If you ain't already know, DJ Step One is that dude for hip hop rarities from yesteryear. He recently got his hands on this London Posse interview on Max LX and Dave VJ's Rap Show on Kiss FM from 1993. The mp3 features an interview with Rodney P and Bionic, tracks from their EP and a freestyle over LOTUG's Funky Child . Download the whole shebang or just the freestyle . Then head over to Only Built For zShare Links for more classic material.
The multi-talented DJ Jimmy Green aka Jimbo Jones has written some essential reading for fans of UK Hip Hop. He's done a concise history of London Posse, or a biography if you like. It's really worth a read and there's a chance you'll learn a few new things: "London Posse were one of the most influential groups in British hip hop, and one of the first to sound authentically British. Pretty much everyone who MCs now in the UK owes them a debt, from Roots Manuva to Jehst to Wiley to Ghetto to...well, you name your favourite UK [...]
DJ IQ was invited onto the BBC to do a UK Hip Hop mix to document the evolution of our scene. After asking for requests on Twitter IQ came up with around three quarters of an hour's worth of top notch UK Hip Hop. It was on the radio. Now we've got a rip of it for you to download so you can listen to it any time you want. The tracklist is as such: Malcolm McLaren - 'Buffalo Gals (Instrumental)' HiJack - 'Hold No Hostage' Silver Bullet - '20 Seconds To Comply' SL Troopers - [...]
Reviewing a CD without listening to it isn't standard procedure (for me anyway). But when it's a compilation CD supposedly containing genre-defining tracks it's a credit to the compilers that listening isn't necessary. And what more would you expect from the worlds original rap magazine? 'Hip-Hop Connection Presents Recognition 20 Years Of Fire-Starting UK Rap Anthems' is 20 tracks of…well; the title is pretty self explanatory. In roughly chronological order, HHC curates the annals of the art form done Blighty's way and succeeds in drawing together some of the most influential specimens. ( Click here for tracklisting ) [...]
London Posse: Money Mad From: Gangster Chronicle [Mango, 1990] Ragga Twins: Illegal Gunshot From: Reggae Owes Me Money [Shut Up And Dance, 1991] Featured on: Ragga Twins Step Out [Soul Jazz, 2008] Demon Boyz: Original Guidance From: Original Guidance [Tribal Bass, 1992] Caveman: Pages [...]
some non-exhaustive notes on UK hip hop - potential for many more posts on this. the focus here is MCs (and London) but more may will follow later. Beginnings... & London Posse when did UK hip hop start? as far as this question means anything at all, one could say it started when UK MCs started rapping with their own accents rather than in new york/mid atlantic verbal limbo. One of the first krus to take this on was London Posse, who spent time in New York rapping in generic [...]
One of the oldest of old school UK hip-hop outfits, they formed in the late-80s to support Mick Jones' B.A.D. on a US tour, where they were continually referred to as 'the london posse' and hence the name. This is a deliciously ruff-neck tune from 1988 (unfortunately on Westwood's label) that highlights the way they integrated much more reggae influences into their sound than their UK or US contemporaries. A must for fans of london locale-based shout outs. Off for a relatively chill one tonight, but then bringing in the new [...]
UK All Day
Certified Banger
ear fuzz
Word The Cat
Dilated Choonz
I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
Young Guns - "Winter Kiss"
The Hood Internet - "See Youth" Usher x Santigold (MP3 Download)
Daft Punk graba con Giorgio Moroder
