Via the powers of the 'World Wide Web' we take a trip down under with a simple click of a button and we're able to hear the sounds of 'Thorts' aka Adrian Somerville. In all honesty I am yet to listen to this thirteen track EP in it's entirety, but I am very familiar with 'Thorts' and his honest expression over dusty beats by 'Proph 1' who handles the majority of the productions on this project...
1. Photo feat. Aetcix & Isaiah Somerville Produced by Proph 1 2. Tristan da cunha Produced by Proph 1 3. Paige is in the muzik house (skit) 4. Aaron & Adrian feat. 1/6 Produced by Proph 1 5. The day I let the ink run away Produced by Efmp 6. Solitude feat. Kadyelle Produced by Proph 1 7. Flowers bloom but then they blemish Produced by Proph 1 8. Tribute Produced by Saint Surly 9. Armour feat. Reach Produced by Proph 1 10. Sunday morning mourning feat. Morgan Macmanus Produced by Proph 1 11. Clear as day & night feat. Aamir Produced by Proph 1
M.A.B aka Most Annoying Bastard is an MC who's name is getting around quite a bit on the underground at the moment. This project shows the man in question getting right to the point with a demonstration of straight up Hip Hop, wordplay and flows over various concepts. Features include the likes of.. Ramson Badbonez, EdXL, Truth, J.C.A, Johnny Darko and Seapa Dee.
Joker Starr gives Smiler abit of a talking to in what I believe is the second offcial response to Smiler's 'Destroy & Rebuild' diss to various artists.
1.Intro 2.Twilight Chorus feat. Tenchoo, Durant, Ill Green, TnT, Aganize and Lainer 3.Horror 4.Estates feat. Matt Lewis 5.Flowers @ the End of the World feat. Aganze and Tenchoo 6.Stories 7.Taxi [skit] feat. Krux 8.Roll Thru 9.Sometimes 10.Outro *Bonus Track Cryptik Chordz feat. Verb T - Thiefs Theme
I always had this as an audio file but recently came across the actual vid on youtube and thought I'd up it to the 'Dusted Off' section. If for some reason you don't know about the classic Champion Sound project Jay is speaking about (Jay Dee & Madlib aka Jaylib) I'm sure you can find some of the tracks on youtube. Otherwise get yourself a copy and bounce!!
The Kemistry have just dropped a freebie ep, with some previously released tracks and some new demo type tracks .. I can't big this up too much without sounding like a self promoting arse hole, so just download it, drop it on ya ipod, laugh at the artwork & have a listen and see what ya think fo ya self's .. Pz ..
01 . Window - The Tour EP 02 . mascot - The Kemistry EP 03 . Plugin Baby - Promo 04 . The Core Live - The Tour EP 05 . Shrinking Fear - The Kemistry EP 06 . The Mosquito Song - Cover Demo 07 . The Craving - Album Demo
The Kemistry Bio
The East London duo of vocalist/songwriter Kemi and Producer/Beat maker Bare Beats magnificently blend two disparate pools of musical influences and differences to create a new sounds that defies simple categorisation.
As journalists have attempted to slap ‘trip-hop’, ‘down tempo dub’, ‘dub’ and many more, the truth is the only way to describe The Kemistry sound is to call it...The Kemistry sound.
Rocking shows with a live backing band and frequently collaboration with MCs, The Kemistry have created and intense buzz in the UK underground music scene, solidified with the release of their 2009 EP 'The Tour', and their follow up single 'The Core'
01. Call My Name 02. Got It On Lock 03. Rhodes 04. What Now 05. Your Name? 06. Cold City 07. Whole 08. No More 09. You Never Left 10. Good With Those 11. Zone-D 12. Sea Breeze (Do It) 13. I Remember 14. Isaac 15. Swerve That 16. Green 17. AndOne 18. Leave With Me 19. Without Love
Karl Hinds responds to Smiler's 'Destroy & Rebuild' track where Smiler "spits" on many of who are known as UKHH's pioneers. He even goes as far to call Mr Hinds "washed up" which fulled him to drop Ether 2010.
