This was while it was still underground (and long before Skepta was sharing the stage with Kanye West). Spencer’s ability to provide an insight into this world is now available for all to see in his two books Open Mic and Open Mic Vol. 2. These books go a long way to physically visualise what the music itself was saying. They feature some of the key people involved at the time but more than that, they capture the atmosphere and emotion the music provokes in the listener.