“Since crashing into Hip-Hop consciousness with the instant classic ‘Below The Heavens’ Blu has been one of the underground names on everybody’s lips. As prolific as he is talented he already boasts as many as ten full length albums and just as many mixtapes releases since his 2007 debut including this years ‘NoYork’ which had been penciled to be his major label debut.
To mark the September release of their second collaborative full length album ‘Give Me My Flowers’ Blu & produced extraordinaire Exile, who met through fellow collaborator Aloe Blacc, perform London together for the very first time.” 8pm-Midnight Thursday 4th October
@ Cargo, Rivington Street, London EC2 3AY(Old Street Tube)
Kulez latest EP ‘Draughts Pick’ is out now. The production on it as usual is ridiculous, and should only be played with huge speakers. This is some of his best material to date (in my humble opinion of course), so if head over to his Soundcloud page to cop the EP for free.
Fresh of the internetz comes London rapper Cracker. He’s been making a real name for himself on the underground ever since he dropped his debut release ‘The Book Of Days EP’ in the autumn of last year. The EP created a buzz that led to him being asked to record freestyle videos for a string of independent broadcasters including Urban Vibe UK (UV UK), LMTA (Less Talk More Action) and a video with Cee Major for DJ Gone TV. Cracker has also battled at various events including the countries biggest and most popular battle league Don’t Flop.
Now in the lab working on his ‘yet to be titled’ mixtape project, Cracker has hooked up with Urban Vibe UK to bring us this superb music video for the first leak from the project entitled ‘Pocahontas’. This is a great display of the lyricism, flow and microphone presence that Cracker is becoming famous for and a brilliant taster of what to expect. The track is produced by Cee Major & Gemz and is the perfect soundtrack for Cracker to spit his words of wisdom on. Already being championed by various tastemakers in the UK Hip-Hop scene this is a future Hip-Hop classic.
The future looks bright for Cracker as he continues to write, record & complete his second project and debut mixtape, as well as working on a brand new six track EP that will be an official iTunes digital release. It’s time to get up on this talented wordsmith who is destined for big things!
More quality UK Hip-Hop courtesy of Park Street PR… this is something really special and something we’ve actually played a few times. Production is quality as are the bars and the song concepts, the full package here. Make sure you grab this NOW!
Track-listing
01. Battlescarred Rap Genius
02. The Heliopolis Scheme
03. Make It Hot
04. MSG Is Like Crack
05. Paradise 2012
06. Illuminati Artists
07. Memories And Tears
08. The Death Of Innocent
09. Blind
10. Corporate Gangster
Some days we’re sent a plethora of bad, and I mean bad submissions. Sometimes it’s so bad, we, the HHLAT team almost think that it’s a joke, and it was sent to us for laughs. Hoho no. But sometimes our inbox/Twitter/Facebook is so full of pure hip-hop goodness that we really can’t keep track. Today is one of those days, and this video by Kb da Boss ft John Q & Sucoo is pure hip-hop goodness. It’s a remix of the Janet Jackson cover ”Til It’s Gone’, which in turn was a cover of a Joni Mitchell song (I really hope I didn’t have to tell you, and you already knew that. The dudes in this video know!). I love the video and the song in equal measure, it’s a straight for-the-homies-by-the-homies joint. It’s as if they all got together and decided they’d just hang out, make some music and have a good time. Now that’s hip-hop in a nutshell. All three MCs stand out in their own right, and manage to navigate the obstacle of not overshadowing each other, but compliment one another really well. If you’ve ever been in a relationship with a loon or someone who didn’t know how to treat you like a human, then you’ll love this track. Considering the content it doesn’t come off cliche or overly negative, if anything it’s a pretty optimistic song. The production was really on point, and as ever I can’t be mad at turntables being used properly.
We’ll be following the dudes in AMH and Sucoo in the future for sure.
For friends of Murs, Ant production (Atmosphere/Felt), Q-Tip, Common (the good stuff!).
We received a super nice email from an L.A-based MC named Doug. The message was so sincere and honest in fact, that I was worried upon actually listening to his music he would be a horribly shallow rapper talking about bitches and bling, and we’d have to chuck that super nice email in the trash (it’s an almost daily occurrence kids). Well luckily enough for us, and you, his skills were as good as his manners. The production in ‘A Trip’ has so much jazz in it that it had me instantly nodding my head like one of those dog things you have in the back of your car. His content is intelligent, but not pretentious and I like how his flow very much works with the instrumentation of the tracks he spits over. I’m generally excited to hear Doug rap, and we’ll be definitely keeping an eye on this dude in the future. For fans of Aesop Rock, Ecid, 2-Dash Tone.
P.S for those of you that think good manners won’t get you far, being a dick won’t get you anywhere at all. Especially in underground genres. Take note.
Have a listen for yourself, you can cop his latest release for free by clicking the links.
Check Ricta’s new video out ‘This Year’. The track is from his now released debut album ‘Snacks & Deception’ which you can get your hands on via Bandcamp, Amazon, iTunes and Play.com so you really have no excuse not to. The album is ridiculous!
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