In preparation for his debut album, Peace To The Puzzle (which has been 'coming soon' for an eternity...), Scorz drops this 10 track EP, War To The Puzzle (see what he did there...) as an appetiser. Little pre-album warm-ups like this are often a little hit and miss, but this isn't too bad at all, and is a clear step up in class from the rather lacklustre free-download mixtapes he's dropped in the last year or so. A couple of tracks on here, such as the introspective opener Beastwick, are absolutely classic Scorz. Whilst on White Widow he details his [...]
Scorzayzee mixtape War To The Puzzle , the warm-up to album proper Peace To The Puzzle , will be out on Monday and will feature this number.
Friday 8th April sees Suspect Packages Live play host to a Notts special, with certified veteran Scorzayzee and newcomers Inkrument on performance duties, plus Disorda and the excellent DJ LoK on deck.
K-Nite 13 needs no introduction with these two tracks off the debut album The Drawingboard LP dropping February 7th. Your expecting hot fire. Features include Skriblah (terra Firma) Black The Ripper,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Thought I'd better bring this to everyone's attention pretty quickly, as it is a limited edition, with just 150 produced. This new 6 track 12" on Son Records from Nottingham's Styly Cee contains some previously unreleased gems from the archives that were recorded between 2000 and 2003. Featured on Styly's beats are fellow Nottingham legends Cappo, Scorzayzee, Lee Ramsey & Midnyte. If you buy the vinyl, then you also get a 14 track download, which includes the 6 tracks on the 12", plus 8 other previously released Styly Cee tracks featuring Nottingham MCs. The pick of these is probably Scorzayzee's [...]
The Planets have been away for a long time. Nearly ten years in fact. Their Circle Of Light, The Planets and High Off Life EPs made noise in 2000 and 2001, before they followed up with 2002's The Opening and 2003's The Epic. And then they were gone. Now they're back with a new EP entitled Planet Roc , which, strangely, is produced by New York underground hero Roc Marciano. It seems like an odd pairing until you realise that Marci's stripped-down, break-led beats pretty much match the UK's [...]
The Planets have been away for a long time. Nearly ten years in fact. Their Circle Of Light, The Planets and High Off Life EPs made noise in 2000 and 2001, before they followed up with 2002's The Opening and 2003's The Epic. And then they were gone. Now they're back with a new EP entitled Planet Roc , which, strangely, is produced by New York underground hero Roc Marciano. It seems like an odd pairing until you realise that Marci's stripped-down, break-led beats pretty much match the UK's [...]
Remus, Kyza, Scorzayzee and Black The Ripper "going in!" at the Carhartt store round Covent Garden ways for Sarah Love's show on SpineTV. Unfortunately I'm deskbound, so can't watch this right now. I'm sure they all bum it to pieces though.
The old adage that what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger seems more than fitting in Scorzayzee's case. He was previously something of a punchline legend and started to display a more analytical side with Great Britain and Want What's Yours , before dropping off the map entirely. Now it's himself that's under the microscope. Tackling whatever personal demons he's had to face in the last five years, dealing with what sounds like some sort of peng-induced psychosis, has given him a new lease of life and [...]
Have been really busy of late with this and that, whatnot and stuff and as you can probably tell Certified Banger really took a back seat. Doesn't mean I haven't been listening to music though does it? No. Here's some stuff I've been listening to that you might want to turn your ears to: Sandman's 'Code of the Road Runner' is some refreshing Dubstep/Dub/Reggae inspired UK Hip Hip which features Ghetto Priest, Farma G, Seanie T, Stig of the Dump and Skrein amongst others. The album is available for just £5 [...]
The aforementioned mixtape from Notts' Scorz is here. This is the warm-up to his upcoming album, Peace To The Puzzle. Did he get that gaff and motor from his Shane Meadows paypacket? Scorzayzee - Raging Bull (Mixtape)
New Scorz over Big L's Flamboyant. You'll find this on his soon-to-drop mixtape Raging Bull . Scorzayzee Over Big L's Flamboyant
The Nick Stez remix of this is probably more like what you're after. Scorzayzee, Shifty & Tempa - Bars On A Bass Drum And Snare (Nick Stez Remix)
Props to Donnie Propa for putting together this mix for all you Scorzayzee fans. A great MC and a great idea. Tracklist: 1. Archery (Produced by DJ Fever) 2. Wishmaster (Produced by DJ Fever) 3. The Looniest (Produced by Cappo) 4. We Dont Care (Produced by DJ Fever) 5. Raw (Produced by Nick Dimes Sterrett + Big Trev) 6. Bang Your Head (Produced by DJ Vadim) 7. Freestyle Frenzy (Produced by Joe Buhdha) 8. Want Whats Yours (Produced by Styly Cee) 9. 3 Wize Men (Produced by DJ Fever) 10. Reality (Accapella) 11. Freestyle [...]
Man of the moment (if you haven't seen 'Le Donk and Scorzayzee' yet then watch it) Scorzayzee drops a free download, not really a mixtape, more a collection of dubs - but a better than average display of rhyme skill. Always engaging and entertaining, Scorz raps his way over a few well known beats with only one real clanger (DJ Ironik's Westlife-sampling 'Stay With Me'). He also makes a couple of this years worst Hip Hop songs more acceptable (Drake's 'Best I Ever Had' and Souljah Boy's 'Kiss Me Thru The Phone' - re-entitled as 'Diss Me On The Phone'). [...]
Scorzayzee goes beat jacking for this warm up to Piece To The Puzzle . I'm not a fan of some of the beat selection here, but Scorzilla can still rap and I'm definitely looking forward to hearing the album when it's ready. Check it out for yourself: Scorzayzee - The Starter (Mixtape) Also check the original tracks he's done since his return to the fold. Tempa , Scorzayzee and Shifty Spirit - Bars on a Bass Drum and Snare (Nick [...]
Nottingham is about to blow again on the UK Hip Hop scene. CRS studios has been working overtime with a bunch of talented MCs who have muchos material ready to drop on your ears. I have some of said music to drop on yo domes right now: First up is the excellent Scorzayzee freestyle of Dre's 'The Watcher' – it's Scorz on top form rapping all the way through with loads of chuckle inducing and seemingly effortless rhymes. Then there's Jah Digga (not to be confused with Busta's one time right hand woman). He [...]
I'm criminally late with this one and most of you will probably already have heard this but I've gotta show support for this so will post it up. As usual Tricksta does his thing and features artists Skandal, LATE, TB, Iron Braydz, Mr. Drastick, Scorzayzee, Big Cakes, Reload, Deadly and more. Big Cakes hosts and you should also know that he has a free to download mixtape out right now too called 'Money Talks... So Listen' . It features production from the likes of Rainmayqah, Morfius, Kilinikal, Grade, VLM, K Nite, Asaviour, Micall Parknsun, Tricksta [...]
Kirk Spencer is a producer/guitarist/writer who works in Notts with Big Trev's CRS camp. This song is lifted from a forthcoming EP titled REBOOT , which you'll be able to get your hands on as of 5 December. Kirk's got more in the works too, including a live spot on BBC Radio 1 on Friday alongside Scorz. It's good to hear Lee Ramsay back in the booth. Kirk Spencer feat. Scorzayzee, Jah Digga, Tempa and Lee Ramsay - Clap Your Hands Check Kirk Spencer's [...]
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 proves that going in hard doesn't mean being offensive. 'Hacksaw' features Cyrus Malachi, Lee Ramsey and Ironbraydz – this comes off very much like a Triple Darkness track. Cyrus Malachi also features alongside [...]
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