Tag: evidence

The hip-hop community was given something to get excited about recently, with a debut trailer for an upcoming independent documentary by filmmaker Dean Huson. What's Real? A Hip Hop Documentary is the directors first feature length outing, and it's certainly an ambitious one. The film features introspective interviews and tour footage from a veritable crème de la crème of British and US underground artists, and is set to explore definitions of "real" in the eyes of a rabid hardcore audience.

There was a time when Dilated Peoples seemed unstoppable. Combining Iriscience the ardent au courant, Evidence the unflappable scientist and Babu fresh from battle they had all bases covered and worked every angle. They were dope on wax, live on stage and generally looked just about the ultimate Hip Hop unit.

The word on the streets is hip-hop is dead. The word in the boardrooms is the music industry is dead. Sway & King Tech of the legendary Wake Up Show are on a mission to prove the world wrong on both counts with the 100K Battle, a revolutionary competition that, in conjunction with the innovative new social networking website urSession.com, may just end up being responsible for the discovery of the next great rapper - and the next great record label.

The Swollen Members release their fifth album, (and first UK release through TVT) which is entitled ‘Black Magic’ in January 2007. ‘Black Magic’ is fuel-injected with passion and marks a triumphant return for Swollen Members.