EPs might be the way forward – a bite size slice of music for your lunch break. Genesis Elijah and Beezwax bring a perfect snack for Hip Hop heads with their ‘Civil Unrest’ EP. On a Hip Hop base Beezwax lays down toppings of Dub, Reggae and Grime with mainly synth-based flavours. Each track has [...]
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‘Soulscapes & Jazz Breaks’ – Pat D & Lady Paradox (album review)
November 27th, 2009
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Pat D and Lady Paradox have returned with a brilliant LP by all accounts. Any one of this album’s elements on its own would have me championing the record but the fact is that everything I look at – beats, rhymes, content, guests etc – is all of such a high quality. It’s the album’s [...]
‘Literary Vices’ – Verbal Contact (EP review)
November 10th, 2009
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Don’t know about life in Leeds? Well, Matter and Prys are willing to be your tour guides for half an hour. Their debut EP is entitled ‘Literary Vices’ – a clue to the type of intelligence behind the lyrics of Verbal Contact.
Opener ‘First Impressions’ pulls no punches as the MCs introduce themselves over a seriously [...]
‘MoreFire’ – Freyed Knot (album review)
September 16th, 2009
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‘MoreFire’ aka ‘The Best Album You Can Get For a Quid… Ever!’ is the sophomore album from Bradford Hip Hop band Freyed Knot.
Featuring real live instruments, two MCs and often a healthy smattering of beatboxing and cutting Freyed Knot combine Funk and Rock to a Hip Hop effect. Each track on ‘MoreFire’ contains a bag [...]
