Badass Hip Hip infused with electronic music, may not be everyone's cuppa but i sure enjoyed it and i hope you do too..
In the unusually warm 3am air of a Parisian suburb, a house party is getting out of control. Police Nationale have been called - but no-one can get near. The air is thick with Hip-Hop filling the adjacent streets, acting like a force field. You can hear the faint licks of Aerosmith and the rising vocals of Bowie as far as the Champs Elysees. Is that DJ Kool Herc on the decks? Situated in the Capital of French Electro, the influence is audible, while Meth, Red, Jay-Z and even Mystikal get 16 bars in on the mic. Who knew The Beatles were this funky?
The cause for celebration? It’s the wrap up party for First Serve, an undercoverproject that has been two years in the making. First Serve is the brainchild of 2 & 4 (aka Chokolate & Khalid, producers/ DJ’s). After an instant meeting of minds they decided to embark on a musical adventure – a Hip Hop album played by musicians. All they needed was a couple of MC’s to help complete their vision. Enter NY based Jacob ‘Pop’ Life and Deen ‘D’ Whitter.Listen to the mixtape recorded at the party. It’s funky, it’s hip hop, it’s disco... and it’s a classic!
I was put onto this by Sam Hardcastle, and thank god I was pure hip hop in the best form full of classic's/not so classic's but all credible Hip Hop.The mixes are split into each year so you have a full mix of hip hop from 1990,1991 and so on. So don your hi-tops, turn your cap to the side and pull ya kegs a little lower
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The Blurb...
"Baker, DJ Ayres, and DJ Eleven of The Rub present their history of hip-hop series on BrooklynRadio.net.
After a tour of the 80s, the crew digs into the genre as it becomes a pop culture phenomenom in the 90s. Starting with the jazzy samples of the Native Tongues movement in the early part of the decade, with groups like A Tribe Called Quest and the Jungle Brothers, the series moves into the gangster pop of the East Coast/West Coast rivalry. Theres plenty of Biggie, Tupac, Dre, Snoop, Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, club classics, forgotten singles, the start of the indie era with Rawkus, and flavors from different parts of the country as the genre expanded to the South. "
Came across this as a facey link via a friend in the hip hop comunity. I was instantly hooked...some are funny for pure banter reason's some are funny because they try so hard to be "badman". Either way they are well worth a watch.After watching a few i realised that this was a full on comunity with 1000's of people into this. I thought this was only 8 mile shit and didn't exsist in this country on such a big level. I was then thinking i would love to go to one of these events soon, then blam i get an invite to a .Don't Flop Leeds.
As a tip i'd look up the Luna C battles as they are pure comedy and banter.
The best rap battle league in the UK comes to LEEDS for the first time!
'Don't Flop: Third Quarter' features 2 main events, as well the third instalment of our Four 2011 tryout sessions..
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Line Up:
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*MAIN EVENTS*:-
MATTER (Leeds) VS PAMFLIT (London)
LUNAR C (Bradford) VS MICKY WORTHLESS (London)
*TRYOUTS*:-
SYNAPZ (Huddersfield) Vs CLAS-SICK (Nottingham)
CARBZ (Bury) Vs ZEN (Leeds)
INSTANCE (Leeds) Vs COSMIC (Manchester)
DOUBLE JAY (Clitheroe) Vs HYDEF (Warrington)
WILSON (Salford) Vs JOE SNOW (Leeds)
BLUNT FRANK (Bradford) Vs AVERAGE KEITH (Runcorn)
DIALECT (Leeds) Vs UNSEEN (West Midlands)
YOUR PLATFORM (Leeds) Vs CRAFTY (Manchester)
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DJs - VERSATILE AND G-SCRATCH
ALL welcome! Whether you are a hardcore hip hop head or just fancy a laugh, this is NOT to be missed!
This event takes place SATURDAY 17th SEPTEMBER, 1PM @ SEDGWICK AVENUE, 21 MERRION STREET, LEEDS LS2 8JE
Battles start 2PM Sharp!
Entry is only £3 NUS or £4 without!
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There is also a FREE Hip Hop Kings afterparty (same venue), from 7PM-10PM, with SONAR COUSIN, DJ ESSDEE and GARRUD spinning tunes..
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To check out some Don't Flop rap battles, please visit:
www.youtube.com/dontflop
Well its sunday ,the sun has come out for a bit and it finally looks like spring/summer is approaching. Can't wait to crack the BBQ & decks out and have a little soiree on the drive. Anyway just thought i'd post you all a nice little mix to get you in the mood. I was put onto this after hearing and posting a Kenny Dope -Hip Hop mix on the Slow Cookin'FORUM . Fatneck suggested the mix and Klaus supplied the link.(cheers lads).
All Night Long-Mary Jane Girls
Don't Look Any Further-Dennis Edwards
Heartbeat-Taana Gardner
Funky Sensation-Gwen McRae
I Want To Thank You-Alicia Myers
Just A Touch of Love-Slave
Watching You-Slave
Inside Out-Odyssey
Walking into Sunshine-Central Line
Mama Used To Say-Junior
Over Like A Fat Rat-Fonda Rae
Come Let Me Love You-Janet Lady Day
I Like What You Doin' To Me-Young & Co.
Rock Your World-Weeks & Co.
Search To Find The One-Unlimited Touch
I'll Do Anything-Denroy Morgan
I Hear Music In the Streets-Unlimited Touch
A Little Bit Of Jazz-Nick Striker
Also for the mix i first heard if your wondering what that was