Jetlag is a bitch

Saturday, 31 January 2009

Im tired as fuck, cos the UK is 6 hours ahead of Nashville, plus I got lots of internet catching up to do!
As soon as I get some juicy stuff to share, its bizz as usual.
Plus..what the hell is Nashvilles obsession with guns?
..the burgers ruled.

Work trip.

Saturday, 24 January 2009

I will be away in Philly and Nashville next week working, so there will be a lack of updates on the blog. Hopefully Lennie will be able to record the radio show next friday so I can up it on my return. See it as a chance to catch up with things you might have missed rather than a period where nothing happens!
See you when I get back....

60 min CD series: vol8

Friday, 23 January 2009

Tracklisting:
1.Live to London- Diversion Tactics ft Blade
2.No Sense- Crown City Rockers
3. Absolutley Audible- Audible Mainframe
4,Here we go again- Granite State
5.Epiphany- Panacea
6.In the city- Audible Mainframe ft reks
7. Akira- Black Tobacco
8.T-Rex-Invizzibl men ft C-Ray Walz
9.Deck Demons Interlude- Audible Mainframe
10. Das Kapital- Audio Mainframe
11.Come together now- Krohme ft Speech
12.Broken Soul- Da Javaanse Jongens
13.Old- Keelay and Zaire ft Surreal, The A.V.E,
14. The Infamous Baron Spitswell- Mr Loop
15.Dead end street- Buc Fifty
16.Lazy- Freddie Foxxx
17. Angst- 9th Uno
18.Hellucination (remix)- Smith N Wessun ft Audible Mainframe
19. Style Unorthadox- Suspekt
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radio show: 23rd Jan 09

Awesome show with some pre-recorded freestyle sessions at Prides midweek, plus a new sex rhyme from Len live in the studio on the night.
Essential Suspekt stuff!

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battle of the year 2008 dvd rip

graffiti fonts re-ups

Thursday, 22 January 2009

graff fonts 2:
http://rapidshare.com/files/27815190/Graffiti_Fonts_2.0.rar
graff fonts 3:
http://rapidshare.com/files/125261262/Graffiti_Fonts_3.0.rar

Audible Mainframe - Framework (2004)

Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Real nice LP, which is listenable all the way through.
The caffiend track at the end draws a clever comparison between coffee and hard drugs and is a spoken story , rather than a rhymed one, and keeps your attention throughout.
I feel the future of hip hop music for me is similar to the music found on this LP.
Rappers with live funk bands.
Look out for Scare the Normals coming out of the UK who will blow up this year if they can produce stuff like this! Big up Ill Inspired and Chrome of Deftex.

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60 min CD series: vol7

Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Tracklisting:
1. Drop a bomb on em- Craig G
2.Hieroglyphic audio visual- Sir Beanz OBE ft Junior Disprol
3.Addiction to rhyme- Deftex
4.Trouble anthem- Troublemakers
5.Inner knowing-Myka 9
6.Hit the deck- Ramson Badbonez
7. Ere come the black- Blacknificent 7
8.Beatflow freakshow- Foreign Beggars
9. Hip hop suck- Eslam Jawaad
10.Who am I?- Cappo and Zero Theory
11.Stay gold- Envolope
12.Flesh- Atmosphere
13.Satisfaction guaranteed- Sandpeople
14.Quantum Mechanix- New flesh for old
15. Murrays revenge- Murs and 9th Wonder
16.Give it to yer raw- ODB (SP50 remix)
17.Talkin trash- DJ Format ft D-sisive
18.Deja vu- Cold legistics

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Graffiti Art Holland book

Monday, 19 January 2009

All you need to know is, 90% of these pieces in this book no longer exist. The styles on display in the murals section are what graff is all about. That in itself says grab some history!

