Shortee Blitz - DigiWaxx Radio

Shortee Blitz is one of LDN's finest. Been a don on the circuit since day one. One quarter of the Extended Players along side Mr Thing, MK & Harry Love, it's always a pleasure watching him spin. Mad Skillz.  Peep the new mix done for DigiWaxx Media. Hot Shit right there...

 DJ Shortee Blitz - Digiwaxx Radio 24 DOWNLOAD HERE

Nas Speaks....

This interview is part of the Noisemakers Interview Series, Peter Rosenburg sat down with 'Nasty' Nas Ecsobar in front of a cool couple of thousand as SWSX Festival Austin, Texas and chatted bout, life, music, the game and his rise to become such an iconic figure in our rap scene today.

Dope shit

Keep Our Love...

Here's a nice lil' sum'n sum'n from another of our old South West homies,
T Bone aka Tommy Tempo.

Video put together by the famalam, Black Nicholson & 10p Tangy Toms.

Az I Kum Bak...

Brand new from M-M-Mike J from Demon Boyz aka Million 'Dappa' Dan.

Produced by another former South West resident & 3 Amigos affiliate, Pete Cannon.



DOWNLOAD HERE

Bring It Back...

The Last Skeptik & Rewd Adams are back straight away from their last release 'Nukey' with a next level UK Boom Bap banger... The beats from The Last Skeptik are hardcore and the bars Rewd spits make ya wanna slap ya mama.... Just to make it all a lil bit better DJ Mr Thing on the cuts, which if you know him, no need to explain. FIRE.

The album dropping soon, and sure to be a powerhouse of an album. CANT WAIT.
#bringingbackUKHipHop

I Know...

Brand New video from Unseen & Deeflux feat Genesis Elijah. Unseen is familee from way back...  Peep the new project and make sure u cop it over at their bandcamp page HERE

Props to Issy AKA Bella Soul chucking chips.. I see you...

Spring Time Music - Mixed by Mo Fingaz

Its officially the UK Springtime, and one hint of sunshine we as a nation are out in out shorts and tees, pale white skin and tops off..... Therefore, to celebrate the start of Spring, I made a lil 60 minutes for y'all...



With tracks from Nas, Mac Miller, Jay-Z, Tyga, Wale, Rewd Adams & The Last Skeptik, K'Naan, Bumpy Knuckles, DJ Premier, Busta Rhymes, Diamond D, Kidkanevil, Dead Prez, Mo Kolours, Tall Black Guy, Aloe Blacc , The Union, Apollo Brown & O.C plus loads more. Download it immediately, Share it, Tweet it, tell a friend and enjoy it.....

Tracklisting:

Intro

Preset Mars feat Roc Marciano - The Union

Threat (Pete Rock Remix) - Jay -Z

Off The Soul (Remix) feat Posdanous & Raekwon - Mac Miller

Nothing To Lose (Will.I.Am Remix) - K'Naan feat Nas

Take It 2 The Top - Bumpy Knuckles & DJ Premier

Sign Language - Aloe Blacc

What' s Good (James Brown Flip) - Tall Black Guy

For The Record - OG Break

For The Record - Torae

Show Me What You Got (Mo Fingaz Remix) - Busta Rhymes

Kings & Queens - Tyga feat Wale & Nas

Summer In Brooklyn -  Jay-Z, Lil Wayne & Quincy Jones

Another Luvr (Remix) - Teedra Moses feat Wale 

Everything's OK - Rewd Adams & The Last Skeptik

The Don - Nas

Summertime - Dead Prez

10 Seconds - Kidkanevil

Deflate Cha - Diamond D

Intro - The Union

Twelve - Mo Kolours

Prove Me Wrong - Apollo Brown & O.C

Stayin Busy (Remix) - The Audible Doctor feat Silent Knight, KON, Rasheed Chappell, YC The Cynic, & Soul Khan

Mind - Fatima

Spring Time Music - Mo Fingaz DOWNLOAD HERE

Beggars....

Enter Foreign Beggars with their new single "Palm of My Hand" produced by the beast that is Kidkanevil

Released 30/03/2012 on mau5trap Recordings, this is the first single teaser from the forthcoming album "The Uprising" grab it now as the link will soon be gone I reckon

Tanya Lacey...

Tanya Lacey is a multi-talented singer / emcee hailing from Bristol, who's also written / co-written hit singles for Loick Essien ('How We Roll') and Will I Am / Mick Jagger / Jennifer Lopez ('T.H.E. The Hardest Ever'), which ain't too shabby either.

