March 5, 2014

MTV The Wrap Up: UK Rap Rundown [News]

Friday night some of The Wrap Up team headed down to Plan B in Brixton for Grime veteran’s Footsie’s launch party for his ‘King Original 3’ project. The night saw P Money, Big Narstie, Jammer, Big Shizz, and D Double E all touch the mic for a brilliant night. If you missed it, you certainly missed out.

Talking of Newham Generals, D Double E went to the 1Xtra studio for his Fire In The Booth. He shows his versatility in content and flow, going for a laid-back beat talking relationship and break ups to a darker beat for some war talk. Make sure you check it out and understand why he is one of the best.

Political Peak gave us a little bit more of a teaser of what to expect from his ‘Life’s Peak’ EP. The highly-rated Brixton rapper gets us on his vibe and wanting to be ‘Living Life’ more on his wavy track, mixing in some classic DJ Luck and MC Neat’s ‘A Little Bit Of Luck’ at the end.

This video caused a stir last week when it was released, and for a reason too. The official remix video to ‘Don’t Waste My Time’ from unstoppable duo Krept & Konan featuring Chip, French Montana, Wretch 32, Chinx Drugz and Fekky dropped, which saw the two in New York and Thornton Heath in South London. This is going to be a classic for years to come.

Lastly English Frank is keeping his run of videos going by releasing another video from his forthcoming project ‘Frankenstein’, out March 24. ‘Defining Moment’ sees the South London MC team up with Aydoe Soul for this hard-hitting, thought provoking and candid track.

March 4, 2014

Rival (@JusRival) – #Roadworks Freestyle [Video]

I hear Rival is in the studio working on new material, hence why we haven’t heard much from him recently. Seems he might be kicking things off with this new Word On Road freestyle.

 

March 4, 2014

Frisco (@BigFris) – British Nights Mixtape [Download]

Frisco from Boy Better Know releases his new mixtape British Nights on iTunes, which consists of ten tracks and features from Life White, Chip and Lay Z. Make sure you cop that now.

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Buy Frisco – British Nights here

March 3, 2014

Ransom FA (@RansomFA) x Lil Nasty (@lilnastyuk) – Mercenary [Music Video]

Scotland’s Ransom FA makes his way to East London to join Lil Nasty for their track Mercenary which is taken off Ransom FA’s Ransom Regime mixtape released a few days ago.

 

March 3, 2014

Shockers (@ItsShockers) & Skore Beezy (@SkoreGoodfellaz)- Tree High [Music Video]

East London lyricist Shockers is joined by Skore Beezy who for me is going to really well and is one to watch out for, for a collaborative track Tree High.

 

February 28, 2014

Krept & Konan – Don’t Waste My Time Remix ft Chip, French Montana, Wretch 32, Chinx Drugz & Fekky [Music Video]

The unstoppable duo Krept & Konan release the visuals to their massive official remix to Don’t Waste My Time with verses from Chip, French Montana, Wretch 32, Chinx Drugz and Fekky

 

 

February 27, 2014

Tujamo (@Tujamo_) & Plastik Funk (@Plastikfunkdjs) ft Sneakbo (@Sneakbo) – Dr Who [Music Video]

I first heard this track on 1Xtra and loved it instantly, a club banger by German producers Tujamo and Plastik Funk. The addition of Sneakbo’s vocal over the funky, crowd-rousing beat, ‘Who’ has been upgraded to Dr Who.

 

February 26, 2014

MTV The Wrap Up: UK Rap Rundown [News]

Last week was a bit quieter than usual as many people were working quietly behind the scenes for new forthcoming projects for example Peak’s new EP ‘Life’s Peak’ and Colours Miyagi ‘Sunshine & Rain’.

We saw a few video’s drop from the USG team last week and they also announced a new EP ‘Untouchable Street Generals’ will be being released on 31st March, a warm up before their full album.

Geko released his mixtape two weeks ago ‘Thoro In The South. The Manchester MC kept the buzz of this release going by dropping a video taken from the project of the same name. With no features from USG apart from one with Lefty, Geko shows his presence as an artist in his own right.

Squingy put out the video to ‘Like Me’ featuring Sky which looks like it was shot on a nice summer’s day in London. The content of the track helps you understand his and USG’s journey in music a bit better as he talks you through some of it, especially the struggle.

Part 2 of Essex rapper Potter Payper’s freestyle studio video was released to the public last week. He is very highly rated in the game right now, and will be a problem once he is released from prison. He released his first mixtape in Summer 2013 ‘Training Day’ which really caused a stir, check that out if you haven’t heard of him yet.

Brotherhood took to Link Up TV for their first Behind Barz freestyle and what a deep one it was. The sibling duo from Ipswich get serious as they discuss racism, enlightening people on their views. The pair are due to release their mixtape ‘Love Life Hate The World’ on March 9th, and from their impressive lyrics here it’s set to be a good one.

Lastly the list of the 2014 BOTB list was released last week and instead of gathering a panel to give the final list of the ten, the public were asked to vote on Twitter and the numbers were counted. The list should be revealed this week and I’m looking forward to seeing the shortlist and the discussions that come with it.

February 26, 2014

English Frank (@englishfrank) Ft Aydoe Soul – Defining Moment [Music Video]

English Frank is keeping things flowing nicely in the lead up to his next project Frankenstein by dropping another video from their Defining Moment. Frankenstein is set for release on the 24th March.

 

February 25, 2014

Peak (@ItsPeak_) – Living Life [Audio]

Peak talks about Living Life and getting wavy on his track taken from his forthcoming Life’s Peak EP out next week on iTunes, with a bit of old skool DJ Luck and MC Neat at the end”With a little bit of luck we can make it through the night”