Hip Hop music is a direct descendant off the sound system culture of reggae and dubmusic. Therefore its not surprising that over the years there has been acts which have infused the two sounds – whether it be Jamalski or Mad Lion, the London Posse and the Demon Boyz and in more recent times Roots [...]
Albums
Cappo & Styly Cee – The Fallout (Son Records)
Hip-Hop is over here, catch a glimpse After waiting years for a follow up to Spaz The World, Cappo has waited only a year after the release of Genghis to drop The Fallout, this time bringing Styly Cee along for the ride. If you have heard either Genghis, or this pair’s H-Bomb EP, you will [...]
Jehst – Dragon Of An Ordinary Family (YNR)
Jehst – Dragon Of An Ordinary Family – YNR Productions – June 2011 A decade has past since The High Plains Drifter walked in the saloon in 2001, although other offerings have been brought to the table nothing has been as greatly anticipated. For what seems like an eternity Jehst has been quiet in the [...]
Vast Aire – Ox 2010: A Street Odyssey (Man Bites Dog / Fat Beats)
Vast Aire makes his return for the 3rd solo album with the cock-eye dated “Ox 2010”. Now, I can’t claim to have followed Vast Aire’s solo career closely over the last few years, but for an artist to have formed Cannibal Ox, you can’t ever dismiss their work. With the name of the album, plus [...]
Wiley – 100% Publishing (Big Dada)
Wiley. Richard Kylea Cowie. What hasn’t been said about him? He’s been called a genius by many and an idiot by the same amount of people, sometimes at the same time by the same people. The one thing Wiley’s never been is boring. A true pioneer in terms of production and spitting bars, he helped [...]
Durrty Goodz – Overall (Inapeace)
Back in those heady days when every kid and his dangerous dog were swapping tapes of the latest grime radio sets on the bus or in the playground, Durrty Goodz (or Doogz as he was then known) was one of the names at the very top of the game. A rapid fire dancehall tinged delivery, [...]
Ill Boogs – The Rhythm Den (Breakin Bread)
For those familiar with the UK’s breaking scene, Ill Boogs is a name that’s been around for some time, representing for the Floor Science Crew and subsequently Born To Rock and Sinstars Crew. Yet it’s his work with Breakin Bread that musically Ill Boogs is most well known. Gypsy Rock was the first track that [...]
MCM – The Gospel: The Missing Gems of MCM Caveman (I-innovate)
Former Caveman frontman MCM is back, journeying through his work from 1994 – 2011, some of which was due for release on the third Caveman album as well as his own. Given the fact that all music production was programmed using equipment from back when producers punched pads including an Atari STE 1024e, alongside vintage [...]
Styly Cee – Notts Vintage (Son Records)
Styly Cee, pretty much the daddy of Nottingham Hip hop, responsible for the rise and rise of some of the most prolific emcees to ever grace the mic in the UK including Cappo and Recent movie actor Scorzayzee, has decided to drop an atomic bomb on us in the form of ‘Notts Vintage’. Bridging the [...]
MC Mell’O’ – Thoughts Released (Revelation 1) CD (Original Dope)
After re-issuing memorable back-in-the-day homegrown albums from the likes of Blade and MC Duke, the latest Brit rap classic to be dusted off by the Original Dope crew is MC Mell’O”s accomplished 1990 long-player “Thoughts Released (Revelation 1)”. A product of London’s early-80s Covent Garden scene, Battersea-bred Mell’O”s debut album stands as another vital piece [...]
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