Grimlok (pictured) sent over a couple of dubs – one over Lupe's 'Dumb it Down' and the other of Jay-Z's 'Run This Town' . Speaking of Jay-Z Kasha has done a version of 'Empire State of Mind' and called it the 'England Remix'. Here's a Joker Starr freestyle over Wu-Tang's 'C.R.E.A.M.' . Double H, a rapper I know little about, sent me a few 'freestyles'. He takes on The Roots' 'Ain't Sayin' Nuthin', a version of 'Eye Of The Tiger' and 'Hottest in [...]
Grimlok of The Colony pinches Lupe's Dumb It Down and does some rapping on it. Watch out for his B.K.S. Vol.1 , which is coming soon. Grimlok - Dumb It Down (Freestyle)
"I think a lot of artists in England are too desperate to make it a career instead of taking time out to build a fan base..." I've not been up on my interview game in the last few weeks so I thought it was about time I brought you some more words from a few rappers and the like. Hopefully you already clocked the ABD interview and if you're reading this, you're about to check out the words of another MC - Truth: Certified Banger: Yo [...]
Copped this free download fresh last night and here it is now for you. Truth is the man behind the big Rapsploitation sessions (the best UK Hip Hop artists rockin' in Ipswich!) and this time it's his turn to drop a few bars on you. Over a nice selection of heavy and varied beats (each from a different producer) Truth does what he does in the way he knows how and this 9 tracker turns out to be pretty dope. A few guests [...]
If you were thinking of going to the last show I posted about (in Vienna, Austria) then you might wanna consider making a weekend of it! Art Bakery is putting on a UK special of their Urban Legends night featuring Evil Ed, K-Delight, Conspicuous, Cobane, Sir Smurf Lil and Grimlok. This show is at Cafe Leopold and is on 26th June. Click here for the back of the flyer for more info. Also you can click on the flyer to the left for a bigger image.
Here's the video of 'New Rules' by The Colony taken from the LP they hope to drop this summer. It's produced by Conspicuous and for those who don't know, the crew consists of him, Willo Wispa, Grimlok and Sir Smurf Lil' - some of the illest rhyme sayers on this island.
Certified Banger, a blog (almost) dedicated to the art of Hip Hop in the UK proudly presents this 21 track compilation of some up-and-coming artists and their music. Taking in many different angles of UK Hip Hop 'On The Radar' attempts to bring some new music to your ears, all for the princely sum of nothing. It features never heard befores, heard before but hard to get hold ofs and tracks already available on the respective artists own pieces of work. With 21 tracks, you're bound [...]
At 15 tracks deep, coming in at just over 50 minutes, 'The Get Together' is no hard slog. I've already listened to it a few times today and am beginning again; it doesn't get boring despite the outwardly conventional Hip Hop template. Evil Ed is known for having produced for Jehst, Yungun and a whole host of other UK names. His production LP 'The Enthusiast' featured vocals from Kyza, the Colony, Doc Brown, Tommy Evans and Asaviour amongst others. Conspicuous (aka Conspicuous the Coroner aka Cons) a member of The Colony along with Willo Wispa, Grimlok and Sir [...]
'A New Bloodline'; Sir Smurf Lil' teams up with the current cream of UK producers – Jehst, Apa-Tight, Beat Butcha, LG, Conspicuous and Asaviour – all men well known for their dusty Hip Hop beats. Don't take that the wrong way though; on paper 'A New Bloodline' may seem like a quick tracing of the UK rap outline but in reality the uniquely stylised rendering of Smurf makes this more than just a carbon copy. Sonically and topically this is a nicely diverse album presenting Sir Smurf's creative streak. On 'Blossom' man/woman relationships are explored over a beautiful [...]
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Didn’t We Almost Have It All – Whitney Houston 1963-2012
