Kwaku of the Black Music Congress provokatively points out that the British Black Music Industry is on the verge of collapse and could soon be in terminal decline. What can be done to rectify the situation? Check out Kwaku's thoughts on the topic...
 

Dem Franchize Boyz formed in their Atlanta Westside high school. As teens, Jizzal Man (Bernard Leverette), Parlae (Maurice Gleaton), Pimpin (Jamall Willingham), and Buddie (Gerald Tiller) put their minds and rhyme skills together and, throughout high school and college, they honed their vision into what it is today – a new wave of crunk that paints a graphic picture of the streets of Atlanta and their raw lifestyle.

KP is a Conscious Hip-Hop artist and poet. Most of his ideals crystalised during his English Literature and Philosophy degree at Keele University. By Conscious Hip-Hop we mean Hip-Hop that is concerned with eternal rather than superficial subjects. Also known as Kapes, the Redeye Jedi, the Subculture Sithlord, the Lyrical Ninja, Mr Elocution, and KP Nuts.
 

Verb T & Harry Love are back again with another instant classic. Delusion is the first single from Bring It Back (To Basics), the highly anticipated debut album from both of these established artists. Causing quite a stir in the media, this release is enjoying critical acclaim across the board.

The Poisonous Dialect hail from Memphis, Tennessee and started off playing shows with Memphis HipHop crew True Head Camp, but decided to branch of and start their own label Sickhouse Musik.
 

Produkt are delighted to offer up a selection of exclusive PYMCA prints. Each photo is limited to 50 PRINTS ONLY. These are beautifully reproduced images of an emerging culture from a time when visual recording was highly limited.
 

We told you about DJ Samo's previous CD 'See You After The Break', and he has returned with another hot one, this time entitled 'Just For The Record'. The CD gets gets going with some posh English voice from some stereo effects record, before the Jaws Theme heralds a darker vibe as Samo asks 'guess whose coming?'.

2006 sees Kwerk back in the mix with a jazzed up, soul tinged offering from London’s best-kept secret, Rachael Calladine. Fresh off the sizzling response garnered from Kwerk’s debut release, ‘Nicci Cheeks Presents Hip Hop Love Jazz’, Geoff Wilkinson’s (Us3 fame) label, up the ante by delivering a fine slice of quality music with, ‘Life, Love and Gossip’.
 

Riotakt ("Riot Akt") are DJ / Producer ReBl & MC 4star. The duo hail from Leamington and have been playing in bands since they were at school. Their political hip-hop is influenced by rock & rap and combines heavy beats with deep dark fiery flows. Both are said to be consummate professionalsin the recording studio and certainly the result is pretty polished.

2005 was a great year for Genesis Elijah and Broken Souls which ended on a high thanks to all their fans! Genesis Elijah's 'Jah Bless' single was voted in at no.11 in the top 50 urban music tracks of 2005 at 1Xtra. Now this may seem like a great achievement but it was more than that when you consider that the shortlist included not only independent acts but all the major artists too. So we're happy that we were only beaten by the likes of 50 Cent, Damian Marley, Kanye West, Kano etc!!