Tuesday 31 May 2011

Skriblah 'Little White Dot' album coming...


Dropping sooner than you think, the debut solo album from Skriblah DanGogh. Production from DJ Slademan, Beat Butcha, Sleeping Giants and more... Good times!

Sunday 29 May 2011

Scizzahz - 'Workaholic' video



Check it, a little suttin suttin from South Coast's Scizzahz, the first single from his new album 'I Still Work Harder'. Scizz has always been onto something (quite what i don't know) and I've always liked his swagger, not sure if everyone will be into this one, but after a few listens it grows on ya. The forthcoming album also features the likes of Dr Syntax, Sonnyjim & more...

DJ LoK - Heads Know mix


Peep the steez, my man DJ LoK (the one on the left) gettin busy for the Heads Know blog, clickady click to download. I've just checked it, 'tis nice. Hit the play button below for the tracklist... Catch him alongside myself (the one on the right) at Suspect Packages Live, 10th of June, and every second Friday of the month... word.

Thursday 26 May 2011

Suspect Packages Live - 10th June, with Leaf Dog & Sonnyjim...


Back again to rock it right, Friday the 10th of June @ Vibe Live (upstairs @ Vibe Bar), Brick Lane, London, E1.

SUSPECT PACKAGES LIVE presents...

> Leaf Dog, launching his debut solo album 'From A Scarecrow's Perspective', and bringing on stage the full High Focus Records family, live and direct.




> Sonnyjim, back once again from Birmingham to deliver an exclusive preview of his forthcoming album 'Psychonaut'.




Extra addition to the line up > Lotek.

The night will be hosted by Enlish, with residents Disorda & DJ LoK dropping Hip Hop & Reggae Dancehall heaterz...

All taking place @ Vibe Live (upstairs @ Vibe Bar), Brick Lane, London, E1. Kicking off at 8pm, and ending at 1am. It's free entry if you reach the downstairs bar at Vibe before 8pm, and £4 thereafter.

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> Also, downstairs for extra flavour, former DMC Champ Mr Thing & fellow DJ and vinyl enthusiast JP join forces for their Monthly throwdown of all things good from their extensive record collections - 'Thing Fridays'. Expect everything from your favourite anthems to the super rare gems they have unearthed over the years - Hip Hop, Funk, Soul and everything inbetween!

Wednesday 25 May 2011

Buggsy - 'I'm Waiting' video

Lifted off Buggsy's killer album 'The Great Escape', in stock now...

Tuesday 24 May 2011

Iron Braydz feat.Sean Price - 'Fiery Red'


Make way for some new Iron Braydz material. Following last years 'Devil May Cry' will be the full length album entitled 'The Slugga', due for release later this year. Here's the first taste of that release, the self produced, Sean Price featuring 'Fiery Red'... Watch this space, more to come.

Monday 23 May 2011

DJ Roast feat.Phoenix Da Icefire - '5 Jewels'

Here's the first single & video for '5 Jewels' lifted off the forthcoming 'Terminal Velocity EP' from DJ Roast and Phoenix Da Icefire. The 8 track EP also features Cyrus Malachi, Iron Braydz and Scripture, and drops digitally on June 13th...

Leaf Dog - 'From A Scarecrow's Perspective' pre-order


Now available for pre-order, dropping 13th of June on High Focus Records, the debut album from Leaf Dog 'From A Scarecrow's Perspective'. Launch party at SP Live, 10th June, large up time!...


Juga-Naut 'Juganautology' mixtape



It's about that time to introduce you to a hefty Nottingham emcee/producer, quite literally, enter Juga-Naut. Having recently opened up for Rakim in Notts, this talented individual has a free mixtape for ya to check out. 'Juganautology' features Scorzayzee, Vandal Savage & Tommy Nova. And the majority of beats here are handled by Juga-Naught himself, plus Joe Buhdha & Kingshan. And a few paying respect to Mobb Deep, J-Dilla and others... A tidy introduction of you've not checked for him, enjoy yo.
Here's a little insight into the release from the man himself anyway, filmed at the recent Rakim gig.

JUGA-NAUT EPK from Propaganda & Tapes on Vimeo.

Friday 20 May 2011

Suspect Packages Live hits Bristol, 18th June...


