Category: Features

Manopoly, as he is known in the Rap circles in the STL has been grinding and forging out a piece of the pie in the tough St. Louis Rap game. Born Neal Richardson, Manopoly began twisting words with lyrics in elementary school where he outwitted his colleagues at the afternoon MC battles.

There’s no question to whether or not the Ying Yang Twins can make it rain inside a smoke-filled shake joint with their hyperactive 808-infused tracks, mannish school boy theatrics and raunchy, sex-charged lyrics. But after five albums with two going platinum back to back, D-Roc and Kaine aim to make musical thunderstorms all over the world.

America’s #1 independent record company for five consecutive years, TVT Records celebrates 20 years of discovering and breaking some of the most revolutionary recording artists and exciting trends in music. TVT Records has given the world such impact artists as Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Underworld, Ying Yang Twins and Lil Jon.

Pitbull returns with his second album after his gold selling debut LP ‘M.I.A.M.I.’  (the biggest-selling bilingual hip-hop debut in more than a decade, selling more than 600,000 copies).  Not since Cypress Hill’s debut, has a Spanish-fluent rap artist achieved such sales levels.

Hip hop maestro and the driving force behind the New York Masta Mix Records label, Traum, proudly announces the reissue of Natural Born Killas Vol. 1 CD. Under the leadership and production of rap sensation Traum and featuring Cormega, Traum himself, Half-A-Mill, Killa Sha, Sheistmillini and many more, this release features some of the illest sounds ever to spit out of the ghetto.

Age ain’t nothing but a number they say and Jibbs is certainly proving the saying right. At only sixteen the former boxer from St Louis has taken the American charts by storm. His smash debut single ‘Chain Hang Low’ structured around the ‘Ears Hang Low’ nursery rhyme is proving to be the rappers calling card and now he’s set to take over the UK!

Originally hailing from Leeds, Braintax founded Lowlife Records in 1992 and is now based in London. His label roster includes some of the biggest names in British hip-hop such as Jehst, Skinnyman, Task Force, Mystro, Micall Parkinsun, Asaviour, Verb-T and Kashmere, plus new talent in the form of Dubbledge. He also co-runs Riddim Killa with the legendary Rodney P and is an MC and producer in his own right.

Mex is a bona fide vinyl junkie - the kind of junkie that doesn't want help. He's happiest when he's at one with his drug of choice. In the mid-nineties he fed his addiction by working in record shops, DJing hip hop and funk breaks at seminal Brighton night Knowledge Of Self, warming up for the likes of OC, Jurassic 5 and Big L.

This man is Mr Convenience. He was born in 1987, and grew up in Penzance, Cornwall. He soon followed in the footsteps of his older brother, MC Azreal, and began rapping at the age of fourteen, and progressed to playing at local night spots with the live Band; Carpe Diem. After the band split, along with MC Lexis and DJs Teretz, Pastyfari and Louis Jamaz together they formed the Beatechs.

Paving the way for what is being called Grindie (Grime meets Indie), Marvin the Martian stands at the fore front of modern alternative music. Similarly to acts like the Streets, Bloc Party, Sway, Dizzee Rascal and Lethal B, Marvin the Martian’s genre bending, unconformist approach to his music is refreshing and incredibly clever, as he is able to appease all sections of his diverse fan base. Marvin’s uncompromising lyrics and gripping stories of authentic events in his life make his music all the more appealing.