Gold-plated: The best of Goldie

Goldie's a pioneer. Not just in drum 'n' bass, but music as a whole. His debut album 'Timeless' is a classic, no doubt. Listen to it now, 20 years on, and it lives up to its title's definition.

It's still that fantastic that he sold out London's Royal Festival Hall two days running to perform it with The Heritage Orchestra. On top of that, he's the head of Metalheadz, drum 'n' bass' longest-running record label that's still knocking out some serious heat year in, year out.

Even before he forged his music career, a young Clifford Price featured in 1987 graffiti documentary Bombin' and he weren't bad at breakdancing, either.

Besides being a musical and artistic don, he's quite the geezer and he's kept us (and you lot) entertained over the years with things like this recent interview putting down pre-recorded sets. Here's a rundown of some other blinders.

As if the music wasn't enough, the gold-toothed don entered the acting game at the back end of the 90s and what a film to tread the path with. The World Is Not Enough was his first major (after B.U.S.T.E.D), playing Bullion, the right-hand man of Robbie Coltrane's dodgy character Valentin Zukovsky. He probably wasn't too much bother for the film's costume department, seeing as the gold gnashers and hench gold chain remained. Guy Ritchie's Snatch was his next flick as Bad Boy Lincoln, before blinging out the UK's TV screens during his 12-episode Eastenders stint as Albert Square gangster Angel. Character name inspired by this, maybe?

You've got to give it to the chef in this one. Right from the starter the two were cracking gags about it being rather poor, with Skream delightfully claiming it'd be "all over" his walls later on. Way before Operation Yewtree was launched, Goldie takes the gags about inviting young boys (Skream's pretty young here as it was filmed in 2008) out for dinner pretty well, to be fair. It's not all jokes, though. Serious topics include the need for schools to make music education better and the art of production. DJ dinner for two: "the future of dance music", Goldie claims towards the end of the video. Next course, please.

In football, players will almost all of the time be accompanied by their agent to go through the small details of contract negotiations. Goldie had other ideas, though, when he went for a meeting with Pete Tong, founder of FFRR, the sub-label of London Records that Goldie's classic 'Timeless' album was eventually signed on. "Walking into Pete Tong's office with a pit bull wasn't a good idea," he said in this interview. Pete Tong described him as a "handful", but, after 20 minutes listening to the 'Timeless' single, the deal was done. Yes, it's a brilliant piece of music but could Tongy have been bricking it a bit too much to say no? Only joking, Goldie.

Although this article has come off the back of Goldie rinsing DJs who play pre-recorded sets, the former breakdancer and graffiti artist taking verbal jabs at artists isn't anything new. Pendulum were the victims here, saying the former's last release at the time was "shit" (although he did big up 'Vault'). It was all based around the Australian group taking a pop at critics on Dogs On Acid and let's just say Goldie was none too pleased. Look out for the middle finger.

Young or old, any drum 'n' bass fan should know about Metalheadz at Blue Note back in the 90s. The Sunday party welcomed a whole load of killer d'n'b DJs down to play, from Fabio and Grooverider to Doc Scott and 'Headz co-founders Kemistry & Storm. It wasn't just the DJs and d'n'b heads knocking around, though. Although Goldie's said that the "first 12 or 15" were empty, it soon became a hub for celebs. Pop darlings of the time Mel B (Scary Spice) and Robbie Williams were said to have gone, with David Bowie, Goldie's ex-missus Björk, Noel Gallagher, Lauryn Hill, Boy George and Kate Moss heading down to hear some rollers.

For years he's been providing tunes for people on dancefloor, but five years ago it was his turn to get his feet moving on Saturday night TV show Strictly Come Dancing. Skankin' was swapped for the foxtrot as he paired up with Russian ballroom dancer Kristina Rihanoff for the series. Well three episodes as he was booted off first. Judge Bruno Tonioli pars him off a little in the clip above, but the others give him credit giving him a total score of 26. He still finished last. Stick to what you know best, sir!

Last but not least, his yoga brand. And what a name for it from the G himself. After coming close to losing a leg in a water skiing accident, as he told the BBC in 2013, he got well and truly hooked to bikram yoga, the sweltering form of the exercise. "It helped me change," he told the Guardian earlier this year, adding it contributed towards getting over "30 years of addiction". This spring saw the launch of Yogangster's clothing range, offering plenty of clobber for all you yoga lovers to snap up.