The alter ego of Edinburgh based rapper Conscious Route is the obnoxious incarnation of Stutter Jack style of blending new and old boom-bap with Electro-style beats. This talisman of disassociated mind-craft unveils the grim depths with his personal warped lyrics of the darkest disclosure from his suppressed cerebral. His elaborate hip hop nihilism combines with tort and regressed convalescence both in outlook and lyrical style. The man society wouldn’t accept has finally found his mouthpiece works, with a staggered speech impediment bringing twisted revelation to the underground of UK Hip Hop & world-wide.
The dope six track EP features production from Sean El & Kid Robotik. Steam and download ‘Splogged Reality’ here
‘Button Up’ is the new album from UK rapper Benny Diction and is entirely produced by South Africa’s Blue Buttonz who brings soulful, subtle production to the album which also features Scratches by DJ Sugai (Tracks 3,10,11 & 12) & DJ Rasp (Track 5) . ‘Button Up’ is released via the ever consistent independent UK label Boom Bap Professionals.
Benny explains about the album “The project came about after I dropped a verse on one of Blue’s beats for a song with mutual collaborator Gadget. In late 2013, Blue then remixed ‘Eventually’, from my ‘Life Moves’ album, and proceeded to send me between 30 and 40 beats to get busy with. I whittled these down to a select few and then what was initially going to be an EP grew into an album.”
“The title, ‘Button Up’, is symbolic of entering my thirties, accepting the responsibilities that this entails and coming to terms with the inevitable change of pace. Accordingly, I’ve (mostly) eschewed the tongue-in-cheek/braggadocio humour that many might know me for in favour of a more serious and sincere, yet optimistic, tone.”
“The guest vocalists include the likes of eMCee Killa, Granville Sessions and Elliot Fresh, who all bring their own unique style and perspective to the album and I also reached out to some dope DJs and musicians to bless some of the tracks. The subject matter ranges from storytelling (‘Growing Pains’) to political commentary (‘Back to Pangaea’) to straight spitting (‘Get Involved’)”
Check the first video from the album here and stream and download ‘Button Up’ below
Benny Diction – ‘I Know But…’ [VIDEO]
Get ‘Button Up’ by Benny Diction and Blue Buttonz here
Snowgoons featuring Locksmith, Skrewtape & Rite Hook – “Problems”. The track is lifted off the highly anticipated album ‘Goon Bap’ out 12.12.16, even though the feature list reads like a Who’s Who of legendary MCs from the 90s boom bap era, with tracks like “Problems” the Snowgoons also easily manage to place a whole bunch of extremely gifted young guns on the album.
Team Backpack`s Locksmith, Philly newcomer Skrewtape and singer/rapper Rite Hook from Boston are telling a story of their every day struggle but at the same time will uplift you to stay positive and look forward in life. The video was shot in Boston, New York and Philadelphia by DJ Illegal of the Snowgoons.
Hailing from the South Coast city of Portsmouth Syko Logik drops a single from his upcoming EP set for release early in 2017 on Reelheadz Records. ‘Take Nothing’ is produced by Ambush Tactics and Stu Ballingall.
Coming out of New York City is Bronx rapper Ricky Bats. If you’ve never heard of him it’s time to get familiar. Born in the Bronx but spending much of his adult life in prison, Bats has entered the music industry by storm. In just two years he’s released two mixtapes titled “Bronx Born Prison Raised Vol. 1 & 2” and an aptly titled “Freedom” EP which was released the day he got off of parole. You can hear his music on Shade45, Music Choice, BET Jams, MTV, RevoltTV’s The Gate, NY’s Hot 97 and Power 105.1 as well as iTunes, Amazon and GooglePlay.
Bats’ has several artists under his movement called the Gotham City Boys and they are currently wrapping up their debut album “The Rise of A City” to be released in January 2017. As that project receives its finishing touches, fans can always catch new fire tracks from Ricky Bats and The Gotham City Boys on his websiteRickyBats.com.
In the meantime we got some fresh new heat for you with the joint “Not A Problem” featuring Gotham City Boys’ own Truly UrzZz and Whipsers produced by D Blocks own Dayzel The Machine. Dayzel also produces & enginers for Roc Nation own The Lox.
Birmingham, UK rapper Plain & Simple latest video ‘Hip Hop Hooray’ featuring Soloman & D7, taken from the UK Runnings mixtape ‘Straight Outta Plainsville’
Jahi of PE 2.0 (Public Enemy 2.0) has recently dropped a video for the track “Water Protectors,” which addresses the on-going situation at Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. Fresh clean water is a basic human right and the Bay Area emcee spits about the necessity for clean water in this track dedicated to the Sioux Tribe and people of Flint, Michigan.
Check out this dope footage from UK turntabilst DJ Woody as he performs ‘No End’ from his debut album ‘The Point Of Contact’ with his live band at the DMC World Finals 2016.
Turntables – Lee Woodvine aka DJ Woody
Keyboards – Christian Madden (The Earlies)
Drums – Carl Sharrocks (808 State)
‘The Point Of Contact’ album is hand crafted electronic music born from a collection of disparate dusty vinyl samples, reinterpreted by a cast of Manchester’s finest musicians (including Christian Madden (The Earlies), Carl Sharrocks (808 State), Nick Blacka(GoGo Penguin) and Matthew Halsall) and returned to vinyl to be re-imagined by the hands of one of the Worlds most accomplished scratch DJs.
Get DJ Woody’ debut album ‘The Point Of Contact’ here
Hip hop’s self-designated ‘Mad Men’, Sintax the Terrific and Rheomatic, are joined on the opening cut off of their upcoming album ‘The Goodness’, by two of the Native Tongue’s finest, Dres of Black Sheep and Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest
‘The Goodness’ releases Friday December 16th via Illect Recordings.
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