Browsing Tag »Hip hop«

New Music: The Niyat – Do’s and Dont’s

March 4, 2010

One of the reason for this blog is sourcing all kinds of social/conscious/goodness from any corner of the planet, this can be old or new and will warrant a presentation on this channel. The Niyat a hip hop collective, fall into this mould and on research discovering bits of information here and there, hip hop veterans! [...]

In the Mix: Soul Hip Conscious Hop Freshness

March 2, 2010

Ain’t done a supposed one can DJ [in dreams] In the Mix for a long time, well amendment in order. Just could not curtail all this good and fresh music down the way in a few quality releases, from brothers in Ian Kamau (poet & music artist) – “September Nine Vol.3 – Love & Other Struggles” [...]

Live Session: Bless Roxwell is on the Mic

February 27, 2010

The sister’s installment beckons and from across the Atlantic by way of Brooklyn, New York is femcee Bless Roxwell. A lady’s music is all inspiring, self and women empowerment and we like positive and social commentary down this diary channel. Here is a sister femcee to look out and considering what she stand for especially from [...]

Live Session: MC Yan Slam in Hong Kong

February 18, 2010

Hip hop is international a standard fare of free expression in a constructive manner be it musically Jay Electronica [on tour in the UK] comes to mind. Internationally known and locally accepted is Chinese hip hop pioneer and graffiti artist MC Yan, a multi-lingual emcee/revolutionist who, word plays his social/political commentary lyrics in the local dialect [...]

New Music: I Only Want You by Laidbook

February 17, 2010

The Far East we go, Nippon [Japan "Land of the Rising Sun"] being precise, with some contemporary smooth sounds by Laidbook. Japanese musicians make soulful jazzy/hip hop like whoa! for instance that  DJ Mitsu on the Promise In Love joint, simply classy. Laidbook are a quartet of artists with Mabanua playing drums, Shingo Suzuki on bass, Yukihiro [...]

New Music: Tumi and the Volume are Live!

February 16, 2010

Senegal with AURA commenced it and now to the rainbow nation, South Africa. Tumi and the Volume, a South African hip hop & music collective [4 in a band] are an organic live band lacing poetic and  socio-political lyrics. Nailed these brothers down sometime ago virtually mind, as future and feature post artists for the blog [...]

Tribute Post: James “J. Dilla” Yancey

February 10, 2010

Rest In Peace James Yancey aka J. Dilla prior to Slum Village and beyond, the music lives on in many a people and one the best musicians to ever to it. Picture by Westwardo and a favourite track “Nothing Like This“.. Have a butcher’s.. J Dilla – “Nothing Like This” from the album “Chrome Children”

New Music: Ballers & Rappers with Barack Obama

February 7, 2010

This is from a brother emcee, activist and entrepreneur [LYRICS Inc. (Leading Young Rappers in Career Success)] Jasiri X whom we featured at the tail end of 2009. Jasiri X performs in this statement video and track named ‘Ballers & Rappers‘ featuring the President of the United States of America Barrack Obama, now that  is one [...]

Free Download: Psychoanalysis by GOTAW

February 6, 2010

As mentioned earlier this month here is the follow up article of independent hip hop duo Guardian of the Ancient Wisdom [Gotaw] who recently released a rendition for free entitled ‘Psychoanalysis (the Stan Gooch edition)‘ of which needed some audio surgery for a couple, not bad from London based artists a brother & sister DanDNA [...]

New Music: Something Wonderful by Lowkey

February 3, 2010

A brother emcee/activist Lowkey on a laid back re-imagining of the classic love song by British singer/songwriter Paul Weller “You Do Something To Me” from his album release of 1999 “Stanley Road“. On this track entitled “Something Wonderful” off the forthcoming Soundtrack To The Struggle album, Lowkey pays tribute to the women of the world with reflective and thoughtful lyrics on [...]

New Music: GOTAW – Schizophrenia

February 1, 2010

Fresh month in, fresh day, we here still and grateful let’s go. On the UK music front, with this independent hip hop duo Guardian of the Ancient Wisdom [GOTAW - DanDNA & Blahvatski], that name only makes one stand attention and lets hear what their minds, thought provokes, a brit conscious.. Enough said for now on Guardian of the [...]

Short Film: Special Kind Of Fool [EPK] by TY

January 30, 2010

This Electronic Press Kit [EPK] of UK poet/emcee TY, he talks about the pending 4th album “Special Kind Of Fool” obviously [laughing out loud], again a brother speaks on his trials & tribulations in the past, being signed from Big Dada to another quality music stable BBE Music rethinking music, what we can expect [...]

New Music: Jay Electronica – Exhibit A

January 25, 2010

Yes I know… late on this, a brother Jay Electronica, first heard of the emcee and producer on the Gilles Peterson show two years ago and the aftermath, mind shut.. on Jay for awhile… Huh? Recently, slicing and dicing the putmeonit blog, saw the snippet video for Jay Electronica’s “Exhibit A” prior, I was murking [London [...]

Free Download: Odd Winter by Oddisee

January 22, 2010

A brother Oddisee is at it again with freshness and quality in his seasonal installments of free EP’s,”Odd Summer” and “Odd Autumn” come to mind. And obviously many like someone here ahem! where biting nails in frustration, well not literally [calm down dear, laughing out loud] for the winter episode and here we are with Oddisee’s [...]

New Music: Ramson Badbonez – Hood

January 20, 2010

Courtesy DJ Gone got this quality simplistic thought provoking laid back jam and video by UK emcee Ramson Badbonez on the ascendancy and garnering acclaim. A brother Ramson Badbonez waxing lyrical social commentary is a tell tale of the “Hood” and if one pays attention to the words, poignant lines on a beat infectious! Its amazing how [...]