‘The Rixtape’ has arrived… Mal aka Rick Mal comes with an 18 tracker of pure “laid back funk” for us to sit back and nod our heads to. The Bolton/Manchester based MC is a fine lyricist with clever rhymes and wordplay that will swiftly usher you on to come to this very conclusion yourself. Mal is also hands on with the production side of things and either produces or had a hand in building eleven of beats of this “Rixtape”, otherwise reaching out to local up and coming peers Dweller (of Simple Samples) and Professor P (Don’t Flop).
Expect the sounds to vary between raw and dusty, laidback, funky, soulful, jazzy and other. Besides two, err ...let’s say "cameos" from North-West’s MC Scrabble (of Simple Samples) and Dweller, Mal steps to all 18 songs without guest any guest appearances. Rather like a lot of artists used to do on their debut projects.
1 Company Flow ft Ill Bill - Simian Drugs 2. Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy 3. Aesop Rock ft C-Rayz Walz - Bent Life 4. Mr Lif ft Aesop Rock - Success 5. El-P - Squeegee man shooting (Remix) 6. Cannibal Ox - The F Word (RJD2 Remix) 7. Camu Tao - Hold the Floor 8. Aesop Rock - NY Electric 9. Cannibal Ox ft El-P - Ridiculoid 10. El-P ft Camu Tao - Accidents don’t happen 11. Aesop Rock - Catacomb Kids 12. Cage ft El-P - Oxycontins Pt 2 13. RJD2 - Rain 14. RJD2 - The Horror 15. Mr Lif ft El-P - I Phantom 16. Aesop Rock - Daylight 17. Aesop Rock - Nightlight 18. El-P - Deep Space 9MM 19. Mr Lif - Return of the B-Boy Pt 2 20. El-P - Poisenville Kids No Win 21. RJD2 - Here’s what’s left
Don't take away our radio. We need a place - a place to go, where we can play our favourite shows. Don't take away our radio.
When I first heard the word about BBC 6 I thought, "this is absurd, is the BBC sick?" It rocked the airwaves enough to keep me seasick, but it's the first to get sunk - can we believe it? And I thought pirates were meant to be the problem, but obviously not 'cause your lot's already got some. Doctor, doctor, what's your option; what are you going to drop from the roster to cost cut?
The Asian Network plays the best work of a strain of the nation that strains to get heard, and now you're severing the nerves of a massive demographic. It's not a very clever tactic, is it? The last bastions of unsigned action, independents depend on it for traction. Ask Lamacq or Bobby Friction for his reaction - my prediction isn't one of satisfaction. Do the maths, it's a simple subtraction: take away the stations and you chase away the talent.
Listening figures isn't your biggest purpose, it's first and foremost to provide public service. I'm not saying other stations are worthless, but adverts are adverse and make me nervous. We deserve to have a say in what we'd like to see - I mean after all, we pay the licence fee.
Don't take away our favourite shows. Don't take away our radio. Don't take away our favourite shows. Don't take away our radio.
You need to appeal to the people that feel John Peel, and want to keep it real. So please, pretty Beeb, we appeal for a new deal - we'd be pleased if the spiel was repealed. D.B. sees what's needed to escape from the danger zone: more DAB radios in the nation's homes. The audience is there, they just need connecting, in the same way your arrangement needs correcting.
Next thing on the list that's vexing bloody everybody is you spending money like it's never ending. Even a yellow bellied Teletubby could tell us it's crazy, Laa-Laa; Lady Gaga. Pay me half of what you pay to Clarkson - I'll be laughing like I can't keep a straight face, straight up. If there's a budgetary deficit to make up, then wake up and give Big Jeremy a pay cut.
Don't take away our favourite shows. Don't take away our radio. Don't take away our favourite shows. Don't take away our radio.
There's enough talent out here for like forty channels, but we only get to hear the top forty sellers. You're running it like Basil does to Fawlty Towers - literally - ask Andrew Sachs, he could talk for hours about how he was pushed about as Manuel, then Johnny Ross and Russell Brand did it as well. Man, Johnny Rotten wouldn't slag the living Hell out of an old man's grandkid on his cell. Well, if Russell Brand and the six million dollar man are the cream of the crop then you can hang the DJ.
* Radio 1 - sweet for teenagers * Radio 2 - great if you're really ancient * Radio 3 - for those of a refined taste * Radio 4 - all talking and giant brains * Radio 5 - only sport fans are tuned in * Radio 6 - it's the music we're losing
Don't take away our radio. We will complain until you know it's a mistake - I'm afraid so. Don't take away our radio.
