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“It was a very surreal moment when we heard Dilla had died. The most ironic thing was we were all in Los Angeles recording, we had formed a new supergroup: ?uestlove, Wendy & Lisa from Prince’s Revolution, Mike Elizondo – who did all the basslines for Dr. Dre – and a guitar player called Doyle [...]
It’s rare that we just drop a tune on you out of the blue, but someone just reminded me of this Mos Def classic and I can’t help but share. A crunchy beat with an incredible, yet subtle, bassline and violins provide the backing for one of my personal favourite Mos Def tunes, where he [...]
Boot Records just dropped this ill joint, produced by Boot Productions, featuring High Focus vet Verb T alongside Louie G. It goes without saying that Verb’s flor on this fairly dark, raw beat is sick, but it was Louie G, a name I heard here for the first time, that really surprised me. His slightly [...]
Common’s just dropped a hard hitting tune and video to accompany it as a build up to his 9th (yes, 9th!) album set to drop December 20th. It’s a hard hitting commentary, picturing him in Haiti amid the devastation of the 2010 earthquake. In an effort to raise further awareness to the plights of the [...]
Chemo doesn’t need much introduction to anyone into their UK Hip Hop. One of the founders of Speakers Corner, the owner of Kilamanjaro Studios and a beatsmith with productions for the likes of Kyza, Kashmere and Verb T under his belt. His album, the Stomach of the Mountain, is dropping later this month, featuring collabs [...]
Ok, so I always knew Alaskan raised, Californian residing rapper Intuition could flow, but he comes seriously hard in this video! Check his Facebook and Bandcamp for more lyrical goodness.
The South London based live Hip Hop 6 piece Granville Sessions features three emcees, a producer, a drummer and a bassist who´ve supported a whole host of the UK´s best. They recently released a nine track digital album No State (which you can buy and check out in it´s entirety here) and a video to [...]
It´s pretty well known that plenty of Hip Hop heads have been introduced to, and subsequently fell in love with, Soul music, not to mention Jazz, through samples and crate digging. I´m one of them, and this tune is a true soulful summer slider. An Evil Ed mix for Urban Industry (get hold of that [...]
With the recent re-emergence of Photek on the music scene, coming with some new tracks that display his take on more modern IDM music, his roots, and the roots of d&b in many ways, deserve to be paid there respects. Released in 1998 on Virgin Records, Modus Operandi is one of the most well thought [...]
Lewis Parker is a name that’s gained massive acclaim and respect within UK hip hop, masterfully crafting a nostalgic, golden sound reminiscent of dusty record crates. This was one of his earliest releases, on London based label ‘Bite It’ in 1996 when he was just a teenager, but in my eyes is still one of [...]
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