In response to UK Hip Hop’s currently thriving state, the festival circuit has followed suite and 2013 promises more of our home grown lyricists and producers stepping up onto the big stages then ever. One festival that’s popped up to show heavy support is Morefest, a Dorset festival set in Moreton on August 23rd and [...]
I’ve always loved the style of street art collective The London Police (and am even more fond of the fact that they trump the real London Police Force in Google searches). It’s bold, fun and intrinsically linked to the Hip Hop culture we all know and love through thick black lines and shell toe sneakers. [...]
Pop surrealist David Shillinglaw came up painting walls in a playful, illustrative style full of colour, words and interaction and has since had a successful gallery career over the past decade. His most recent show, My Idea of Fun is currently at Stolenspace gallery in the Truman Breweries just off East London’s Brick Lane and [...]
The sun shone over Soho yesterday as record lovers, and music aficionados in general, took to the streets and the vinyl stores to celebrate Record Store Day, an event which grew into a carnival atmosphere as shops turned the speakers designed for the in store DJ sets out to face the roads. The queue, stretching [...]
Anyone who’s been to one of the two previous High Focus Birthday nights that were held at Brixton Jamm knows full well the third isn’t to be missed. With the label going from strength to strength over the last year with incredible releases from Jam Baxter, Scissortongue and Fliptrix their upcoming third Birthday celebrations follow [...]
PLEASE NOTE, THIS NIGHT HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE HAPPENING ON 23RD! Keep an eye on The Doctor’s orders website for details of it’s rearrangement. As well as bringing in Hip Hop royalty from across the pond such as DJ Premier and Jazzy Jeff, it’s nice to see The Doctor’s orders representing [...]
There’s no doubting that Outlook Festival is just a little bit special (you’ve only got to read our 2011 review to see that), but there promo material this year is something else. Going beyond simply advertising the festival, they assembled a team of young videographers and small production crews to each focus on a particular [...]
With M9 and Pheonix Da Icefire releasing some of the finest solo albums to grace 2012 (be sure to check our M9 Magna Carta Review and Phoenix Interview), the Triple Darkness camp are firing right now and it’s definitely a good time to catch them live in action. I’ve seen the majority of them individually [...]
With DJ Premier having just graced The Doctor’s Orders with a firing set that almost brought Brixton’s Plan B to it’s knees (check our review here), the next artist they’re bringing in from across the pond comes in the form of one of Hip Hop’s originators, the mighty Jazzy Jeff on 13th April. Since blowing [...]
Doctor’s Orders nights are different to other Hip Hop nights London. Known to those outside the scene as the greatest in the capital, they transcend the relatively small, insular UK Hip Hop scene and appeal to a variety of heads, creating a fine balance of promoting true underground hip hop while also ramming venues and [...]
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