She also featured on a track by our Hospital Records homie, Danny Byrd, on 'From Bath With Love'.

These are her joints so far.

She kills it on her own version of 'T.H.E.', and the vid to 'Born To Fly' is shot completely in Stokes Croft, Bristol.

Might be a bit poppy for some of y'all, but in my book she deserves to blow up, global. Bad. Get to know.

Shout to SB:TV.

O(mar) D. B...

While biopics on N.W.A. and Tupac have been talked about for a while now, and seem to be stuck in development, it looks like a movie about one of their contemporaries is not only moving forward, but has made a brilliant and bold casting choice: Michael K. Williams (aka Omar from "The Wire") will be playing Ol' Dirty Bastard in "Dirty White Boy." Fucking yes.


Back in 2009, RZA was talking up a biopic and cautioned that the rapper's "estate is kind of confused on what to do, and all the rights and all that shit" but it appears everything has been worked out. Penned by Brent Hoff, the film will be the directorial debut of Joaquin Baca-Asay, the cinematographer behind James Gray's "Two Lovers," "We Own The Night" and Mike Mills' "Thumbsucker." He's also a commerical and music video director who was the DOP behind Mark Romanek's now-iconic video for Jay-Z's "99 Problems."


Describing the persona of ODB as a "character" played by Russell Tyrone Jones, there is no doubt he embraced some very real troubles, including legal battles over the child support for this 13 children, battling drug addiction, enduring numerous brushes with the law, and surviving a shooting as the result of an argument with another rapper. So there is some very real drama here that we hope isn't trivialized. That being said....

In the works for a few years and described as a "a time capsule, black comedy and love poem," the film will tell the story of ODB through the eyes of Jarred Weisfeld, a VH1 intern who became the rapper's manager (the writer Hoff berfriended them both when he too worked at VH1). Troublingly described as a cross between "Risky Business" and "8 Mile," there is a danger here of taking too light a touch with the story of ODB's life so we hope a proper tone is struck.

Michael K. Williams as the lead role is fucking awesome. A great stroke of casting and no matter how this turns out we'll be there to see him take on the role.

Article c/o Indiewire

F*** Up The Fun...

For those that don't know, 20 year old Harlem rapper / singer Azealia Banks has been turning heads for a few months now, and recently signed a major label deal with Universal.

Warming up for that, here's a free lil' sum'n sum'n produced by Diplo, entitled 'Fuck Up The Fun'.

Azealia Banks’ debut album should land May / June time. 

Providing that does happen, and the label don't long it off for a year or more (Kid Sister anyone?..) she will be absolutely massive, without a dizzout.

Shout to Soul Culture.

Deflate Cha

Diggy Diamond D is back with a lil summit new. Old Skool D heads have no fear as he's serving up  what he does best. Peep it below. NEw Album coming Soon from the D.I.T.C big man

Macadelic

Love him or hate him, Mac Miller is there and he is making ALOT of music.... Here's his new mixtape 'Macadelic' with mad cameos all over the shop. There is some wicked beats on this project

Mac Miller - Macadelic EP - DOWNLOAD HERE

The Nextmen Episode 18

Straight from the horse mout dem.... - "We always talk about the weather and btw….The weather has been mental! It feels like bloody Morocco on Holloway Road. Does this mean we're going to have a crap summer? Probably. But we'll still be in a field somewhere trying to escape from the K hole listening to 'Rinkle Dinkle Bob and the Wang Wang Twins' train crashing a selection of BoreCore from the former Yugoslavia. Either that or we'll be listening to Radio 4 and reading Tatler in our Hampshire mansions. In the meantime please enjoy this selection of treats that we feel sums up the present sunny mood in North London.. Expect Bangers from Tyga, Nas, Maya Jane Coles, Spectrasoul, Wiley and B Traits that should soundtrack your unseasonably early BBQ or sweaty commute.. Hazar!!"

