Karl Hinds - IS BACK

Grown people's Hip Hop, Big people Music .... Karl Hinds is back with an album dropping in May 2009 ... Some serious shit . Check 3 new tracks on : www.myspace.com/karlhinds

Modulok 'Ink Spots'

The official video for 'Ink Spots' from the new Modulok album 'Cities and Years' produced by Leon Murphy. Directed by Ivan Egorov, shot in St.Petersburg, Russia.

777 - Interview

Ez all, thought its about time I started do some more ish on my blog then just posting up links to free shit . 777 just dropped his demo cd so I thought I'd see whats up with the Telford geezer!

Whats ya name ?? and where ya from ??

I'm 777 and I come from Telford in Shropshire (West Midlands). I've been rapping about 4 years and producing for two of those.

So your promoting your solo debut project, let us know some details ??

My first release is called Septimal Volume 1. I'm plugging it as a demo cd rather than an album as it is a collection of my best work to date and not a coherent, focussed album as such. The purpose here is to get heard and stop sitting on material! I've had great feedback so far so please cop it from all the usual digital haunts or on cd from my myspace/paypal!

So its dropping on Innit Records , how did you hook up with them ??

Well I've known Beit Nun (Innit Records owner) for a couple of years now. We've had mutual appreciation for each others music for a while and when he learned I was looking for a label to put out releases on, we went for it! It was a sensible progression for me to go through someone I trust and whom I know checks for my music out of preference rather than necessity. He's been fundamental in helping and encouraging me and also has many great connections musically.

Who’s handling the production on it??

Well I've got a three on the cd myself,a handfull by Wizard (LDBB), a couple from Milton Keynes producer Zaheer, Esyoube (Text Offenders), Baron Samedi, Redmaster and others....Some old Don called Bare Beats also made a remix for me, which rather bangs Sir haha!

Whats your thoughts on the scene & where its heading??

Hmm I could waffle about this for hours so I'll try and keep it concise! I think the Hip Hop scene in the UK is healthier than it's ever been right now. The latest releases that are filtering through now are of an extremely high standard and could be held up to represent proudly on a world scale. And the amazing thing is most of us work in offices and factories by day and still have the motivation to create great music completely off our own backs. That said I try not to think of it as a "scene" as such. I think it's a little naive to box yourself into this "I'm a rapper and these 1000 fans are my market" type attitude. That attitude (in my opinion) holds people back from trying other avenues and genres for exposure and thus ostricises the rest of the wold population as a potential market.

I see your dropping it digital as well, do you think the new digi world is starting to kill off the cd??

There's two sides to that really. I think legal downloads are a great thing as you can buy individual tracks rather than spending 12 quid on 11 tracks you don't like for the 1 you do! People are still shifting cd's as there will always be those (myself included) who love the entire artistic package that a cd offers. In that respect legal downloads sit nicely alongside cd's and bottom line, simply offer even more outlets! On the flipside of that, illegal downloads are not helping any of us...

What you got dropping next??

Crickey, how long have you got?! I'm one half of a duo called Amass Hegemony alongside label mate Beit Nun. We've just completed recording of a promo ep entitled "Red Raw" that will be free to all in a few weeks! This one is done in conjunction with Pez from Skrimshank and also featues Dan Bull and we're gonna use it to build hype for a fully pressed up ep later this year. I'm also deep into a further ep with Gouki Productions on the beats due for download 7/7/9. I'm also part of a collective called Unstable Fabulists and our ep is being mixed right now so stay tuned for that one! On a solo tip I will have an ep entitled 777: Bipolarity which will de dropping late this year on cd and digi download too. So I'm keeping proper busy!

Shouts & bulls**t?? Plus can you introduce this free download track !!!

Yeah man, shouts out to the boss man Beit Nun, fellow mic psycho Pez, Mr Dan Bull, Baron Samedi, Zaheer, Gouki, Redmaster and big Wizard. This last one is called Revelations, produced by Redmaster also featuring his awsome flow!Last track( Revelations)

Free Tracks !

