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Sonic Branding / Subliminal Brand Placement?
Chris Byrne
01.01.08
With Christmas and New Year advertising overload out of the way Chris
Byrne presents his thoughts and research on major hiphop and product relationships...
Melbourne, Australia
Fraksha
01.10.07
Fraksha's been living in Melbourne, Australia for over a year now, and so has brought us a great selection of interviews with 10 Melbourne based artists - MCs, producers, label owners and DJs to whet your appetite and expand your horizons into Oz hiphop if you haven't already. Ciecmate, M-Phazes, Plutonic Lab, Jase, DJ Flagrant, Bigs, Autism, and Mantra are all featured along with a couple of fellow ex-pats, namely 563 and 76
Hip Hop Legend Chills In Warrington!
Jay Diamond
16.08.07
From the conception of the hip hop era, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five brought hip-hop from the parks of 137th Street and Gunhill Road to radio stations across the world. They evolved from free parties in the Bronx to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Alongside feel good party music, tracks like ‘The Message’ reflected a social commentary and paved the way for artists like Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy. How then, did Scorpio from the Furious Five end up being a feature artist on an unsigned band from Warrington’s newest release?
Sketch City
Shirlaine & Alistair
26.03.07
Shirlaine took her camera down to see 12 year old Metrodome at Manchesters Sketch City, a monthly graf arts event...
Rhyme Asylum
Sinan
21.03.07
Sinan makes his ukhh bow with an article on a crew you'll be hearing about soon... Rhyme Asylum
Independents
Louis Soul
05.12.06
Louis Soul takes a look at the independent music sector in the
UK...
World B-Boy
Championships Preview
HennaCee
03.10.06
Henna brings you our usual preview information on the World B-Boy
Championships coming up this weekend in Brixton....
Welsh Open Bboy
Championship 2006 – Preview
2hip
29.08.06
2hip returns to bring you a preview of the
forthcoming B-Boy competion in Wales...
RIP
CG Colemen - The Most Unknown? Chris Byrne
09.08.06
Chris Byrne looks back at the life and influence of CG
Coleman, the man who played the original Amen Break...
Brighton Hip
Hop Festival 06 Preview Max Leonard
06.07.06
Max Leonard looks forward to the Brighton Hip Hop festival
coming to the seaside town.
Cameron Attacks Rap Warren
Dell
22.06.06
David Cameron’s comments on Radio 1 promoting gun violence have sparked a lot of debate from those inside and outside the genre, but while his comments were over the top, maybe we’ve forgotten just how much of an influence Hip-Hop now holds on society.
Bristol, Bringin' It To You
Lively Safesoul
02.06.06
Some time coming, but Safesoul has delivered a fantastic in
depth expose of the Bristol scene. A package of six
interviews with some of the biggest
acts from the area and a look at the
Rukus club night.
UK Takeover 4 Delbwoy
28.04.06
Well, it's here! The biggest independent British Hip Hop event in the
country, UK Takeover is back to wreck shop once again with
the fourth instalment. UK Takeover will assemble a number artists to
perform on the one stage - some big names, some up and comers but
all from the broad spectrum of British Hip Hop.
Urban Jumble J~Bright
24.04.06
Urban Jumble - discussion of the word 'urban' and its vague
concept. By J~Bright.
Guns Are Cool
J~Bright
24.04.06
Guns Are Cool - with it on the increase in the UK, a look at
the nature of gun crime with particular regard to the psychology of
guns. By J~Bright.
Misunder'hood
J~Bright
24.04.06
Misunder'hood, discusses the bad stereotype hip-hop is receiving through various marketing strategies in the mainstream, and how, just as with any art-form, people instantly disregard the basis of a culture because the superficial face of it is controversial.
By J~Bright.
Music Industry Day
Fierce Freas
21.03.06
Fierce Freas brings you a review of the Msic
Industry Day that recently went down in Derby...
Kanye West Touch The Sky
Tour
Tony Camara & Skittles
21.02.06
Tony brings you a review of the splendid
Kanye West show up in Manchester accompanied with the
usual dope photographs snapped by Skittles...
