Posts Tagged ‘hip hop’
26/11
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Lupe Fiasco has finally dropped his long-in-the-works mixtape, ‘Friend Of The People’. The 12 track release sees Lupe rhyming over various instrumentals as well as two original tracks produced by Soundtrack. This should satisfy all the Lupe fans out there, while he works on his upcoming album. ‘Friend Of The People’s available for download. Check [...]
23/11
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Everyone’s favourite jazzy loop from 2011 makes a little comeback courtesy of Busta Rhymes. After only being able to hear this remix being played at Kendrick Lamar’s live shows, he finally puts out the remix which sees Bussa Bus (and a ride cymbal) make an appearance with a very rapid vocal delivery. Enjoy!
20/11
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Snoop Dogg gets together with some of the greatest West Coast hip-hop producers to create some music for Dr Dre’s much awaited ‘Detox’ album. The two videos below give a great insight into the work that is happening behind-the-scenes to make this album happen and each of the artists takings it to a level above [...]
17/11
Monday, October 17th, 2011
The UK has really made a huge step forward in hip-hop and is now being recognised a lot more in the US and in Europe a lot more than previous years. One of the most promising and talented artists we have in London is one third of the group Nu Brand Flexxx, it being the [...]
16/11
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
One of my current favourite hip-hop artists that I’ve been listening to in heavy rotation as of recent finally drops the visuals for his track ‘Rigamortis’. It starts off quite fresh with a live band replaying the infectious jazzy horn loop and then swiftly cuts into the version that everyone loves. The song is taken [...]
03/11
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Pictured above is Roxy, photographed by Gary Salter who has snapped the UK B-Boy Championships World Finals campaign for the past 3 years. It should be obvious why I started you off with that image, as she’s fast becoming one of the top b-girls on the planet. Having only just turned 21, Roxy has already [...]
14/11
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
It looks like Damon Dash and The Black Keys are back at it again with the sequel to the critically acclaimed BlakRoc project which combined hip-hop with the backdrop of a hard rock ‘n roll blues sound. This upcoming release will include vocals from Talib Kweli, U God, Jay Electronica, OC, Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa, Jim Jones, [...]



