Thursday, 29 April 2010

DJ Yoda Eristoff Interview

Here is a video which features an interview with DJ Yoda to coincide with a recent Party for Eristoff at this year’s Snowbombing festival. It includes some great footage of him playing at the party, and the festival itself as... http://bit.ly/aJZmrM

M.I.A.'s Video Of Ginger Persecution Given 18 Age Rating

M.I.A. whose Clash-inspired track Paper Planes featured heavily in the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack has a new track out and a video that has been getting a few people hot under the collar. The video for Born Free features the US... http://bit.ly/9qzW2Z

Stappz

Stappz is an MC coming out of Newcastle who is 24, but has been rapping for some time now. He’s been establishing himself locally but now he has his Good Writtens CD out and Danielle thought it was about time... http://bit.ly/9RF4Uc

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

South London Artist Stylah Wins Mr Hudson MC Competition

Mercury recording artist Mr Hudson this afternoon announced on his twitter page that London rap artist Stylah has won the competition to feature on the UK edition of his new single Anyone But Him. The song, which features Kanye West... http://bit.ly/cgr03n

Thursday, 22 April 2010

The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow

The Hurt Locker opens our eyes to a realistic depiction of a bomb-disarming unit in Iraq. The explosive ordnance disposal team [EOD] is made up of Sergeant First Class William James [Renner], Sergeant J.T Sanborn [Mackie] and Specialist Owen Eldridge... http://bit.ly/cJSVci

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Suspect Packages April 16th 2010 - Cappo album launch (Genghis)

Suspect Packages Live has, once again provided us with an impressive line up and some top tunes. This time on the third Friday of the month, the 16th of April 2010, and it was a FREE event. What more could... http://bit.ly/9tCV2v

Monday, 19 April 2010

Concept

I came across Concept's beats randomly skimming YouTube and was immediately struck by his sound. He's got the kind of soulful jazzy production we've come to expect from golden age beatmakers like Da Beatminerz or Large Pro which work as... http://bit.ly/aj9kCh

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

Shutter Island

Scorsese and DiCaprio team up again in this hard boiled thriller where detectives Teddy Daniels [DiCaprio] and Chuck [Ruffalo] are led to the mysterious Shutter Island [which is home to the criminally insane] to find escaped patient Rachael Solando. But... http://bit.ly/cF2SEf

Chima Anya

Bursting onto the scene with the sort of natural presence, soul and charisma sadly lacking in your run of the mill UK rapper type, Chima Anya has recently unleashed his debut album ‘New Day’. It’s about time we found out... http://bit.ly/bfBMdQ

Thursday, 8 April 2010

1 Day DVD Giveaway

Based on real-life gang culture in Birmingham, 1 Day delivers a raw and hard-hitting reflection of what life is like in the street, where sex, drugs and violence are a way of life. This high-octane film is released on Blu-Ray... http://bit.ly/bF2oxt

Brawdcast - The Quest For Human Completion LP [PsychoNavigation]

Recording commercials for Russell Simmons, collaborating with artists like Trek Life and Pigeon John and winning awards for “Best Hip-Hop” at the Orange County Music Awards in 2006, 2007 and 2008 it’s hard not to expect something very big from... http://bit.ly/bOzbn9

Wednesday, 7 April 2010

Chima Anya - Freestyle [Audio]

25 year old (Dr) Chima Anya has seen a lot. An avid hip-hop fan since birth he has watched how it has evolved and devolved over the years while simultaneously perfecting his own grasp of the art. As a little... http://bit.ly/d3hzlF

Blak Twang - Before N After 12" [Rotton Productions / Soul Culture]

Blak Twang, also known as Taipanic and Tony Rotton, is back with his new track, ‘Before N After’. A catchy and down- to-earth song set to be on his new album, ‘Elevation’. The song begins with a quote from Charles... http://bit.ly/a3Sqta

Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Madhat - The Ramblin' EP [Music Comes First]

In broken Britain, everyone knows that nothing comes for free. Well, Edinburgh-based record label, Music Comes First, seem determined to break that mould by offering up a handful of free releases from its catalogue of artists. http://bit.ly/ab3S6m

Thursday, 1 April 2010

DJ Easy - Face Off - In The Streetz Mixtape [Audio]

DJ Easy has teamed up with UPUK to put out the Face Off - In The Streetz Mixtape. Its 19 tracks long and features the likes of T-Riff and others. Its available to download for free from here... http://bit.ly/dgcD9s