Moral Panic
Marketing
Chirs Byrne
07.02.06
With research from a whole heap of sources Chris
Byrne gives us his usual controversial outlook on what marketing
is...
The Fugees in Manchester Photo
Montage
Skittles
16.01.05
UKHH sent photographer Shirlaine Forrest to capture The legendary
Fugees live at the Manchester Evening News Arena - a big night, being not only the kick off date of the UK tour but in fact their very first UK show in 9 years.
The 2005 Pantiero Festival
Flat4
02.12.05
Flat4 went to a festival at Cannes and caught up with Ugly Duckling, Sharon Jones and Jurassic 5....
World B-Boy
Championships Preview
HennaCee
06.10.05
Henna brings you our usual preview information on the World B-Boy
Championships which this year are in their tenth year....
D-Percussion & F.R.E.S.H. Review & Photo
Montage
Kate & Skittles
21.08.05
Photographer Skittles and Kate Nowakowski took in a couple of the late summer events in Manchester, the former to write about them, the latter to take some fantastic photo's of the b-boys....
The Game Photo
Montage
Skittles
25.07.05
Photographer Skittles headed over to The Game's recent
Manchester gig (24/07/2005) and captured these great shots of
the man and the crowd in action....
Snoop Dogg Photo
Montage
Shirlaine Forrest
13.07.05
Photographer Shirlaine headed over to Snoop Dizzle's
recent Manchester gig (11/07/2005) and captured these great shots of
the man in action....
Welsh Open Bboy
Championship – Preview
2hip
28.06.05
2hip returns to bring you a preview of the
forthcoming B-Boy competion in Wales...
A Different Bronx Tale
Lady Cook
21.06.05
Lady Cook reminds us of topic that is all
to unfortunately out there, but falling from people's
consciousness...
There Are More Slaves In
The World Today Than At Any Point In Recorded History
Chris Byrne
14.06.05
Chris Byrne does his usual politically sensitive
research brings you the lowdown of the world's poverty situation...
Aussie hip-hop is like
Brussels sprouts…
Jeremy Swann
08.06.05
New writer Jeremy Swann gives us the low down on
what is popping off down under...
Breakin’ Convention
05 Sadler’s Wells
Darkling Dami
07.06.05
Darkling Dami takes a look at Jonzi D's latest
dance extravaganza at London's Saddler's Wells Theatre...
Box Fresh, Clothes And
Culture: A Response
Roger Wade
14.02.05
Roger Wade from Boxfresh takes up his
right to reply an answers Chris Byne's accusations...
Yanking It (or ‘Pimps Don’t Fake
Accents’)
Nik Drou
24.02.05
Nik Drou explores the issues behind using a
false US accent and whether we look at the past with rose tinted
spectacles...
Mental Health Problems
Chris Byrne
07.01.05
Chris Byrne brings you a much needed look at
different help resources available to people who may be struggling
to cope with their issues...
You Are A Target:
Youth Market
Chris Byrne
17.01.05
Chris Byrne brings you his take on the dark
dealings behind major brands advertising and promotion as well as
the unlikely music connections...
Box Fresh, Clothes And
Culture
Chris Byrne 07.01.05
Chris Byrne brings you his view of the old Box Fresh
marketing tactics and lets you now what he thinks...
DMC / Technics World DJ
Championships 2004 - Review & Gallery
K-Per 07.11.04
This year it was bigger than ever and K-Per
got down to bring you the story of what evolved. Elio Stolz
was also on hand with his camera to capture the goings on and we
have a massive 60 photo gallery of what went down...
PLASA 2004 Review
K-Per 27.10.04
K-Per
and Gizmo got down to Earls Court back in the middle of
September to bring you the low down on all those electronical
goodies in the pipeline for all you techno freaks...
The Plague film starring
Skinnyman The Plague
04.08.04
Details on the low budget film
The Plague which
stars Skinny Man as well as info on a special free screening...
