De Facto Entertainment artist Mista Flix announces the release date for the upcoming Fellowship Of The Real EP, the 2nd installment in the Lord Of The Real series.
Featuring the lyrical skills of Tabanacle, Cons & Cyclonious and production from White Keys, Commerce, Stealf and UK legend EVIL ED, this EP is set to become a UK hip hop classic.
The EP will be available digitally and physically from www.defactoentertainment.com
Emicida grew up in the northern area of the city of Sao Paulo, listening , at home, mostly to hip hop music. His carreer as a MC started in 2006, when he sang his first rhymes in freestyle battles (improvised rhymes) underground parties that used to happen in the center area of the city. He soon became a household name in the scene. In 2008, EMICIDA released his first single: “Triunfo”. One year later, his first mixtape got the streets: “Pra Quem Já Mordeu um Cachorro por Comida Até que eu Cheguei Longe”.
The independent distribution worked out just fine and the album sold over 10,000 copies. Popular all over the country, as a result of his mixtape sucess, EMICIDA was brought to the media attention and was in the major TV interview programs, newspapers and magazines covers. In 2010, the rapper released other two mixtapes: “Sua Mina Ouve Meu Rep Tamem” and “Emicídio”. At that point, EMICIDA was already one of the leading names of the brazilian new hip hop generation, which took its culture to different audiences.
EMICIDA’s first international tour started in april, 2011, when he performed in California, at Coachella Festival. He then went to New York, where the EP “Doozicabraba e a Revolução Silenciosa” (organized with the producers K-Salaam and Beatnick) was recorded. In that same year, EMICIDA was invited to perform at two of the major music festivals of Brazil: Rock in Rio (playing with the reggae band Cidade Negra) and SWU. After that, he won the Act of the Year award, from the MTV VMB Awards.
And the big news keep coming in the present year. The rapper just released “Zica, Vai Lá” videoclip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIofXdI1w5U), featuring Neymar, brazilian latest soccer idol. “9 Círculos”, an exclusive request of the “Max Payne 3” game (it is its 9th track), has just gotten the streets as well (and you can listen to the song at emicida.com).
After the US tour, in 2011, EMICIDA is now just about to start his first European tour. The Brazilian rapper will perform at Back2Black festival, in London on June 29th, Montreux Jazz Festival, in Switzerland on July 6th and Born2Roll in Berlin, Germany on July 14th. To sum up, his label, Laboratório Fantasma, will support new talents, starting with the band Mão de Oito and the rappers Ogi and Rael da Rima.
Connect with Emicida
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Resident Strange Music producer Seven links up with the ¡MAYDAY! crew and delivers a remix for their single “Badlands” feat. label boss Tech N9ne.
South London rapper Smiler is fast becoming one of 2012’s biggest breaking new talents following the reception greeted to his current mixtape ‘All I Know’ which received thousands of downloads on the day of its release. Now Smiler’s ascension continues with the June 11th release of his Warner Bros. Records single ‘Rocksteady’.
Produced by Jamal Hadaway (Labrinth, Lethal Bizzle), the heavily rhythmic ‘Rocksteady’ bounds with boisterous beats which accompany Smiler’s ultra-confident lyrical flow and features Sneakbo. A second all-star version of the track again features Sneakbo, this time alongside Don Strapzy, S.A.S., Shotty Horroh, Random Impulse, Tyler Daley, DVS and Bigz.
Smiler has already become a mainstay at 1Xtra where his tracks have been playlisted for a total of over 20 weeks, with 4 of those weeks on the A-list, while further radio support has been provided by Radio 1’s Zane Lowe who named both Smiler’s track ‘Spender’ (which includes additional vocals by Lana Del Rey) and Smiler’s guest appearance on Jakwob’s ‘Right Beside You’ as his Hottest Records of the Week. Tracks from the mixtape have also been played by Huw Stephens at Radio 1, Mistajam at 1Xtra, DJ 279 at Choice, and DJ MK and Shortee Blitz at Kiss. Zane Lowe also named Smiler’s single ‘Delorean’ as his Next Hype.
Named alongside Nicki Minaj as one of NME’s Top 5 Rappers, Smiler has also been featured in a diverse array of publications including The Guardian, The Daily Star, RWD, Pride and Lime. In the live arena, Smiler proved to be a popular addition to this year’s MOBO tour (during which he created a tour diary for Urban Development) and was then personally invited by Professor Green to join him on his full UK tour which culminated with a major London date at Brixton’s O2 Academy. Smiler also toured with Wale.
