Founding and former Pharcyde members Fatlip and Slimkid3 along with Bizarre Ride Producers J-Sw!ft & LA Jay will perform Bizarre Ride live from start to finish on Monday 6th July at the legendary Jazz Café in Camden.
What better way to celebrate the 20th year anniversary of the album than performing it live for the fans. It’s gonna be a ‘Bizarre Ride’ for sure. ‘4 Better or 4 Worse’.
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
Plus Support
7pm Monday 6th July 2015
@ The Jazz Café, 5 Parkway, London NW1 7PG
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New Music: Ray Jr. – “Don’t Give Up” (ft. Sway)
Cleveland has always provided original music that incorporated the harsh realities of growing up in the midwest. As we enter into a new era of Ohio music, Cleveland has embraced Ray Jr. as the mayor of their city — specifically East Cleveland, which has a reputation for being the roughest part of the area.
Just over two weeks ago, Ray Jr. lit up the internet with a monster remix of “Same Crew” featuring Dej Loaf, Young Dolph, Troy Ave, and Machine Gun Kelly. Switching gears today, Ray unloads his new Clockwork-produced single “Don’t Give Up.” The new music, as most of Ray’s music tends to do, touches on very real situations happening in his city including everything from running the streets for money just to get by, to disloyalty, to police brutality, and much more.
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In lieu of the one year anniversary of Coalmine Records’ decennary compilation album, Unearthed, mixed by DJ Revolution, the Brooklyn-based indie is pleased to present the J57 Remix of the El Da Sensei featured favorite, “Show Stoppa,” which boasts Sweden’s DJ Devastate and Young Pacino on the hook duties, over J’s head nodding remix. To further celebrate the milestone, Coalmine’s pleased to release a limited edition run of Unearthed on cassette. Dubbed the ‘Green Slimes’ for being pressed on green shells, the hour long mix serves as a who’s who of today’s independent Hip-Hop scene, packed with features from both veteran and burgeoning emcees such as Pharoahe Monch, Kool G Rap, Large Professor, The Artifacts, Blu, Sean Price, Billy Danze (of M.O.P.), Big Noyd, One Dae, Skillz, Guilty Simpson, Rah DIgga, Maffew Ragazino, El Da Sensei, and Fashawn, among others. Producers tapped include Diamond D, Nottz, Ayatollah, Marco Polo, Khrysis, along with the Grammy Award Winning, M-Phazes, among others.
Beats & Bars comes to Stoke for its first event at our new home The Basement. For our first event we’ve got a superb line-up of live acts, deejays and beat-boxers for you, as all as an open mic cipher for local artists to get involved. Expect electric performances as well as some of your favourite tracks getting played! Beats & Bars Stoke has arrived… get ready to represent and get you that real Hip-Hop essence… like Afrika Bambaataa said Hip-Hop is ‘Peace, Unity, Love and Having Fun…’
For our first event we have London rapper Novar (formerly known as Supar Novar), who was labelled a ‘UK legend’ by SB.TV and has been an integral member of the UK Hip-Hop scene for over twelve years. As a member of the legendary UK rap group ‘The Mud Family’ with acts like Skinnyman he went to release an album on Kemet Records, the same label that released Klashnekoff’s ‘Murder’. Novar has performed at Glastonbury, as well as sharing stages with Ghostface (Wu-Tang), Bone Thugs N Harmony, M.O.P, The Clipse, DJ Premier and many more, collaborating with super stars such as Dappy from N Dubz and Ashanti, and featuring on classic underground records with Foreign Beggars, Ed Skrien, Wordsmiff, Genesis Elijah, Skinnyman, Doc Brown and many more.
Also on the night we have performances from three Midlands acts that have all recently been signed to Chicago record label Platformz which is run by producer Rediculus. Trademark Blud, Big Ribzy & Alex-is will all give up solo performances which will include forthcoming material from the label as well as some of their more well known anthems. All three rappers this perform at Boom Bap Festival as well as having dates booked this year for Manchester, Canterbury, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Cambridge, Chester, Swindon & Telford, with more dates coming. This will be backed with a string of local talent too, offering a chance for local heads to see their acts show & prove! We’ve got a brilliant selection including co-host and co-promoter of Beats & Bars Stoke Mr5hano, Midlandz Connect’d, Danny M, LFE & Cheppy.
DJ support comes from the legendary Tricksta, a Wolverhampton DJ/Producer who founded Beats & Bars back in 2012. He runs leading PR Company Park Street PR which represents UK & US acts, as well as being behind UK Runnings Mixtapes, the UK’s longest running mixtape series that was founded in 2001. He’s been DJ’ing 26 years this year and has played all over America in Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco & Houston, as well as Sweden, Holland, France, Switzerland, Turkey and more. Tricksta will also be joined by Beats & Bars Wolverhampton resident DJ Twiggy, who is currently working on a production EP, and Beats & Bars Stoke resident DJ’s Lomo & Captain Spock, and Beat-boxers Dubtrix & Dan Lee.
