Consistent throughout this album of Birmingham Hip-Hop is well worth checking if you’re like your deeper, harder UK street rap. There are some killer productions on the album with beats really standing out. Sir Tomz and his empire Jailhouse Ltd have been busy of late with two music videos featuring the excellent sung vocals of Nih illi and directed, edited & produced by Peter Jordan from Auteurluirid. Both videos have clocked over 4000 views on You Tube and have cemented themselves in the scene. This album has some real highlights, in a way too mention to be honest! So do yourself a favour get up on some real music and support home-grown talent buy putting your hand in your pocket and clicking the iTunes link below.
Full Tracklist:
01 – Intro Feat. Sir Tomz & Nih’illi
02 – Lockdown Feat. Sir Tomz & Nih’illi
03 – Jail House Feat. Sir Tomz & Blackitude
04 – Survival Feat .Sir Tomz & Cyrus
05 – Tell Dem Already Feat .Sir Tomz
06 – What’s The Point (Skit) Feat. Sir Tomz & Nih’illi
07 – What’s The Point Feat. Sir Tomz
08 – Stack It Up Feat. Sir Tomz & Nih’illi
09 – Showdown Feat. Sir Tomz
10 – What You KNow About Feat. Sir Tomz
11 – How I Do This Feat. Sir Tomz, Nih’illi & Cyrus
12 – Calmdown (Skit) Feat. Sir Tomz
13 – The Struggle (Skit) Feat. Sir Tomz & Nih’illi
14 – The Struggle Feat. Sir Tomz & Nih’illi
15 – I Amaze Myself Feat. Sir Tomz & Nih’illi
16 – 25 Pence Feat. Sir Tomz & Nih’illi
17 – New World Feat. Sir Tomz, Nih’illi & Blackitude
18 – Change Feat. Sir Tomz & Juice Aleem
19 – Do It Feat. Sir Tomz
20 – Outro Feat. Sir Tomz & Nih’illi
01. Phonte – Intro [02:22]
02. Phonte – Vent [01:01]
03. Phonte – The Knock [01:17]
04. Phonte – So Lovely (Eccentric’s Mix) [01:08]
05. Phonte – Mic Test Freestyle [00:37]
06. Phonte – Downtime [01:27]
07. Phonte – Freestyle [00:51]
08. Phonte – Almost Genuine [00:26]
09. Phonte – Paper Lines [00:56]
10. Phonte – Play the Music [01:05]
11. Phonte – Speed [00:54]
12. Phonte – Players Freestyle [00:59]
13. Phonte – Whatever You Say [00:26]
14. Phonte – For You [00:54]
15. Phonte – Can’t Stay Away [01:06]
16. Phonte – Nighttime Maneuvers [01:17]
17. Phonte – Intergalactic Soul [01:35]
18. Phonte – The Honorable [00:46]
19. Phonte – Light It Up [01:26]
20. Phonte – Reasons [00:56]
21. Phonte – The Yo-Yo [00:56]
22. Phonte – On The Way [00:55]
23. Phonte – The Get Up [01:13]
24. Phonte – The Way You Do It (Original Demo) [00:15]
25. Phonte – The Way You Do It [01:31]
26. Phonte – Let’s Move [01:13]
27. Phonte – Happiness [01:29]
28. Phonte – Be Alright [01:32]
29. Phonte – Brave New World [01:04]
30. Phonte – Nic’s Groove [01:06]
31. Phonte – Raw Life [00:47]
32. Phonte – War [01:06]
33. Phonte – I See Now [00:25]
34. Phonte – Give It To Ya [00:26]
35. Phonte – Ain’t Nobody Like Me [00:51]
36. Phonte – Starvation [00:25]
37. Phonte – Welcome To Durham [00:45]
38. Phonte – Tension [00:26]
39. Phonte – Animal [00:55]
40. Phonte – Flash & Flare [00:37]
41. Phonte – Let It Go [00:47]
42. Phonte – The Becoming [01:12]
43. Phonte – Watch Me [00:46]
44. Phonte – Lovin It [01:08]
45. Phonte – Sinners [00:27]
46. Phonte – The Olio [00:28]
47. Phonte – Can’t Stop Us [00:49]
48. Phonte – Do It To Death [00:48]
49. Phonte – Life Of The Party [00:49]
50. Phonte – Cool As a Fan [00:51]
51. Phonte – The Rap Game [00:26]
52. Phonte – No Time To Chill [00:58]
53. Phonte – Boondock Saints [01:08]
54. Phonte – Sirens [00:27]
55. Phonte – Dreams [00:27]
56. Phonte – I Got Work For Ya [00:27]
57. Phonte – Step It Up [00:26]
58. Phonte – Dillagence [00:45]
59. Phonte – Sex God [00:15]
60. Phonte – Guaranteed [00:26]
61. Phonte – Paper Chaser [00:05]
62. Phonte – Daykeeper [00:36]
63. Phonte – Take Off The Blues [00:45]
64. Phonte – Before The Night Is Over [00:45]
65. Phonte – Go Off Go On [00:28]