777 's Choice : http://www.sendspace.com/file/hp4wmv - Revelations ft, Redmaster

Bare Beats Choice : http://www.sendspace.com/file/zk7gta - The Man

777 Myspace

Amass Hegemony Myspace

Innit Records Myspace

Also I gotta say while you check the free tracks here and you grab his album of Itunes ect, you need to check trebs mypace page for a fresh track he just posted up call 'Why' produced by Wizard . One of my favourite tracks to come 7's, he comes on a such an honest note it leaves you with goose bumps, you seriously cannot sleep on this.

http://www.myspace.com/777uk

777 - Septimal Reviews
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Certified Banger Presents: 'On The Radar Volume 2' - VA

Certified Banger Presents: 'On The Radar Volume 2' - VA (free download)

The people @ Certified Bangers have put together another compilation of UK Hip Hop & pushing it all for free . Check their site for more info on the artists and links to the artists . Track 7 All I Wana Do has gotta be my favourite Hip Hop track of the year, funny as fuck . Grab it and show support to the artists your feeling that have shit out. Pz . Beats .

Download now!

1) Certified Banger Exclusive - JVF Clique (produced by Pappa Doc)

2) Coming For The Game ft. Jay Madden, Chris L & Assa - Jut

3) Dr. Who ft. Dan Bull, Mrs. Pez & Jimmy Crack – Skrimshank (produced by Damo)

4) Respect Your Elders ft. Remus - Krate Krusaders

5) Life Is Real - Antidote (produced by Pro P)

6) Truth Or Lie – TLG (produced by Eyebs)

7) All I Wanna Do - Chima Anya

8) Real Life Drama - The Three Amigos (produced by Naive)

9) Final Frontier - Grit Grammar (produced by Baron Samedi)

10) After Life - Dan Bull

11) Drama - Joker Starr (produced by G Man)

12) See I Realise ft. Anneke – MasterSystem (produced by Whys)

13) Gully - Asaviour & Apa-Tight

14) The Title - Dabbla (produced by Miss Tofelees)

15) Mimsey Grove - Gouki P (produced by Ants & Jut)

16) Subhuman Nature ft. Darkstar - Antiheroes (produced by Reklews)

17) Rugged Bros ft. Lowercase - Chattabox (produced by Sober)

18) Dark Matter (Remix) - Simple Samples (produced by Dweller)

19) Crop Circles ft. Circle Makerz - King David (produced by Safron)

20) Family Life ft. Cipher Jewels – Reggiimental (produced by DJ Konn)

Fench

Experimental electronic dub, niceness fleshed out on some grimey flex too . Not to abide by any musical rules, no anti-sampling campaigns , heavy on the sythns and subs . Fench creates a landscape of sound that en captures the listener like a good book , through out leaving them wanting to find out whats gona happen next .

Fench is an alias for an underground hip hop and trip hop producer, that wanted to reach out and get more deeply involved in the electronic scene . So here it is ! All contact for Fench can be made through here . Peace .

The 'FENCH SECTION ONE EP' is dropping very soon ....

http://www.myspace.com/mrfench

Dan Bull 'Safe' - Album OUT NOW!!!

I heard Dan Bull a few years back and I was shocked then about how he mixed underground hip hop with a real pop indie feel . I thought in a few years he'd be on the radio smashing it up and maybe watering down his content to suit the pop market . But instead I get an e-mail saying my albums done, what do you think ? To be honest I was completely shocked , from the overall concept , sound and musical production it took me to another place . No watering down on subjects, and Dan's laid back flow and delivery still blended perfectly .

This is one release that the UK can't sleep on , check the links below about purchasing the album and the free mp3 download and my fellow bloggers reviews who can write 100 times better then me .

If you live in the UK, you can mail order the album on CD for £5 [free p&p] here:http://freshnut.co.uk/shop/

If you live outside the UK, you'll be able to mail order CD copies in the very near future from:http://www.cdbaby.com/.

You can also download the album for free in mp3 format [128 kbps] from:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HMMBYOTZ

High quality digital downloads from sites such as iTunes, Amazon and Napster will be available soon. http://www.myspace.com/danbull


Other Reviews :


Certified Banger: Click Here
Vocalswords: Click Here
Strictly Independant: Click Here
Can't Stop Fanatics: Click Here
Change The Record: Click Here

Lowkey - 'Dear Listener' LP E-Sampler & Mongrel Tracks

The best rapper you'll ever hear in your life Jon McClure (Reverend And The Makers)One of the best lyricists in the Western Hemisphere Benjamin ZephaniahHe's dope! One of the best rappers in the UK Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan)One of the most intelligent and sickest MCs DJ MK (Kiss FM + Roots Manuva's DJ)As a poet, playwright, political activist and award-winning rapper, Lowkey is one of the countrys most talented, diverse and promising artists.

