Leeds Hip Hop Scene

Wisdomtooth catches up with DJ T-Breaks from Fresh Jive.
How long has Fresh Jive been going for?

It ran from 97-2000 weekly Saturdays at the Faversham
then reformed in 2004 til present day

On your myspace it says Fresh Jive is a community event. How do you get
local talent involved and what role do you play in helping the local [...]

It’s been 12 months since the release of the Leeds By Example compilation album, which if you haven’t got a copy yet then why not? The project was set up by the Leeds By Example people in conjunction with various studios and record shops both physical and online, and its here to showcase the hip-hop [...]

Wow. I mean, wow. Last night’s show by Korean breakdance troupe Last For One was nothing short of spectacular.
What you expect coming to a hip-hop dance show is extreme physical performance, rhythm, energy and agression. But Last For One brought so much more to the stage, presenting a show that reached beyond the limits of [...]

Release Date: 16 April 07
This is the latest single to be dropped by the Foreign Beggars, it features the first ever Jehst and Foreign Beggars collaboration too so I’m intrigued if nothing else before I stick this on. The A-side’s “In It for a Minute” has some simple and morose production from Dag Nabbit, that [...]

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Release Date: 16 April 07
 
Dented Records presents the latest release from Foreign Beggars’ critically acclaimed sophomore album ‘Stray Point Agenda’. Featuring production from heavyweights Dag Nabbit, DJ Vadim and Jehst, and guest vocals by the up and coming Graziella.
‘In It For A Minute’ this 12” is set to pick up where ‘Slow Broiled [...]

This is the debut EP from Hull, UK based producer Pat D and the Pittsburgh,USA based MC Melodiq. Pat’s influences are Common and the late Jay Dee and you can sense that as the beats are laid back, well sampled, with some jazzy tones and those Dilla-esque drums which Pat seems to be pulling off really [...]