Leeds Hip Hop Scene

The mix started with no direction and no theme. I just started throwing mixes in and out, so after watching the movie Scratch for the 200th time and taking note of the advice Z-TRIP gives regarding marking all your records with a BPM, I thought it a start and got on it.
This did start the [...]

Time for a self indulgent plug…

D’YA LIKE SCRATCHIN’?
Check - check fans of the LHHS, searching for this album was worth every effort, although only 35 minutes long you really do have to pick this up. It’s brought on the scene by FATBEATS in New York and allows TOTAL ECLIPSE; ROB SWIFT & PRECISION to start the [...]

It was the last Wednesday of the month and we were back at the Elbow Room for more delights from the UK hip hop scene.
After ironing out some small problems and when the ‘really important footie match finished we were straight into RAINBOW TROUT. For those of you not fortunate enough to have caught this [...]

O.K., by the time the year is out we will probably have been blessed with that long awaited Detox album from the messiah of beats DR. Dre but, for now, has there ever been an album in recent years that has wet the ear buds like Pete Rock’s ‘NY’s Finest?
I pre-ordered this back in [...]

So it’s true, DIFF’RENT STROKES has a new home in the centre of Leeds at the ELBOW ROOMS. Could it take the best-unsigned talent to this established venue?
After tryin’ to find a parkin’ spot for the MNKY’s fantastically secure Volkswagen Golf (I’ll tell you more in a bit) we arrived at the Elbow [...]