Hailing from a bubbling homegrown hip-hop scene, Lowkey has successfully applied his artform to the world of indie music, without compromising the music he loves. His first official album, Dear Listener is an extremely honest and distinctly fresh project, laden with world class production from SCRAM JONES (MARIAH CAREY / G UNIT), STYALZ FUEGO (CHAMILLIONAIRE / BUSTA RHYMES), Q-TONES (LIL WAYNE) and more.

Keep your eyes peeled Lowkeys involvement in a supergroup band project named MONGREL. With Lowkey as the lead emcee, the band also includes members of the ARCTIC MONKEYS, BABYSHAMBLES and REVEREND AND THE MAKERS. This project will surely cement Lowkeys position as one of the countrys premier lyricists; do not sleep on his remarkable debut!

Lowkey featuring Jon McClure of Reverend and The Makers and Faith SFX - Revolution

Lowkey - Tell Me Why

Lowkey featuring Wretch 32 - In My Lifetime

Also we have three free Mongrel tracks to drop on ya . . .

The Menance

Hit From the Morning Sun

Act Like That

The Kemistry 'Mascot'

'The Earlier Escapades of Willo Wispa'

Taken from my other favourite label Associated Minds blog . This needs to be listened too, one of the sickest mc's to come out this country has blessed us with a free ep . . . Beats .

Yes Yes Preachers of the Gospel. We come like wise-men, but not from the East. And we come baring some festive gifts for you.

After some stand out guest appearances this year on a whole heap of critically acclaimed releases including Sir Smurf Lil's 'New Bloodline' LP, Evil Ed's & Conspicuous LP and Mudmowth's 'Circus In The Cemetery' 12" people are talking about Willo Wispa.

No one, and we mean NO ONE, spits like him. Simple as.

And so before we release his 'Wot's Willo On!?!' LP in early 2009 (that'll feature a whole heap of the countries best producers and a few choice guest emcees) we thought we'd let the world know why we wanted to work up with London's own true drunken master.

So we put together 'The Earlier Escapades of Willo Wispa.' If you read the liner notes included they'll explain it all - but we dug around other peoples archives to pull out the roughs and rares of tracks that kinda deserved get out there more - but are either sold out on vinyl or seemingly lost on peoples dead equipment - that made us wanna work with him so much. It's only tip of the iceberg stuff but it gives the world the start of the experience that is listening to Willo Wispa.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/qhoebo

http://www.associatedminds.com/

Hokey Religions & Ancient Weapons Release Party

The release of the Hand’Solo Records mixtape Hokey Religions & Ancient Weapons (are no match for a good blaster) was celebrated with a live show featuring performances by Wordburglar, More Or Les, Noah 23, Baracuda, Royce Birth and Brockway Biggs. Luckily, Alex Stephens was in the house with all of his gear and he has made his audio recording of the show available to us. So, being the kind folks that we are, Hand’Solo Records has decided to take our favourite songs from the show and offer them up as a free download.
Check the tracklisting below for a few samples.

Download as zip file: Hokey Religions & Ancient Weapons Release Party zip
Download as rar file: Hokey Religions & Ancient Weapons Release Party rar

http://www.handsolorecords.com/

Tracklisting:

1. Brockway Biggs - Pinch Hitter

2. Brockway Biggs - Shake Your Caboose

3. Royce Birth - Return to the Essence

4. Royce Birth - Back in Stereo

5. Royce Birth - Turn Em Around

6. Noah 23 - The 23 Enigma

7. Noah 23 - Resistance

8. Noah 23 - Freestyle featuring Baracuda

9. Noah 23 - Rusty Robots featuring Baracuda

10. Red Ants - Black Cloud

11. Red Ants - Two Bars

12. Red Ants - Dirty Space Alchemy

13. Red Ants - Insomnia

14. Red Ants - Keep Your Satellites Out of My Brain

15. More Or Les - Eat Your Food

16. More Or Les - Sucka Word

17. More Or Les - The End

18. Wordburglar - Intro/Spoken Language

19. Wordburglar - Hat Trick

20. Wordburglar - The WB

21. Wordburglar - Sayin’ Raps

22. Wordburglar - Spit Fresh featuring More Or Les

23. Wordburglar - Freestyle featuring More Or Les

* Recorded on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at The Rivoli in Toronto by Alex Stephens (alexanderstephens@hotmail.com).

