When G Money began the new year's eve rundown of 1Xtra’s 50 hottest records of 2005, things seemed to bode well for British material, when Roll Deep kicked off the show at No. 50 with ‘Shake A Leg’. Sadly, no more British product was heard until the early 40s and late 30s rankings, when more grime cuts by the likes of JME’s ‘Serious’ and Regal Players’ ‘Rude Boy’ made a showing. Indeed, the Brits placed on 17 out of the 50. A 34% outcome from a British radio station is poor. It’s worse when one thinks that 1Xtra is about “new black music”, but the placed British records are overwhelmingly grime. The good news however is that the Brits managed to place 4 records in the top 7 rankings.

50 ‘Shake A Leg’ (Roll Deep), 42 ‘Serious’ (JME), 40 ‘Drinking Beer’ (Bearman), 38 ‘Rude Boy’ (Regal Players), 31 ‘When I Gave My Heart To You’ (Mentat feat Skinnyman), 29 ‘Get Set’ (Low Deep feat Kano, Ghetto, Big Seac, Demon & Doctor), 26 ‘Up Your Speed (Remix)’ (Sway feat Pyrelli, Bruza & Skinnyman), 23 ‘X Ray’ (Subfocus), 22 ‘Let It Go (Remix)’ (Rukus feat Ty, Ricochet Klashnekoff & Yogi), 16 ‘When I'm Ere’ (Roll Deep), 14 ‘Nite Nite’ (Kano feat The Streets), 12 ‘Tarantula’ (Fresh Vs Pendulum feat Tenor Fly & Spyda), 11 ‘Jah Bless’ (Genesis Elijah feat Ricochet Klashnekoff), 7 ‘Straight Flush/What We Do’ (Low Deep), 6 ‘Feelings’ (Shy Fx & T-Power). 5 ‘P's & Q's’ (Kano), 4 ‘Gold Digger’ (Kanye West feat Jamie Foxx), 3 ‘Forward Riddim’ (Lethal B feat Fumin', D Double E, Flow Dan & Jamaka B), 2 ‘1 Thing’ (Amerie), 1 ‘Welcome To Jamrock’ (Damian Marley).