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60 min CD series: vol6

Sunday, 18 January 2009

Tracklist :
1. Off and On freestyle version- Trends of Culture.
2.Masquerade- Sandpeople
3.The Great Dot- Sadat X
4.Take it back- Drum Brothers ft Blezz
5.That sound- Ohmega Watts ft Lightheaded
6.Myka 9- Monte Carlo
7.Hedgehog Killah- Blufoot
8.Happy go lucky- Mr Loop ft Zoo Mark
9.Sleep- Magnum Ki ft Suss
10.Rap as a tool- Deftex
11.Blamexile- Exile ft Blame
12.Del meet sthe dummies -Del
13.Battle- Beefeaters
14.12am @ the Physics den- Music vs Physics
15.10 yak commandments- Yungun
16.Gooddwellas- Cellar Dwellas
17.Sleepers- Wasted Youth ft Loose Cannon
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Sir Beanz OBE- Mars attacks 1999

Tracklisting:
A1 Mars Attacks
Co-producer - Nick Fury
Featuring - Junior Disprol
A2 Nothing Remains
Featuring - Rola
Scratches - Jay Le Surgeon
A3 Nothing Remains (Instrumental)
Scratches - Jay Le Surgeon
B1 Indecent Exposure
Featuring - Aspects
B2 Indecent Exposure (Instrumental)
B3 Mars Attacks (Instrumental)
Co-producer - Nick Fury

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Sir Beanz OBE- tape feast

Bristol native and ex-member of Parlour Talk has worked with many artists here and there including Gunshot & Portishead. His style is funky, upbeat, yet moody and reaks of experience.Suprisingly, the only place I have seen this for sale is in Japan for an absolutely ridiculous price, but convienently converted to cd.
CD feat doesnt sound the same does it? Grab some history..

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Amsterdam Graffiti- the battle of Waterloo

Saturday, 17 January 2009

Amsterdam was were European graffiti was born. And in the middle of this was Waterloopein, a legendary fame which been painted since 1978, when it all began. In Amsterdam Graffiti we follow the evolution, how the punks started taging in the late 70s and to the 80s were this fame was the place were writers from other countries copies the styles from Shoe, Delta, Rhyme and Joker. This book is a must for anyone who likes to know what graffit was when it started in the 'dam, as there is an extensive look at how it began. The makers of this book must have really searched for those pics from the 70s.
If you download this book, then you simply must see the film to accompany this book, which can be found in a previous post on this very blog here

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radio show: 16th Jan 09 aka the big bow show

Friday, 16 January 2009

massive shout to Big Bow as he ripped something like 3 tracks one after another. Not bad for someone who has never doen back to back tracks before live. Props also to Len for spinning some of the 60 min cd tracks I sent over to him and for pimpin the blog as always.

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Maclaim: Finest Photorealistic Graffiti

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

I finally got around to getting myself a copy of Maclaim: Finest Photorealistic Graffiti and it’s a great book. It’s a fine book and an insightful look into the Maclaim crew with I can imagine that many of the more hardcore graffiti writers would probably not be too impressed with the thought of using masking tape, stencils and pieces of string for make shift compasses but I think there’s definitely a place for people turning out this kind of photorealistic aerosol artistry. There are small introductions to each of artists in Maclaim, loads of images from projects over the years and some very interesting painting lessons too. There is of course a whole heap of production pieces that they’ve done together too that make this book a real winner if you’re into this kind of thing. Bear in mind,this book is what it states: graff that looks like still life. Imagine Dahli with a can and your half way there.
Top stuff.

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60 min CD series: vol5

Sunday, 11 January 2009

You know the deal by now! Short intro by me then into some tunes fresh from LPs I have downloaded on my internet travels, with no talkingover, drops, or interruptions, making these CD's ideal for cars weddings , parties and barmitsfahs.

Tracklisting:
1.86 demo tape- Aquil
2.Nuts hang- Blu
3.Pursuit- Armyfatique
4.Bring it back part2- The White Shadow Of Norway ft Esoteric and Mic Stylz
5.Flows of the Cho-Jin Shinobi- Ssuspekt
6.Blues people- Aquil
7.The Xperiment- DJ Razorcuts
8. The Rock- Dialect
9. Live and Uncut- Drum Brothers
10.If heads only knew- Heather B
11. Cold New Yorkin'- King Sun
12. Bollox- Brotherman
13. Identity crisis- Aquil
14.Duck Down- Soul The Interrogator
15. Same ol'- Zumbi
16.So Amazin'- Ill Mentality
17. The Caveman- Mr Chop
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60 min CD series: vol4 funk special

A funk special, with tracks complete with the original vinyls snap crackles and pops! The dustier the better, as some of hip hops original samples and breaks are played. Nothing too obscure as I am saving that for another mix. The Reuben Wilson track in this mix was used on Rawbzilla's section of the b-boy film " Detours", and even the producers of the film didnt know what it was called, so I went on a mission to find it..and voila!
Enjoy!

