Tag: Rapping
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RIP Phife Dawg
Sad to hear Phife Dawg from Tribe Called Quest has died. Love this tribute to J-Dilla he made, which seems oddly appropriate now. I have a complex relationship with Tribe – a massive fan back in the day, until I heard a homophobic track from them which they then turned into a moan about the…
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Bern It Up
Killer Mike met up with Bernie Sanders a few days ago, compared him to the Beastie Boys (politically at least). I wonder if this video might be why! Much cooler than Palin supporting Trump, which brings new levels of crazy to the campaign… Also watch Killer Mike tear it up at an Atlanta, GA rally…hope,…
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RIP Mark B
Around the new year UK hip hop lost a great rapper and producer, Mark Barnes aka Mark B (of Mark B and Blade fame). I held off saying much because I wanted something more official than a tweet from others confirming it. I was hoping it was a rumour, but I guess this confirms it…
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DJ Format and Abdominal
Saw the last show of the DJ Format & Abdominal tour at a packed Camden Jazz Cafe last night, thanks to Ian Fondue. And they rocked the place! Shame I couldn’t stay for all of Format’s set (he played for an hour before, spinning and mixing 45’s bitches! Then an hour with Abdominal, then an…
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Final Mashups – DJNoNo – Ballroom album
Planned 10 years ago, the Ballroom EP (now album) has been a long time coming…two of the tracks were released (here in a remastered or better quality form) but the rest laid in the Unfinished folder. Mixing ballroom music – big band, jazz, bossa nova, exotica, swing, easy listening and classical pops – with hip…
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Some mashups
Me? Posting mashups? With my lack of interest? 😛 Well admittedly me and mashups have a chequered past recently, but it’s nice now I’m mostly away from that scene to very occasionally dive in and check out the best ones, rather than be bombarded with them day to day (and the egos! Oh the egos!)…