When sifting through the ubiquitous ‘best of’ lists at the tail end of last year, there was one distinctly noticeable trend wherever you looked; artists from the fledgling bass label Night Slugs kept on cropping up. Co-founders L-Vis 1990 and Bok Bok had a 2010 to remember, culminating in the release of their first compilation album, Night Slugs Allstars Vol. 1, a wide-ranging collection of tracks by artists on their roster. …Read More.
During June and July Pictures On Walls (POW) are bringing Australian artist Anthony Lister’s painterly re-interpretations of super hero and comic book culture to the streets of London town.
The solo show has Lister decking out the POW gallery with a variety of paintings, prints and stickers. Lister will also be selling his wares for those lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time there will be a chance to nab one of the 100 hand finished Fanboy prints that have been produced specially for the show.
Bonafide Beats #17 see’s Kount Fif steal in behind the decks and put together a calling card for Vaste Aire’s latest series of street vignettes – Ox 2010 – A Street Odyssey.
Ahhh the British summer. An idyllic institution brimming with strawberries & cream, Al Fresco living, Wimbledon and streets littered with happy smiley people getting their Pimms O’clock on. Well, that was the case until the weather turned shit and we’ve been left not knowing if it’s gonna be hot or cold, wet or sunny. Ho hum, as I said, it’s an institution and a notoriously predictably unpredictable one at that. Now I’ve got the weather out the way I shall commence by furnishing you with some of the latest streetwear drops to hopefully bring a little sunshine back into your lives. …Read More.
The Lowrider Colouring Book, either the perfect Christmas present for the children of gangstas or a chance for grown men who should know better to express their inner artist.
Devised by illustrator, graff writer and lowriding enthusiast Oscar Nilsson and published by Dokument Press, The Lowrider Coloring Book explores urban car culture and celebrates the bold lines and features of the Impala and the Cadillac, whilst at the same time give you the chance to give the car of your dreams the colourway and design of your dreams (sic.). Kind of like an erudite and more sophisticated version of Pimp My Ride.
Nice trailer for the Art of Rap directed by video game junkie, F1 petrol head, Law and Order actor and these days occasional rapper Ice-T. Definitely not sponsored by Lipton (though there has been a suggestion that the Beeb might be involved in someway) The Art of Rap basically looks the biz and an education for those who fawn over the latest Gucci Mane or Soulja Boy wackness – the line-up, soundtrack and editing suggests that is going to take the excitement of the artform and blow it up for the big screen. At any decent cinema this autumn hopefully – though since the initial hype there doesn’t seem to be much around confirming this.
Nice bit of freestyling… on the guitar from Associated Mind’s P.L.O as he breaks down and rebuilds Michael Jackson/Van Halen’s Beat It.
For more Associated Mind’s madness check out their excellent Bonafide Beats mix.
Fear and bemusement, not something you normally associate with a grime MC but these are the emotions that seem to be etched on Tinchy Stryder’s face during his appearance on the BBC’s This Week programme (fast forward to the last five minutes for the full effect). And with good reason. This Week, although a lighter political vehicle than Newsnight or Question Time, is billed as a serious news magazine. However last week’s version took a surreal turn with veteran newshound Andrew Neil deciding to end the programme in a Yo, Westminster Raps style, delivering quiz questions with a flow best described as enthusiastic if a bit awkward. Either Neil was aiming for YouTube infamy or his editorial judgement had gone all Alan Partridge.
Like watching your dad having a go at SingStar, something you will gawp at and then never want to see or hear again.
Tracks such as Joyriders (w/Cmone) and All Stylz Anthem (w/ Karizma and Midnyte) introduced me to the sounds of Styly Cee way back at the turn of millenium. Since then the producer/DJ/MC/man-for-all-seasons has had his fingers in the Pitman project, tracks for video games and TV programmes, and on a regular basis been repping the Notts sound via releases on Son Records.
His sound has grown from the distinct, playful and positive UK hip-hop sounds and world view of the late 90s, and with long-term collaborator Cappo, has commemorated Son’s 50th release with The Fallout, a depth charge of a hip-hop album that rings of the underground and a passion for music.
