Leeds Hip Hop Scene

Check it…

Here’s a deep article I found from our girl Nino - she wrote an article for Drop magazine about the connections of hip hop & martial arts, and the respective religious and disciplined connotations in both!
Chi. In Hip Hop we call it soul. It’s invincible, the most incredibly powerful force imaginable. It runs within you, [...]

Whoa we’ve run out of bandwidth on the xmas mix!!
Here’s the re-up…

Tracklisting:

Intro
Rufus Thomas - I’ll Be your Santa
Gary Walker - Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag
James Brown - Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
Carla Thomas - Gee Whizz It’s Christmas
Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin’
Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis
Bootsty Collins - N-Yo City
Puff Daddy, [...]

I couldn’t let you all go away for your festive frolics without drawing your attention to this first…
UK based DJ Chris Read has released amix titled ‘The Diary’ an amazingly crafted mix that covers nigh on 30 years of hip hop. It consists of 801 records, 75 or so minutes: it’s free and can be [...]

If you are a fan if Jay Electronica be prepared for a great little pressie from the bloggers hot hip hop act in 2007… Act II will arrive on Christmas day, with over 10 songs and 200mb in size. the music will be produced by Jay himself, Madlib Mr. Porter, Sa-Ra creative partners, Mike Chavarria, [...]

As some of you may have noticed, I’ve been off the scene for a sec in terms of writing CD and live reviews. After a well-earned break from critiquing the work of others, I feel ready to re-enter the fray and so reviews of the following are now up on my own blog:
Yorkshire Terrierz [...]