shit hoodies. But it was a laugh. Pro Green had just come from being a battle champion, I'd come straight from a job in TV - I didn't even want to be a musician, I wanted to be a film director. But if The Streets says "come and tour", you think, "Fuck it. Even if in two years it's been the worst experience ever, you're going away with The Streets to have a laugh." And it was a laugh: we all went fucking mad. During that time, I saw a different side to the industry and, almost like a businessman, I started to realise there was a place for me. I realised I was quite unique in the marketplace. It wasn't that I didn't want to do hip-hop, I just wanted to work with some different producers. I experimented with house and dubstep producers, and everyone kept saying: "There's no-one singing and rapping over dubstep." All through that early period, I got to meet Chase & Status and Sub Focus who shaped my second album. And then I hooked up with Metrophonic, which was a great move from Dave at Ministry - it helped my songwriting no end. Before then I'd never written a chorus. You know, the first time I sung in my life was in 2009. Mad, really.