Skinnyman's Council
Estate Of Mind Tour info The Last Skeptik
12.07.04
The Last Skeptik brings you all the low down
information on SkinnyMan's current nationwide tour…
Club Characters
Coakley 02.07.04
Coakley breaks down some of the unique
individuals that make up club land UK Hip-Hop…
The Problem
With UK Hip Hop Is...
Coakley 24.06.04
Coakley breaks down ten reasons why he feels
UK Hip-Hop is in a difficult place right now.
DMC / Technics World DJ
Championships 2004 - Preview
K-Per 24.06.04
This year it is back to Shepherds Bush and K-Per
breaks down all that you can expect to see...
Dedbeat Interviews
Nikesh
17.06.04
Whilst enjoying 2004's Dedbeat event Nikesh
actually did manage to get words with
Insight, the rhyme inspector
Percee P,
Edan and
Skinnyman and
what's more he has slaved away getting them into a manageable state to try and sum up
his first Dedbeat and their first experiences of
British sun…
Sprite Urban Games
QED
23.03.04
Here is the details on the forthcoming Sprite Urban Games, a three day
event held in Clapham, London.
World B-Boy
Championships
K-Per & Instrumental
23.03.04
K-Per &
Instrumental bring you full coverage of the recent
World B-Boy
Championships including several
galleries of the weekends events....
Under The Influence
Mike 18.03.04
There
isn’t much focus on drug taking in the world of hip hop beyond the gangsta
staples of blunts and 40s. Mike asks why today's Rap stars don't go
mental whilst Under The Influence...
Cappo and the P
Brothers Live In Liverpool
Coakley 15.02.04
Coalkey returns to give you the low down on one of the latest
instalments of Liverpool's Sunday Service. Recently it played host
to some of the UK's finest at the Magnet.
Everything about the place is perfect for Hip-Hop
clubbing. The decor of the Magnet is reminiscent of the
café/restaurant dance scene in Pulp Fiction with 50's coffee bar
style seating and deep red and orangey yellow walls...
The Remix Albums
Kobi 14.02.04
Here is Kobi's magnum opus - inspired by many hours of copyright
infringement on soulseek. A guide to the Jay-Z/ Nas/ Common remixes
that have surfaced recently. He's done all of them but 2 which he
hasn't been able to get.
World B-Boy
Championships launch party
K-Per 03.02.04
This year will see the UK host the first ever World
B-Boy Championships at Wembley Arena, on the 7th and 8th of
February. In advance of this ‘Just Fabulous’, the company
responsible for putting the event together, organised a launch party
to get the word out and give people a taste of what to expect.
In
depth Vestax 05 pro MK3 mixer review
Coakley 30.01.04
In his first article Coakley goes into
forensic detail as he looks at the workings of the now industry
standard Vestax PMC 05 Pro Mk III DJ mixer. A quality unit, check
out Coakley's view...
Will UK Hip Hop
Ever Blow Up?
Nikesh 20.01.04
Pursuant to the constant
fraff chatting, backbiting and general negativity perpetuated on the
forums Nikesh found himself forced to point out the petty and
childish attitude that many people hiding behind an internet
connection feel they can get away with without harming anyone. This
is far from the case and UKHH.com can assure you that we distance
ourselves from any third party views and opinions espoused under the
guise of free speech on our site.
Q-Bert QFO Thud Rumble Tour 11/12/2003 London
chris@boredbboy.com 08.01.04
chris@boredbboy.com took himself off to see one of the worlds
top DJs demonstrate his new bit of kit and was suitably blown away.
Backpacks, Trucker Caps, Baggy Slacks, & Shoreditch Twats…
Mr
Lingo 06.01.04
Mr Lingo will start to make a reputation
for himself with these tirades, but at the same time he tackles the
topics that bug everybody. What does it matter what you look or
dress like?
Jazzy
Jeff @ the Jazz Cafe
K-Per
06.08.03
K-Per previews the upcoming Jazzy
Jeff Live shows at the Jazz Cafe.
