Leeds Hip Hop Scene

Subterranea is a new monthly night (the last Wednesday of every month), held at the the Primrose Pub in Meanwood and run by the Moulding The Breaks crew on the Quake Soundsystem.
I’ve worked with MTB recently on the part two of the Straight Out Leodis podcast series (part 3 coming soon!) and I’m going to [...]

Easy guys, thought I’d best write this whilst still inhebriated and on a hiphop-high,”Whagwan LEEEEDDSS!!!”, a rhetorical question met with a suitably enthusiastic cheer brought the Leeds stalwarts Double d Dagger to the Faversham’s stage, and precluded a beautifully grimy set.
However, don’t jump the proverbial gun, for when I arrived, around 11pm, the place was deserted, [...]

As regular readers and my mates from Leeds will know, I’m a long-time fan of more or less anything associated with LowLife Records. However, I’ve been particularly looking out for Verb T since hearing the Braintax-produced “So Cool” on Kam’s “Life Before 40″ promo mix.
His effortlessly confident tones and witty lines (”I’m not one to [...]

The first thing I noticed – and loved, about this album is that you don’t get bored once. No skipping tracks or tuning out at all. Clearly influenced by the old school hip hop, straight out of Manchester town, Motley and Hash Browne bring something fresh and inspiring to U.K. hip hop. A few tracks [...]

Wiz & Dbo catch Kockee and the multi-talented Lanre (SOL, Slickhanded) outside The Faversham
Whats happening in 2007?
Kockee - Right now im promoting the album 53rd degree, Chapel City, Slickhanded productions produced it all for me. We’ve just been performing it around and making some noise around the UK, Europe, Ireland France, Germany…
The Album has a big [...]

Word up peeps, this is how it is and this is how it was.   
Got to the Elbow Rooms with a an hour and a bit to spare, a couple of white boys were playing the block party music the ears wanted to hear and warming up the one’s ‘n’ two’s, the breakers were makin holes [...]