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Eskiboy's latest project, Evolve Or Be Extinct , hit stores at the end of last month and Sippin' Daiquiris is the second video to promote the LP. Feast your peepers on the visuals to the title track here .

Wiley is, without a doubt, one of the most important pioneers of UK garage and grime, and his new release, Evolve Or Be Extinct , somehow both demonstrates and transcends both genres – and many more. Over the course of 14 tracks, the producer and rapper cruises through house (“Boom Blast”), dubstep (“Evolve or Be Extinct”), classic grime (“Miss You,” “Scar”) and a handful of entertaining-yet-perhaps-a-bit -lengthy skits (“Can I Have A Taxi Please,” “Customs”), mainly self-produced and each featuring the bouncy, slang-laden delivery characteristic of the British EDM scene he's helped to shape. The UK’s electronic music scene [...]

Wiley - Evolve Or Be Extinct By Greg Salter Halfway through Evolve Or Be Extinct ’s title track, we get Wiley , sounding as relaxed and as confident as ever, pretty much setting out his what’s driving his new material: “You say you don’t like me. So what?/I’m not a show off but when I’m about it’s a roadblock/Stop thinking of old songs/Move on – go change your old top”. Evolve Or Be Extinct is his statement for his longevity – arguably one of grime’s most [...]

2011 was a good year for dance music, but 2012 looks like an even better one. A plethora of dance/electronic releases are on the horizon — everything from albums and mix compilations by up-and-coming artists to full-lengths and compendiums by acts with proven track records. We’ve been meticulously sorting through our promos and listening to streams in order to gauge the upcoming crop of albums. So far, we really like what we’ve been hearing, and there seems to be plenty of musical diversity and fresh ideas. Here’s a list of 75 releases that every dance/electronic music fan should have on their [...]

I wouldn't have picked grime godfather Wiley to be the first man to be out on his roof erecting an illuminated Santa or hanging some tinsel from a tree in his lounge as soon as December hits. But as it turns out, our man Eski-Boy is a bit of a fan of yuletide festivities. He's even gone so far as to record his own carol. Okay, so it's not really a carol in the traditional sense. Rather, Wiley has cooked up 'Cheer Up, It's Christmas', a shuffling ode to let the moaners to be [...]