M anners
Don't Cost A Thing
Mr
Lingo
22.06.03
Mr Lingo gets a few things off his
chest about DJs that have been bugging him for quite a while. Bit of a
rant, but if nobody says who will pay attention?
Down
and Dedbeat
Riz
02.04.03
Riz is back to tell everyone what
he experienced down at Hemsby
during the postponed Dedbeat festival.
3
MCs & One DJ
Mr
Lingo 28.03.03
Since the dawn of time, DJ's have been where it's at.
Francis Grasso, the very first guy to put together and use his own mixer and fader to cut between records started it off at the infamous 'Loft' in New York. From there the craze grew. Slowly at first, but soon it was reaching out all over the country, and the world.
Psychological
Operations, Predetermination and Preoccupations
Eddie
Venom 27.03.03
Now the war none of us wanted is in full progress Eddie Venom steps back and
takes a look at the bigger perspective.
Clotaire
K Shook-Yaa 15.03.03
Shook-Yaa gives his views on Clotaire K after catching up with the Lebonese
artist after a gig at 93 Ft. East in Shoreditch East London.
Exterminate,
Exterminate, Exterminate! Mr
Lingo
07.03.03
An article from Mr Lingo anticipating the Extermination of the DJ.
Def Jam Vendetta preview
Spoon
02.03.03
Take a breather from all the daily stress and have Method Man and Redman do a double clothesline on your PS2...
Battle
Of The Year 2002 Kobi
12.02.03
In what is hopefully the fist in a series of diaries, Kobi fills us in on
his experiences traveling to Germany last year...
You
Have The Power
Shook-Yaa
08.02.03
Shook-Yaa draws your attention to what you can do as individuals to stand up
to the unjust war...
Dedbeat
Update Riz
04.02.03
Riz brings you news of extra acts, a re-arranged date and the fact that
tickets are still available...
Gun
Music
Shook-Yaa 16.01.03
In a part 2 to Doc Brown's article, Shook-Yaa eloquently educates you on
what the mainstream media is not telling you...
Don't Let Dem Fool You
Doc
Brown 15.01.03
Doc Brown writes you an open letter and reminds you lot to not get things
twisted as to who is responsible...
T he
Talented One Diane
Thomas
29.12.02
Freelance Diane briefly introduces us to the MOBO nominees One...
Train Trax Journeys in Music Riz
10.11.02
Riz does the press job on the interesting proposition of placing Hip Hop
DJ's playing live in train stations. Will it catch on?
Beat
Conscious Missives Shook-Yaa
04.11.02
New writer Shook-Yaa is feeling kinda jaded with the nightlife available to
him in the Big Smoke and describing a disastrous night out, lets you
in on his feelings...
Jam
Master Jay Obituary Eddie
Venom
04.11.02
Eddie Venom pays his respects to one of the legends of Hip Hop who was
tragically murdered recently. He deeply influenced so many and will be sorely
missed...
Elements
Of Hip Hop Elements
Of Hip Hop
08.10.02
A look forward to the fantabulous looking Elements Of Hip Hop Weekender.
Organised by 1Xtra this is to be the biggest Hip Hop event in the world ever...
BBC
Radio 1Xtra Eddie Venom
10.09.02
Eddie gets his fangs out and takes a look at the new digital radio station
from the BBC from a different and inquisatory perspective...
Dedbeat
Is Back! - DEDBEAT 3 Riz
03.09.02
Riz breaks down all the goodness that you can expect if you head down to the
third Dedbeat festival at Pontins in November...
Hip
Hop's Not Dead Ruffstylz
24.08.02
HHC contributor Ruffstylz answers Q-Tip and breaks down 10 reasons why Hip
Hop is not quite dead just yet...
Undercover Vol. 1…
Eddie Venom
06.08.02
Eddie checks out the tasty new Undercover magazine and takes a comparative
look at some of its predecessors.
All
Elements Battle Jam HennaCee
17.07.02
HennaCee brings us all up to date on what has been going on in the world of
the All Elements organisers in the two years since its inception.