BEATS & BARS Stoke
Friday 15th May : 9PM-4AM
The Basement, 13-15 Marsh Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1JA
Hosted by TRICKSTA & MR5HANO
Facebook Evet Page
https://www.facebook.com/events/1544888455777538/
Acts
NOVAR FLIP | BIG RIBZY
TRADEMARK BLUD | ALEX-IS
MR5HANO | MIDLANDZ CONNECT’D
DANNY M | LFE | CHEPPY
DJs
TRICKSTA | TWIGGY | DJ LOMO | CAPTAIN SPOCK
Open Mic Cypher Hosted by MR5HANO
Live Beatbox by DUBTRIX | DAN LEE
Photography by SARA SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY
Admission: £3 before 10.30PM / £4 after
Doors: 9PM – LATE / Over 18’s
Hip-Hop, as it exists today, is constantly pushing its creative boundaries, while still retaining its historical ties as a culture that started out in the park. The influence of yesteryear has allowed for new heads to trace a lineage of sounds, sights, and historic moments, allowing the current generation to pay “Homage” to its past. Representing this new wave of emcees is, Token, the Salem, Mass high school student who aims to keep that classic sound as the fundamental component of his rap pedigree. Produced by Chi-Town’s Rediculus, “Homage” blends a KRS-One quotable over a smoothed out instrumental, serving as the backdrop for Token’s lyrical onslaught. Beyond paying respects to The Teacha, both the track and the black and white visuals help to maintain focus on the topic at hand, while showcasing Token’s ability to stand on his own. “Homage” can be found on Rediculus’ producer compilation, In Response: Dee-Fi, which is now available for free download through Platformz Music, and is supported through their app, which aims to put the world of indie music and media in your control.
Rediculus Feat. Token – Homage #Single #Download
http://www.audiomack.com/song/diamond-media-360/homage-feat-token-3
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https://platformzrecords.bandcamp.com/track/homage-feat-token-3
Rediculus ‘In Response: Dee-Fi’ #Album #MP3 #Stream
http://www.audiomack.com/album/diamond-media-360/in-response-dee-fi
https://soundcloud.com/platformzmusic/sets/in-response-dee-fi-lp
https://platformzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-response-dee-fi-deluxe-edition
Follow Rediculus & Token:
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https://twitter.com/tokenhiphop
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https://platformzrecords.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/platformzmusic
http://www.linkedin.com/company/platformz-llc
*Download the Platformz Music App via iTunes for FREE here:
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High Focus and Blah records are arguably two of the most high profile labels about in the UK ‘scene’ at the moment, and April has seen HF continue its strong start to 2015 by releasing a collaborative project from their own Dirty Dike and Blah Records heavy hitter Lee Scott, entitled ‘Butter Fly’.
The twist to the project is that the normally outspoken Dike is involved solely as the producer, allowing Scott to bring his unique style and scouse slang to a selection of beats that matches them very well indeed.
Although the beats may be a bit to down tempo for some, I found that after a few listens you realise that the beats and lyrics really gel to create something that is , at the same time, smooth, jazzy, trippy, boastful, weird (for want of a better word!)and at times wise and even uplifting (‘Walk the Walk’ encourages us to move with purpose in life , and that ‘all routes are scenic’ if you follow this advice).
This release also continues the run of HF releases by artists outside of the labels core stable (the last one being the Onoe Caponoe and Chemo project ‘Voices From Planet Cattelle’ ) which has produced some exciting and interesting music that is a little different from the Boom Bap vibes of Leaf Dog, The Four Owls etc, and added an extra splash of diversity to the label’s output.
There isn’t really a skippable track on this project, as Scott’s excellent wordplay keeps the listener’s attention on every track, and you find yourself zoning out to the smooth beats.
Personal favourites include the neck snapping ‘Sell Drugs’, where Scott tells the listener ‘All I want to do is Sag and sell weed’ and dismisses the drudgery of a 9 to 5, the dark and slightly menacing ‘Eight O Clock In The Morning’ and the penultimate track ‘Don’t Tell me’, with its flurry of double time on the bridge coming as a nice surprise.
In summary, fans of both Lee Scott’s rhymes and Dikes beats will not be disappointed with this solid collaborative project, and I predict that ‘Butter Fly’ will be the sound track to many a head nodding smoke out.
Words; Chris
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Lee Scott – Butter Fly (Prod. Dirty Dike) [VIDEO]
Lee Scott – Don’t Make Me (Prod. Dirty Dike) [VIDEO]
Lee Scott – Don’t Tell Me (Prod. Dirty Dike) [VIDEO]
Lee Scott – Eight O’Clock In The Morning (Prod. Dirty Dike) [VIDEO]
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Winner of the John Lennon songwriting contest grand prize (hip hop category) ‘Coming off of premieres from 2 Dope Boyz, AllHip Hop and Birthplace Mag and working with Cali MC Blu, my next cut is “Coin a phrase for change” Produced by Prolyfic. Living in New York you have to make a daily choice on whether or not you feel like donating your spare change to a homeless person. It can be a difficult process for both parties, I take a look at both sides of the coin.’
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Performing both classic A Tribe Called Quest and solo material the 5 Foot Assasin Phife Dawg will be hitting the UK for the first time in 4 years at this rare and intimate shows. As a member of the most influential and exciting Hip-Hop group of all time Phife has performed in around the globe to huge audiences and even been the subject of the brilliant ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life’ documentary. This very special show offers London’s true Hip-Hop heads the opportunity to get up close and personal with a true legend. Delivering his famed punchlines from Tribes ‘Peoples Instinctive Travels’, ‘Midnight Marauders’, ‘Low End Theory’, ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life’ as well as his brilliant ‘Ventilation: Da LP’ and new material produced by the likes of J DIlla, Pete Rock and more The Doctor’s Orders once again deliver a night of not to be missed Hip-Hop.
The Doctor’s Orders & Juicy Present
PHIFE DAWG (A Tribe Called Quest)
@ Plan B, London
Friday 22nd May 2015
@ Sound Control, Manchester
Saturday 23rd May 2015
From the new album “The Thief and the Fallen” out June 2nd on Enemy Soil. “Deathless Light” samples The Budos Band’s “Aphasia” used with permission from Daptone Records.
Pre-order now at:
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