Blog: UK All Day

Beat Butcha on the boards. Black Cocaine is available to buy now.

The second video from Piff Gang's Piff Breaks & 808s , MHC lets a haunted loop loose over stuttering Roland drums and boasts the most number of #hashtag raps ever committed to record. Big. #tomhanks

Associated Minds have stockpiled a slew of records and - not wanting them to lie on the cutting-room floor - compiled them into a tidy package called Hidden Thoughts . Here you get gems and curios from the whole label roster, plus features from the likes of Elucid and Chino XL. And that's not to mention the inspired sub-one-minute accordion jig from Hansel The Unicorn and Willo Wispa. &a mp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=" http://associatedminds.bandcam p.com/album/hidden-thoughts-20 06-2010"&a mp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Hidd en Thoughts 2006-2010 by AssociatedMinds&am p;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; lt;/a& amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

Yungun is officially back in the building with Jack The World , mixed by Mr. Thing and featuring collaborations with Guru, Waajeed, I.G. Culture, The Nextmen, Resin Dogs, Doc Brown, Tony D, Aaron Jerome and more. Watch out for Essa's album, Middle Man , coming in the new year. <a href=" http://yungun.bandcamp.com/alb um/jack-the-world-mixed-by-dj- mr-thing">Jack The World - Mixed by DJ Mr. Thing by Yungun (a.k.a. Essa)</a>

Signalling his "metamorphosis from Iron Condor to Isotope Flow Glider", Cappo's latest offering, Gusto Grizwold: International Vacation , sees the Notts veteran sharpen his tools and marks the debut output from his own label, Under The Caps Records. This gets an official release on 19 Nov but you can buy it right now, whilst you can also get a free leak of the raucous Fitted & Snapback . <a href=" http://gustogrizwold.com/album /gusto-grizwold-international- vacation">G usto Grizwold: International Vacation by Cappo</a&am p;amp;amp;amp;gt;

Sonnyjim's The Psychonaut , already one of the most accomplished of this year's releases, gets the remix treatment from a selection of the best producers in hip hop today. Take backdrops from the likes of M-Phazes, Illmind, Beat Butcha, Apatight, Elaquent and Wizard, marry them with Sonny's unabashed ego and you're onto a real winner. <a href=" http://sonnyjim.bandcamp.com/a lbum/the-psychonaut-remixes-lp ">The Psychonaut Remixes LP by SONNYJIM</a >

Yungun drops his signature grown-man bars over a beat from Mr Thing a week before his pre-album tape, Jack The World, hits the internet on 18 Nov. Fans of Essa will be pleased to know he's currently putting in work on his official release, Middle Man .

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One of the most unlikely rappers may be, but Jack Dean's I Made You A Mixtape shows that the right doses of irreverence and a little self-deprecation can be mixed to pull off something with charm. And there's even a lovely little Nas remix dropped in to boot. See what the slam poet's got to say for himself. <a href=" http://jackdean.bandcamp.com/a lbum/i-made-you-a-mixtape"&amp ;amp;amp;amp;gt;I Made You A Mixtape by Jack Dean</a&amp ;amp;amp;amp;gt;

The Four Owls - made up of Big Owl, Rusty Take-Off, Bird T and Deformed Wing - are the latest act to fly out of the High Focus coop. Not Like Before sees them don slightly kinky-looking face masks and take it to the woods.

Ricko may well have Lock & Load: Volume 2 up his sleeve but Pyrex Dishes , a brooding homage to washing cocaine and selling it up as moreish stones, won't be found on his upcoming mixtape.

Mr Flex is joined by his Chosen Spokesmen brethren for the Chemo-produced Street Drama , which can be found on the North Weezy MC's Nothing To Prove EP that came out in the second quarter. <a href=" http://mrflexcs.bandcamp.com/a lbum/nothing-to-prove-ep">Noth ing To Prove EP by Mr Flex (Chosen Spokesmen)</a>

Fresh on the heels of commissions from Tony Yayo and Mobb Deep in recent weeks, Beat Butcha gets a placement on Lloyd Banks' latest mixtape, The Cold Corner 2 . Listen to his contribution and scoop the Prodigy, Styles P and ASAP Rocky-featuring tape below. Lloyd Banks - The Cold Corner 2

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Ramson Badbonez joins Salvo Mifune for the ginsu-tongue-sharpening Nagasaki Youth Club , a cut that will feature on an EP of the same name which wholly pilfers samples from 70s anime soundtracks. Look out for that on King Kong Holding Company. <a href=" http://kingkongholdingco.bandc amp.com/album/nagasaki-youth-c lub">Nagasaki Youth Club by Salvo Mifune ft Ramson Badbonez</a>

Having spent a few months calling Tottenham home, New York's Double A.B. thought it only right to chip in his two cents/pence on the summer's riots over a Clash sample and with Iron Braydz on the assist. Unfortunately this is about three months too late.

Expat Lewis Parker is set to release his latest offering, The Puzzle: Episode 2, The Glass Ceiling , and has dropped off a video for Shark before you can get your hands on the new product.

This music has come a long, long way since its humble beginnings. Insane Macbeth is one of UK hip hop's few genuine forefathers and he recently sat in with Gloucester FM to talk about his back catalogue and formative years as one of the scene's upstarts. Listen below. Part 1 Part 2

Chris Leese, Prose and the mighty Kyza take to the stage at next Friday's Suspect Packages Live. I'll definitely be attending, if only to catch Mr Sayso do his thing.

Fresh off calling out Pusha T and Kanye, then rescinding his bars by saying he and Mr West have now kissed and made up, Cons enlists Estelle for a his-and-hers relationship track that will feature on his upcoming mixtape Curb Certified.

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Cons?iracy get their Clockwork Orange on for the video to Back Down , a bold and insolent statement that lets you all know they don't play around.

Currently trailing just one place behind the number 1 spot in the UK charts, Earthquake is the debut single from Simon Cowell signee Labrinth. Whilst UK All Day can't vouch for the rest of his music or his perma-tanned, ascending-waistband record label owner, this goes to show that British rap can bang even at its most achingly commercial heights.