In solid partnership Bristols Contraband Sessions, Sensei FM and Suspect Packages Live bring you:

- Ramson Badbonez with M.A.B and Zygote

- Disorda - with a special Reggae Set (vinyl only)

- Contraband Breaks Ensemble

- Squared Root Clothing Launch

- Bastard Sunz

- J'dakut, Ironfingaz and Dizar (Invincible Armour)

- Twizzy and Jinxta

- And full DJ support from Skint, Fingerfood, Fabia and Jagos (Basement Sessions / Passion FM)

Doors 9PM till 3AM, £5 Adv from The Croft, £6 b4 11PM, £7 thereafter

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Ramson Badbonez

“an awesome emcee painting vivid street scriptures with finesse”

MC from north London with a fierce reputation, known for his collabs with Task Force and recent mixtapes ‘The Official Volume 2’, also has a highly anticipated new release planned Summer 2011.

This is the year of Ramson Badbonez and he’s bombing into Bristol with M.A.B, and Diversion Tactics producer and DJ, Zygote for a rare performance. Expect to be rocked and blasted with all styles from horrorcore to dubstep, to big sounding club bangers, this is not for the light hearted as the badbonez lyrical prowess is gonna blow you away.

Disorda

'Backing British Beats since 1996'

Over 10 years representing the entire UK Hiphop scene through Suspect Packages online hiphop store, Disorda is a legend in his own right. Arguably, since its inception in 1996, Disorda has held the underground UK Hiphop scene together taking it from the mixtape and pirate radio days of Itch FM, through to the online shop, podcasts and blogs.

In 2010, Suspect Packages Live, a monthly showcase of Uk Hiphop, was launched at Vibe Bar in London, and now, we’re introducing it to the West Country, with Disorda giving us a live DJ-set of his Dub Chronicles radio shows rocking the finest from the foundation & forward. A Reggae, Roots, Rocksteady, Ska, Dancehall, Dub, Lovers Rock, Steppas & Dubstep selekshun.

Contraband Breaks Ensemble

The super tight live band from the long-standing weekly hip hop night Contraband Sessions hosted by DJ Skint, deliver the heat with heavyweight instrumental funk and classic hip-hop breaks, Skint on the cuts with Da Hybrid on the mic plus a few special guest's thrown in for good measure! And if thats not enough the b-boys will be busting some serious moves down on the floor!

Contraband Breaks Ensemble are: Jim Hopkins, Arj Magee, Troy Da Hybrid, Evan Newman and Dj Skint. Hiphop truly comes alive when they fill the stage so this brings our night to full circle.

J’dakut, Ironfingaz & Dizar aka Invincible Armour

Scratch DJ performance from Sensei FM’s finest, three of the five-person Scratch Crew ‘Invincible Armour’, 2 mixers 3 Decks and watch them do their magic!

Zygote

One half of Boot Productions alongside Jazz T, Zygote is a producer, DJ, vinyl fondler, general all round enthusiast. Prepare your ears for a journey through Jazz, Soundtracks, 60s, Soul, Reggae, Ska, 60s Electronic, Funk and Hip Hop. All hail, the DJ.

The Bastard Sunz

Stoking the fire of Badbonez, repping Bristol to the fullest, B-Tol, Milestone, Rola & DJ Rogue. Heavy on the grind with their debut album Le Discotheque Martyrdom, these boys are full of boundless energy to get you throwing your babies in the aiiirrrrr!

Fingerfood & Squared Roots Clothing

Fingerfood, hardworking DJ/Producer on the Bath and Bristol scene for the last few years with Dusty Heads Crew, now launches his clothing label, Squared Root Clothing. With original designs and hand screen-printed by the man himself, this is dressing yourself in art. And with Fingerfoods defiance of Serato and MP3’s, it’s not surprising that the design flying of the shelves uses the image of the dearly loved ‘Rooted Records’ shop on Gloucester Road, with the tag ‘Support Vinyl’.

With the artwork on the flyer crafted by Fingerfood, this launch party will have exclusive prints being sold, t-shirt and hoodies, and bonus giveaways!


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Jehst 'The Dragon Of An Ordinary Family' album pre-order...


Available now for pre-order, 'The Dragon Of An Ordinary Family' album, cd and limited edition vinyl steez, dropping to us 13th June, YNR Productions bayyybeeee...

Sonnyjim 'Psychonaut EP'


Gearing up for his Australian album project 'The Psychonaut' dropping in July, Sonnyjim delivers a free collection of works and collaborations that were made while touring down there, 'The Psychonaut EP'. Featuring Mata & Must, Fraksha, Maggot Mouf, Natso, C.Oh Rex Mundy, Stig Of The Dump, Redbeard, Kosyne and more...


