Some Cold Rock Stuf (sic) is unbelievably the debut album by Stones Throw recording artist J Rocc, unbelievable because the DJ/Producer has been prolific over the years; co-founding The World Famous Beat Junkies, acting as tour DJ for Madlib, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and J Dilla, as well as releasing countless mix CDs for the likes of Blue Note and Supreme among others. …Read More.
Russian born, London bred Andre Gurov (aka DJ Vadim) needs little introduction; DJ, producer, artist, A&R man and radio presenter. Vadim has produced singles and albums for the likes of Anti Pop Consortium, Mr Lif and The Bug with official remixes for bonafide superstars like Prince, The Cure and Erykah Badu. …Read More.
Atlanta based rapper Killer Mike has been off the scene for a while but if the Ready Set Go remix single featuring Big Boi and T.I is anything to go by the new album PL3DGE should bang harder than a home made Libyan rocket. …Read More.
Pro Celebrity Golf continues in his quest to recover forgotten and discarded demo tapes in the attics and bins of NYC with the release of the super nice D-Stroy Feat. Tony Touch ’94 Demo. As ever with Chopped Herring Records this is some strong stuff and has you craving to live through the 90s again.
For further insight into the mind of golf’s biggest hip-hop fan check our interview and cop his recent mix here.
As Ben Eine’s star keeps rising the scale of his street-art seems to keep on getting bigger. Off the back of last year’s deserved surge in interest in his work (in part due to the PMs wife although his back catalogue is surely a more powerful calling card for his artistic talents) he is currently setting up shop at the White Walls Gallery in San Francisco, USA. Check out their blog for new street work and the shop for the pieces from his Greatest show that are destined for home-owners/gallery walls.
KanKick seen here errm kicking back with a beer of Dutch origin.
One of the perks of spending Sundays researching and writing hunched up over your computer is that, from time-to-time, you come across gems that make you think, “This is worth spending my day off doing”. Now admittedly I am v.late to the party with this, but those of you who like to be fashionably late about things (like myself) then keep reading.
Whilst digging deep into the visual side of Brainfeeder, I kept reading about cats repping an LP entitled From Artz Unknown produced by a dude called KanKick. It was referred to with a reverence that marked it out as a piece of mythical West Coast magic that had been snoozed on for far to long. Not only that, its creator was an elusive, vinyl addicted maverick with form: friends with Madlib at school, a member of the Lootpack and the Funk Farm. Having bumped From Artz Unknown and listened to the excellent and freely available downloads from 03 and 06 on BTS Radio I can now say I am in the know.
In the early hours of yesterday morning Nate Dogg (real name Nathaniel Dwayne Hale) passed away due to complications arising from two strokes he had suffered in recent years. Nate Dogg was a seminal figure from the G funk era, a fine rapper in his own right and a stone-cold hit maker on the hook, yet another sad premature death for hip-hop. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.
We have 2 tickets and a t-shirt to give away courtesy of London based promoters and general bass botherer Urban Nerds.
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Paul White’s paintings of broken cars and graffed up trucks caught my eye recently. Technically these pieces are superb but it’s the composition and subtle details that really make these aging automobile bangers into great pieces of art.
More of Paul’s work can be seen in the flesh at his Auto Abandon show at Melbourne’s Metro Gallery and – for those not in Oz – at his website.
A month barely passes without a Raekwon related post rounds these parts, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Part II was a straight up banger sitting high among the 00s’ best rap albums and the early signs suggest Rae is onto another winner with Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang. …Read More.
