“Back when Nick Armitage and I kicked off our Classic Material project back in 2011, my intention had been to compliment our monthly series of era specific mixes with a set of Bonus Mixes focussing on various Hip Hop sub-genres and spin off scenes that emerged during those eras. With[…]
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Ten years ago I put together a ‘remixtape’ as a follow up of sorts to ‘The Diary’ (at the time my most popular mixtape by a country mile). The concept expands on the chronology theme of the original, this time concentrating on trends in production: one iconic track from each[…]
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A little over 10 years ago I released a mixtape called ‘The Diary’, which I described only semi-seriously as ‘The World’s Greatest Rap Megamix’, a chronological mix of Hip Hop’s landmark recordings in order of release from 1979 to 2007. Comprising 801 records in just over an hour (all but[…]
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This year I released my 4th album, a collaboration with Chicago vocalist Pugs Atomz entitled ‘Colo(u)rs of the World’, for the BBE label. The album featured the talents of a host of guests including Junior P Williams, Thaione Davis, Awdazcate, Wes Restless, Juice Aleem, Inari Gold, Neak, Mojo Green and[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “On Nov 17th 2017, Craft Recordings releases a 25th Anniversary Edition one of the greatest and most celebrated Hip-Hop albums of all time, The Pharcyde’s ‘Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde’. The album will be available as a Deluxe Extended Vinyl package (original album on 2LPs + 3[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “Today (April 7th 2017) marks the 25th anniversary of Das EFX’s debut LP ‘Dead Serious’. Executive produced by EPMD, the LP shares its sonic template with Hit Squad productions of the era from the likes of Redman, K Solo and EPMD themselves. Densely layered samples are the[…]
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This Friday I’ll be playing at History of Hip Hop for Doctor’s Orders at its new home at Lockside Lounge in Camden. Facebook event page here.
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The new Classic Material x Normski web shop is now live! Purchase signed, embossed archive photographic prints from legendary street style photographer Normski taken in the late 80s / early 90s featuring artists De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Dr Dre, Kool Moe Dee, Flavor Flav, MC Lyte, Demon Boyz[…]
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Just a quick post to round up 2016, thank some of the folks I worked with over the last year and shine a little light on what’s in store for 2017: Despite all the political and humanitarian horrors that blighted 2016, I’d be hard pushed to complain on a personal[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “This Weekend (14th May 2016) marks the 25th Anniversary of the release of De La Soul‘s classic sophomore album ‘De La Soul is Dead’. Following in the footsteps of 1989’s sample heavy ‘3 Feet High and Rising’, the album once again delves into unconventional and varied sample[…]
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