Professor Green is just one of the many artists that have recognised Smiler’s undeniable talent. Green and Tawiah both guest on Smiler’s track ‘Top of the World’ which will be released late in the year. Opening with ‘Delorean’ which features Wretch 32, the ‘All I Know’ mixtape also highlights the talents of Bigz and Crafty. Lady Leshurr contributed to an alternative version of ‘Delorean’, while Smiler’s interpretation of ‘Spender’ also included additional vocals courtesy of Lana Del Rey.
Vitally, Smiler is also connecting with an audience as his fast escalating online profile proves: his YouTube channel is approaching 500,000 views, he has 8,000 likes at Facebook and a further 10,000 Twitter follows, while his Soundcloud page has received 36,000 plays.
Smiler is an artist for whom doing things his way is vitally important. Years of self-promoting his music has created a fiercely independent spirit – what other rapper could reference Amir Khan, Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’ and favela flick ‘City of God’ in a single song and then on the next track address the social issues that inform his environment? Honesty, intelligence and sheer talent are the cornerstones that guarantee that Smiler will be an artist worth keeping an eye on.
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Sixteen bangers from Wolverhampton producer Tricksta who really has excelled himself here with his best work to date. It’s no secret that Tricksta is already a true ambassador for homegrown Hip-Hop with his UK Runnings mixtape series and his promo company Park Street PR, but now I feel Tricksta will finally get the props he deserves as a producer.
There are so many reasons to buy this album, a future classic. Especially look out for the tracks, Bars, Esscence, Hip Hop and Strength In Numbers (Video featured below) with Tricksta really showing his versatility as a producer and all the emcees featured on the tracks coming hard with their bars. To be honest, there’s not a track that doesnt dissapoint, with so many emcees featured you would expect there to be the odd weak verse but all their bars meet your expectations with this quality line up of UK talent.
“Out Of Darkness Cometh Light” is a sixteen track album that is out now on RGS Entertainment, and features Iron Braydz, Genesis Elijah, LATE, Scorzayzee, MCD, Karl Hinds, TBear, Supar Novar, Seanie T, Wordsmiff, Big Cakes, Dubbledge, Cyclonious, Serocee, Logic, Shameless, Phoenix Da Icefire, Ramson Badbones, Cons, Big Ben, Big Dutty Deeze, Yogi, Twissman, Tenny Ten, Cobane, S. Kalibre, Inja, D Gritty, Jai Boo, K9, Sonnyjim, Deadline, Quest Rah, Reain, Conman, Streetz, Grizzly, Size8, M.A.B, Sketchman, Joe Gutta, Reload, Taurus, Marc Anthony, Double E aka Brinkworth and scratch deejay Jabba Tha Kut. When asked about the project Tricksta had this to say……
“I wanted to create something that I could look back at as a ‘celebration of UK Hip-Hop’. I’ve been on this journey since the late 80’s starting out on pirate and I’ve seen the genre grow, develop and progress. I wanted to celebrate the fact that there is so much talent in the UK by getting everyone together for one project. I can’t thank everyone enough for their contributions as every single featured guest has brought fire to the album. I really hope people take the time to absorb it and enjoy it as much as I did making it.”
Buy it now…
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/out-of-darkness-cometh-light/id525716121
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Darkness-Cometh-Light-Explicit/dp/B0081KSPH6
http://www.junodownload.com/products/out-of-darkness-cometh-light/1965434-02/
Connect:
http://www.twitter.com/trickstauk
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http://www.youtube.com/trickstawolftown
http://www.reverbnation.com/trickstaproductions
http://www.facebook.com/pages/TRICKSTA/129921660373021
Tricksta album signing
Urban Vibe UK Interview
Strength In Numbers Video
Out Of Darkness Video
Words by Stix
Ice-T takes us on an intimate journey into the heart and soul of hip-hop with the legends of rap music. This performance documentary goes beyond the stardom and the bling, to explore what goes on inside the minds, and erupts from the lips, of the grandmasters of rap. Recognized as the godfather of Gangsta rap, Ice-T is granted unparalleled access to the personal lives of the masters of this artform that he credits for saving his life.
Interspersed with the performer’s insightful, touching, and often funny revelations are classic raps, freestyle rhymes, and never before heard a cappellas straight from the mouths of the creators. What emerges is a better understanding of, and a tribute to, an original American art form that brought poetry to a new generation.
Cast includes….
Afrika Bambaataa, Big Daddy Kane, B-Real, Bun B, Chino XL, Common, DJ Premier, DMC, Doug E. Fresh, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Grandmaster Caz, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Immortal Technique, Joe Budden, Kanye West, Kool Keith, KRS-One, Lord Finesse, Marley Marl, MC Lyte, Melle Mel, Nas, Puerto Rico, Q-Tip, Raekwon, Rakim, Ras Kass.
Here’s another banger from LATE, this time with Fes Taylor from Staten Island! Big track with Tricksta on the beat…
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