Tracklisting

01	Tall Black Guy - What's Good? (White)
02	OC and Apollo Brown - Prove Me Wrong (Mello)
03	Nas - The Don (Def Jam)
04	Tyga - Kings and Queens (Young Money)
05	Mac Miller - Of The Soul (Remix) (Rostrum)
06	Maya Jane Coles - Little One (2020 Vision)
07	Wiley - Skankin' (2 Bears Mix) (Big Dada)
08	B Traits - Fever (Toddla T and Dj Q Mix) (DSB)
09	Gentleman's Dub Club - High Grade (Ranking Records)
10	Plan B - Ill Manors (Atlantic)
11	Jess Mills - Pixelated People (Nocturnal Sunshine Mix) (Island)
12	Die and Mensah - Firing Line (Gutterfunk)
13	Delilah - Breathe (Atlantic)
14	Spectrasoul - Light In The Dark (Shogun Audio)
15	Unknown - Break The Superstition (White) The Nextmen Podcast Episode 18 - DOWNLOAD HERE

Nothing To Lose

We a couple weeks or so late on this but still I love it... K'naan featuring with yet again queens finest Nas. The producer of this remix this was kept a secret for a minute for some reason, but it turned out to no other than Black Eyed Peas Will I Am.... 

Turn Up The Mic

'Turn Up The Mic' is the next single to leak from Kolexxxion, the new project from Bumpy Knuckles AKA Freddie Foxxx and the one DJ Premier... This featuring Queensbridge's Nas. As far as reunions go this is fine by us....

Mo Kolours | Banana Wine...

Our old homie Mo Kolours is back with some new heat once again on One Handed Music.
So proud of this dude. Each release keeps getting better & better.

Mo Kolours' new EP is an intoxicating blend of Soul, Dub, Hip Hop, House, Afro-Latin Percussion, Mauritian Sega music and much more. It's a real step forward from his first EP & should establish Mighty Joe Young as one of the most individual artists around.

For the analogue heads & purists, the 12" of this is out in good record shops (..cough cough.. Rough Trade...) now, with sick artwork from Swedish painter Ekta, & mastered by the peeps behind the likes of Burial, Actress & Skream.

However, enough chatter, the good good folks at One-Handed have decided they really just want everyone to hear it, so they're giving away the whole EP for nuffink RIGHT HERE.

Oh, he got a Facebook page now too.

What's Good...

Tall Black Guy is easily one of the sickest beatmakers to emerge over the past few months.

To celebrate passing the 5k mark on his Soundcloud, he's just dropped this sick James Brown flip on us as a free download.

Check that HERE:



Shout to BamaLoveSoul.

iLL Manors...

Ben Drew still has fire in his belly. Good lad. 

The Don...

Nas release the cover for his new single 'The Don' which is set to be released tomorrow.... If its anything like what he has been doing recently then we in for a treat.. cant wait.. we will keep you posted when it drops...
(Tarl)

UPDATE.

Peep. This. Shit.
(Bobby)


#lifeisgood

DJ Odin - Nate Dogg Tribute

Squeeze fam DJ Odin dropped this mix last year in memorial of the late Nate Dogg... I was reminded of it this morning and thought I would share with y'all..... Peep the video.... he mad nice on the chops..

Nate Dogg Tribute Mix Part 1 by Dj Odin on Mixcloud

We Are At War...

Clip of DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles "wE aRe aT WaR" single off of their upcoming album KoleXXXion coming 3/27/2012. 

Quakers...

Some serious heat droppin' right here..
Out March 27th, Stones Throw are dropping this ILL, ILL, ILL supergroup concept project thang.


To bring y'all up to speed, Quakers are a 35-member hip-hop collective centered around three producers - Fuzzface (Geoff Barrow of Portishead), Katalyst (Ashley Anderson), and 7-Stu-7 (Stuart Matthews, also from Portishead).


The guest MC's on this album are just straight up off the mother-effing scale.. Prince Po (Organized Konfusion), Booty Brown (The Pharcyde), Dead Prez, Phat Kat, MED, Guilty Simpson, Aloe Blacc, Bristol's own Deed... The list literally goes on and on and on...


A little while back, Katalsyt dropped this podcast - "The Hip Hop Quake Mix" - through Stones Throw to get the hype ball rolling, and this is in itself is ILL, ILL, ILL. A 40 minute mix showcasing their influences and some exclusive production, featuring OC, Joe Meek, Silver Apples, Death Grips, Gangstarr, Public Enemy and many more.


You can cop that shit HERE.


Their album drops on Stones Throw on March 27, instrumentals version in tow.
Pick it up from Rough Trade & you also get an EXCLUSIVE Bonus CD of the afore-mentioned Quakers podcast mix. You can pre-order it HERE.





