Leeds Hip Hop Scene

I was checking out the Northern Author Blog this afternoon and I was drawn into Adam’s post on The Greatest UK Rapper. In which he puts forward his case for Blade;
Blade has been in the rap game as long as Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane or Large Professor, and arguably has created as vital [...]

Release Date: 24th September 2007
Label: Merciless Records
Intelligent Rhyme Styles, Impossible Rendered Simple, In Record Stores, Intricate Rhyme Schemes, I Recommend Strongly, I’m Rarely Sober, It’s Really Something…
However you wish to extend the acronym, THE IRS are a five strong crew from South London who provide a mixture of lyrical flare, bass heavy beats, intelligent [...]

Leeds Hip Hop Scene is on the look-out for writers, photographers, reviewers and news posters to post online. The positions are non-paying and purely on a freelance basis but is ideal for anyone wanting to get their writing published online, develop a CV and help grow the site and affiliated areas. We often receive free CD’s, [...]

I was down at the Fav early last night to meet up with Analogue & the rest of the boys to get a filmed interview with Jehst, and I can promise it’ll be online in the next couple of days!!!

Kid Acne was the main support for the evening with his Sheffield entourage in tow, and [...]

From the press release officially announcing Jay-Z’s upcoming American Gangster album:
On November 6, Roc-A-Fella Records and JAY-Z will release the new album AMERICAN GANGSTER. Separate from the official motion picture soundtrack, this collection of all-new original material is a musical journey and lyrical interpretation of snapshots from the upcoming motion picture American Gangster, which pairs [...]

Former Company Flow frontman / Definitive Jux label honcho El-P travels to Spain, Holland, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the UK in support of his second solo album, the critically acclaimed I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead.
“There’s been three or four pretty good rap albums so far this year, but El-P’s I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead is [...]