Flat 4. aka rooke.
The one across the water.
Right.
Me.
The Flat 4 website came from the utter lack of good websites looking
at UK and French rap, sometime around 1995 or so.
Having set up the Flat 4 UKHiphop mailing list, linking up 80 UK heads
from round the world, it was inevitable that something bigger and better
could be done, and this is it.
About time.
Right, but this is supposed to be about me. OK.
Well, UK and French rap give my eardrums the most pleasure, obviously very
closely followed by rap from that other place... er what's it called...
the US of something.
Anyway, just to give you an idea of my 'taste', my all time UK top 10:
1) Lewis Parker 'Rise' 12"
2) Blak Twang 'Dettwork SE' 12"
3) London Posse 'Gangster Chronicles' LP
4) Blade 'The Lion Goes From Strength to Strength' LP
5) Hijack 'Horns of Jericho' LP
6) Lewis Parker 'B-boy Antks' EP
7) Guttersnypes 'Trials of Life' EP
8) Brotherhood 'Elementalz' LP
9) MC Mell'o' 'Thoughts Released' LP
10) Katch 22 'Dark Tales from Two Cities' LP
That was difficult. Missing out Demon Boyz, Black Radical and recent things like Skitz & Roots Manuva, not to mention the Roots Manuva album, was a hard decision.
My recent/current top 11:
1) Last Men Standing 'A Call to Arms' EP
2) Task Force 'New Mic Order' mini-LP
3) Aspects 'Revenge of the Nerds' EP
4) Krispy 'From the Country' LP
5) MSI&Asylum 'Hang em High' 12"
6) Mindbomb 'Great British Beef' LP
7) Parlour Talk 'Vacation' 12"
8) Jehst 'Premonitions' EP
9) Numskullz 'Volcanics'
10) Easter Island EP
11) Son 'Year One' LP
Now that doesn't necessarily mean that I prefer the Krispy album to the Easter Island EP (although it might), because the recent-ness of tunes is also taken into account.
Finally, links what I like are:
My second favourite sound clip
My absolute favourite sound clip
Crate Watchas - Mista Serve & co bring a banging, growing site.
Gunshot. The excellent online presence of the equally excellent Gunshot. Great site.
Hiphop.com. A good site with a feature on Ty and Shortee Blitz.
Hip-hop Online. The official home of Rock Steady Crew & the International Turntablist Federation. Wicked site.
Hip-hop site. One of the best hip-hop sites around. It ain't where you're from it's where you're @.
Lewis Parker on line. The superb Lewis Parker, with downloadable clips & info & stuff.
Mudbury. Ah yes - the North side of Itchy representing online - the MUD family/Bury Krew/Mudlumz doing their thing.
Powercut Productions. The excellent Steg G's Powercut Productions online...
Raw Tribe Killers. The Brighton crew online.
S.o.H.H. Support Online Hip-Hop - a quality site, with a good search engine.
Rooke
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