Breakage feat Roots Manuva - Run Em Out

Out this week I believe, this tune is going to be big.

OCDC - Ralph Ripshit & Stophe

A free to download project from Ralph Ripshit and Stophe, the result is OCDC. Some will know Ralph from his own releases (and features) on Associated Minds.

To quote their site:

This is for those who made tapes. This is for those who liked Busta more when he had hair. This is for those who still love Maseo blowing soul through the horn. This is for those who are convinced Dres is the greatest MC ever. This for those who want to swagger with earphones in, clean their sneaks with a spare toothbrush and rock a crisp tee in the summer.

Go here to download the whole thing and make your own mind up.

London Posse - insanely well written feature

Once again Jimbo Jones comes with the quality, and this time it's a London Posse feature that must have taken some time to put together. Check it here and show Jim some love, it's people like him that help to keep quality music alive.

BET Hip Hop Awards Cyphers

*All the embedded vids have been taken off Youtube but you can check them on the BET site here*

The first one features Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem. I'll be honest, I didn't really know what to expect before I watched these but this vid killed it, Black Thought and Em in particular. Em hasn't been up to his own high standards for a while but this took me by surprise, he might well be back.



There are a couple more below, and to be honest the highlight is Joe Budden which is another sentence I didn't think I'd be typing. Nicki Minaj makes me chuckle though, what is up with her voice? My only other comment is how depressed I was to see someone asking what this beat is on a forum somewhere. Have we got to the point now that "Funky Drummer" isn't known immediately? Don't really know where I'm going with that one but it surprised me.