Leeds Hip Hop Scene

I was reading the latest Traffic Mag this afternoon and as always I flicked over to Analogue’s column where he was chatting about the recent resurgence at Rawkus Records; and what do I find when I get home but a Rawkus promo copy of Mr J Medeiros - “of gods and girls” to review?
If you don’t [...]

[ July 25, 2007; 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm. ] Back for more?

Don’t Talk To Strangers

Blessed House

Jack Flash & J-Simple

 esSDee & IRN MNKY

 DJ Analogue

The Primrose Inn, Meanwood Road, Leeds

Only £3 in??!?!
On the back of their recent EP “Disabled Blue” and their new “WY - mixtape” featuring some of West Yorkshire’s finest artists including Asaviour & Spida Lee, Don’t Talk to Strangers are creating a real [...]

Hailing from Virginia, Clipse — brothers Pusha T and Malice — were one of the rare first artists to associate with the Neptunes. The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams first met the duo in the early ’90s, was very impressed by their talents, and decided to help them get a gig. Hooking them up with the Elektra [...]

If anyone’s picked up the new issue of Traffic magazine by the time of reading this you may have gathered that whilst covering the Vauxhall Beatboxing Championships at Stylus, I had a word with the winner, Huddersfield-based Ball-Zee. It’s his crew, Don’t Talk To Strangers who are ultimately responsible for this project and, if you [...]

The BBC is launching a new stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, as part of its continuing commitment to supporting new music.
The BBC Introducing… stage will showcase 24 up-and-coming UK artists over the weekend, nominated by BBC new music shows across the country and picked by a panel of music experts including BBC Radio 1 [...]

For those who don’t know, Tricksta (based in Wolverhampton AKA Wolftown) is one of the hardest working men in UK Hip-Hop with a strong independent ethos manifested through various projects, including the UK Runnings mixtape series and a regular show on HHB Radio Dot Com. I linked with him via e-mail and dropped a few [...]