Cheaper Than Half Price Big Boi (Outkast) Tickets – 23rd June
Mean Fiddler have just given out the details of an exclusive and heavily discounted £10 concessions ticket link for the Big Boi show on Thursday. This is a one off UK show and promises to be massive. The lovely Yasmin is also playing live and Emily Rawson will be DJing.
Professor Green UK Tour Announced
Hackney boy Professor Green has announced his biggest UK tour to date starting in October this year culminating with a show at London Roundhouse on 3rd November. Also joining him on tour is super-producer Labrinth, with whom Professor Green has collaborated on the album track Oh My God.
Blaktrix – Sour Grapes MP3 [Skreemer Records / Associated Minds]
Blaktrix is back with this bass stomping banger from the forthcoming album Some People Never Go Crazy. With Exeter's First Aid (producer of Devon Cream ft Million Dan, MC D and Rodney P) on production dropping a wobble that shakes like Queen Latifah's ass Blaktrix reminds the listener why he leads the field when flipping the mic while everyone else is drinking dry wine, sucking bitter lemons and chomping on sour grapes.
Styly Cee and Cappo – The Fallout MP3 [Son Records]
Two titans standing tall amidst the fractured landscape of British hip-hop, Styly Cee and Cappo are back in the brickwork with the opening salvo from an album destined for greatness.
F.O.A.K. ft. KT Forester – Love Me MP3 [Foundation Rekords]
The new single Love Me is an appealing track with a contemporary sound. However, its definitely NOT a love song, and even though the music and melody might be inclusive, the lyrics do not reflect the usual phoniness of this genre. F.O.A.K. are loud, cocky and they speak their minds on any issue ("Let's talk infidelities and Ashley Cole bedding all your secretaries, come on son, is it necessary?").
Beit Nun ft. SonnyJim and Ramson Badbonez – Words [Audio]
There is a lot of good music dropping at the moment and this Biet Nun track is some of that good stuff. Featuring on the track is Sonny Jim who has droped a few bangers recently. Produced Wizard the track is mid tempo and opens with a nice lot of scratching by Jabba the Kut, before the single finger keyboard notes start and maniacly begin to overlap over a classicly simple equally single fingered slow bassline.
Rowdy T North London – It’s All On Me [Video]
In 2010 Rowdy T North London made industry headlines as his career pivoted with heavy exposure from relieving Yung Berg of his diamond batman chain. In the midst of controversy around the batman chain; early 2011 saw this talented UK producer-rapper stamp his presence on the urban music scene by releasing his mixtape The World Is Not Enough which was well received by all the prominent mixtape sites and blogs.
Sam Khan – Back To My Old Ways [Video]
B Somebody's very own Sam Khan returns with this absolute banger which is produced by Newcastle producer Rimshox. Available from Grime Daily Sam Khan new single is called Back To My Old Ways.
Zoom R8 8-Track Mobile Music Production Studio
Zoom’s all-new R8 is the perfect tool for capturing audio on-the-go. It combines four production tools in one compact, versatile device. In addition to being an 8-track playback / 2-track simultaneous recorder that utilizes SD memory, the R8 is an audio interface, a control surface and a pad sampler.
Lyrix Organix And Shlomo Present – Relay Loop Sessions
One world famous beatboxer and five of the UK’s most exciting acoustic performers enter the music lab for you to witness a non-stop collaborative voyage of Loopstations, acoustic guitars and the human voice. This improvised show will be unlike anything that you will have seen before. Each of these incredible artists will perform individual sets, before embarking on an experimental musical relay across hours of back-to-back entertainment.