To celebrate the release of the debut album from Confucius MC – ‘The Highest Order’ – YNR Recordings are throwing a launch party at Dalston’s Birthdays on Wednesday 28th May, 8pm-12am.
Black sheep of the Eglo family – Strange U – fresh back from Africa, will be live on stage serving up their mutant brew… of beats, rhymes and the afterlife.
Straight out of the 22a camp and championed by the likes of Gilles Peterson, electro-soul brother – Reginald Omas Mamode IV – will be dropping by for a party-starting DJ set.
Never one to miss out on a funky shindig, the people’s favourite – Chris P Cuts – will also be on the turntables to give us a glimpse of the many eclectic gems hidden deep in his record bag.
YNR’s prodigal son – Telemachus – will be kicking things off with a selection of High Life and other World music genres to get the grumpiest of in-laws up out of their seats! Then he’s off to Morocco…
And let’s not forget the man of the hour – Confucius MC – one half of the mighty =CoN+KwAkE= will be weaving wise and wonderful words to the soulful boom-bap tapestry of parisian beat-smith Keor Meteor, showcasing tracks from his debut release. Now that’s what we call music of ‘The Highest Order’!
Incase you missed our post earlier this week, here is the first video lifted from ‘The Highest Order’
Confucius MC ‘Original’
Wednesday 28th May
8pm-12am
Venue; 33-35 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8BJ London, United Kingdom
In promotion for the ‘iTunes Deluxe Edition’ version of Coalmine Records’ compilation LP, Unearthed, which becomes available May 27th, the Brooklyn-indie is pleased to unveil the remix for their previously released single “One for the Money” featuring Royce da 5’9″, Skillz and Diamond D, first produced by DJ G-Squared. Taking over the boards, we find South Africa’s Mananz fusing blues licks and synths, over his loose, smacking drums to create a completely unique reinterpretation of the original. The pre-order for the ‘iTunes Deluxe Edition’ is now available and includes untagged versions of all of the tracks, along with two additional remixes by Diamond D and Ran Reed, promo video, and the ‘Continuous DJ Mix’ of Revolution’s album mix as one uninterrupted .mp3.
iTunes Deluxe Edition Tracklist:
01. Intro (feat. DJ Revolution) [prod. by Young Cee]
02. Pharoahe Monch (feat. DJ Revolution) – Get Down (prod. by M-Phazes)
03. One Dae – Bang This (prod. By Marco Polo)
04. Big Noyd, Large Professor & Kool G Rap – Naturally Born (prod. by Ayatollah)
05. Blu (feat. MeLa Machinko) – Kiss the Sky (prod. by M-Phazes)
06. Royce da 5’9″, Skillz & Diamond D – One for the Money (prod. by G-Squared)
07. El Da Sensei – Show Stoppa (prod. by DJ Devastate)03. Artifacts (feat. DJ Revolution) – Easter (prod. by Khrysis)
08. Apathy & Celph Titled – School for Scoundrels (prod. by Ayatollah)
09. Guilty Simpson (feat. DJ Revolution) – On the Run (prod. by Small Professor)
10. The Rockness Monstah – Drop ‘Em (prod. by BeanOne)
11. Rah Digga (feat. Fashawn & REKS) – Never Back Down (prod. By M-Phazes)
12. Torae – Real Talk (prod. by Young Cee)
13. The Artifacts – Easter (prod. by Khrysis)
14. Sean Price (feat. Billy Danze, Maffew Ragazino & DJ Babu) – Land of the Crooks (prod. by. M-Phazes)
15. Blu & Nottz (feat. Nitty Scott, MC) – Boyz 2 Men (prod. by Nottz)
16. Wildchild & MED – Most Confident (prod. by Create & Devastate)
17. Royce da 5’9″, Skillz & Diamond D – One for the Money (Mananz Remix)
Bonus Tracks:
18. Royce da 5’9″, Skillz & Diamond D – One for the Money (Mananz Remix)
19. Guilty Simpson & Small Professor – One the Run (Ran Reed Remix)
20. Blu & Nottz – Boyz II Men (Diamond D Remix)
21. DJ Revolution – ‘Continuous DJ Mix’
London-based rapper Chiu has been consistently putting out slabs of biting social commentary for the last decade. Early in his career he was a x3 defending “The Jump Off” MC Battle Champion! His energetic freestyle eloquence made him a truly formidable opponent. Conscious, chiselled yet cheeky chappie rapper/comedian- full to the brim with banter. A combination of lyrical honesty and sharp wit has helped him rack-up around a million hits on YouTube!!
Hailing from North West London, he has also devised numerous and successful creative, music, film and martial arts youth projects in Kilburn, Ealing and Tufnell Park. Furthermore, worked alongside Government bodies to facilitate these projects. Chiu has most recently garnished further recognition with his two videos for SB.TV, He has accomplished this while also being a DJ, personal trainer and stunt actor on various films including The Dark Knight, Die Another Day, 47 Ronin and Harry Potter.
Chiu won the London Rap Event for “Streets Of Peace 2013”, supporting Akala at The Colosseum! Also performed at ‘ILuvLive’, ‘DropOutUK’ and ‘The Flowdown’ sponsored by “Don’t Flop” rap battles!!