The
Month Of June
Rachie-C
26.06.02
Rachie is desperate for a proper fix of UK Hip Hop, but still manages to
bring up to date with the goings on in UK Hip Hop over the last month...
When will th e tables turn?
Riz
18.06.02
Riz takes a wry look at the Scottish DMC heats and lays open some of the
organisational problems...
Spyce Encounters...
Rico Spyce
01.06.02
Spyce returns for the second time and encounters Rico and Chico of Hackney
based CPS crew and asks where to next?
Pop
Goes The
Weasel Eddie
Venom 28.05.02
What do Ja Rule, Method Man, Redman, Puffy, DMX, Busta, Eminem, Dre, Mary J
Blige, Diana Ross and Elvis have in common? Eddie explores what can be
considered Hip Hop and what is Pop music.
The State of Play in the UK Eddie
Venom 11.05.02
Eddie gives you his perspective on how UK Hip Hop has affected him and explains
the evolution of the genre to date setting it in context.
Spyce Encounters... Estelle Spyce
11.05.02
Spyce chats to Estelle and her manager Stuckee as she records her new single
and tracks her recording career so far...
UKHH.com
Awards 2001 Winners Del
B'woy
25.04.02
We just had the BAFTA's and
Smiffy has finished adding up the votes you have
provided.
So we are pleased to
announce the winners in the 2001 Del Bwoy awards...
Its
Bigger Than Hip Hop Eddie
Venom
24.04.02
Eddie breaks down his views on what he thinks is
happening with Hip Hop's growing commercialisation twists it with a
local perspective.
Darkncold
UK Hip Hop Untapped Vol. 2 Eddie
Venom
23.04.02
New writer Eddie checks ot the latest installment of the
UK Hip Hop Untapped series from the Dark'n'Cold empire.
Headcase
Lads Smiffy
01.04.02
Smiffy finds out about the Wonky Headcase Lads from South Wales, their
surprisingly long past and whats up for the future... Zebra
Traffic Records Smiffy
20.03.02
Smiffy brings you up to date with the launch of a new label featuring the
likes of Diversion Tactics and Life of Phi Life Cypher... Banging
Your Head Against A Brick Wall Karnage
05.03.02
Karnage reviews Banksy's coffee table book of pictures and rates it
highly...
Wireless
Nation Smiffy
16.12.01
Smiffy updates us all as the 'Letter To Tony Blair' Campaign reaches its
second stage with the release of the Gran-Kru UK Artist compliation...
Low
Life... 10 Years And Still Hittin' ! Hiz
25.11.01
To coincide with the release of Braintax's debut LP, Hiz briefly breaks down
the History of the fabulous Low Life Label now that it has been putting out
quality wax for 10 years...
The
UK Hip Hop Awards Riz
06.11.01
Riz has a rant about the self crowned UK Hip Hop awards and the farce that
he considers it to be, pointing out the lack of regional representatives
the strange selection of categories and nominees, he offers a
solution...
Boogie Doon Troon Swedge 04.10.01
At the end of October Swedge is putting on a hiphop event the likes of Ayrshire have never seen before, so we let him tell you about it...
From the New World with Love DJ
Vadim & Riz 24.09.01
Following on from the recent tragic events taking place in New York, Vadim
and Riz team up to bring you a different perspective to that portrayed
in the mainstream media, and dare to look at some of the potential
reasons behind what happened...
Wordlab 2 Wordplay 23.07.01
The great Wordlab 2 is almost upon us. If you've read Spoons review but still aren't convinced then read the press release from the label themselves...
Guess
Who's Back From The Grave? Riz
15.07.01
Following Poetic's sad demise
from Cancer, Riz brings you details of the Gravediggaz new LP.
A
View From Up Norf Riz
14.06.01
Riz uses this spot to say
what has been pissing him off of late and you are going to nod your heads and agree with
him.
Darkncold
UK Hip Hop Untapped Vol.1 Riz
12.06.01
Riz eulogises about the
Darkncold shop's new performance footage video featuring the cream of UK
crews.