The first single to be lifted off the album will be DJ IQ produced title track, which you'll have heard a couple of months back on our radio show, along with a few other joints off the album and the above EP. The rest of the album features Prince Po, Foreign Beggars, Prime, Mata & Must, Cappo and heavyweight producers such as Illmind, M- Phazes, Jehst, Kelakovski, Urban Monk & Pete Cannon. Be sure to check for it, we all know Sonnyjim works the mic booth haaaard...

And on a related tip, here's a video taken off the recently released Sleaze & Sonnyjim 'Work In Mnemonics' EP, the title track, produced by Beat Butcha.

Thursday 19 May 2011

Cons 'June Bug, Soon Come...' mixtape


Brand new pressure from East London's Cons aka Conspicuous, making way for his new album 'June Bug' set for a June 6th release. Here's a fresh mixtape for ya to download, 'June Bug, Soon Come...'.

Tracklist:

01. The Welcoming
02. Air It Out (Produced by Cons & Jabba Tha Kut)
03. I Go Off Featuring Grimlok
04. Like This Featuring TB, Cobane & Seanie T (Produced By S.Chu)
05. Eddie
06. Another
07. Illy Featuring Iceman & Shortman (Produced by Apa-Tight)
08. What U Do Dat 4 (Produced by Big E-D)
09. Let It Off
10. Every-Day Featuring Smart Alex (Produced by Waz)
11. Smoking Gun
12. So Bait...
13. Worlds Collide Featuring Sir Smurf Lil (Produced by Cons)
14. Successful
15. Cant Go On This Way
16. Homeward Bound Featuring Seanie T (Produced by Cons & Jabba Tha Kut)
17. Uptown Featuring Cobane
18. Broken Safety Featuring Willo Wispa
19. I Am Featuring Script Dollars (Produced by 7th Dan & Dan Mizuri)
20. Three Strikes (Produced by Cons & Jabba Tha Kut)

The new album features beats from heavyweights AH fly, Apollo, Evil Ed, Apatight, S.Chu, M-Dot, Shears and S-Type. A long overdue follow up to 'The Family Photo Album' released in 2007. Check out some of the flavour from the forthcoming long player below, coming on CD & Download formats...

'Human Race' produced by AH Fly



'Pain & Misery' produced by Shears



'I'm So 90's' produced by S.Chu

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Suspect Packages Live flix & footage...

Shout to all involved for last Friday's SP Live, DJ LoK, Enlish, James the photographer, Phoenix Da Icefire, Iron Braydz, DJ Roast, Styly Cee & Cappo... Extra big ups to everyone that reached, it was a bit quiet on the numbers this month tho? Next month we have Leaf Dog & the full High Focus Records crew, and Sonnyjim, live and direct.


















Tuesday 17 May 2011

Lewis Parker - Dangerous Adventures EP



Now available for pre-order, dropping 13th of June, Lewis Parker 'Dangerous Adventures' vinyl EP...


Monday 16 May 2011

SP-1200 - The Art And The Science



Available now, the sick SP-1200: The Art And The Science book. The first book ever written for the inimitable SP-1200, Hip-Hop's most iconic drum machine/sampler. Taking you deep into the world, life, history, technology and techniques of this mighty bit of kit.
It's packed full of intervies with the likes of Pete Rock, Lord Finesse, Buckwild, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Lewis Parker, Showbiz and more. Plus a free 17 track CD from French producer Juliano...







Saturday 14 May 2011

Jam Baxter & Dirty Dike shizzle

After a recent gig in Bournemouth, Jam Baxter and Dirty Dike doing what they do best, showing ya how they rock it right...

Trellion 'Ouch' video

Sheffield bad man Trellion (of Trellion & Sniff fame) gets biz with a new joint you can cop for free here. I'm loving the styles of everything this kid drops, 'you just pick up shit, like a pooper scooper', i can relate, owning a dawg...

Telemachus 'Ferndale Road' video

Here's a video to accompany the b-side to the recent Telemachus 7" on YNR Productions. And if ya missed it, here's the a-side. Watch for the album, impressive...

Mixcloud: The History of Hip Hop night

Remember this, below is that...

Wednesday 11 May 2011

Dub Chronicles - May 2011

Download or stream from Sensei.fm, or listen from the Mixcloud player below.



