This started with me finding a few new videos of artists that I've previously featured on this blog and before I knew it I had quite a list. They're all worth checking so have a little look at these.
Skuff of Delegates of Culture puts his own spin on a Gil Scott-Heron classic.
Inja of the same crew spitting over dubstep.
A couple of videos for tracks from the recent LP "Jimmy the Lock" by Nocando.
Don't want to go too extra spam-like on the Mystro content but here are a couple of vids I missed just before Christmas. While I'm here I should mention DJGoneTV on Youtube, check it and subscribe for all sorts of UK music updates etc.
*Updated post with the new vid from "Wasteman Productions", you know they'll be big in 2010*
Taking a little page out of Skillz' book Mysdiggi (w)raps up the year with a more of a UK slant to the content. Check it people, and listen to the man and stop saying "par". Please.
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.
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I fully intended to write about all sorts of stuff on here but realistically it's going to be 90% music, and 90% of that will be hip hop. If you've got something to promote, you're a DJ with a mix for download, or you're an artist with material for review you can send it to me at whosaidjazz@gmail.com and as long as I'm feeling it then it will appear in some shape or form.
