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23 July 2008 17:32 Posted by TOBES New tracks from Reks: 'How Can It Be' and 'The One', both produced by Statik Selektah and taken from his new album Grey Hairs. |
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23 July 2008 12:25 Posted by SPINE CREW Final part of Unkut's extensive interview with overlooked beatman Dr Butcher. Parts one and two if you missed them. |
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23 July 2008 11:44 Posted by SPINE CREW Living legends Dr Dre and Rakim update the believers on their respective long-awaited albums. |
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22 July 2008 14:25 Posted by ZAID Video of everyone's favourite broken-up group A Tribe Called Quest rehearsing for the upcoming Rock The Bells tour. |
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21 July 2008 12:23 Posted by TOBES New single from Skillz, 'Hold Tight' featuring Black Thought, produced by ?uestlove and James Poyser. From his new album Million Dollar Backpack. |
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21 July 2008 12:07 Posted by ZAID Dante Ross broadcasts Nice & Smooth, Special Ed, Chubb Rock and others' performances at the celebrations for twenty-five years of Ralph McDaniels' Video Music Box over the weekend. |
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21 July 2008 11:35 Posted by TOBES New track from Cappadonna, 'Tug Dat Rope', taken from his new album The Cappatilize Project. In other Wu-Tang-related news GZA announces details of his next record Pro Tools, information on which can be found here. |
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19 July 2008 00:28 Posted by ZAID Rolling Stone estimated he made $70 million. If that's the case Scott Storch makes MC Hammer and Mike Tyson look like fiscal management geniuses. |
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19 July 2008 00:13 Posted by SPINE CREW DMC has an unscheduled stay in a hospital bed. Get well soon. |
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19 July 2008 00:07 Posted by SPINE CREW Cool vintage hip-hop video site The Meaning Of Dope shout out what looks like a great party in Toronto on August 28th with NYC icons Lord Finesse, Diamond and Large Professor. Decent Main Source interview video included in the link too. |
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18 July 2008 01:23 Posted by TOBES New music from underrated Wu-Tang-affiliated producer Bronze Nazareth & M-80 featuring Canibus and Keith Murray: 'Handle The Heights'. |
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18 July 2008 01:11 Posted by SPINE CREW Chairman Mao's monthly Spine Blowing Decisions show joins our radio roster. Expect deep-dug treats galore over the coming months; his first show takes its hat off to female rappers from the celebrated to the slept-on. |
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16 July 2008 10:47 Posted by ZAID OG hip-hop video broadcasting pioneer "Uncle" Ralph McDaniels celebrates twenty-five years on the box. |
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16 July 2008 10:32 Posted by TOBES New music from Lil' Dap: 'Watch Me Do' featuring Big Noyd and Twinz. Taken from his forthcoming album I-A-DAP for which Large Professor and The Alchemist are supplying production. |
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15 July 2008 14:44 Posted by ZAID New Roots Manuva video for 'Again & Again', taken from his forthcoming Slime & Reason long player. |
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15 July 2008 11:57 Posted by TOBES New music from Young Chris, Beanie Sigel and Freeway: 'Ready For War'. |
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15 July 2008 11:10 Posted by ZAID Authorized biography of Public Enemy is coming out later this year. |
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14 July 2008 18:02 Posted by SPINE CREW Common hosted a playback for his new album Invincible Summer today in London - photos here. Photography by Keef Urban. |
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14 July 2008 12:28 Posted by SPINE CREW New music from Cold Heat: 'Listen Up' featuring O.C. & DJ JS-1, produced by Marco Polo. |
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14 July 2008 09:59 Posted by SPINE CREW Video for N.E.R.D., Santogold and Julian Casablancas' Pharrell-produced 'My Drive Thru'. |
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10 July 2008 19:02 Posted by ZAID The fourth annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival starts this Friday and sees KRS One, DJ Premier, Buckshot, Smif & Wessun, 88 Keys and many more take to the stage. Platinum Pied Pipers and friends run the afterparty on Saturday at Southpaw. Check out a video in support of their new single for Ubiquity here. |