Tracklisting:
1. Monday monday- Wally Richardson
2. Greedy G- Brentford All Stars
3.Flash- Duke Of Burlington
4. Dancing in outer space 12" version- Atmosfear
5.Funky so and so- The Sugarman Three
6.Rhythm on rhythm-Sookie
7.Space Funk (extended version)- Manzel
8.Lovely is today- Ed Harris
9.Got to get your own- Reuben Wilson
10. Razorblade- Little Royal
11.Solstice- Brian Bennett
12. Dominoes- Donald Byrd
13.Angela- Bob James
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Masterscratch series: vol 4

Saturday, 10 January 2009

this tape is a god knows what generation copy, but I managed to get hold of it in the end.

http://rapidshare.com/files/181809208/DJ_Masterscratch-Volume_4-Side_A.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/181809213/DJ_Masterscratch-Volume_4-Side_B.mp3

Masterscratch series: vol 11

http://rapidshare.com/files/181775328/DJ_Masterscratch-Volume_11-Side_A.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/181775329/DJ_Masterscratch-Volume_11-Side_b.mp3

zulu beat shows

Afrika Islam's original Hip Hop radio show The Zulu Beat ran from 1983-1985 on WHBI, Staten Island NYC. This was the first established Hip Hop radio show ever. The show, which mixed together early rap records from that period together with a heavy selection of beats being cut-up for the B-Boys who would be tuning in. Donald D was the MC on the original Zulu Beat radio show. The show showcases the original sound of Bambaataa, who was known for his varied musical tastes, but always had that elusive lp label covered, so when the break hit, you went nuts tryin to find who it was.
WHBI was the station that hosted Mr. Magic's pioneering format. Zulu Beat, broadcast on Wednesdays from 1-3 PM, according to the UK's P Brothers (who some years ago released a tribute mix), 'was the first to mix a true hip-hop selection of electro, soul, funk, reggae and a heavy dose of breakbeats,' its circulating tapings being 'important in relaying the true musical blueprint of hip-hop beyond the few imported electro records that were available to buy in England at the time. More than anything else, tapes of the Zulu Beat show introduced a lot of people outside of the USA to the importance of breakbeats, and they also showed that a hip-hop DJ selection is made up of different musical styles beyond just rap records. Copies of the show tapes travelled and so also helped spread the word of the mighty Universal Zulu Nation and the knowledge and science of hip-hop that goes beyond the music itself.'
Heres a few recording of the show that you will need Realplayer to hear.

ZULU BEAT SHOW 198-04-07
ZULU BEAT SHOW 1983-04-13 PART 1
ZULU BEAT SHOW 1983-04-13 PART2
ZULUBEAT SHOW 1983-04-21 PART1
ZULUBEAT SHOW 1983-04-21 PART2

Razorcuts

Razorcuts is a name that was created in part at least by Ninja Tunes' Strictly Kev for DJ and producer Peter Darrington, when he misheard what was being said in a conversation about one of Pete's new projects.Pete began DJ'ing in 1984, busting the motors in his parents' 'music centre' turntable system within weeks...by 1986 feeding his love for Original funk break classics had become a full time occupation.His professional music career took a turn for the strange, (or so it would seem to some) as he spent 5 years recording and touring with British art guitar trailblazers 'Cable'.But, like McClaren and Bambaataa before him, Peter as always found punk rock and hip hop are different sides to the same coin and had always believed they could live together in harmony, or at the very least, a healthy suspicion of each other, just like in his record collection.He began recording alone as Razorcuts in 2004 with his first 12" released on Soundly Beaten of London. He also records with Neil Cooper of Therapy? under the name 'Cut Hustlers'.

Personally, I have known Pete since the late 80s, and eventually bought some of his early hip hop collection and turntables off him in the early 90s. Hes always been one of those who was always at the same jams as you, and was always spotted in the DJ booth spinning breaks , even at the early jams in 86 onwards.
Just really wanted to say a massive "orate youth!" to Pete and put some his work out there to those who may not of heard about his stuff.
These are just snippets of his work, recorded in low quality so you knpow what that means.
Go out an buy his shit. That means leaving the house y'know.
Big up Pete.

