‘Everything’s OK’ is the new single from rapper Rewd Adams and DJ/producer The Last Skeptik, taken from their anticipated forthcoming album ‘How Not To Make A Living’. The video is Filmed, Animated and Edited by Sonny Malhorta.
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Golly gosh good gravy, no I didn’t lie and your peepers aren’t playing tricks on ya. If you pre-order B-iLLA’s forthcoming record ‘Brothers In Bars’ you get Mistah Biggs solo album, and the iLLA Tapes. That’s a £1 a CD, shit don’t give Sony your bag of gold, throw it this way and get some legit and passionate hip-hop. The LP will be out in May.
The Cambridgeshire boys (Mistah Biggz & Dillahman) are blowing up, and thanks to Tricksta they’ve been releasing some of my favourite music that’s come out in the past couple of months (Cheers fam!). We’ll be interviewing the iLLA brothers this week so keep those eyes of yours peeled.
Pre-Order Link
Track Listing:
(Hosted by Tricksta)
01 – Tricksta Intro
02 – B-iLLA – Home Sweet Home
03 – B-iLLA – Beanz Freestyle (prod. by Kharnivor)
04 – B-iLLA – Still Schemin’
05 – B-iLLA – Ballistic Affairs
06 – B-iLLA – Black & White
07 – Dillahman feat. Trickady – Tell You Bout
08 – Mistah Biggz – Wu Banga Freestyle (prod. by BigF)
09 – B-iLLA feat Trickady – Do U Feel Like Me
10 – B-iLLA feat BigDutty Deeze – Paper Thugz (prod. by TrickstA)
11 – Dillahman – Smooth Freestyle
12 – Mistah Biggz – Film Freestyle
13 – B-iLLA – Hold Ya B’z Up (prod. by Rediculus)
14 – B-iLLA feat. Brinkworth & Lewi LDN – Come Back (prod. by Morze)
15 – Dillahman Acapella
16 – B-iLLA – Step Into Our World (prod. by Rediculus)
17 – B-iLLA – Quitter (prod. by Inspecta Morze)
18 – Mistah Biggz Acapella
19 – B-iLLA – To;Dad … our final goodbye (prod. by Inspecta Morze)
http://soundcloud.com/mistahbiggz
http://soundcloud.com/dillahman
Liverpool collective Enter The Commission have just released their new album ‘Book Of Five Rings’. Liverpool needs more dudes like to show people what talent this city constantly throws out. A UK based group with a little international vibe. You can get the record for free at their bandcamp page below. You really can’t go wrong with a few Biblical quotes thrown in.
Oh my daaaays this is how you write a schmooooth hip-hop track. Best played at a summer BBQ. If you feel these dudes, and you should then you can get the free mixtape over heerrre kid. I was very quickly impressed.
Another banger from the man himself. Every release gets better. When everyone else jumps on MYNATURE’s bandwagon, HHLAT will simply sit back and know that we got it way before all those suckers did.
This is taken from the forthcoming summer release ‘It’s My Nature’, but if you can’t wait check his mixtape, ‘The Beginning’.
Everything about this video is rad. From the music and lyrical content, to the use of Roman, period films. I’m in love with this track.
Link to Chuuwee’s Crown Me King Mixtape
Chuuwee’s Crown Me King will serve as the prelude to his long-awaited official solo-debut, Wild Style, which will be released on 5-29-2012 via Amalgam Digital. Whereas Chuuwee’s previous efforts were hybrid sub-genres he created such as “neo-boombap” (neo-soul meets boom-bap) or “hooliganarism” which Chuuwee describes as Treach of Naughty By Nature meets Wakka Flakka Flame, Wild Style can be summarized as pure 90s Hip Hop, where he is taking the classic elements of the golden era with the look, sound and the feel and then applying them to the present day. Inspired by Gang Starr, A Tribe Called Quest, Big L, De La Soul with even hints of DMX, Wild Style promises to be Chuuwee’s break-out project, one that will showcase him as being a frontrunner lyricist from Hip-Hop’s new school; while also paying homage and respect to the great pioneers of the 1990’s. “Wild Style is the album that’s going to eradicate weak rap off the face of the map. It is the return of real Hip-Hop. It’s pure and it’s not me trying to re-make it. It’s not me telling you its 90s Hip-Hop; it is 90s Hip-Hop” says Chuuwee.