Chiu is currently working on his latest EP “Chiu’s Day”, which should be released very soon independently. “Chiu’s Day” has a nice acoustic feel to it, complementing Chiu’s lyricism and you have the opportunity to listen to this dope EP here. Check it out we think you’ll like it!
The word anniversary once referred to the commemorative feast in honor of a Catholic saint. Today we use the term for a celebration of any past event that took place the year or years prior on the same date.
This year in particular marks the 20th Anniversary of a hip-hop record distinguished by its raw sound, uncompromising lyricism, and social commentary: Jeru the Damaja’s debut album, The Sun Rises In The East. 1994 was a powerful, transformative year for hip-hop. Nas, OutKast, and Biggie Smalls each dropped their debut albums, while other more established artists released projects regarded both then and now as milestones in the genre. Jeru was only 21 years old when he recorded the The Sun Rises; 22 when it came out on Payday Records. And the album was well received in the hip-hop community.
What you’re about to hear is Jeru the Damaja taking us track by track through his DJ Premier-produced debut album, delving into an array of subjects and stories such as:
– Waiting and watching for Nas to create Illmatic.
– Spending formative years with the members of the Wu-Tang Clan.
– The nature of Brooklyn pride.
– His inspiration drawn from his family, friends, and predecessors.
– And the story of how he got his pet hamster.
This is “You Must Learn.”
“You Must Learn” was produced and edited by Peter Oasis, written by Dharmic X, and executive produced by Evan Auerbach (of UpNorthTrips), with narration from Soul Khan. The intro was produced by DJ Flipout, and the artwork was designed by Kelly Green.
With Skyzoo and Torae’s ‘Barrel Brothers’ dropping on May 27th, the duo – with some help from the Brown Bag AllStars’ E-Holla – drop a quick mix of their previous collaborations, from “Get It Done” to “Cash Still Rules” and everything in between.
19yr old Leicester, UK producer Scott Xylo releases his single “Neo Gotham” for his upcoming project “2003 // HeERO Scott” which is set to be released on June 6th.
‘Neo Gotham’ is inspired by the neo-noir cartoon Batman Beyond. This record showcases cosmic waves & nostalgic sounds for any fan that rocked with the cartoon series Batman Beyond.
Newark emcee Chaos is joined by all of his associates, as well as Brooklyn’s own Troy Ave in the official visuals for the Allrounda produced “Hate If You Wanna.” Taken from his upcoming mixtape.
Directed by Rock Davis (@rockdaviscom) and Jay Rodriguez (@JayScorsese).
Chaos’ visuals have also been nominated for mtvU’s “The Fresmen,” which selects emerging artists each week from all genres; synthpop, indie rock, hip hop, trip hop, edm and pop. Ultimately, it’s the fans who will decide which artist gets into the on-air rotation.
The first official video from Confucius MC’s debut album ‘The Highest Order’ – produced by Keor Meteor.
Confucius MC ‘The Highest Order’ will be available for FREE DOWNLOAD (for a limited time only) from Monday 26th May (2014) at http://www.ynr-productions.co.uk
Straight from The Bronx, the home of hip-hop, comes the trio, The Legion (Chucky Smash, Molecules and Cee-Low). As signees to Black Sheep’s One Love imprint, they debuted in 1993 with the brilliant underground classic, “Jingle Jangle” – an ill piano sample driven track with a highly quotable finishing verse from Dres of Black Sheep. The Legion followed up with the sweet laden Roy Ayers looped up single, “Legion Groove” and their now much sought after debut album, “Theme + Echo = Krill” (1994) featuring affiliated acts like Black Sheep, Chi-Ali and Showbiz & A.G.
After a hiatus for a few years, they resurfaced with the 12-inch, “Street Thing / Caught Up” (1998) on Legion Records/Fat Beats and some appearances on Dres’ “Sure Shot Redemption” album. Then the Bronx trio went quiet.
While Molecules handled dope production for Dres, Mos Def, Milano, Amanda Marshall and even appeared on P!nk’s “Stupid Girls”, Chucky Smash’s been hosting radio shows in the BX. The three long-time friends never stopped doing music together but it was already 2011 when the trio finally made a dope comeback on the Beneficence collabo track, “Aim, Fire, Spit”.
“The Lost Tapes” ain’t only a simple compilation of rare and unreleased tracks, it’s rather a musical documentation of a group that has been staying in its lane creating raw, uncut, and uncompromising Bronx flavor for more than two decades now. So this 20-track strong album includes the rare 12″ single only “Freestyle Demolition” from 1994, rare old and unavailable on CD tracks, unreleased joints and instrumentals plus 3 brand new bangers (“For You”, “Stereo”, “Stereo [Remix]”), produced by The Legion, Buckwild, and Confidence (of Rashad & Confidence).
Take a trip down memory lane with these dope Bronx tales and street beats from The Legion and stay tuned for a brand new album plus the Molecules & Showbiz “A Bronx Tale” EP.
Deadpoole is a rapper from Ipswich UK, today he has released a new single through Pretty Neat Records, called ‘Bruised Movements’. Pretty Neat is an electronic music label based in London/Brighton that donates all proceeds from releases to the UK’s leading mental health charity Mind.
The single is released digitally & available worldwide through iTunes, Beatport, Juno Download etc.
