Birmingham has always been at the forefront of grime and this link up is only right as StayFresh’s Pressure and C4 join for New Day produced by Swifta Beater, taken off Pressure’s mixtape Grime Is Money.
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Birmingham has always been at the forefront of grime and this link up is only right as StayFresh’s Pressure and C4 join for New Day produced by Swifta Beater, taken off Pressure’s mixtape Grime Is Money.
More music from South London where the UK rap scene is booming. Sho Shallow and Ard Adz kick off the year with new video Laugh Out Loud. This is taken from their forthcoming release Salute Me Or Shoot Me 2 which will be out tonight via Hoodtapes.
South Londoners Scribz and Youngs Teflon collaborate on this new rap joint Smoke Dem.
Grime duo Brotherhood, Blaze and Menace drop the video to Alone With My Thoughts a reflective, thought provoking track with a quite dark beat. They have joined with East London’s Maxsta for this track which premiered on DJ Cameo’s 1Xtra show.
I’ve been looking forward to seeing this video for a while as it’s one of my favourite tracks off Giggs album When Will It Stop. Mr Kool is blessed with the vocals of the legend that is Anthony Hamilton, so have a preview of the behind the scenes of their new video.
Grime collective hailing from Sheffield who are one of the most promising, Scumfam, release their 20-track mixtape The Scum Tape Vol.1. The collective consists of Tez Kidd, Kdot, Milks, Raw Kid, AK, Saint, Tempo, Ly, Kuta, Raw kid and Kyro which sees them all delivering strong bars of new material as well as some remixes. If you have never heard of them before now would be a good time to download the free tape, and see why they are making noise.
Download Scumfam – The Scum Tape Vol.1. here
Riddim Commission which is production duo Marco Del Horno and DJ Swerve enlist a member of Grime collective Family Tree, Merky Ace and singer L Marshall for the hook for their track Round Here a mix and blend of dubstep and grime. The track is taken from Riddim Commision’s new EP, Riddim Commission Ep Vol 1.
We haven’t heard music from Mic Righteous for a little while and I believe he is working on a album so this is the reason why. He is known for his outspoken, sometimes controversial lyrics and for his new track A Statement Mic unleashes his thoughts on the industry.
East London’s Lil Nasty is a name who is very much talked about at the moment clashing Maxsta on the infamous Lord Of The Mics, so now is a great time for him to drop a piece of work and keep the momentum going. Nasty Piece Of Work has 7 strong tracks produced by Teddy Music, Rude Kid, Kid D and Flarve and he has kept the features to a minimum with only Griminal and J2k on there. Look out for some of the music videos from the EP dropping in 2014 including Murder He Wrote and My Town and for some new music from Lil Nasty in 2014.
You can buy Lil Nasty – Nasty Piece Of Work from iTunes here