This mix was put together a few months back for Wax Poetics and WhoSampled in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of The Notorious BIG’s classic 1994 debut LP ‘Ready to Die’. It’s since been listened to over 50,000 times on Mixcloud & Soundcloud. Here’s what they had to say about[…]
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After collaborating on a couple of records over the last year or two, it was a pleasure to interview Philadelphia’s Phill Most Chill (aka Soulman) for WhoSampled this week. Blurb from WhoSampled: “For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview series, we speak with Philadelphia rap renaissance man Phill Most[…]
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Coherent major label hip hop long players have been pretty few and far between of late but Logic’s ‘Under Pressure’ follows in the footsteps of solid full length offerings from the likes of Kendrick Lamar. Read my in depth review of the album (and the sample material from which it[…]
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music added from Tara Priya, The Mighty Mocambos, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, The Gene Dudley Group and Calibro 35. Listen here.
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“Bigger Than” festival of Hip Hop Culture, a month long programme of events including club nights, film screenings and more is on now and runs to 3rd December. Acts performing include the likes of Jazzy Jeff, Talib Kweli, Elzhi and many many more. I will be playing at the History[…]
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music added from Omar, The Baker Brothers, Calibro 35, Hackney Colliery Band and The Bluebeaters. Listen here.
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This coming Tuesday (21st October 2014) Oakland CA’s The Coup featuring Boots Riley play at London’s famous Jazz Cafe with support from Classic Material DJs Chris Read and Nick Armitage. Having released music on seminal hip hop labels Wild Pitch, Tommy Boy and cult indie era label 75 Ark, The[…]
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Back in 2012 I released my third official Mix Album for BBE Records, a compilation contemporary Latin beat-led music titled ‘Latin Concrete‘. Well received, the album was selected as ‘Album of the Week’ by UK broadsheet newspaper The Independent and featured tracks getting BBC radio airplay. At the time of[…]
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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing veteran DJ and producer Freddy Fresh about his incredibly varied career. Blurb from WhoSampled: “For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview series we interview veteran DJ, producer and record collector Freddy Fresh. Freddy’s exceptionally varied career has included reworking tracks for BDP[…]
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I’m pleased to be doing a last minute support DJ Set for Afro-beat legend Ebo Taylor this Saturday at Rich Mix, East London. Expect tropical flavour! Info / tickets here.
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