned]],<ref name="The Cult of Blah Records"/> Mcabre Brothers<ref name="wordplaymagazine.com"/> and more. He has been described as 'an integral part of Hip-Hop in Britain'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbrick.me/album-reviews-lee-scott-tin-foil-fronts-cactusowlmoongoat/|title=Album Reviews: Lee Scott - Tin Foil Fronts & CactusOwlMoonGoat|date=2014-11-27|website=Redbrick|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> and in early 2020 [[Red Bull]] selected Blah Records as one of its 'seven UK-based independent labels worth shouting about'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/uk-hip-hop-labels-to-watch|title=7 independent UK hip-hop labels worth shouting about|website=www.redbull.com|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> Media figures have noted Scott's ability to promote his and his label's music through limited edition releases and merchandise.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Greg|first=Stanley|url=https://offlicencemagazine.com/2017/07/17/5-minutes-with-lee-scott/|title=Off Licence Magazine Issue One: Five Minutes with Lee Scott|work=Off Licence Magazine|year=2018|pages=20}}</ref>
Musically, reviewers have praised his albums for their 'thick layers of peculiarity'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukhh.com/lee-scott-dirty-dike-butter-fly-review/|title=Lee Scott & Dirty Dike - 'Butter Fly' Review|last=Dadry|first=Ashni|date=2015-04-25|website=UKHH.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> with 'contradictory and self depreciating satire'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wepluggoodmusic.com/2018/05/01/wpgm-recommends-cult-of-the-damned-part-deux-brick-pelican-posse-crew-gang-syndicate/|title=WPGM Recommends: Cult Of The Damned - Part Deux: Brick Pelican Posse Crew Gang Syndicate (Album Review) - WE PLUG GOOD MUSICWE PLUG GOOD MUSIC|website=www.wepluggoodmusic.com|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> [[Anthony Fantano]], of ''The Needle Drop,'' called his 2015 High Focus release ''Butter Fly'' 'thought provoking, playful, absurd and cynical while pulling jabs at pop culture' and a 'thinking man's hip hop record'.<ref name=":1" />
In 2020, Scott once again collaborated with Jehst, this time under the name GROUP. Their first EP, entitled 1, featured London's [[Lord Apex]]. One reviewer called the project "refreshing, profound and emotionally astute".<ref>{{Cite web|title=GROUP ft. Lord Apex - Everything I Know [Stream]|url=https://www.thepitldn.com/pitnews/everything-i-know|access-date=2021-04-26|website=The Pit London|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Scott's debut novel, Swan Songs, was published on 14 December 2021 through [[Repeater Books]].<ref name="Swan Songs by Lee Scott"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Books {{!}} Repeater|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/imprints/9Z/repeater/books|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Penguin Random House Canada|language=English}}</ref>
== Discography ==
Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blahrecords.com/pages/lee-scott|title=Lee Scott|website=Blah Records|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
=== Solo albums ===
* ''There Is A Reason For Everything'' (2023, Blah Records)
* ''Gate clicks shut'' (2021, Blah Records)
* ''Friend, Come To Me And Be Saved'' (2020, Blah Records)
* ''Somewhere Between Here and There'' (2019, Blah Records)
* ''Lou Reed 2000'' (2018, Blah Records)
* ''Nice Swan'' (2016, Blah Records)
* ''Butter Fly'' (2015, High Focus Records)
* ''CactusOwlMoonGoat'' (2014, Blah Records)
* ''Tin Foil Fronts'' (2014, Blah Records)
* ''Put on The Glasses'' (2008, Blah Records)
