Month: May 2014

After the raucous party celebrating the Hot Water Music launch in February, the Revorg family are back at the Windmill in Brixton.

With live performances from:

Soundcrash presents a double headline show from two of the freshest names in UK hip hop: Dizraeli and The Small Gods and The Mouse Outfit live at Scala, on the 5th June 2014. Both return to play their largest London headline shows to date with brand new material.

The Nightmares On Wax story is one that spans decades and genres. George Evelyn (also known as DJ E.A.S.E) came up in the 80s UK B-Boy and graffiti scene enamoured with New York hip-hop and was an innovator in merging those beats and feelings with the popular sounds of the UK at that time to pioneer what became dubbed "trip-hop".

Hip Hop is alive and well on the Droppin’ Science Show! Multi-award winning DMC / ITF champion DJs Matman and Daredevil return to cook up another fresh batch of the latest and greatest hip hop around, mixed and cut up to gourmet standards! This is one of our favourite shows yet, so sit back, enjoy. Mixed and hosted by Matman and Daredevil at Droppin’ Science HQ 20/05/14.

Are there are any social settings / contexts where it is acceptable to use the word "PAKI"? Is it a credible argument to say the term of abuse should be reclaimed by British-Asians from the racists? These were points I was debating recently with some friends of mine about the "P" word, shortly before I came across this song from Kash "The B.A.D." Chaudhary.

Would you believe it has been eight years since we covered DJ Supreme's Turntable Trixters DVD? Well it has, its been too long and finally DJ Supreme has come out of retirement. Apparently this song, an underground single featuring The Icepick has been bubbling around since last summer, but this is the first time it has come across my radar. The track has recieved a 'soft' release, but has been brewing nicely on Soundcloud and Youtube receiving a lot of plays and positive feedback, and so its time to spread the word!

The London based duo, Chase And Status, have just dropped an exclusive re-work of 'Gangsta Boogie' featuring new bars from legendary Wu-Tang rapper Raekwon as well as fresh new talent Knytro, signed to the pair's MTA Records. Better known for their Dnb / UK Garage sound its not the first time Chase And Status have taken a surprising foray into the world of Hip Hop. Each time they do its been rather successful. Hip Hop is obviously at their heart and having made your money with hit singles it becomes possible to indulge in whatever you want and also attract some quality features to your dalliances.

RPM is the third single taken from the critically acclaimed LP 'Life Moves' and features fellow Punning Clan member Tony Skank and songstress Melody Myla and is backed with the bonus track 'Take Off' and the instrumental of RPM. Its a nice package and whilst RPM has a couple of cliched elements its production is never the less comprised of heavy bumping production with a groaning bassline from Able8 for Uncomfortable Beats accompanied with summery vibed vocals of Melody Myla.

2014 has so far seen the release of Bambu Hands' 'The Lost Soul' instrumental project. Northern Structure Records latest release comes in the form of Live From The Archive Vol. 1, An 18 track compilation project entirely produced by Bambu Hands featuring the vocal talents of Spider Jaroo. Over the course of the album various emcees feature throughout from all regions of the UK even stretching out to Australia including, Benny Diction, Amos, Evileyz, The Bluntskins, Mothership Connection, Jack Danz and Tenchoo to name a few.