Leeds Hip Hop Scene

It’s been a while since I’ve done any reviews and I’m a bit late off the mark with this one – the release date was 10th March, almost a week ago as I write this. However, it’s been on loop on my MP3 player ever since I was sent it for review so I [...]

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 [...]

On Thursday 29th November I had the Crackhouse Allstarz - AKA MCs PCP, Instance and No Change - up in the studio to represent their Leeds-based label, Crackhouse Recordings on the Straight Out Leodis show.

Download and stream the show from britishhiphop.co.uk - more info on the page.
Just a quick reminder also - earlier in the [...]

This an exclusive video interview for LHHS - we were fortunate enough to meet up with Jehst, Micall Parknsun, Sir Smurf Lil and LG at their recent gig at New Bohemia in Leeds. We sat down and chatted about UK Hip Hop, Yorkshire, the Mengi Bus Mixtape, Aubergines and check for some exclusive footage from [...]

There’s a lot of people in the UK who like rapping. That’s a given… the question is, how do you want to hear your rhythmic poetic diction packaged?
Far too many people - particularly those who wouldn’t identify themselves culturally as part of “Hip-Hop” - are still looking to the United States as their best source [...]

If you wanted to think of an easy target for an MC to rip on, piss-poor “talent” show X-Factor would come pretty high on the list. However, this doesn’t make the latest release by Swift It Major any less entertaining or any less welcome.
With serious form as both a battle MC and a straight spitter [...]