‘Just Above The Blues’ comes from thinking people’s UK Hip Hop outfit Millennium Jazz Music. Setting the context is ‘Prevention Enforcement & Punishment’ featuring a Gordon Brown speech about knife crime prevention over a melancholy beat.‘Death Pours’ mourns the constant cycle of youths turning to crime only for it to end in fatality. The rest of the EP continues on a similar theme a
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'Just Above The Blues' - Millennium Jazz Music (free download)
'The Interview' - Funky DL (album review)
Funky DL must be the only UK MC who has been allowed to get away with an American accent – if you didn’t know he was British, his music would leave you none the wiser.Listening to the album without the constant interview snippets (thankfully they’re their own tracks) is probably the way to go (although the interview bits do showcase his real British accent). With a real variety of subjects,
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'T.W.O.K.' - Spee 69 (mixtape review)
T.W.O.K. – Taken Without Konsent. For the duration of this mixtape Spee 69 (that's 6 9 not 69) raps stolen beats from the likes of Outkast, DJ Premier and Mr. J Medeiros.This Yorkshire MC has truly got the flows required to gain respect from heads around the world – on beat, on point and just on it in general. Unlike some rappers, Spee 69’s thoughts and interests are ones you’ll actually w
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'Nothing 2 Declare' - Hustle Pandemic (EP review)
With ‘Intro’ being an actual introduction to the EP (in the form of a rapped flight announcement over a really hard but funky beat) things bode well for Hustle Pandemic’s ‘Nothing 2 Declare’ EP.Hustle Pandemic is UK Hip Hop producer Mike S and US MC Sabotawj and together they make great Hip Hop – this project was apparently laid down in one night. Sabotawj is an extremely listenable ra
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'Unexpected Friends' - DOOM (review)
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What’s there to say? One CD-shaped collection of DOOM’s bestest featurings and collaborations. These sorts of things, aimed at the fans, always seem a little redundant – you’ll probably have most of the tracks, but then it’s a DOOM release and you need it for your collection.‘Unexpected Guests’ is a gathering of tracks that illustrate why DOOM gets these gigs – he sounds so good on
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'Fallen On Def Ears' - Para (album review)
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Artist:Para
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Album:Fallen On Def Ears
Funky and fresh in an old school way, Para’s album really delivers the goods – hopefully it will fall on many def ears and no deaf ears. Incredibly listenable, and with a diverse palette of influences, this LP should be some kind of benchmark for largely instrumental albums.Blues, Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, Swing, Samba, Rock, Jazz – you name it, it’s there. ‘Birth of the Sun’ is an amazing
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'Hot Peppa' - L J (EP review)
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Album:Hot Peppa
A double EP from 2 different artists – a kinda nice idea. L J and Frisco Fresh have joined forces to bring you ‘Hot Peppa’ and ‘Fresh as F**k’.L J does his thing first with the ever-evolving guitar-led ‘Warming Up’ - a great rap track that would only benefit from a more vivacious and imaginative chorus. He closes his bit with the excellent (and also guitar-y) ‘Janglish Boy’ – t
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Hip Hop at Leeds Film Festival Courtesy of Bonafide Magazine
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Artist:Futura
Bonafide Magazine "is putting on an evening of underground Hip Hop entertainment at the 23rd Leeds International Film Festival. Inspired by a conversation with multi-media/events organiser guru Liz Ainge , earlier this year we approached the organisers to see if we could put on a night and for their sins they accepted.After much dithering we plumped to show the excellent Upper Playground/Walrus...
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'Needle Drop' - Endemic & Cappo (EP review)
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Most hardcorest producer from the UK – probably Endemic. One of the UK’s most legendary but underrated MCs – definitely Cappo. They’ve got together to create the ‘Needle Drop EP’ on No Cure Records.Cappo goes solo over Endemics gritty, orchestral, solid and sometimes soulful boom bap beats on 3 tracks – ‘Intro’, ‘Crumbs’ and the title track. With strictly lyrical raps Cappo p
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'Vulgar Eloquence' ft. Craig G - Steg G (video)
Real lyrics from Steg G ("There's no fans anymore, everybody's selling it) over a banging, semi-futuristic beat from Scotland's Steg G ("This production here's a powercut...This is what Hip Hop's supposed to sound like"). Look out for the album 'Vulgar Eloquence' coming out very soon on Powercut Productions.
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'Stuck Behind The Lookin Glass' - Madhat McGore (album review)
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Artist:Madhat McGore
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Album:Stuck Behind The Lookin Glass
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Track:Young Man (Mad Mind)
Scotland are coming thick and fast now with Hip Hop releases and if you want to keep more up to date than I can possibly keep you then I'd totally recommend that you get over to the Scotland Stand-Up blog.Madhat McGore, is as his name might suggest, one of Scotland's gullier rappers - a product of his enviroment maybe - Scotland's not all Lochs, castles and glens you know. Tracks like 'Young Ma...
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Free Downloads from Mr. B, Kulez, Wizard and Sermstyle!
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I'm back with more!Kulez has dropped this free download featuring the menacing 'Creeep' and the hyperactive 'Bo!' on which he flips some skateboarding vocabulary. Download it here.Mr. B rips up an old skool beat on his free download 'Step Up To It (Mr. Brown)' which can be downloaded at Bandcamp. James Brown gets sampled one more time whilst Mr. B makes himself known. Check the video here.Wiza...
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Free Downloads from JC & Nicky Taurus, Pete Cannon & Foreign Beggars, Tom Caruana & MF Doom and Joker Starr!
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Woah! Feel like I've not posted on here for a while and there's been nuff stuff happening in this UK Hip Hop world. In no particular order:JC dropped a track from his forthcoming project. Nicky Taurus does the vocal duties and it's called 'Look At Me' - I'm liking the slap bass. Check the No Money Records website for me info.Pete Cannon (once known as Mr. Dick) of the group Tactical Thinking go...
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Souls of Mischief Live In London!
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Are you mad? You don't wanna go to this? I do but probably won't be able too - so why don't you go for me? The legendary Souls of Mischief, lyrical beast Skandal, the much-hyped Charlie Sloth, ex-Scratch Pervert Mr. Thing and hostage by Mystro and more - sounds like a good do to me. Monday 9th November is the date (definitely can't make it!) and the Carhartt Store is the place - drinks on the ...
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'Literary Vices' - Verbal Contact (EP review)
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Don’t know about life in Leeds? Well, Matter and Prys are willing to be your tour guides for half an hour. Their debut EP is entitled ‘Literary Vices’ - a clue to the type of intelligence behind the lyrics of Verbal Contact.Opener ‘First Impressions’ pulls no punches as the MCs introduce themselves over a seriously heavy beat. ‘Wasteland’ is a day in the life of and ‘Tourist Inform
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'Sirens Comin' - DJ Shepdog (Busta vs. Dizzee Mashup)
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Track:Sirens Comin'
Check out DJ Shepdog's youtube channel for more mashups and DJ type jugglinz such as Dead Prez vs. Damien Marley and Gorillaz vs. Malente.
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'Talk To Frank' - Virus Syndicate (video)
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Skandal & Faith SFX on DJ Gone TV (video)
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Artist:Skandal & Faith SFX
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'Chop-Hop History' - Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer (video)
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Artist:Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer
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