Straight from the press release’s mouth, news confirming the line-up and leading lady of FELT 3:“B-List actresses be warned and flattered because FELT is back! Slug (Atmosphere) and Murs (Living Legends) reunite for their third release under the moniker FELT. These emcees teamed up with The Grouch (Living Legends) in 2002 to release FELT’s debut [...]
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LA’s premier breaks-playin’ live-band, Breakestra, have just released a new track from their upcoming album, ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ – click here to cop ‘Get It Right’.
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BREEZ EVAHFLOWIN’‘BREEZ DEEZ TREEZ’(DOMINATION RECS)Breez says: “To me, this album is what hip-hop sounds like if it was allowed to grow up. It’s life documented in a lyrical artform that uses more lyrics than anything short of a full-blown opera.” We say: Conceived while Breez was holed up down in the woods of North Carolina, [...]
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By Richard Watson Photography courtesy of DMC Cutmaster Swift: "At the time, winning the DMC competition was finally an acknowledgment and peace of mind for my parents. That's why I entered the DMC, to show them this could be a profession. "Wogan and stuff was great, but the real acknowledgment came from people that were in my neighbourhood; [...]
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Touted as a mix between City Of God and The Motorcycle Diaries, Sin Nombre is fast gaining a reputation as a must-see flick. You can check the preview by clicking here; and better yet HHC Digital has three strictly limited edition tees to give away – all signed by director Cary Fukunaga. Simply email us [...]
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Photography by A GarciaWith his ‘Evil In The Mirror’ album out now via Brick Records, we checked in with Boston-based producer and emcee Will C to talk about Melle Mel, the Boston public transportation system, and why you should ditch any comparisons with Edan…How long has it taken to put the album together? Most of [...]
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By Richard WatsonPhotography courtesy of DMCDMC founder Tony Prince looks back on the event hitting The Hippodrome…“Our first DJ competition was at The Hippodrome, as it was in those days, in 1985. We weren’t really into mixing back then, to be quite honest. We just thought we’d invite deejays on stage and see who could [...]
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By Richard WatsonPhotography courtesy of DMCCutmaster Swift, the UK’s most revered DMC champ, gives it up for Q-Bert and the mighty Mixmaster Mike…“Q-Bert is without a doubt the pinnacle of what deejays are when they enter the DMCs, and the fact that he has maintained that hunger to keep pushing and developing is realistically what [...]
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HHC Digital’s online news round-up…By Richard Watson“He’ll hit you/Get the picture, Kodak man?” In Croatia, Jay-Z’s bodyguard scuffled with a paparazzo, while back on home soil habitual Jigga haters The Game and Jaz-O joined forces for the week’s most economical dis record and Jim Jones accused Jigga of jacking his splash – which thankfully isn’t [...]
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Photography courtesy of DMCIn 1987 Chad Jackson brought his trick-packed turntable tactics to the DMC World Finals, taking the title in the process. And while his ultimate trick – a ‘flying’ piece of vinyl – was sabotaged, his influence remains, with DJ Yoda saying, “Chad’s whole approach and persona were a huge influence on my [...]
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A certified DMC champ himself, DJ Switch has put together a 30-minute mix of the best of this month’s MP3 action. The tracklist’s as follows – and keep reading for his comments on the mix and the link…1. DJ Switch Scratch Intro2. Breeze Evahflowin feat. Swave Sevah ‘Over’3. Jay Are ‘The Lee Morgan Story’4. DJ [...]
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Click here to download HHC Digital 004, which goes all out on the DMC tip as we celebrate 25 years of the world’s premier mixing competition with contributions from DJ Craze, Q-Bert, A-Trak, Scratch Perverts, Roc Raida, Cutmaster Swift and more.Keeping up the DMC angle, we also present the greatest archived DMC photos you’ll ever [...]
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Going down on Friday September 11th and Saturday September 12th, the 2009 DMC world deejay championships promise to be another turntable spectacular. With DMC celebrating 25 years of deejay dominance, Q-Bert, Rob Swift, DJ Switch, DJ Yoda and DJ I-Dee will all be performing, in addition to all the usual fierce battle action that will
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By Richard WatsonPhotography courtesy of DMCDMC’s head honcho, Tony Prince, looks back on his favourite DMC characters…“Roger Johnson, who won the first ever event in 1985, was a very straight-laced young man. He was just a pure mixer. Then you had Chad Jackson who was quite a character of course, and he went on to [...]
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MICALL PARKNSUN‘FIRST SECOND TIME AROUND’(YNR)Parky says: “This album took me longer to make than the last one, but I feel it’s got more songs, more bangers, and more tracks. My favourite is ‘Holding It Down’ produced by M-Phazes, which to me defines the essence of the hip-hop I used to love – that hip-hop you [...]
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By Richard WatsonPhotography courtesy of DMCCutmaster Swift, the 1989 DMC world champ, looks back on his personal deejaying style…“At the time I came up, the deejay styles were obviously changing. There were these props, people using basketballs and scratching with their shoes, and I remember Chad Jackson using a cue stick, so there was a [...]
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JAY ARE‘THE 1960S JAZZ REVOLUTION AGAIN’(GROOVEATTACK)They say: “The incomparable hip-hop producer J Rawls is back with another instalment of jazz-hop excitement, this time teaming up with the extraordinary talent of John Robinson aka Lil Sci. Together they are Jay Are!”We say: Even if you thought you’d had your fill of mid-tempo Lone Catalysts style tracks [...]
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By Richard WatsonPhotography courtesy of DMCDMC founder Tony Prince looks back on the era when visual quirks trumped deck skills in the battle for world deejay supremacy… “In 1987, when Chad Jackson won, we were full of tricks and gimmicks. It hadn’t developed into a musical art form yet, so we had Chad Jackson using [...]
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By Chloe McCloskeyWith HHC Digital 004 (available any day now!) going all out to celebrate 25 years of DMC deejay dominance, we sat down with three-time DMC world champ DJ Craze and his turntable pal Klever to have a chuckle about their most embarrassing DMC moments…DJ Craze: “One word: Spiderman. It was my first DMC [...]
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Photography by Alexander RichterWant over 30 MOP tracks, all masterfully mixed together? Simply click here to cop DJ Eleven’s ‘Fight Music: The Best Of MOP’, which pretty much does what it says in the title. Now read on to hear him break down the science of the mix… Salute!When did the idea to do an [...]
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