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Here’s how the High Focus Christmas Party / Jam Baxter ‘… so we at them whole’ album lauch at Brixton Jamm in London went down! The next big event is the High Focus 5th Birthday party at Electric Brixton! This is set to be one of the UK’s biggest Hip Hop nights, don’t miss out and get your tickets at the link below!!
GET TICKETS FOR THE HIGH FOCUS 5TH BIRTHDAY HERE: http://bit.ly/1FCWlK3 (5th May 2015 @ Electric Brixton, London)
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Official Video from Brooklyn emcee AFU-RA’s track ‘Cobra Clutch’, the 1st Single from the up and coming LP THE MASTER CHEF
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DJ Premier visits the Kremlin during his recent trip to Moscow for a Boiler Room performance. Preem also speaks on all the places hip-hop has brought him and the rest of the Gang Starr Foundation; Guru, Group Home, Jeru the Damaja, and Big Shug.
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DJ Supreme was the legendary DJ/Producer behind the sick UK Hip Hop crew Hijack from back in the day, the Brixton native is back from sabbatical leave, talking on his upcoming Supreme Legacy EPs version 1.0 and 2.0.
As an ageing old skool head, slightly disappointed that there’ll be no Hijack reunion but man I’m HYPED for these projects coming from DJ Supreme
Pete Rock was raised in Mount Vernon, but his face belongs on Mount Rushmore. The Chocolate Boy Wonder perfected an art form, inspired millions, and sound tracked a generation. By contrast, Teddy Roosevelt seems like a chump.
This is the man who Dilla told, “I wanted to be like you.” Kanye once called himself the “new Pete Rock.” But the original Pete Rock remains permanently vital. The evidence bangs in his latest opus, ‘Petestrumentals 2’, the sequel to the 2001 classic that helped define the hip-hop instrumental record. It marks the legend’s first album on Mello Music Group, a fitting union between the author of the boom-bap blueprint and the label that’s expanded upon his legacy.
Describing Pete Rock’s productions do them little justice. They resonate in your gut, heart, and brain. The title of one of these beats says it all: “Makes Me Feel Like.” You fill in the blanks based on your personal experience and current mood.
‘Petestrumentals 2’ conjures memories of BBQ cookouts and 70s Blaxploitation scores, rattling summer jeep cruises and blunted Jamaican vacations. There’s a gorgeous requiem to Dilla (“Dilla Bounce (R.I.P),” where the originator pays tribute to the prodigy. You see the full range of Rock’s gifts on display: the meticulously chopped horns, unquantized drums, and air raid sirens. It contains the emotion of a thousand eulogies.
No record can’t be resurrected. There’s no sub-genre or era that can’t be converted into Rock’s singular brand of soul. His music is the closest thing we’ll ever get to a time-traveling DeLorean, effortlessly shifting between past, present, and future.
For the last 20 years, hip-hop heads have argued over the best Pete Rock original productions and remixes. Is it “They Reminisce Over You” or the “Shut ‘Em Down Remix?” Do you prefer Soul Survivor or the first Petestrumentals, his work with INI or the UN? His catalogue can’t be compressed into a bio; you need a book.
This is the latest chapter—an even 20 slaps and rhythmic levitations. It’s Pete Rock at his best, accelerating and kicking cosmic slop, extending wishes, hope, love, gritty drums and eternal wonder.
From the upcoming album “Petestrumentals 2″coming on Mello Music Group June 23, 2015. Video Directed by Jay Brown & Zack Kashkett
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VIRUS SYNDICATE X DOPE D.O.D. – ‘Beast Mode’, taken from ‘Battle Royal’ dropping 4 May – preorder here: http://hyperurl.co/VSDopeBattleRoyal
Afrika Bambaataa recently chopped it up with VladTV and discussed violence in Rap and how it has gotten progressively worse over the years. “People think you must attack each other to be in Hip-Hop,” he states in this exclusive interview.
The former Black Spades gang member (who was known to be the one who could bring both peace and war) feels that the industry is directed by “mind control,” and that there’s no balance in today’s music. In this interview Afrika calls out the program directors who only play negative music and people who still use the n-word in casual conversation. “I’m not crazy about it,” says Bambaataa. “Too many people die for that word.”
Afrika Bambaataa also had this to say about people who put up video footage of violence on social media: “That’s not keeping it real, that’s being crazy as hell.” Bambaataa feels that in the end, it will be the next generation who will suffer the consequences of our actions. “You’re not caring about the young ones who see this that might copy and follow in those footsteps.”
See what else Bambaataa had to say about staged fame, the Black Spades and the beef between Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj in this exclusive clip.
Platformz Music continues to push and release quality independent Hip-Hop music and is proud to unleash the first of their UK signings Big Ribzy. The Midland’s based rapper has been making waves out on the UK playing live up and down the country sharing stages with well known artists such as Phili N Dotz, Genesis Elijah, Malik MD7 and many more, as well as playing at this year’s Boom Bap Festival, the UK’s only 100% Hip-Hop festival where Your Old Droog, Earl Sweatshirt & Jeru The Damaja headline. With the release of his mixtape ‘King Size Blues’ hosted by Tricksta from UK Runnings he made noise on the underground, which was followed an underground album ‘Blunts & Insecurities’ produced by fellow Midlands based artists Lost Alliance. These releases have solidified Big Ribzy in the UK scene with a string of superb reviews from leading blogs & e-zines, as well as support from tastemakers & DJ’s.
Big Ribzy now unleashes ‘Capetown’, his debut single for Chicago based Platformz Records, which is produced by Rediculus, a well known name on the underground circuit who has worked with the likes of Shabaam Sahdeeq, Ruste Juxx, Chubb Rock, Brownbag Allstars, Sadat X and more, as well as being an artist in his own right. The single is a taste of what’s to come from the forthcoming EP ‘No Games’, which is produced entirely by Rediculus and features a collection of nine solo songs from Big Ribzy. With videos and more singles to drop before the release, this EP is destined to make noise on both sides of the pond. This is authentic Hip-Hop, lyrics, wordplay, metaphors and beats that slap you with that Boom Bap flavour. Welcome to the sound of Big Ribzy… something original and something that deserves your attention.
Big Ribzy – Capetwown (Prod. by Rediculus) #Single
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‘STRANGE DAYZ’ – dope track from Vaitea featuring the soulful sounds of the talented Greg Blackman. Produced by Gyver Hypman. From the album “Word Citizen” – out now on BBE! Buy it on iTunes: http://georiot.co/3Q3L or BBEMusic.com http://bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=B…
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