* ''The Wrong Bootleg Demo EP'' (2006, Blah Records)
=== Collaboration albums ===
* ''Ortolan & Armagnac'' (with Sonnyjim) (2023, Blah Records)
* ''Happy Hour at The Super Fun Time Party Dome Megamix 4000'' (with [[Jam Baxter]]) (2019, Blah Records)
* ''Hock Tu 3'' (with Reklews as Hock Tu Down) (2018, Blah Records)
* ''Part Deux: Brick Pelican Posse Crew Gang Syndicate'' (with Cult of The Damned) (2018, Blah Records)
* ''Attack of the 50,000 ft SWEG LAWDS from OUTER SPACE'' (with [[Black Josh]]) (2018, Blah Records)
* ''Stupid Poignant Sh!t'' (with Illinformed) (2013, Blah Records)
* ''Grumpy Underground Comeback Sh!t'' (with Bill Shakes) (2013, Blah Records)
* ''Gonzo Lyricism'' (with Monster Under The Bed as Mcabre Brothers) (2011, Blah Records)
* ''Prozium Peddlin'' (with Reklews as Hock Tu Down) (2009, Blah Records)
* ''Mcabre Brothers'' (with Monster Under The Bed as Mcabre Brothers) (2009, Blah Records)
* ''Brick Pelican: The Greatest Mystery of All'' (with Children of The Damned) (2009, Blah Records)
* ''Tourettes Camp'' (with Children of The Damned) (2007, Blah Records)
=== Solo EPs ===
* ''ffsman ep'' (2020, Blah Records)
* ''Oh, the Fun We're All Having'' (2018, Blah Records)
* ''SUPERGOD5000PLUS'' (2017, Blah Records)
* ''Happy Sellout Sh!t'' (2012, Blah Records)
* ''Peppered Moth Soup'' (2012, Blah Records)
* ''The Wrong Bootleg Demo EP'' (2006, Blah Records)
=== Collaboration EPs ===
*Friend, Come to Me and be saved (with Morriarchi) (2021, Blah Records)
*GROUP - 1 (with Jehst and featuring Lord Apex) (2020, Blah)
*''GOLD DUST'' (with Bisk & SadhuGold) (2020, Blah Records)
* ''SUPERGANG'' (with Milkavelli, Sniff & Sumgii) (2019, Blah Records)
* ''Tell A Friend'' (with Milkavelli as Mcabre Brothers & A.H Fly) (2019, Blah Records)
* ''ADHD Concerto 77'' (with Sniff & Jack Chard as Nobodies Home) (2018, Blah Records)
* ''Disasterpiece EP'' (with Salar as Antiheroes & Farmabeats) (2017, Blah Records)
* ''Serotonin PLZ'' (with Sam Zircon as Eathworm Grim x Goosewater) (2017, Blah Records)
* ''THINGS TO DO IN HAPPY LAND WHEN UR DEAD'' (with Trellion & Sumgii as HAPPYPPL) (2017, no label)
* ''Cult Mountain II'' (with Cult of The Damned) (2015, Blah Records)
* ''Cult of The Damned'' (with Cult of The Damned) (2015, Blah Records)
* ''B-Movie Millionaires EP'' (with Black Josh) (2015, Blah Records)
* ''Cult Mountain'' (with Trellion, Milkavelli & Sumgii) (2014, no labell)
* ''UVAVU'' (with Bill Shakes, King Grubb & Reklews) (2014, Blah Records)
* ''Flows For The Contemporary Urban Gentleman'' (with Salar as Antiheroes) (2018, Blah Records)
* ''Merry Crit Mass'' (with Monster Under The Bed as Mcabre Brothers) (2012, Blah Records)
* ''Something Strange'' (2010, Blah Records)
* ''Just Drink EP'' (with Children of The Damned & Brad Strut) (2009, Blah Records)
* '' Middle Finger Salute Mixtape Vol.1 '' Antiheroes (Salar & Lee Scott) (2003, Not on label)
=== Singles ===
* ''MULLET'' (2020, Blah Records)
* ''FML (AFTER HOURS MIX)'' (with Jam Baxter) (2019, Blah Records)
* ''INABIT'' (with Milkavelli as Mcabre Brothers) (2019, Blah Records)
* ''2 Phones'' (featuring CHLOBOCOP & Stinkin Slumrok) (2019, Blah Records)
* ''theysay'' (with King Grubb, Bill Shakes & Kiyani) (2019, Blah Records)
* ''0800 GREY SKIES'' (with Milkavelli & Stinkin Slumrok) (2019, Blah Records)
* ''Ceiling / Urn Money'' (with Jazz T) (2018)
* ''Reel It In'' (with Jehst & Strange U) (2016, YNR Productions)
* ''Mansion 38 / Mr Whippy's Benz'' (with Jam Baxter & Trellion) (2016, Blah Records)
* ''NVR MND'' (2016, Blah Records)
* ''Powdered Water/Buy, Install'' (with Salar as Antiheroes) (2010, Blah Records)
== References ==
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[[Category:People from Runcorn]]
[[Category:English male rappers]]