Forgotten
World by Darkjoint
QED
12.06.01
Roy aka Darkjoint describes,
track by track the new Malarchi LP which he exclusively produced.
Whae's
Like us (its all yours Bonnie Scotland) Riz
06.03.01
Riz breaks down who's
who and what's what in the much overlooked Scottish Hip Hop scene.
Dekefex Kaos Theory 07.02.01
Our new girl on the block starts off what will hopefully be a regular feature - articles & interviews around the leading club nights in the country.1st up is Brixton's Dekefex...
Rage Smiffy 19.01.01
Smiffy details the movie and some of the dodgy goings on in the entertainment industry...
All Elements jam preview HennaCee 08.12.00
HennaCee takes a look at a wicked jam coming your way...
Jeru The Amateur Riz 07.12.00
An interesting take on the once great MC along with a humerous sideways look at the scene... Social Misfits Del 'Bwoy 26.10.00
Remember Chris Smoove & Prestige? Well this is where Prestige is at now.... Spanish Seen Caballo Locco 26.07.00
An interesting insight into the ever-developing Spanish hiphop scene.
Middle East Recording Artists 2-Hip 11.07.00
A crew you probably wouldn't have heard of, but one 2-Hip assures us are worth checking out, Cardiff based M.E.R.A. Infesticons Smiffy 08.06.00
American Mike Ladd and his Infesticons are out to rid the world of Puffy's evil Majesticon creations. Delegates Of Culture Smiffy 07.06.00
An introduction to this crew who have started to get their name dropped in all the right places. An open letter to Tony Blair Bandit 15.05.00
MSI & Asylums Bandit took the time to give us a few exclusive words on the situation leading to his recent letter to Tony Blair. The letter is included too. Take a look. Beatroute 38 Spoon 10.05.00
They're unsigned, based in Bristol, mates with the Numskullz and have 'awkward rap styles'. Check 'em out. Pioneers 2Hip 26.04.00
It's the most widely anticipated video since the Star Wars Special Editions...2-hip reports on the UK hiphop flick that no-one should be without. Breakdancing Breakdown Downlow Magazine 02.04.00 Jonzi D on Poetry Jonzi D 02.04.00 Dark N Cold 2Hip 21.03.00 The Elements 2Hip 20.03.00 Reachout Spoon 20.03.00 Michaelis Constant Spoon 20.03.00 The Future Of Hip-Hop BSE 01.02.00
 
Regular Columns...
The
Bitch Files Lady
Cook 20.04.02
Lady Cook starts a new gossip column with tid bits from the scene, and to highlight Hip Hop news as reported in other media....
On
& On
#2 Dakia
Bray 19.04.02
Our new correspondent Dakia Bray bring you the first in what we hope will be
a series of irregular articles reporting from all over on any topic that
takes his fancy...
On
& On Dakia
Bray 21.04.02
The Beat Clinic no.5 FBCFABRIC 24.06.01
So its time for more healthy bite sized low fat low sugar advice from the masterful studio boffin known as FBC....if you wanna see what production questions have been flooding into the ukhh.com summer villa then focus your mouse right
HERE and double click.
The Beat Clinic no.4 FBCFABRIC 15.04.01
The Beat Clinic no.3 FBCFABRIC 10.02.01
The Beat Clinic no.
2 F.B.C
10.12.00
The Beat Clinic no. 1 F.B.C 21.09.00
Loop Points no.1 Twizt & The Man With No Pseudonym 12.02.01
The start of a new technical column from our production heads. This one concentrates on sampling and in this first beginners guide Twizt wows us with science fact and maths...
Tha Twizt 5: A Beginners Guide To: Sample
Clearance Twizt
19.06.02
Tha Twizt 4: A New Year Message Twizt 23.01.01
Tha Twizt 3: The Curse Of The Crate Digger Twizt 07.11.00
Tha Twizt 2: Comin Like Wirthers Original Twizt 06.10.00
Tha Twizt 1: Me And Jolly Roger Twizt 19.08.00 |
