Its been a while since we last had one of Farma G's sponsored freestyle battles and this latest installment looks like it could be fire. There is a £150 prize for the winning MC and the artist line up is stellar in the extreme. Reading like one of the best nights line ups that Kung Fu put on this night is set to continue in that vein. Make sure you get down to the Villain Bar on the 13th October to see it all go down.
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South London’s bastion of a new home-grown hip hop dawn - Skandal has received some glowing reviews from what proved to be a phenomenal debut mix tape release. The release of ‘Hunger Pains’ was proof that people are still starving for some raw hip hop goodness, it just needs to be served the right way and that’s exactly what Skandal delivered.
In a week filled with both celebration and remembrance, the UK hip hop fraternity came out in force to pay homage to the life and work of a man described as a true ‘hip hop genius’.
Trevor Nelson and Tim Westwood join 1Xtra as schedule is "revamped". The new 1Xtra line-up features Tim Westwood, which could be taken as:
a) a bad thing - diluting an already patchy line-up and giving further air-time to a guy who, whatever he may arguably have done for UK Hip-Hop in the past, is frankly a bit of an embarassment
As the name suggests, this event is the brain child of one half of the seminal group, Task Force, Chester P. Chester says, 'I would define the night as a unique and energetic environment where the audience scream out words of which I pick up to 5 and the 2 selected MCs battle it out, there are 8 contestants in all who must endure 3 rounds of lyrical pugilism'.
For this remarkable one off event the 4 biggest names in London Hip-Hop promotion are coming together to deliver a knock out blow. Each crew brings their unique style, technique and flow to what is sure to be the Hip-Hop club event of the summer.