The Xperiment:
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Bronx Cheer..mix of old school hip hop. requires realplayer
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Check out more of Razorcuts work and listen to his stuff at:
www.myspace.com/djrazorcuts

radio show: 08th Jan 09

First of all, sorry for th elack ofshow posts, but theres been a number of technical issues either from myself or at Lennies end, resulting in a choppy recording of the shows, which I didnt see fit to post up.
Heres the first of 2009 though, with Len going proper freestyle on the rhyme near the end!

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5AM- graff video

Tuesday, 6 January 2009

5 AM is a graffiti DVD that is packed with 62 minutes of graffiti footage. 5 Am takes you across North America looking at the graffiti scenes from Los Angeles, Arizona, New York, Vancouver and Philadelphia. The DVD is packed full of live bombing and painting action. 5 AM also features a long list of great graffiti artists. Some of the artists that are features are: Ensoe, Hoser, Leeto, Trigz, Grave, Jesus Saves, Srek, Gnes, Snak The Ripper, Koer, Bonks and many more.

http://rapidshare.com/files/180131232/5AM_undergroundstrikesback.blogspot.com.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/180462480/5AM_undergroundstrikesback.blogspot.com.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/180514708/5AM_undergroundstrikesback.blogspot.com.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/180526572/5AM_undergroundstrikesback.blogspot.com.part4.rar

Skratch Bastid: SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 2008

I have had this party mix on constant repeat today. Amazing stuff from Canadas DJ Skratch Bastid. I shallnt bore you with an entire back history of who SB is but the short version goes like this:
Kid buys turntables. Locks himself in his room for 3 years. Emerges with amazing skills as a battle DJ. Wins titles. Releases music. Wins more titles.
Heres a few vids of SB's skills:

http://rapidshare.com/files/180020528/Skratch_Bastid-Satisfaction_Guaranteed-Bootleg-CDR-2008-FTD.rar

Dj Mu-R - R, R & R Ver.001 (2008)

Why is some of the best hip hop coming out of all places..Japan? Is it that fact they have a stupid amount of vinyl shops over there? Probs.
DJ Mu-R is part of DJ crew Gagle,from Sendai, who first came out to perform at the Korean event B-Boy in the Park in 2007, and this DJ crew certainly is transcending any language barriers.
This dude is awesome live..beleive me. Probs one of my fave live DJ's, as this nifty mix was all done live in one take.
This is real hip hop. 1 DJ, 2 VINYL turntables, and a stack of wax.

01.Defari - Say It Twice
02.Saukrates - Fat Her Time (1995)
03.De La Soul - The Bizness (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
04.Peanut Butter Wolf - Run The Line - Inst (1997) # (Mark The 45 King Mix) (1999)
05.The Beatnuts - Yeah You Get Props (1994)
06.Genius - Liquid Swords (1995) # Mos Def - Crime & Medicine (2006)
07.Samon Kawamura - One And One (2007)
08.Jaylib - Starz (2003)
09.Maspyke - Transit-Overdrive (2005)
10.Gang Starr (feat. Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx) - The Militia (Inst) (Soul Brother Remix)
11.Q-Tip - Things U Do (1999)
12.Arken - Tree Bells (2005)
13.Phat Kat - Nasty (2007)
14.Rekid - 85 Space (2006)
15.J Dilla (feat. Common) - E=MC2 (2006)
16.Sa-Ra (feat. J Dilla) - Thrilla (2005)
17.Showbiz & A.G. - Fat Pockets (1992)
18.Quasimoto - Fatbacks (2005)
19.Percee P - Don’t Cum Strapped (1996)
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INFAMY- graff doc

Monday, 5 January 2009

Doug Pray’s last documentary was 2001’s Scratch, a behind-the-scenes look into the world of hip-hop DJs and �turntablism. This most recent documentary is an intense journey into the lives, minds and families of seven individuals who are obsessed with graffiti and follow that obsession into the most unexpected places. The film covers LA’s SABER, New York’s EARSNOT and CLAW, Phily’s ENEM, LA’s TOOMER and SF’s JASE. There’s also Joe Connolly the man who makes the removal of Los Angeles graffiti his daily passion.
90mins long and well worth the watch

Masterscratch series: Crucial mix 3

Sunday, 4 January 2009

Big shout to Albert aka Trix of the Rock City Crew, who can now be seen co-presenting b-boy events all over the world ,such as the battle of the year

http://rapidshare.com/files/179814412/DJ_Masterscratch-Crucial_3-Side_A.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/179814416/DJ_Masterscratch-Crucial_3-Side_B.mp3

