My man DJ Matman has just put out the first in his series of podcasts in association with Sensei FM. The show “Fresh Cuts Radio” gives Matman the chance to air the tunes he finds whilst on his constant (almost obsessive) hunt for the newest exclusive tunes Hip Hop has to offer us. He kicked [...]
Truth & Soul say it best when they describe Lee Fields as “… a bona-fide, 100%, unadulterated, pure, gut-bucket soul singer.” He’s been on the funk/soul scene since the 70′s and has a few rare 7′s around. He also put an LP out on his own label back in the day but his new LP [...]
So it seems that the rumors surrounding Mitsubishi producing a robitic Lord Quas are falso… I think this pretty stern letter to Rappcats sums it up! Hilarious! More here.
Great weekend ahead at the 55DSL store off Carnaby Street. In the lead up to the Cut & Paste international design competition at Elephant & Castles Coronet, 55DSL’s flagship store will be playing host to the semifinal rounds. Not only that, but there’s also some great DJ’s downstairs too. Saturday welcomes Giles Peterson’s right-hand man [...]
Sickboy has released a special run of “Electric Chair” prints and they look amazing. They’re selling for £150 each and there’s still a handful left on his website. This is a limited run of only 18. They’re a one colour print on 300gsm Fabriano paper and each print is uniquely finished with coloured ink and [...]
Magnificent Jimmy Fallon Live Odd combination but loving this! (They’ve disabled video embedding so you have to follow the link.)
Steven Lopez has just released a set of 100 limited edition prints of soul legend Erykah Badu. It is a part of his “After Midnight” series which already features such artists as Jill Scott, India Irie, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and Sade Paradise. Hand signed and numbered by the lady herself. Check out [...]
So I woke up this morning to find that the generous chaps at Stones Throw Records have put out a “Twitter exclusive” download of Guilty Simpson‘s latest single entitled “Killer”. Oh No on the boards, this track has some serious bounce! All you Twitter heads need to start following Stones Throw and all you non-Twitterers [...]
After blasting some tunes at the 55DSL store yesterday, we headed down to the Coronet in Elephant & Castle for the grand final of the international design competition Cut&Paste. Tunes were provided by Tony Nwachukwu of Attica Blues (including a Countdown style beat to increase the tension as each round came an end), and there [...]
I might be a little late out the gates with this one, but none-the-less, you should take time out to check this. New Amsterdam producer Umatic, has put out some seriously high quality mash-ups by way of Lefties Soul Connection (of Organ Donar fame) & tracks from Jay-Z’s American Gangster album. Frankie’s Party Life & [...]