DOWNLOAD: Quakers ft Guilty Simpson & MED - Fitta Happier

Main Squeeze@TheFunHouse

Funhouse - 08/03/2012 - MainSqueeze DJ's MoFingaz & Bobafatt alongside Chris P Cuts by Thefunhousetv on Mixcloud

Main Squeeze - Mo Fingaz, BobaFatt & Chris P Cuts @TheFunhouse  - DOWNLOAD HERE

Share, Tell a Friend..... Enjoy

UCLA...

Bit of a controversial one this. Been on the blogosphere for a minute, but, can't front, almost slipped under my radar. That ain't the controversial bit though. The controversial bit is that this was allegedly a collab LP from Madlib & Blu (crazy heat!!), but now Stones Throw are amongst a few past few weeks claiming that Madlib didn't have nuttin' to do with it.. which has left this thing a little tainted with a few people... I don't know about all that. But what I do know is, regardless, this right here, is pretty dope. Whoever made it...

DOWNLOAD HERE

Ms Gotti

No_Lay... She has got some next level flow. We featured her on the blog late last year with 'Clock Face.' Now she is back with a new offering - The Rebellion EP

No Lay - The Rebellion EP - DOWNLOAD HERE
No_Lay Twitter HERE

Beautiful Music

After waiting patiently behind two singles, a dope video, and a neon-blue triangle shaped vinyl, Union is ready to unleash the most musically challenging, painstakingly crafted, MC-packed album in the dawn of 2012 – Meet - Paris born Analogtronics. Featuring Talib Kweli, Elzhi, MF DOOM, Roc Marciano, Guilty Simpson, and more....

Get Yourself a copy of the Album. Serious
Intergalactic B-Boy Shits

Sunshine Screwface

   

This dropped the other day... I forgot to blog (DOH)...The legacy of James Dewitt Yancey / Jay Dee / J Dilla continues....



Check the radio snippets - DOWNLOAD HERE

King Kofi

If you know about The Funhouse or DJ Kofi and you were there (in the chat room) that evening in the hip hop kitchen then you may remeber Kofi DESTROY everything...

FUNHOUSE - DJ Kofi Live from The Hip hop Kitchen by Thefunhousetv on Mixcloud

Sisters

Annie Lennox, Emeli Sandé, Katy B & Jess Mills - Royal Festival Hall, 9th March 2012

Nuff Said....

Annie Lennox's voice is a monster.. Big Shout To Jess Mills... Gwaaan x

Get Got...

Hard.

If you don't know about Death Grips, for the love of fuck, get to know.

Hard.


Death Grips - Get Got from Death Grips on Vimeo.

Ned Flander...

Fucked up. Again.

The Wonder Year

‘The Wonder Year’ is a documentary following a year in the life of super producer 9th Wonder: CEO, NAACP ambassador, Duke University professor, husband, father, son and Grammy Award winning producer. The film follows one of Hip-Hop’s most dynamic figures from his childhood home to late nights in the studio and everywhere in between and features a who’s who of Hip-Hop including: Drake, DJ Premier, DJ Green Lantern, J. Cole, Murs, Phonte, Sha Money XL, Young Guru, The Alchemist & more.

The good folks at The Doctor's Orders will screening the movie plus a Q&A with 9th Wonder himself and the film’s director, Kenneth Price,  at Plan B Brixton. DO NOT MISS
Thursday 26th April 2012

This shit is DOPE.

Details HERE

Born Ready To Die

In honor of Biggie's passing 15 years ago on March 9, 1997... Terry Urban wanted to do a special project. He & Mick Boogie honored the anniversary of his passing with a special project called Unbelievable, which was hosted by Sean "Diddy" Combs and exceded 500k downloads online.

But to pay tribute this time, he has done something different. . 

Born Ready To Die. - The music from Lana Del Ray's Born To Die... remixed and resampled.  The lyrics from Biggie's Ready To Die... still timeless after all these years. It's a perfect marriage... dark and mysterious... soulful and gritty.

Lana told Vogue Magazine that Biggie was one of her biggest musical influences... and now... he is her musical collaborator.

I present to you... Born Ready To Die.

Download full album at mixstream.com (this is not the full album on soundcloud)

A B.I.G Deal - DJ Lok

Squeeze fam DJ LoK also celebrating for March 9th.... 30 mins of a big man... mixed by a badman

Dont forget to get your ass to DJ Lok & DJ BobaFatts BDay Party with The birthday boys, Mo Fingaz, Mr Thing, Chris P Cuts & JP


Saturday 7th April 2012 - Big Chill Bar, Brick Lane, London

Facebook Event Here

March 9th 002

Another drop for March 9th... Main Squeeze Remix - Beats by Smitharene.......

