More classic footage from Tim Westwood of Run DMC’s Live performance of ‘Mary Mary’ just uploaded to Westwood’s YouTube channel.
TrixCity drops a freestyle for UK Talent show.
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Nishi aka Wordplay drops some bars for the Don’t Flop cameras
KNOE – Lemonade Taste Test. from KNOE on Vimeo.
An interesting track from Australian MC, Knoe. It’s a constantly changing offering, and some pretty cheeky production breaks that compliment Knoe’s laid back style. It’s a short song, but hey sometimes it good to keep the listeners wanting more eh?
For those of you that would like a little bit more of Knoe, then you can check his earlier releases on Bandcamp, which features a track with the mighty Skyzoo; a really nice pairing of the two rappers.
Until today, Akbar was unknown to me (but probably not Stix, he knows everything) and I kind of feel like I missed the bandwagon already. His album ‘Planet X’ already has a refined and detailed maturity that I, in all honestly wasn’t expecting. His flows and punchlines are pretty unique, and his vocal tone’s has the warm of an old skool MC, 7 releases in. ‘Good Food’ is a nice representation of his skill, and whilst I wasn’t initially a fan of his patrois-style rhyming on this one, it’s a grower and gives the song a nice twist to it. Overall, it’s a good feel-good record, and should be a steady platform for Akbar to convince a few more people to join his team.
For fans of God Cypher Divine, Living Legends, Too Many T’s.
To pick the album up from iTubnes just click the link.
01.) Ladders (Produced By New Era)
02.) Most Rappers (Produced By Soul Supreme)
03.) Man Upstairs (Produced By Soul Supreme)
04.) Teacha Will Appear (Produced By DJ Parker Lee)
05.) Dirty Game (Produced By DJ Parker Lee)
06.) Asteroid Belt (Interlude)
07.) Seven (Produced By DJ Parker Lee)
08.) Story Of The Warrior Pt. 1 (Produced By I-Cue)
09.) Good Food (Produced By DJ Parker Lee)
10.) Who’s Who? (Produced By Preservation)
11.) Still Dedicated (Produced By Soul Supreme)
12.) Great Conjunction (Interlude)
13.) 911×7 (Produced By Dr. Mindbenda)
14.) Earth Transmissions (Interlude)
15.) 2 Divine (Produced By DJ Parker Lee)
16.) Price Of Freedom (Produced By DJ Parker Lee)
17.) Big Bang (Produced By Dr. Mindbenda)
18.) 1000 Years (Produced By Dr. Mindbenda)
19.) Story Of The Warrior Pt. 2 (Produced By DJ Parker Lee)
It’s all about the verses in this track! It would fit nicely between a party song, and a super introspective offering. Catchy without cliche, and has some interesting subject matters. Instrumentally if you like Ant’s production in Atmosphere’s album ‘The Family Sign’ then I think you’ll really enjoy Feytality’s on this.
Develop, Australian native has recently released his latest beat tape ‘Beats For The Masses’. It’s quite a melodic offering, and feels like he should have waited a few months until it gets warmer, so we can all sit in the sun listening to this. ‘Jones’ and ‘Heartmender’ are good examples of what I mean, and by far my favourites from the record. This album made me feel nostalgic for a summer I’ve had, and a summer I haven’t yet (oh my gosh that’s some literal fucking art man, don’t miss out on the goodness).
MC competition you say?
“MCs out there, listen up!
Beat Basement Records wants to hear you rap over your favourite DEVELOP beat. To celebrate the release of the beat tape, the independent label is running an international MC competition by the name of “Will Rap For Beats”. Entries in all languages are accepted. Submit your entry before the 28th of February 2013 and you might win beats, mixing and publishing for your own digital 4-track EP, provided by Beat Basement Records. Get on it!”
Competition Infos:
http://www.beatbasementrecords.com/willrapforbeats/
For those of you too slow off the mark, we launched our first ever competition in conjunction with London’s The Doctor’s Orders. The people responsible for some of the best hip-hop nights in London kindly gave us a pair of tickets For The Next Men show in February, to offer to you (sorry international fam) if you answered some super easy question. Well we picked some names out of our imaginary hat, and Catherine Bell is now the proud owner of a pair of free tickets. Thanks again to the dudes at The Doctor’s Orders, and we hope you all enjoy the show!
Track from Verbal Contact’s new album ‘Blue In The Face’ available from www.dttsrecords.com or on itunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/blue-in-the-face/id582267306
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