Mystro presents... The F.D.T. EP

Last week the mighty Mysdiggi hit me up with a copy of his new EP to review. The first thing this made me do was to pull out a load of tunes to throw them on the decks and have a little reminisce. As you can see from the stash I unearthed (above) his back catalogue includes some great tunes. Having checked his Myspace earlier I was almost on for the full discography but I left out the albums and CDs.

I was also reminded of the time that we were preparing for one of our annual boat parties we used to put on and Gabs mentioned that Blufoot might be coming down to party. When he turned up he had Mys with him which was all a bit random. There are some very short video clips of some cyphers from that party but I don't think anyone involved would be too keen on them being made public! Nobody disgraced themselves but let's just say the emphasis was on the party more than the rhymes. I have got a clip of Ineff dissing the instrumental I put on for him (RA's The Lesson for the record) which still makes me laugh to this day.



So the EP, I have to say I like it a lot. I'm not going to reproduce the press release but I have to say it is very well written (unsurprisingly because it was Ryan Proctor who was responsible for it).

In general the beats still have that bounce that a lot of Mystro records seem to swing to, but a lot of the lyrics are a bit more serious than party tip. "The Truth" kicks things off and is driven by an insistent piano line. The first skit made me laugh out loud in the fruit n veg section of Co-op which was slightly embarassing but I suppose is a pretty good endorsement!

This rolls into "Banishment" which directly addresses the title of the EP (I think everyone knows the story/rumours by now). "U Live & U Learn" has just been released as a video (below) so you can see that for yourself.



Without boring you at length about each one the later tracks don't drop in quality. I'll let Mystro describe the whole thing in his own words.

This is almost like a destroy and rebuild project. Aside from me saying the things I wanted to say on there, the EP is also about letting people know that UK Hip-Hop definitely isn’t dead. The scene might’ve changed, but there are still people out there making good music

The EP is out now available from iTunes right HERE so go and cop that so Mys can keep providing us with quality music. You can hit him up on Twitter HERE, and you can go check the Natural Born Spittaz blog HERE.

Finally, on the final track "The Urge" he documents just some of the frustrations modern life can throw in our way. The hook chants "I ain't a killer but I do get the urge". He sounds like he means it people, I would take him seriously if I were you.

Scorzayzee - The Starter (free mixtape)

For those who don't know I promoted hip hop nights for several years along with some friends under the name of Hiphopalypse and then Blunted. I believe it was the second night we ever did that involved this man grabbing both mics (one wouldn't do apparently) and spat some crazy shit that had people going crazy. He's been away for some time but he's got a new album coming in the new year, and he's provided this free download to keep you going until then.

Scorz' new free mixtape is called "The Starter"and is available from Get Nottz which has also got a whole lot of material from other Notts artists. The individual blog post is here so go and get it now!

My first post!

OK, here we go. Normally I'll think very carefully when I'm writing anything but if I want to actually post anything up here I think I'll have to get more used to just typing as it appears in my head. Otherwise I could be here for hours every time I try to post!

The idea behind starting this blog was mainly just to have a place to write shit and post cool links I've found, so to begin with I imagine a lot of the content will be Youtube vids and links to other blogs and stuff. I am involved with Blunted so may well post up reviews I do for that site here as well, depending entirely on when/how much music I get sent to review. Truth is I don't get on well with the software over there so need remedial help doing the simplest thing. Hopefully I can manage over here, it's going alright so far anyway. I think if I get into the habit of writing on here and getting more familiar with it all it might help me actually get some stuff done for them (don't hold me to that if you're reading this Gabs!).

I don't plan to post up downloads to retail versions of full LPs or anything, which probably means a lot of people won't bother checking here! I will post up mixes with the permission of the DJ in question or if they are already available elsewhere on the net, links to artists I like and whatever else happens. We'll see basically, it certainly won't be 100% music related either.

Don't really have a way to end this post so instead here's a bonus vid of Killa Kela and Supernat. Many people will be blown away by the whole "freestyling about items from the crowd" thing. I don't know if it's just because I'm old and cynical or I've seen him do it several times but it doesn't quite get me like that. Correcting himself is sick though, I'll give you that...