Rapper Guru is reported to be in a coma after suffering a heart attack yesterday (Sunday 28 February). The 43-year-old is set to undergo surgery today at a hospital in New York.
The rapper's condition was confirmed by DJ Premier, his partner in the seminal hip-hop group Gang Starr, in a phonecall to radio show Hip Hop Nation yesterday. He is reported as ssaying: "Guru is in a coma and will go under surgery tomorrow afternoon."
Guru, born Keith Alam, rose to prominence as an MC in the 80s. Known for his distinctive voice and intelligent rhymes, he released a string of hits with Gang Starr, including Words I Manifest, Just to Get Rep and Full Clip.
The duo were reportedly on indefinite hiatus after 2003 album The Ownerz, with Guru and DJ Premier giving conflicting messages about their future. However, Guru recently hinted on Twitter that he and DJ Premier were set to release new Gang Starr material imminently.
Guru is best known for his work on Jazzmatazz, a hip-hop and jazz fusion project that has yielded four albums and numerous tours. The group's booking agent confirmed that a number of forthcoming Jazzmatazz live dates have now been put on hold
As we step over to California to hear the one and only Gavlyn, a Rapper and Spoken Word artist who has only been rapping sine 2006 yet has blessed the public with many personal appearances in this time. I was given the heads up about Gavlyn by our mutual friend and Los Angeles heavyweight Destruct some time ago where I heard a very well executed 'Walking Down The Street' which samples the 1963 Dionne Warwick classic 'Walk On By'. Curious are you? good, cos it's on this mixtape. The best thing about this is that it's just a promo mixtape (with original production) that she's put out just before the release of her debut album 'From Tha Art'. We'll most likely post it here as soon as we're in the know...
The wait is over.... Sons Of South are back at what they do best with the third installment of their 'All Eyes On The South' series this time with MC Blaze (Real Name No Gimmicks) as the executive producer. Expect to hear the whole squad (Blaze, Naturekid, Verbal Remedy, Mr Prophecy, DJ Jeckal, Terror & ext fam DJoe) as well as guests appearances from V.E.X, Jack Flash, Gadget & Louisunseen (Millennium Jazz) & Unfriednly Neighbours ..to name a few. Personally I've only heard 'Stupid Brear' produced by SOS's very own Terror, 'Can't Contest', & 'No Gimmicks' and this really bumps, especially at high volume. That said, I have volumes 1 & 2 and I know what these guys are capable of so as the CD gets nearer to my postbox this project already gets a Diggaz Love recommendation.
Respect to the brotha for airing his views. I've already seen that this track has sparked off alot of talk among the community due to the name dropping and points against what many would call the uk's best. Which ever stance you take on 'Smiler' and his views this was a good listen. What happens now? good question...
If you know nothing of the Nottingham MC/arguably the best rhymer of the old 'Out Da Ville' squad then I suggest you swiftly download this collection and hope no one had noticed. You'll be more than happy with this if you are a lover of clever and far from over the top lyrics as we are blessed with a piece of Scorzilla's back catalog. And it all kicks off with one of my favorites 'Archery', nuff said...
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 (With Lee Ramsay + Karizma) (Produced by DJ Fever) 12. Blueberry Dreamhaze (Produced by Cappo) 13. The Beginning Of The End (With Lee Ramsay) (Produced by DJ Fever) 14. Accakela (With Lee Ramsay + Killa Kela) 15. Try (Produced by Nick Stez) 16. 3 Kings (Produced by The P Brothers) 17. Speak (With Cappo) (Produced by The Akai Professionals) 18. Take A Journey (With Sophie Johnson Hill) (Produced by Nick Stez + Big Trev) 19. No Pain, No Gain (With Cappo) (Produced by Styly Cee) 20. Mic Life (Produced by The Labratz)
Boom, 2010 and it's time to get back on the grind with our projects etc. For Lab Off pt 7 the talented Dan Bull has challenged us with four samples to flip. The difference from past Lab Offs was that he gave us four difficult vocals samples to do our thing with.
As usual we could taken parts from one sample, combined them, as well as use additional sounds from vst's, synths and even other samples. But the main sample had to have came from at least one of the tracks provided.
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