66. Phonte – Tigallo For Dolo [01:55]
67. Phonte – Black Hand Side [00:08]
68. Phonte – The King’s Khrysis [00:48]
69. Phonte – Band Practice Pt. 1 [01:51]
70. Phonte – Outro [00:34]
Graffiti artist turned hip-hop artist, rapper, producer, and member of the super sick rap group Dilated Peoples, Evidence is that West Coast rapper who always delivers. Here on his number he has enlisted the help of some heavy wait producers with the legendary Alchemist turning out a barrage of killers as well as Evidence himself coming good. Other beats come from Sid Roams, DJ Premier, DJ Babu, Rahki, Daniel “Danny Keyz” Tannenbaum, Twiz The Beat Pro and Charli Brown. Its got the nod factor all the way through and some from the first cut ‘The Liner Notes’ featuring Aloe Blacc you know this album is good food. Evidence holds his own on ‘The Red Carpet’ featuring Raekwon & Ras Kass, although one of my favourite tracks has to be ‘Where You Come From?’ which features Rakaa, Lil’ Fame from Group Home & Termanology. Other contributions come from Roc Marciano, Prodigy, Slug, Aesop Rock, Krondon and Fashawn although this isn’t an album that relies on features. It’s also worth point out that there is no track 13 on the album, call Evidence superstitious or what? It’s a solid album and his most cohesive solo album to date. Make sure you go and cop this.
Tracklist:
01. The Liner Notes (feat. Aloe Blacc)
02. Strangers
03. The Red Carpet (feat. Raekwon & Ras Kass)
04. It Wasn’t Me
05. I Don’t Need Love
06. You
07. God Bless That Man (Interlude)
08. Fame (feat. Roc Marciano & Prodigy)
09. James Hendrix (Evidence & The Alchemist as Step Brothers )
10. Late For The Sky (feat. Slug & Aesop Rock)
11. Crash
12. Where You Come From? (feat. Rakaa, Lil’ Fame & Termanology)
13. …
14. To Be Continued…
15. Falling Down
16. Well Runs Dry (feat. Krondon)
17.The Epilogue
18. Sleep Deprivation (iTunes Bonus)
19. Good Times (iTunes Bonus)
20. Same Folks (Bonus) (feat. Fashawn)
For those of you in the know you might have already seen 40DUBst’s amazing debut video ‘Welcome To Dartford’. It has already been aired on the UK’s leading urban TV Station Channel AKA as well as getting a major thumbs up from Grime Daily and other leading tastemakers.
We live in a world where people follow fashion. It’s true… something works and everybody jumps on it, but not 40DUBst. These Dartford lads are doing it a little bit different and with bags of originality and uniqueness. There is no doubting that this three man act is destined for absolutely massive things.
The video for the 40DUBst debut single ‘Welcome To Dartford’ was shot on location in where? Yes folks you’ve guessed it… Dartford, well mainly Temple Hill Square to be exact, which is where 40DUBst originate from. The video was shot, directed and edited by top music video producer ‘Chas Appeti’, who brought the boy’s personalities out in this Jeremy Kyle style video.
There’s so much more to come from 40DUBst so be on the lookout for more quality music and promotional videos real soon!!!
Good graffiti? We think so, so massive shouts to Tony Graffiti who has an exibition opening soon in Birmingham… keep graffiti real “smoke crack and sign on” opening Friday 14th October.
LATE is a true UK veteran with more releases under his belt as an artist than most record labels have in their discography! Hailing from Wolftown aka Wolverhampton this rapper has churned out some classic material over the years including the legendary album by Villains and Wolftown Committee before unleashing solo classics like ‘Below Street Level’ and more recently ‘UK Rapscallion’. He has just released his first ever mixtape with UK Runnings which is produced by Tricksta as well as launching his own website. Hip-Hop Life And Times interviews the L, the A, the T, the E… LATE.