https://twitter.com/#!/ChuuweeTUS
http://www.facebook.com/chuwbert
http://chuuweeoftus.bandcamp.com/
http://soundcloud.com/chuuweeoftus
Before I start this, I’d like to shout out Configaration Promotions who sent us this a long time ago. Thank-you Configa for showing us this, and we’re sorry it’s taken so long to get it up.
Now listen yeah? Really listen. I’m going to say a word right, and it’s going to sound a little silly, but I don’t want you to judge the album by the use of this word, because it’s a compliment. Thing is, you have to keep an open mind with this word because it’s a bit ‘dated’. It’s in the family of the word ‘funky’, but maybe a little bit more nonsensical. That word is ‘groovy’. Waaaa I know! Please don’t leave. Now what do I mean when I say groovy? For instance, you’d say that a 1970’s jazz double bass player was groovy yeah? That dude’s got soul, and is definitely one cool motherfucker right? Yeah that’s what I mean, and that’s exactly what I mean when I say that about ‘Hair Cuts’. It’s got a good groove, HaStyler has put a lot of soul into this album. The rhythm and general ‘groove’ of both the instrumental and vocal production is consistent and very memorable, and it was one of the first things that caught my attention when I first listened to it. Oh how I wish I had enough backbone to not use quotations marks every time I say that word.
I like the way the album sticks closely to a strong narrative. I can’t say I’ve ever listened to a record by a barber before, and it’s a very refreshing take on story telling. The lyrics and stories themselves are very sincere and honest, and I love how generally fun the album is. The latter is something we could all do with whether in the hip-hop world or any other musical genre; sometimes people forget we’re actually meant to be enjoying ourselves. HaStyle does this very well, whilst still retaining his legitimacy as a ridiculously talented MC, and not being a clown for the sake of appearing ‘quirky’. It’s very easy to tell when someone is just having a nice time in their mum’s garden, and when someone is trying far too hard to be funny.
Another thing I think you’ll notice immediately after listening to ‘Hair Cuts’, is that this is obviously a New York release. The dude couldn’t be from anywhere else. It’s as if you can imagine HaStyle walking to his barber shop, passing the graffiti bombed trains, over the city’s sidewalks, all whilst bumping some Dougie Fresh in his earphones. That’s another thing about this record, it’s not strictly grimy roadman NYC hip-hop. It’s more in the family of old school, well it’s at least a healthy mix of the current and the past. This style gives the record a good character, and sounds so much more realistic. Just imagine if Pacewon had a cousin that rapped, well that dude would be HaStyle.
So what’s my overall thoughts? This record could be a little underground classic in waiting, and if you feel like giving your ears and mind a nice little treat then I suggest you get you little mitts on it. (Also ten points for releasing a comic to accompany the album. I can’t wait for that. I’m sorry I didn’t go more in depth on that one, but you know I do tend to go off on tangents)
Recommended If You Like: Pacewon, Murs, Dougie Fresh, De La Soul.
Stand-Out Tracks: Basement Barber, Black Hand Side, Funny Cats, The Insane Asylum.
Buy The Album At iTunes
HaStyle Official Site
Soundcloud
Words: Aimee
Check out the NEW video from London emcee K.I.N.E.T.I.K, as he delves in what it’s like to live in a city like London and why many of the problems that many rappers highlight in their bars continue to exist. The track is produced by Micall Parknsun aka Parky and the video directed by Nitevisions.
For more information on Kinetik visit:
http://www.facebook.com/IAmKinetik
http://www.kinetik.bandcamp.com
http://www.twitter.com/IAmKinetik
http://www.youtube.com/KinetikTV
SB.TV caught up with Reveal, droppin these heavy bars for Warm Up Sessions!
