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OUT NOW! Dogwoof present NAS: ‘Time is ILLMATIC’
OUT NOW on DVD and on demand – ‘Time is ILLMATIC’ Twenty years after its release, ‘Illmatic’ has become a hip-hop benchmark that encapsulates the socio-political outlook, enduring spirit, and collective angst of a generation of young black men searching … Continue reading
Posted in Is That Jazz?, Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
Tagged 'Time Is Illmatic', documentary, Dogwoof, Hip Hop, Nas, NYC, Olu Dara, One9, Queensbridge, rap
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KATE TEMPEST: Brand New Ancients on vinyl!
Kate Tempest’s ‘Brand New Ancients’ makes it onto on double-vinyl thanks to the dynamic audiophile obsessed duo at Gearbox Records. Back in September 2012 I penned a piece extolling the virtues of poet Kate Tempest’s seismic performance of her self-penned ‘Brand … Continue reading
Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin: Hustler’s Convention 40th Anniversary
Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin presented ‘Hustler’s Convention’ 40th Anniversary at the Jazz Cafe in London on Monday night and the “Godfather Of Rap” blew us all away – including the High Priest of P Funk, George Clinton. Despite the miserable weather, … Continue reading
Saul Williams… CHORUS – A Literary Mixtape… a combination of trash, heart, and craft… an anthology in rant!
Last week we dropped into the QEH on London’s South Bank to experience the latest lyrical venture of master poet / wordsmith Saul Williams and what a night it was. The hall was packed and anticipation high. Our host was … Continue reading
STORM WARNING: KATE TEMPEST’S ‘BRAND NEW ANCIENTS’
IF YOU’RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME KATE TEMPEST YOU NEED TO BE! It’s almost a year to this day that I first did a little piece on this 21st century South London wordsmith whose rhythms and rhyme, once … Continue reading
KATE TEMPEST… A furious storm brewing!
After reading Jody Gillett’s excellent piece on wwww.mondomix.com about how a band of South London brothers called United Vibrations took the riot torn streets, to deliver their own spiritual “12Tone” jazz message of “galaxies not ghettos, equilibrium not domination, deeds … Continue reading
Posted in Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Deptford, Jazz, Jody Gillett, Kate Tempest, One Taste, poetry, rap, Sound Of Rum, South London, spoken word, Sunday Best, United Vibrations, Wu Tang Clan, www.mondomix.com
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INNER CITY INSIGHT: Words, Sound & Power – MC Akala’s Life Of Rhyme & Life in Grime!
A blazing beacon of cultural enlightenment emerged from beneath the post-riot smokescreen in the form of UK MC, Akala’s ‘Life Of Rhyme’ on Channel 4. Following on from Saturday night’s well publicized but low budget and lame ‘How Hip Hop … Continue reading
Posted in Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Akala, Channel 4, dan Hancox, drum & bass, dubstep, Genesis Elijah, Giggs, grime, Guardian, Hackney, Hip Hop, jngle, Lethal Bizzle, London, lyrics, Malik, MCs, Ms Dynamite, poetry, Professor Green, ragga, rap, Reveal, Riots, road raps, Rodney P, Wiley
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SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME … Pt. 3 – Baloji – The Sorcerer
Why was innovative Congolese rap star, Baloji, not on the billing for WOMAD 2011.? Check these videos. This man is hip. Born in the Congo but raised in Belgium, a pan African exile, who declares “My story is made up … Continue reading
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Tagged Amp Fiddler, Baloji, Congo, Dr. Nico, Franco, Hip Hop, Kabaselle, Kinshasa, Konono No.1, Le Sape, rap, rumba, soukous, Zaiko Langa-Langa
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Tribute To Gil Scott Heron (RIP)
A few months ago, Kam Bhogal presented a pilot online radio show for seeksmusic.com. It went down well so the good people there have given him a monthly show. Checked out the show this morning… it’s a tribute to the late, … Continue reading
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Tagged black power, funk, Is That Jazz?, novelist, poet, rap, soul
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