Jay Electronica in Oxford

This has got to be the biggest hip hop event that's happened in recent times. The boys from Wordplay have sorted this out, and it took me by surprise at first. They have booked Jay Electronica at the O2 Academy in Oxford.

The big tune that has taken the net/world by storm was Exhibit C of course, and if you look into my previous posts it's there somewhere. The Facebook page for the Oxford event is here amd you can buy tickets by hitting this link. I'll see you down the front.



To prepare you for the gig I thought I'd stick up this mix that entirely consists of Jay Elec material, it's worth checking believe me. You can stream or download it by clicking HERE. I can't take credit for it but I'm not sure who put it together originally.

I'm glad to say that one of the support acts is Chima Anya of local crew GTA. He's promoting his album which is due out this year, he's a nice guy, a fully qualified doctor and thankfully in this context, an ill MC.

Here's something that will give you an idea of what he's about.

Where's My Monkey - DJ Parker

Now I know I'm incredibly late on this (as I imagine I will be with a lot stuff I post) but I had to stick this one up for you. DJ Parker played around a bit with the dubstep anthem of a similar name, and it just so happens that DJ Sampology decided to create some visuals to go with it.



You can go and check the Sampology Youtube channel here, and download the track from here.

Some videos of artists featured below...

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.

Nocando feat. Busdriver - Two Track Mind from Fresh Coast on Vimeo.

Dumbfoundead with a concept track off his recent LP "Fun with Dumb".



Mysdiggi going in over 64 bars.



Fucking tune! Cappo and the P Brothers repping Heavy Bronx.

Brooklyn Dust (Beasties mix) - Jimbo Jones

OK, hopefully some of you people (who am I kidding? Nobody reads this shite, holla at me or comment if you're a real person!) remember my post about the crazy Marvin Gaye mix by the man like Jimbo Jones. The good news is that he's been putting in work again and this time has crafted a masterpiece entirely out of Beasties material.

You can go and check it over at his blog here to get full tracklisting etc, or alternatively this is the direct download link.

Below you can find some examples of his own blends that he has put together to feature on the mix.

Dumbfoundead - Jam Session 2.0

Just had to post this with Dumbfoundead and plenty of others (info in the Youtube link), just watch it.

*edit - this has now been broadcast (at least in part) on CNN which you can check HERE*

Some classic posse cuts

This list isn't supposed to be exhaustive, but here are some of my favourite posse cuts of all time. Probably stretched the definition slightly but it's my list so I'll do what I want.

Wax on Traffic Jam

I almost didn't put this up because it feels so old but then maybe you guys don't all spend your time searching Youtube for vids of men rapping in cars.



You can find more info (and further videos etc) on Wax on his website HERE or his Myspace HERE, and buy some music either HERE or HERE.

I was going to leave you to find this most recent video for yourselves but what can I say, I know you need help so here you go.

Camp Lo - Luchini

This is so good I don't need an extra reason to put it up, just enjoy.

Ladies night on Westwood

Bit of an old video but I had to put it up after being reminded of it. Lady Chann and Nolay kill it for me but most of it's worth checking. I believe the phrase is "BARS bruv!".

Mystro on Kiss (MK & Shortee Blitz)

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.

Mystro with the '09 Rap Up

*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.

Scorz on 1Xtra

He's back people!

Jay Electronica - Exhibit C

This is old by internet standards even though it only appeared a few weeks ago really. The radio rip of this track as produced by Just Blaze made me take proper notice of JE for the first time, you've got to love the lyrics leading up to that rewind...

Breakage feat Roots Manuva - Run Em Out

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

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.

A-Trak @ The Do-Over, LA

This is shamelessly robbed from DJ Step One's blog so credit to him, it's so good I couldn't resist though. Check the vid of A-Trak really demonstrating how to rock a party properly, and now click below to download the full set he played.

DOWNLOAD

Talking heads

Here's a nice short featuring some of the favourites of the UK scene Scratch Perverts, Foreign Beggars (including Shlomo), Stig and Doc Synners. Enjoy.

Brown Bag Allstars

I first got wind of BBAS from seeing Soul Khan (also on Twitter at @_soulkhan) battle in Grindtime against some crazy competition (and some not so good but that's not his fault). It seems like they all (mostly) work at Fat Beats NY which is somewhere I always head when I land in NY. This is a video for a remix of a track off their mixtape which is now out of print in terms of physical copies but can be acquired from iTunes. I like it.

Help the police

Just a little NWA tribute...

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...