The hip-hop debates.
Next Tuesday (27th) at the Barbican in East London Intelligence Squared will be holding a debate: does hip hop help or degrade society? With guest speakers like KRS One and Benjamin Zephaniah on stage and others like Q Tip, Estella and Royce Da 5’9 joining via web link this isn’t to be missed. Tickets range from £15-£40.
Tevn Kennedy is a little known producer from London producing some gorgeous, James Blake-ish, soul infused dubstep tracks. This one has a free download and is a remix of Stutter by Joe.
Follow at: http://soundcloud.com/tevn-kennedy
On a BBK tip tonight so here’s Jammer, Skepta and JMEs version of That I Don’t Like. Adding a British spin on things, as usual.
MURKING - JME with Preditah on production. Needless to say, this is a big big BIG tune.
JME announces the video for ‘Murking’ is finished.
I couldn’t be bothered to take a screenshot but I swear, it’s true.
J. Dilla’s Mum Gets Hundreds Of Unreleased Tapes, Artifacts, Manuscripts
A record store owner has discovered hundreds of lost tapes and other works by the late J Dilla. Click on the title to read the article on AllHipHop.
Although J Dilla sadly passed away in 2006 his influence still lives on in modern hip hop through the likes of MF Doom, Dangermouse, Samiyam and Flying Lotus. The J Dilla foundation also works in poor inner city areas to provide kids a chance to gain a musical education.
Find out more here: http://jdillafoundation.org/
New one from Earl P, making what he calls ‘tunes in the realms of breaks and progression’. His music ranges from drum and bass to hip-hop to almost future-garage minimalism with a subtle touch and precise technical ability.
Lots more of this kind of stuff on his Soundcloud, and all of it fresh and original sounding and many with free downloads (including this one). Definitely worth a follow.
Find him on Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/earlp
And on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/lukeindahaus
Lineup for the next Swamp 81 night, one of the best places to go to find UK house.
Catch Loefah on Rinse Fm with the Swamp 81 show.
Earl.
Post bootcamp it will be interesting to see what new material he’s got. He definitely seems to have grown up a bit and got more serious judging from Home and his verse on Oldie, but only the release of a full new mixtape will show if he’s still got it or not.
I’m guessing he does.
(Source: ofwgkta-bibliog)
