As political as ever and always coming with a message legendary group Public Enemy have dropped a new video for the track ‘Me To We’ taken from their latest dope album which dropped back in July called ‘Man Plans God Laughs’, get it here http://www.publicenemy.com/album/19/man-plans-god-laughs.html
PE are currently in the UK having already played a host of nights there are only 3 nights left tomorrow The SSE Arena, Wembley, Sunday in Brighton Concorde 2 and finishing in Bournemouth on Monday at O2 Academy
Last week UK heavyweight emcee Genesis Elijah dropped his heavy new single ‘Homicide’, the single has had a crazy response on Social Media in the past week, so I thought I’d let the dust settle and share this gem with you again in case you may have missed it. Genesis is never one to hold back what’s on his mind and its no different with this track laced with heavy hitting social commentary this track fully demonstrates why Genesis Elijah is such a respected name here in the UK and overseas.
Look out for a video accompanying the single dropping Tuesday 8th December via SBTV
You can get the ‘Homicide’ single pack for just a quid, yep £1, I think you’ll find that’s money well spent! Get it here….
If you’ve been living in a cave and Genesis Elijah is a new name to you, he currently has a limited offer on his back catalogue spanning 9 releases of UK classics and dope music, Check it out here https://genesiselijah.bandcamp.com/album/homicide
Not only is Gen a successful independent artist, but he also has his own clothing range ‘This Is My Hustle’ head over to http://thisismyhustle.bigcartel.com/ to get yourself some dope garms.
As well as those two ventures he also owns and shots some of the best videos coming out of the UK via Escape Route Media, interested in a video then hit them up http://www.escaperoutemedia.com
After his well received UK Runnings mixtape ‘Partly Fledged’ dropped back in May, our HHLAT brother Nephilim is back with his second release of 2015 with his new EP “I’m Just Not Sure Anymore”, produced entirely by Scottish label Burgh Records.
Nephilim aka Neppy has been performing on stages from Bristol to London this year and has performed at a number of Beats & Bars events across the country too. To add to that Nephilim has also become a member of Unit 731 a group which consists of selected producers & artists with a variety of different skills.
Towards the end of the summer Nephilim had heard some instrumentals that he liked and hit up myself and Tricksta up to see if we knew anyone at Burgh Records, I gave him a contact name and pointed him in the right direction intrigued how it would pan out….
So here we have it the result of that collaboration “I’m Just Not Sure Anymore” a 6 track EP with atmospheric head nodding production and a EP that really examines the psyche of Nephilim as he has an introspective look at himself. The opening joint starts with dreamy production before boom bap drums kick in as Nephilim looks for a way out of the grind of life and the pressures that come with it looking for an ‘Escape’
‘Greebos’ is a joint where Neppy looks back and reflects on the passing of time from crazy teenage years to being a parent and how true friends remain true friends no matter how many years pass. With the track ‘Speak’ Nephilim airs his frustrations for the everyday man making his way in life, struggling but standing up for what you believe in and making your voice heard demonstrated perfectly in the hook “They say if you wanna speak the you better claim your voice/ But even then if you don’t agree they don’t wanna hear your noise”
‘Note To Self’ begins with heavy drums and dark haunting strings as Nephilim really breaks himself down and gets inside his head examining his own frailties and insecurities, that if were all honest with ourselves we all carry similar doubts an insecurities. The track ‘Stricken’ continues with the dark theme with Nephilim examining being at your lowest, looking for that spark to reignite life. Then we finish with the upbeat reggae/dub vibe of ‘The Return’ with Singer Dread featuring on the hook, this is a complete flip to the previous joint with Nephilim finding that spark and getting back on track with positivity that finishes this journey of emotions and inner most thoughts through the EP.
Nephilim has raised his game on so many levels with this EP. “I’m Just Not Sure Anymore” is like opening a page of his diary and getting a piece of his most intimate thoughts, he’s not like many rappers we have here in the UK there is a rare honesty and uniqueness to the way he articulates his thoughts.
As for delivery, flow and lyrics he’s showing yet further development switching flows up mid verse and proves to anyone out there trying to make it out there as a rapper, that the best way to develop and hone your craft is LIVE shows. You can be the sickest rapper in the studio and had a million free download releases, but nothing really compares to rocking a crowd and building a connection with an audience seeing how they react to your lyrics.
Nephilim has grown in confidence this year and it’s clearly evident in his music, he has really set the benchmark high for himself with this dope release, but don’t take my word for it stream and download “I’m Just Not Sure Anymore” here….
Sick track from Diamond of South London’s Present Minds featuring Logic Army and Kropz – ‘Like The Leaves’, Exclusive release off of Diamonds upcoming “Entheogen Project” out in January.
A behind the scenes look at rehearsal for the Global Spin Awards 2015. Check out the Doobie Brother’s Routine that was the show opener featuring Scratch Bastid, Chris Karns, Jerermy Ellis and Kaila Mullady. DOPE!
S.O.N. MEDIA presents the official Music Video for ‘PRIME MINISTERS’ featuring Jigsaw and Jamil Honesty, Produced By DJ Proof from Miami.
The record is featured on the upcoming ‘BMORE 2 MIAMI’ Project that will be Produced By DJ Proof from Miami and feature a host of emcees from Baltimore.
London producer and rapper Jack Diggs new video for ‘Glass Home’, track taken off the highly anticipated album “Blue Rain” produced by Jack Diggs, available 25/11/2015 at http://www.revorg.co.uk
Booda French has decided to kick off his birthday in style by letting go the first visual/leak from his EATGOOD debut “6AM Coffee Club”.
This track entitled “The Feeling” has Booda flex styles over a mellow Rossrock produced joint on themes of conformity, anxiety, the cost of living and freedoms invisible shackles, momentarily stepping out the box to critique it before surrendering and stepping back inside it.
The video filmed by Flexx Tyler juxtaposes the darker themed song with wide open fields, lush forestry and wind farms (sounds like paradise doesn’t it?) meanwhile the balaclava strapped flugle horn player (Mark Schorah) guides Booda along the landscape before playing out a haunting solo, its a quirky hostage situation and is most likely Stockholm syndrome live in effect!
Booda himself is a young man with an old soul, Youtube him if you want to but you wont find much outside his tenures on the battle circuit; he’s a less is more / spoke when spoken to kinda cat and wont be v-logging his every waking moment anytime soon; lets be thankful for the visual. His previous self released EP’s (Club 27 Reservations / Ventolin) have seen him collab with names such as J57 / Koncept of Brown Bag Allstars, Von Pea, Rob Viktum, Elaquent, Jaisu and more, 6AM Coffee club is his first release on EATGOOD records and will surface during 2016.
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