The Joint - 20 May 2023

May 20, 2023

Switch sides swiftly, then I'm onside chippin'
Catch me online 'cause my team stay winning
You know how it is
They're gonna put it in the paper like, "Which baller is this?"
I hide my face and wear the mask in the vids

What is the true identity of the supposed Premier League footballer turned masked, mystery rapper Dide?

Arsenal forward Eddie Nketiah? No chance. Unless we're mistaken, at no point does anyone say current Premier League footballer. We're old school - our money's on Sir Les Ferdinand.

And on with the show...

Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full...

• BLUR - The Narcissist
• SKEPTA, JAMMER - Mas Murder
• GLÜME - It's Good To Be Back
• SOFIE ROYER - Mio
• CONFIDENCE MAN, DANIEL AVERY - On & On (Again)
• SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - Monitor
• WITCH - Avalanche of Love (featuring Sampa the Great)
• WATER FROM YOUR EYES - 14
• DRY CLEANING - Swampy
• LIONMILK - Treat Yourself Like A Friend
• SHIT & SHINE - DIRT BIKE
• ZAK VORTEX - City Nights (Remix)
• THE LEMON TWIGS - Every Day Is The Worst Day Of My Life
• CLARK - Dolgoch Tape
• GOAT - Remind Yourself (Marlene Ribeiro Remix)
• PINKERTON'S ASSORTED COLOURS - Mirror Mirror
• NATION OF LANGUAGE - Stumbling Still
• THE HIVES - Bogus Operandi
• BOYS NOIZE & PUSSY RIOT - Chastity (featuring Alice Glass)
• DANIEL AVERY - Going So Low (ft. Georgia)
• LETTING UP DESPITE GREAT FAULTS - Vanity/Losing
• TEMPS - ificouldjust
• BODYWASH - Massif Central
• NIGHTBUS - Mirrors
• MARY MONDAY - I Gave My Punk Jacket To Ricky
• SHIT & SHINE - REWOWER
• CRIME FRIEND - Runt Mind
• ROSALÍA - LLYLM
• KEYWANE BALTIMORE - If I Want It
• GRIAN CHATTEN - The Score
• D&V - Conscious (Pilot)
• FAT TONY, BLOCKHEAD - I'm Thinking 'Bout Moving
• KILLER MIKE - Don't Let The Devil (featuring El-P, thankugoodsir)
• DIDE - Thrill *
• DESIRE - I Have Seen Enough

* The inspiration for this week's lyrical heading.