Masterscratch series: Masterscratch 9 and 14

Saturday, 3 January 2009

Although the mp3 has got some metadata for being MS12 and is linked for download as 12, it is infact 14. Beleive me, I have heard it so many times its not funny. So I know.

http://rapidshare.com/files/179386403/DJ_Masterscratch-volume_12-side_a.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/179386405/DJ_Masterscratch-volume_12-side_b.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/179450794/DJ_Masterscratch-Volume_9_-side_a.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/179450795/DJ_Masterscratch-Volume_9_-side_b.mp3

Masterscratch series: Rock City 13

Upping this one for Devious Dave, who used to love the first song on side B. "I go by the name of hooboo beee!!"

http://rapidshare.com/files/179365602/DJ_Masterscratch-Rock_CityVolume_13-side_A.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/179365604/DJ_Masterscratch-Rock_CityVolume_13-side_b.mp3

Masterscratch series: Crucial mixes 1 and 2

1984, and hip hop had hit the Uk big time. I lived in the middle of nowhere and the best way to get an idea of what was happening was to go to Nottinghams Rock City, a club that saw hundreds of bboys meet every saturday between 12pm and 3pm to listen to new records and to battle each other. The resident DJs were Jonathon who also worked in Arcade records, (the only place to get the usa hip hop import vinyl at the time), and also Dj Masterscratch. Masterscratch put together mix tapes in his bedroom, putting a few hundred quids worth of vinyl onto one TDK C90, which he mass produced and sold at the Rock City jams for five quid a tape. These always sold out very quickly and became the soundtrack that many local bboys practiced to or even learnt about hip hop from.
These tapes are local legend, and as many as 25 tapes were made spanning the years, with alternate version of the songs making it ontoa different series of tapes called the "rock city" tapes, of which stopped around number 14 i think. Also 5 crucial megamixes were made, bringing together the most favourite beats in 2 45 min mixes on one tape.
I have always made it my mission to collect a full set of these tapes ,both masterscratch and rock city tapes, and I have all except masterscratch 1 and 2, and the last rock city tape.
As you can expect, these tapes have seen some MAJOR playing time over the years, and the quality varies wildly, from an original tape to a generation 8 recording.
I hope to be posting up these gems as and when I get chance to rip them. I know there are collectors out there who are still fiending for these, so hold tight for a walkthrough some of 83-86 real old school underground faves.

Heres the first 2 tape rips, crucial mixes 1 and 2, which have been digitally enhanced in order to make them as clean as possible.
This series is dedicated to those bboys I used to break with and all those I met at the jams at Rock City over the years, and met up with again at the reunion jam

http://rapidshare.com/files/179201943/DJ_Masterscratch-Crucial_1-Side_A.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/179201944/DJ_Masterscratch-Crucial_1-Side_B.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/179345281/DJ_Masterscratch-Crucial_2-Side_A.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/179345283/DJ_Masterscratch-Crucial_2-Side_B.mp3

bodes and hypes.

Friday, 2 January 2009

im a massive fan of all of Vaughn Bodes stuff, so here I present a few of the Cheech wizard comics and a copy of Junkwaffel.
Also a few issues of that classic Austrailian graff mag Hype, which was for me , the world first proper all in colour graff mag. I first started collecting this mag at number 3, and went upto number 20 when the craze for collecting graff mags went out. It was then I wenT back and got hold of all the issues that were ever made.

The password for any files in this post if you need one is: hais

THE COMPLETE CHEECH WIZARD VOL3

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THE COMPLETE CHEECH WIZARD VOL4

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JUNKWAFFEL NO4

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HYPE 12

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HYPE 28 (EVEN THO IT SAYS 27 ON THE INSIDE)

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HYPE 31

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HYPE 32

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coming soon: radio archive update

Thursday, 1 January 2009

I will be uploading all my old shows to my rapidshare account in the next few days, so if anyone wants to grab my old shows from 07 and 08, full of dj mixes and some exclusive tracks, then they will be available again shortly. There are a few that will require splitting as the file size is over 200mb due to the length ( the birthday show was 7 hours long), bear with me and all will be uploaded soon.

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