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 [...]
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‘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 [...]
‘How To Cut & Paste: The 30s Edition’ – DJ Yoda (review)
September 8th, 2009
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I treated myself to DJ Yoda’s latest mixtape in the ‘How To Cut & Paste’ series: ‘The 30s Edition’ and now here I am, revving up to tell you all about it. First off, ‘The 30s Edition’ is more bearable than ‘The 80s Edition’ (which was still dope) and it’s a real light listen, especially [...]
‘Money’ – Danny Spice (single review)
July 10th, 2009
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DJ Juice’s production grooves along (in the way a modified premo joint might) as Danny Spice cruises vocally on his latest track ‘Money’. Mr. Spice tells us in no uncertain terms (“You see me, ain’t up in the game to be cool/ Or have MTV round to look at my pool/ I rap to because [...]
YNR’s – Feeding Time At The Zoo (Review)
May 23rd, 2009
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Here’s my (un-edited) review of YNR‘s Feeding Time At The Zoo, originally written for and published in HHC Digital 002, it was their album of the month: What with UK Rap and its Marmite status, this release will probably provoke one of two reactions: ‘Yawn, backpack rap – boring’ or ‘Finally some decent Hip Hop [...]