For more crazy photography from the show, check out Jon B’s Photo Mission as published online by UGSMag.com at http://ugsmag.com/features/photo-mission/handsolo-records-hokey-religions-ancient-weapons-release-party/.

And if you like what you hear live, check out the Hokey Religions & Ancient Weapons mixtape as mixed by Uncle Fester at http://handsolorecords.com/hokey-religions-mix/ where you can download it for free; or if you’d like to own your very own copy you can find the link to purchase a physical copy from CD Baby.

Big thanks to the artists involved for providing the entertainment:

Baracuda - http://www.myspace.com/baracudafish

Brockway Biggs - http://www.myspace.com/brockwaybiggs

More Or Les - http://www.myspace.com/moreorles

Noah 23 - http://www.myspace.com/noah23

Royce Birth - http://www.myspace.com/roycebirth

Wordburglar - http://www.myspace.com/wordburglar

Extra special thanks to Wordburglar for hosting, More Or Les for acting as resident DJ for the whole night, and Fresh Kils for banging away so deligently on the MPC. And of course, to the staff at The Rivoli, Alex S and Jon B for documenting the event, Leif for manning the front door and Yoko of Momiji clothing company, who stood diligently by the merch booth all night long.

The Kemistry 'The Kemistry' EP

Our EP Is out now on Itunes Amazon.com Emusic.com . More digital stores are being added now .

The Kemistry have put together a little ep that showcases their sound in 20 minutes, with an album completed in the pipeline this trio is going to make waves. With Bare Beats and Smokey's heavy hard hitting beats, made with provoked passion and Kemi's soulful & sometimes dark lyrics make this little ep the perfect introduction to 'The Kemistry' and with the aim of making a series of albums this group are definitely something to look out for.

01. Searching
02. Window
03. Greed & Arrogance
04. Shrinking Fear
05. Mascot

Digital Only Release

http://www.thekemistry.co.uk/

Jimmy Crackstar - Teeth Ep

This is a sick lil' self produced ep from Jimmy Crackstar . ! .

Tracklisting:

1. Teeth
2. The Bad Side of Being Good
3. Talk is Cheap ft Pez
4. Mother Sun Complex
5. You Don't Have to Listen Interlude
6. On My Mind
7. Popular Vultures ft Imranimal
8. We All Fall

*Bonus Track* - 36 Reasons

All produced, mixed etc by Jimmy Crackstar, except 36 Reasons which uses the instrumental from Nine - Watchu Want.

Download Here

Undercurrent - Crisis Talks - The Mix Tape

The new Undercurrent website is now up and running! drop by and check it out. For those of you who dont know, Undercurrent Baron Samedi and Lixx The Warrior. They let us have a 18 track dope mixtape for free .

Tracklist for Crisis Talks - The Mixtape:

1. Push My Product *
2. Like Us (feat. Sonnyjim & 777)
3. Godless
4. Bare Wimmin'
5. Denz
6. Rear View
7. Kick In The Door
8. Brothers Grimm*
9. Killing Spree (feat. Logan)
10. Hold U Down
11. Knocked Up
12. Chamber Zero (feat. Jabbathakut)*
13. Up In Smoke*
14. Gamblers Anonymous **
15. Paratroopers (feat. Grit Grammar)
16. Dark Marvel Part II
17. We Got...
18. Big Shots

* - produced by Baron Samedi
** - produced by Mr Libel

http://www.undercurrentuk.com/

The Kemistry 'The Core' - New Video

Just Above The Blues

OK so here it is... the 'Just Above The Blues' EP . This small project is a collaboration between Millennium Jazz Music & No Long Ting Productions as they bring you an EP inspired by the very unfortunate going ons with many of our young people that live and die by gun and knife crime.

01 Prevention Enforcement & Punishment (Intro) - Feat Gadget

02 Death Pours - Feat LeeN MSJ Klarity Ama & KyraUK

03 Free Our Minds - Feat Klarity Serocee & KyraUK

04 Idle Minds - Feat Serocee LeeN & KyraUK

05 Finding Me (Outro) - Feat Gadget

All tracks produced by Gadget for Millennium Jazz Music

All tracks mixed and mastered by J-LeeN for No Long Ting Productions

except track 05, mixed by Gadget.

All graphics designed by Fraser Lyness for Millennium Jazz Music

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