Go Big TV sees West London rapper Kachi step up and deliver a unique hard hitting performance with relentless bars of realness. Watch out for new music dropping from Kachi in the not too distant future.
The prolific MC, producer and musician Oddisee’s new album ‘The Iceberg’ is a plea for humanity to dig deeper in search of understanding and common ground. His third release in just 12 months, ‘The Iceberg’ is a distillation of stereotypical tropes in hip-hop and beyond, 12 tracks about money, sex, politics, race and religion that appear superficial until his multi-dimensional lyrics unfurl to expose the complexities of individuality and identity: how we see ourselves and how others see us. Deeply soulful, and shot through with jazz, Go-go, gospel, thick r&b and hard beats, the album is a timely, poetic statement. ‘The Iceberg’ is out February 24 on Mello Music Group.
Lead single “Things” acts as a mission statement for the album, a deep dance groove with lightning-quick lyrics about “things” he’s going through. Says Oddisee, “”We all go through the trials & tribulations of life. Why is it we feel the need to individualize our shared experiences? If only we could see our concerns as others do, maybe they wouldn’t be so serious.”
‘The Iceberg’ was recorded and produced by Oddisee at his own studio in Brooklyn, made with live instrumentation performed by Oddisee and members of his band, Good Compny.
Oddisee has released two studio albums, several EPs mixtapes and instrumental albums, and has over 23 million plays on Spotify. He’s been profiled by NPR, the Washington Post, praised by Pitchfork and Stereogum, performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk, Red Bull Sound Select and at festivals including Glastonbury and Sasquatch. ‘The Iceberg’ follows two releases in 2016, the ‘Alwasta EP’ and the instrumentals album ‘The Odd Tape.’ His 2015 full-length ‘The Good Fight’ was a Top 10 album on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap chart and he won the iTunes Music award for Best Hip-Hop Album of 2012.
Oddisee’s 2017 international tour with Good Compny starts March 2nd in Paris and includes dates across the U.S. in April and May. Full list of dates below with more to be added.
Oddisee World Tour
March 2 – Paris, France – La Place
March 3 – Lyon, France – Bizarre!
March 4 – Nantes, France – Stereolux
March 6 – Bristol, UK – The Lantern
March 8 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
March 9 – Dublin, Ireland, The Sugar Bluc
March 11 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
March 13 – Munich, Germany – Ampere
March 14 – Erfurt, Germany – Franz Melhose
March 15 – Berlin, Germany – Gretchen
March 16 – Hamburg, Germany – Mojo Club
March 17 – Cologne, Germany – Gloria
March 18 – Stuttgart, Germany – Im Wizemann
March 19 – Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom
March 22 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
March 24 – Rotterdam, Netherlands – Bird
March 25 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
March 26 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
March 30 – Milan, Italy – Biko Club
April 7 – Sofia, Bulgaria – Sofia Live Club
April 8 – Bucharest, Romania – Arenele Romane
April 10 – Vienna, Austria – Grelle Forelle
April 11 – Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
April 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts
April 20 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
April 21 – Raleigh, NC – King’s Barcade
April 23 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft
April 26 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
April 27 – Dallas, TX – Dada Dallas
April 28 – Austin, TX – Empire Control Room
May 1 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
May 5 – San Diego, CA – Music Box
May 7 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency
May 9 – Eugene, OR – WoW Hall
May 10 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
May 11 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
May 12 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
May 13 – Spokane, WA – The Big Dipper
May 14 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
May 17 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
May 18 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
May 19 – Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
May 20 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
May 21 – Indianapolis, IN – The HiFi
May 26 – Detroit, MI – Arab American National Museum
May 27 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
May 30 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
May 31 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
Lewisham rapper Airklipz dropped a further two ‘Themestyles’ in the past week as he continues to drop bars over Popular TV series. Check him as he displays his talents over the themes for ‘Dexter’ and ‘The Sopranos’.
‘Klipz also dropped his first studio album ‘Single Speed’ last weekend (10th December), look out for a post coming soon looking into that album release further. However, if you cant wait for that post you can check the album out for yourselves here and let me tell you a little secret we don’t think you will be disappointed….
Tommy Boy Entertainment recently uploaded this Official Lyric Video for the Method Man joint ‘Worldwide’ featuring Uncle Murda, Hanz On and Chedda Bang. The track featured on Method Mans dope 2015 album ‘The Meth Lab’, if you missed out on that heat first time round you can get it here….
The official music video from Sean Strange for his new self produced single titled “No Time” from the “Everything Is Nah Bro” album available now from the official Nah Bro Store http://www.nahbrostore.com/store
Music Produced By: Sean Strange
Video Directed By: Dj Illegal & Sean Strange
Edited By: Mr. Erbi
With the release of the new mixtape ‘Civil War’, NYC’s Bankai Fam prove why this second project has been so highly anticipated after the release of their critically acclaimed EP ‘On My Side’ back in 2013.
‘Urge2Purge’, produced by L’Undercover of Sismographe, is a sample of what to expect from the ‘Civil War’ project. This track features vocals from Bankai Fam members Skanks, Low Banga, Shatike, and G-Stats.
You can get get the entire Bankai Fam ‘Civil War’ mixtape here:
New Spider Jaroo video for the track ‘Transmitter’, Produced by Kydro. The track is taken from his new album ‘Half Face’ released yesterday (16th December 2016) via Room2 Records.
The album features a stellar line up of producers and rappers reaching from the rainy streets of Manchester to the sun kissed avenues of Melbourne including Kydro, Able8, Pro P, Micall Parkinson and voodoo black artists Dubbul-O and Ellis Meade.
Following on from 2014’s collaborative ep ‘Freakingdom’ produced by Kydro, Jaroo picks up where he left off delivering dark and technical bars over a series of heavy boombap style beats along with more reflective and conscious tones that combine together to make a solid listen and a great addition to the Blackpool born emcee’s discography.
Snowgoons ‘Team Death Match’ featuring Diabolic, Chino XL, Lil Fame, Fredro Starr & Justin Tyme and DJ Crypt on the cuts. The track is lifted from the Snowgoons dope NEW album ‘Goon Bap’ available on various formats below…