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No Change "Land of the Lost" free download - plus the Straight Out Leodis interview 3 Mar 2010 | 07:40 am
Born into a generation of rappers who talk loud but reveal very little of their true selves, No Change is that rare thing - an MC who speaks his mind. What he has to say may not always be particularly...
Beat Inspection @ Elbow Room, Tuesday 2nd February (and forthcoming March 2nd) 20 Feb 2010 | 08:18 am
A bit of a change of pace here from the typical Hip-Hop flow of the blog (not that I've ever stuck to that agenda too closely anyway, but what the hey).A couple of weeks ago, I dropped down to the Elb...
New Reviews at Traffic Magazine - Defenders of Style, Souls of Mischief 5 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am
Two albums that are well worth checking:Defenders of Style - "Thoughts of the Nameless"Souls of Mischief - "Montezuma's Revenge"
Retrospective: The IRS (Canada) - "Welcome To Planet IRS" 2 Feb 2010 | 10:06 am
While many on the UK scene have been mourning the split of London crew The IRS, Huddersfield beatboxing legend Megamouth has been (as ever) pissing about on Youtube - and managed to turn up the follow...
Verbal Contact - "Literary Vices" EP Review 20 Jan 2010 | 09:54 am
I've had a copy of Verbal Contact's "Literary Vices" EP sitting around for a while now - and MP3s of it lodged firmly in my player, subject to frequent use. I know all three of the artists involved (M...
Masta Ace & Edo G @ Fresh Jive - The Review 8 Dec 2009 | 11:38 am
My review of the night is up now at Traffic Magazine - click here.I also want to highlight quickly a great piece on Verbal Contact's forthcoming EP "Literary Vices" at BritishHipHop.co.uk. It's by the...
Masta Ace interview now online at TrafficMag.org 7 Nov 2009 | 12:46 pm
Check the link.And of course don't forget to get your arse down to Fresh Jive on November 28th to catch Ace live with Edo G and a shit-load of dope support acts.
Knux and the death throes of the Hip-Hop dollar 18 Dec 2008 | 01:20 am
One of the many links I've clicked recently on my random meander around the internet led me to Google Trends. For those that aren't up on it, this recent development in the Google software portfolio w...
Double-O from Kidz In The Hall says... 29 Apr 2008 | 12:31 am
...Everyone always love calling—with all due respect because we love them just the same—cats like Dilla, Slum Village and even A Tribe Called Quest to a certain extent…they love calling them conscious...
Galactic - “From The Corner To The Block” (Album Review) 17 Mar 2008 | 08:36 am
It's been a while since I've done any reviews and I'm a bit late off the mark with this one – the release date was 10th March, almost a week ago as I write this. However, it's been on loop on my MP3 p...
