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Quaranteam 'Carnage' 21 Feb 2012 | 12:10 pm
Busta Rhymes & J-Dilla - The Collection 20 Feb 2012 | 10:55 am
Over the course of his (almost) 20 year career, Busta Rhymes has managed to stick close to a lot of his guns. Sure, in recent times he has been known to pursue a quick payday with a guest spot here fo...
The Best DJ Premier Beats of 2011 9 Jan 2012 | 05:34 am
Recently on www.djpremierblog.com there was a poll for hip-hop fans to vote on which beat Primo had produced in 2011 that they thought was his finest work. As far as I was aware, the Works of Mart wer...
It's So Hard Out Here For A G 3 Jan 2012 | 09:43 am
The turn of the new year brings some new music from one of UK rap's true living legends. Farma G, one half of Taskforce, is set to release a new EP entitled 'The Art Of Moron' with hints given in this...
2011. Done. 1 Jan 2012 | 07:46 am
It's the last day of the year, so what I'd like to do is take a moment on look back on what has happened in my life, and in life in general over the past 365 days. What I'd like to do even more than t...
Meet The Quaranteam 27 Dec 2011 | 04:05 am
While trying to find photos of the new burgeoning rap collective from London, I couldn't get anything past photos of spanish horror movies. Its almost like the group want us to think they're picking S...
Dangerous Adventures 24 Oct 2011 | 01:34 am
Lewis Parker seemingly left these shores a long time ago, opting to hone his already considerable skills in the birth city of hip-hop, New York, instead of his native UK. Over the past few years he's ...
Sav-age 31 Aug 2011 | 09:09 am
Huddersfield's own atmospheric beatmaker and thought-provoking emcee Asavious is finally back after what seems like a long hiatus since his LP with DJ IQ "The A-Loop Theory" (its actually only a few y...
Hip-Hop Newsround 26 Aug 2011 | 05:24 am
A scattered post here, much akin to the back porcelain wall of your water closet after a particularly lively curry. Rounding up the recent movements in rap that I like and I'm intrigued by. Kicking u...
That New Ish 18 Jul 2011 | 07:51 am
Back in the early 90s, Digable Planets were critically acclaimed from every corner of hip-hop due to their rich sound, utilising jazz and swing samples to create a rap style that set itself apart from...