Rest In Peace - Christopher Wallace / BIGGIE / The Notourious B.I.G / Big Poppa
Greatest Of All Time
#march 9th

March 9th 001

To celebrate the great Christopher Wallace AKA The Notourious B.I.G, Top Dog over at Nice Up!, DJ Shepdog has opened the links for this free download of his 'Party Breaks and Bullshit' remix

DJ Shepdog - Party Breaks & Bullshit DOWNLOAD HERE

Love Light

Our Reggae Roast Family step up once again with their latest release. ‘Love Light’ is a high energy stepper, spreading a message of love and unity by one of the UKs most sought after MCs. This 4 mix release by Kenny Knots is the first offering from Reggae Roast Records in 2012 and is set to rock danceflors across the land. The track was produced, and dubbed by Manasseh and remixed by Belgiun Dubstep lynch pin BunZero. With crispy fresh new artwork we reckon 2012 is a big year for the LDN steppers...

Love Light has already been getting support on 1 Xtra, Kiss FM, Rinse FM, Ministry of Sound Radio, BBC 6 Music, NME Radio,  and has been reviewed in DJ Mag, Vibe Mag & Bass Music Magazine etc.

Grab yourself a copy HERE

Funheezy...

Video streaming by Ustream

Last Night Myself & BobaFatt graced The Funhouse for the second time... Alongside Chris P Cuts
Shouts to Chris, Mk, Mr Thing, Diablo and all the crew dem....
You can watch it back here - download link to follow soon

I - I - I said...

Thursday 8th March 2012.

8:30pm - 11pm GMT.

Main Squeeze (BobaFatt & Mo Fingaz) are this weeks special guests.
Hosted by Chris P Cuts.

TUNE IN!

Poltergiest

Roc Marciano on a grimey tip once again... Sick beat, fits his flow perfectly. As long as he keeps making hip hop it's cool with me....

Roc Marciano - Poltergeist DOWNLOAD HERE

Do What You Can Kid...

I don't even know what to say 'bout this...

Nice & Smooth played at Jazz Cafe this weekend just gone, their first London gig since 1991.

Excelling expectations is an understatement. Two of the most charismatic, energetic dudes I've ever seen at a Hip Hop gig. It's no wonder they've been revered with such fondness throughout the Hip Hop community, for all these years.

The energy, the humour, the showmanship, the mother-fucking dancing, and the vibes from Greg Nice were second to none, rocking half the set amongst the crowd, beatbox breaks, crowd chants, the whole nine.

And the emotion and heart from Smooth B (shown in this video below) is something you rarely see from anyone, especially not on a stage, at a Hip Hop concert.

One of the illest gigs I've been to for a long long time. Hilarious, emotional and funky as fuck. Nice & Smooth forever. Word is bond.

Shout to Chocolate Bear TV for the clip.
Shout to the Scratch crew, Mr Thing, DJ LoK, Mystro and all the other heads that were in attendance last Sunday.

Do Ya Thing...

Let Me Go...

Shaun Boothe feat Lykke Li, Loudmouth Melvin, Pyro Barz & Cyhi Da Prince - Let Me Go Remix...... Summit a lykkle different.. but still hard...

Jacob St Beats

Beats..... by Mo Fingaz..... in conjunction with my best friend having his first child Jacob. X

Thoughts....

New video from The Quaranteam.. Flying fhe UK Hip Hop flag hard... Watch out for numerous solo projects to come from Loudmouth, K-Nite, Skillit, Pyro Barz and Mentalist.
Mans Cant Wait.

If you didn't - Cop the Quaranteam EP HERE

Yes Please...

Back to remind people how the gurt lush West Coast smack it, Bristol's finest Hip Hop crew Aspects are back after a long hiatus...



DOWNLOAD TRACK HERE

Never Gonna Change...

Reinterpreting Drake's track 'Closer To My Dreams', this is a teaser track for MCX's forthcoming mixtape 'Revels', produced largely by my actual factual real deal little brother Renoir aka Bigness As Usual.




The video was put together by Renoir (also known as Row P Vids) with MCX one snowy afternoon in Blazingsmoke.





'Revels' by MCX is released 30.04.12.