May 2011 Playlist
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01> u-roy – king tubbys skank
02> sound dimensions – full up
03> augustus pablo – rockers mood
04> sound dimensions – rock-forth rock
05> jackie mittoo – evening time
06> lester sterling & tommy mccook – inez
07> bitty mcclean – my lovers call
08> alpheus – turnaround ball
09> tony tribe – red red wine
10> the blues busters – wings of a dove
11> the skatalites – lonely man
12> prince buster – one step beyond
13> the gay lads – lady with the red dress on
14> peter tosh – you can’t fool me again
15> slim smith – everybody needs love
16> the blues busters – thinking of you
17> max romeo – my jamaican collie
18> max romeo & gregory issacs - push it down
19> chakademus & pliers – when tubby’s used to play
20> beres hammond – what one dance can do
21> leroy gibbons – this magic moment
22> colin roach – champion sound
23> junior reid – bubblers
24> crucial robbie & the offbeat posse – don’t sniff the coke
25> crime stoppa – don’t touch crack
26> cocoa tea – rikers island
27> chuckleberry – bad man
28> super c – bad man
29> cutty ranks – prepare yourself
30> horace andy – champion sound
31> johnnie clarke – rocking to the a-class champion
32> earl 16 – reggae music
33> cornadoor – ten a dem
34> serocee – oh na na (rice & peas mix)
35> shy fx – raver (shy’s guinness punch mix)
36> riddim tuffa feat.diegojah – original diegojah
37> buju banton & wayne wonder – murder (remix)
38> mr vegas – mi tuff like steel
39> elephant man – turn me on
40> future fambo – bubble nuh girl
41> cecile – pree mi
42> assassin – run di place
43> bounty killer – ready fi dem
44> elephant man – weh yuh a do bwoy

Monday 9 May 2011

Kyza 'Cold Steel'


West London's Kyza rips apart Dilla's 'Cold Steel' beat for the first installment of his forthcoming mixtape 'Freestyle Season', vid directed by Amo Jones. Love the beat, love the rapper...

Skuff 'Soldier' (Erykah Badu) Cover

Lifted off Skuff's recent 'Deep Covers' release, a video for his Erykah Badu cover that really brings the track to life. Big shout to the rest of the Delegates fam...

Saturday 7 May 2011

'Suspect Packages Radio Show' with Enlish live...

Download/listen to this months show by hittin' up Sensei.FM, or play from the Mixcloud player below >


May 2011 playlist:

01> dabbla – suspect radio intro
02> cappo & styly cee – yo ass
03> deeflux & louis unseen – jaws drop
04> soldjasoulz – piss test
05> sleeping giants feat.capito, skriblah & d.ablo – aslan
06> jon phonics – bruck out
07> jehst – starting over
08> cappo & styly cee – regenerate
09> phoenix da icefire – five jewels
10> oliver twist – malawi
11> joker starr – transition (leaf dog remix)
12> buggsy – I kno I kno u
13> chester p – boarhawk talk (standing alone complex)
14> cappo & styly cee – music makers revenge
---------------Enlish live inside the SP bunker---------
15> enlish – tender
16> enlish – interview part 1
17> enlish feat.sean price & stig of the dump – arrogance is bliss
18> enlish – interview part 2
19> enlish – messed up
20> enlish – interview part 3
21> enlish – brain basher
22> enlish – interview part 4
23> enlish – head in the clouds
24> enlish – ground zero
25> enlish – live freestyle
26> enlish – there you go

Friday 6 May 2011

Chester P - 'New Mic Order - The Mixtape Part 2' in stock...


Now in stock, the CD version of Chester P's 'New Mic Order - The Mixtape Part 2', containing three new accoustic tracks not found on the digital version... Here's one of 'em.

Chester P - 'A.T.W.A'

Thursday 5 May 2011

Cappo & Styly Cee '4 Minute Warning EP'


Here's a taster of what's to come from Cappo's forthcoming album 'The Fallout' on Son Records, due next Friday (along with the launch party @ Suspect Packages Live). Now if you didn't catch Caps live the last time he rocked the stage at SP Live then be sure to reach this time, truss, dude smacked it, he's a beast! And these two tracks that didn't make the album are dangerous, the clock's ticking... The Fallout is approaching.



Wednesday 4 May 2011

Prose - 'For The Love/ What's Love?' video


Boom, bap, original rap. Check the sick new split video for the Prose double single 'For The Love/ What's Love?' lifted off the mighty 'Force Of Habit' album. Efeks coming with some killer wordplay on here, and Steady, well he always drops the heat on the production, no question...

Cyrus Malachi - 'Animal Circus' video

Educate yaself, listen to the lyrics from Cyrus Malachi's 'Animal Circus' right here, lifted off the 'Ancient Future' long player, produced by Jon Phonics. One of my favourites from the album...