In May this year, I was in Medellín, Colombia for Un-convention. As part of that we travelled around the city seeing some of the great work that young community leaders were doing through hip hop culture. These guys are amazing. They run after-school programmes and community projects teaching kids how to rap, break-dance and do [...]
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Ruth, Martín & Me in downtown Medellín To say a trip was “life-changing” is an awful cliché. But I’ve been trying to think of other ways to describe my time in Colombia, and I keep coming back to that one phrase as a fair and accurate description. I met such inspirational people, went to such [...]
No Fury (Zilla Rocca Remix) by 5 O’Clock Shadowboxers I am really loving this. Received an email from one of the band members and really liked the description, so I thought I’d give the World Circuit vinyl a rest for a minute and have a listen. Really glad I did. It’s “experimental hip hop for [...]
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Tagged: alternative, bandcamp, experimental, hip hop
Friends of ours from round these parts, Munchbreak have a new song that’s sort of a Brummie update of the Disposable Heroes of Hiphorisy’s ‘Television, The Drug of the Nation‘. Really brilliant bunch of local guys making some great music. Wish they were on Bandcamp… but they do have a CD for sale. And yeah [...]
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This is Stanley Odd. They’re a hip hop band from Edinburgh. Last night, I was at a party in someone’s house, and they played an acoustic set live. Not what you’d typically expect in a living room – and not what they would normally do either – but they were really great.
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Intro by Dumbfoundead Today’s recommendation is a big dumb, fun album of smart, deft and funny alternative hip hop. Disclaimer though – If you have a problem with swearing, then you probably shouldn’t listen to this. Or hip hop. Or watch television. Or go outside. Dumbfoundead is Argentinian-born Korean-American, LA Underground battle rapper Jonathan Park, [...]
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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Abraxxxas is a rapper from Marseille. His real name’s Gabriel, but his stage name has three Xs in it, which is way cooler. I met him at Aftershock Marseille back in September last year, but that happened so quickly. I’m getting a bit more time to get to [...]
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