You’ve been in the game now for over ten years and have many releases under your belt. Only a few artists from the UK scene can say they’ve done that. So the first question is what do you think the key is to longevity in Hip-Hop?
You must be in it for the right reasons it’s like any for of art, you have to love what you do so its not forced it should come natural
Your latest release ‘www.OfficialLate.net’ features some quality names Iron Braydz, Genesis Elijah, Supar Novar, Jai Boo, TBear, K9, Creamo, Streetz and Serocee, as well as being produced by Tricksta. How long did the release take to make and what was the initial idea behind the project?
What happened with this project is that Tricksta had remixed some of the tracks off my last album UK Rapscallion, Tricksta also had a couple of freestyles I had done just sitting there on his computer and at this time I was just getting ready to launch my new website www.officiallate.net so we decided to make a couple more exclusive tracks and put it out there as a free download to help promote the website al mixed and produced by Tricksta from UK Runnings
It says on the press release that this was your first mixtape with UK Runnings, apart the odd one you’ve hosted. How come it too so long to make a UK Runnings mixtape with a man you work with all the time? (lol)
What usually happens is we start making the release together then it just ends up being a full length album and we end up releasing it, my last album started off as a UK Runnings mixtape and half way through we both though this is sick lets make it a album
In your raps you talk on various subjects but what kind of tracks do you enjoy writing the most?
I mainly just write about myself and my surroundings, I’m constantly writing lyrics so whatever im on that day is what I write about
You’ve always kept it real to the underground, have you ever been tempted to make a pop song?
I don’t think I could, I think its very hard to write a pop song and you also need a massive budget behind it, In the UK the pop market is different to rest of the world.
I seen the hood videos for the ‘www.OfficialLate.net’ project – they look nice! Can we expect more videos from this project or from you as an artist soon?
Yeah most definitely as we completed the mixtape we managed to get out hands on a HD camera so we started experimenting with it, those videos are real underground we stepping the game up on the videos for the next project
You’ve had a spell of releasing some different projects, the ‘Street Product EP’, the digital ‘best-of’ album ‘From The Vaults’ and now ‘www.OfficialLate.net’ a collection of underground produced tracks and rare remixes. So will your next release be a new album?
Yeah im working on it now it’s gonna be called ‘Street Science’ and it’s my best work to date
Apart from making music you’re known for running the well-respected Rago Magazine with Tricksta. I see you do mixtapes with Tricksta and I remember you have your own series called Underground Exposure. How’s that all going?
I haven’t released one in a while, I will probably drop a new on around the time of the album, as Im focusing on the new album at the moment
Your also part of a crew called SPC. What does that stand for and what exactly is it?
It stands for South Park Coalition and its collection of talented artists from all over Houston Texas founded 25 years ago by the legendary rapper K-Rino.
Okay before you go can you give us all your website details please?
“Just For The Rhymes” (Remix) ft. REKS & M-Dot prod. by DJ Low Cut (France) off of the upcoming Run MPC Remix Album and it will also be on Revalation’s “Feature Presentation” mixtape coming later this year ft. Sha Stimuli, Termanology, Reks, Dominique Larue, M-Dot, Mayhem, Tribeca, B.A.M. and more.
Year Round Records artist Khaleel just released this new mixtape mixed by DJ Premier “The Authentic Vol. 1″ to keep us satisfied until he drops his debut album “Already”. The future of Texas is here could be right here!!!
01. Khaleel – DJ Premier Intro (Prod. by DJ Premier)
02. Khaleel – Hot Flames (Prod. by DJ Premier)
03. Khaleel – True or False
04. Khaleel – Poet & A Prophet (Feat. Jago)
05. Khaleel – Rappin’ Exercise (Feat. Panchi) (Prod. by Showbiz)
06. Khaleel – Waitin’ (Feat. Jago)
07. Khaleel – Come on by
08. Khaleel – Ride Wit A Nigga (Feat. Lil Ran)
09. Khaleel – Anonymous (Feat. Nick Javas) (Prod. by DJ Premier)
10. Khaleel – Everything I Need (Feat. Dee Rail)
11. Khaleel – Roll Up
12. Khaleel – Sunshine (Feat. Durty, Nealio & Jade)
13. Khaleel – Sometimes
14. Khaleel – All Up in Ya (Feat. Nick Javas) (Prod. by Marco Polo)
15. Khaleel – Texas (Feat. Coop)
16. Khaleel – DJ Premier Outro
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