Weapon Of Choice Present The Shade One Solo Show
Graffiti and Hip Hop veteran Shade One was first grabbed by the Hip Hop bug in the early 80’s. Producing ‘Wild Style’ letters combined with characters, the Weapon Of Choice Gallery in Bristol welcome him for his first ever solo show.
Lloyd Banks ft. Pusha T – Home Sweet Home [Video]
Lloyd Banks returns to drop another banger off the Hunger For More 2 album. This time its Home Sweet Home which features a dope middle verse from Pusha T. With this out of the way Lloyd Banks has now turned his attention to working on his follow up to Hunger For More 2 which should be hitting the streets before the end of the year.
Has-Lo – Limit [Video]
Has-Lo's debut album In Case I Don't Make It began garnering attention imediately upon release. XXL Mag, The LA Weekly, eMusic Editor in Chief J. Edward Keyes, and Passion of the Weiss all selected the album as a standout. Though not your typical party and grab ass record, ICIDMI turned heads because of it's gritty take on a life far too many of us know, one lived at the breaking point.
Wretch 32 UK Tour For October Announced
After a storming set at London's XOYO last night 25 year-old Jermaine Scott, aka Wretch 32 has announced a headline UK tour for October this year. Wretch 32 had an incredible start to the year. After being earmarked by BBC as a one to watch for their Sound of 2011 list, along with being hotly tipped by NME, MTV and HMV, as a rising music star he has gone on to achieve a top 5 debut smash with his first commercial single release, Traktor, and has just completed a tour with Example.
Faith SFX – Man Or Machine MP3 [Play Hard]
Faith SFX is without doubt one of the most in demand talents to emerge from the UK scene. Since his first shows supporting major urban acts when he was just 15 years old Faith quickly established himself as the go-to Beatboxer for the scene. Since then he's gone on to become a multi award winner, record adverts for the likes of Motorola, tour and performing alongside the likes of Jay Z, Plan B, Chipmunk and Ms Dynamite and amass over 10 million views of his videos on youtube.
Various Artists – Untold Songs Volume One MP3 [Jus Like Music Records / Amnesty International]
Untold Songs: Volume One is a groundbreaking compilation of songs by female artists brought together from all across the globe. The compilation is being released through Jus Like Music Records in collaboration with Amnesty International to raise awareness and money for their "Stop Violence Against Women" campaign.
Wiz Khalifa UK Headline Tour In November
Atlantic Records’ rap sensation, Wiz Khalifa, will be hitting the UK shores this November for a headline tour. The run of dates will kick off at Glasgow’s O2 Academy on November 2nd and will include a London show at the prestigious O2 Brixton Academy on November 7th. Dates also include Newcastle, Bristol, Manchester, Southampton and Leeds.
Ladi6 – The Liberation Of… LP [Question Music]
A sultry voice with razor sharp wit and a stage show to match; Ladi6 is New Zealand's leading hip-hop soul artist who is fast emerging as an international star after live shows for Gil Scott-Heron, Mayer Hawthorne, Mos Def and Masta Ace. On the 8th of August, she drops game-changing sophomore album The Liberation Of....
Substance Abuse ft. Tash of Tha Liks – Don’t Get Us Wrong [Video]
Eso Tre and Subz are L.A. duo Substance Abuse. The former URB Next 100 picks dropped their debut Brand New Crime in 1998, following up with 2006's Overproof which featured Motion Man, Saafir and Rasco and received four-star marks from URB and Scratch. "We"re big fans of Tha Alkaholiks and have fond memories of going to the Coast II Coast release party back in the day, so working with Tash was a pretty surreal experience", says Eso.
Seek ft. Don Smokilla – Where We From [Video]
As The European Survival Tour continues on, Seek finds himself in the studio with Lyon, France artist Don Smokilla. This multi-talented Hip Hop artist can rap in three different languages, English, French, and Madagascan. Here he shows off his skills with the latter. 'Where We From' is produced by Maescro. The video was also shot and edited by him. For more info check out the Seek's Fan Page, link is below.