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10 July 2008 18:33 Posted by SPINE CREW Check out our radio section for the first of Dan Greenpeace's monthly shows for Spine Magazine. New stuff? Old stuff? Interviews? It's all there. |
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09 July 2008 12:43 Posted by SPINE CREW New music from industry upsetter Freddie Foxxx: 'How To Rob 2008', a take on the early 50 Cent mixtape favourite. |
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09 July 2008 12:05 Posted by SPINE CREW Clean version of Q-Tip's 'Gettin' Up', taken from his long awaited new album The Renaissance. Plus new track from Large Professor, 'The Entrance', off his forthcoming solo set Main Source. Bonus: Q-Tip freestyle with DJ Green Lantern. |
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09 July 2008 11:48 Posted by SPINE CREW Brand new RZA: 'You Can't Stop Me Now (Remix)' f/ U-God and Inspectah Deck. |
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08 July 2008 14:14 Posted by SPINE CREW Snoop Dogg and J-Live get their most recent efforts weighed up in our reviews section; we also flick through the new revised edition of Freddy Fresh's encyclopedic hip-hop vinyl bible The Rap Records. |
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07 July 2008 19:00 Posted by SPINE CREW Some higher power-fearing folk don't like rappers thanking God whilst collecting their armfuls of accolades and awards. Something about hip-hop artists being responsible for the "unchecked spread of evil" or something. Story here. |
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07 July 2008 12:26 Posted by ZAID A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, De La Soul, the popular members of Wu-Tang Clan and many more play the London leg of Rock The Bells on Saturday September 20th. At the cosy, intimate O2 Arena. |
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04 July 2008 16:08 Posted by ZAID Few copies of new DJ Mitsu 45 'Mine Lady' on Japanese label Show Tiku Bai to give away so email if you like good records for free. |
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04 July 2008 14:47 Posted by SPINE CREW Going way back with more vintage Westwood from 1989 courtesy of those learned rap historians at Fatlace. |
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04 July 2008 14:05 Posted by SPINE CREW New track from DITC duo O.C. and A.G. 'Put It In The Box', taken from their collaborative album Oasis. Showbiz executive produces the set due this fall on Nature Sounds, which will boast production from old friends like Lord Finesse. |
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04 July 2008 13:50 Posted by ZAID Dope live version of De La Soul's 'Stakes Is High' performed by Mos Def recently in Houston. Audio from Okayplayer. |
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03 July 2008 18:43 Posted by SPINE CREW In interviews AZ gets asked more questions about Nas than he does about AZ. Life's a bitch. |
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03 July 2008 18:25 Posted by SPINE CREW Short video on artist/producer 88 Keys, whose star-studded album drops later this year. If you're in London catch him at Plastic People on July 26th. |
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02 July 2008 19:02 Posted by SPINE CREW Check out our current competition to win a copy of Madlib's new album he recorded with members of Brazilian supergroup Azymuth. Turn up your speakers for our brand new radio section - four great monthly shows debuting throughout July. Acclaimed DJs and diggers Kon & Amir set it off this week. If you want to know where they source some of their sounds, here's a hint. |
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02 July 2008 16:17 Posted by ZAID Short promo film for Roots Manuva's new album Slime And Reason, due end of summer on Big Dada. Londoners can catch him this Saturday at the iTunes festival at KoKo in Camden alongside Sway. |
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02 July 2008 10:47 Posted by SPINE CREW Two new solo tracks recently premiered by Q-Tip on Mark Ronson's East Village Radio show: 'Won't Trade You' and 'Getting Up'. |
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02 July 2008 01:00 Posted by ZAID Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg ramble aimlessly for an hour in another entertaining episode of Juan Epstein. Bonus Beastie Boy interview: MCA. |
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01 July 2008 17:45 Posted by ZAID Two things Grandmaster Flash had in the 1980s: a lot of respect and a damn expensive drug habit. |
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01 July 2008 16:33 Posted by ZAID Win a copy of our radio hosts Kon & Amir's great new compilation for BBE 'Off Track Vol 2' by emailing us. Runners-up get the new J-Live album, also on BBE. |
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