Black The Ripper and Shystie release the visuals to Home Sweet Home taken from his Black Is Beautiful 2 mixtape.
November 8, 2012
Shystie – Shot Caller [Music Video]
Shystie drops some fresh, hot bars over French Montana’s Shot Caller, this can be downloaded on her recently released mixtape Gold Dust Volume 2.
October 23, 2012
MTV Wrap Up: UK Rap Rundown [News]
Last Monday I hit the Jazz Café in Camden to catch one of the world’s best DJ’s, Jazzy Jeff. DJ’s Emily Rawson and Big Ted kept us entertained, spinning some old school jams as we waited. MysDiggi gave a witty performance and Blak Twang came on afterwards to show the crowd what UK hip-hop is all about. Jazzy Jeff gave us an outstanding performance mixing some modern hip-hop with classic tracks…
Azealia Banks was in London for the Mermaid Ball gig recently and Shystie was there to support and perform with Azealia, who later tweeted: “Shystie is better than any female with a mic in her hand right now”. Last Monday Shystie and Ms Banks got to shoot the video to their track ‘Control It’ and I can only imagine how great it’s going to turn out. With not many female collaborations as it is, these two have great chemistry and this is going to show on screen. I can’t wait to see the video!
Giggs told the world who he wanted to help settle his frustration last week since his release from prison, as he tweeted: “Da cover drive chick need to bring that sexy body over here, always wining up her self on TV stressin me out when I was locked up, she owes me”
Giggs also revealed his first video since his hiatus, ‘What N****s Want’; it was the moment a lot of people, including myself, had been waiting for. The track is set to be on his album ‘When Will It Stop’ which is due out next year.
Now it’s time to look at some standout tracks and videos from the week. Manchester rapper Lyrican enlisted 15-year-old USG member Geko to feature on his new track ‘Falling Down’. Geko also had his own track that came out last night, which hears him talk us through some of his life and trials and tribulations in ‘From Young’.
London MC Melanin 9 who has a reputation for his conscientious rhymes and intelligent wordplay has a new release called ‘Landslide’. This is following on from his recent video ‘Organised Democracy’ off his new album ‘Magna Carta’ which is due for release on December 3.
Young Spray dropped the video to ‘Forgiveness’ from his ‘Hard 2 Kill Vol 2’ mixtape, which is out now. Mr. RTM’s new mixtape ‘Realer Than Most Vol 3’, hosted by Mykal Million will be also be dropping very soon, so look out for that.
Tonight I’m off to see Clement Marfo + The Frontline at Barfly in Camden for their headline show, and from what I’ve seen from them before, it’s definitely not one to miss. I’ll fill you in on what went down next week…
October 1, 2012
Shystie – Step Off [Music Video]
Shystie released her mixtape Gold Dust 2 a few days ago, and already she has recorded a visual to one of the tracks off there Step Off. Enjoy….
October 1, 2012
Sick Love – Red Skull remix ft Scorcher, EXO and Shystie [Audio]
Vince Kidd releases his debut EP this November via Island Records.The EP features two songs, Sick Love (featuring Lady Leshurr) and Taboo, alongside three remixes, providing the perfect taster of what is yet to come in 2013.
The tracks showcase Vince’s smooth vocal ability and his honed song writing skills. Sick Love is a mid paced slick jam that features rising MC Lady Leshurr. The three remixes of Sick Love also feature some very special guests. The Red Skull remix features Scorcher, EXO, Shystie and Metis, whilst the E.L.E remix features Benny Banks. A third mix comes courtesy of Woz
September 30, 2012
Shystie – Gold Dust 2 – Mixtape [Free Download]
Shystie releases the 15 track follow up mixtape to Gold Dust with the second installation, after giving us a taster with her track with Azealia Banks Control It. Here she impresses with her version of tracks spitting over the instrumentals to Beez In The Trap, Niggas In Paris and Shot Caller.
July 17, 2012
MTV Wrap Up – The UK Rap Rundown
Wow! It’s been a busy week in the world of UK rap and although I haven’t been to any shows this week, I have heard many stand-out tracks. There are also a few mixtapes and one very big album to look forward to in the coming months. Can you guess who I’m talking about?
A few days before Azealia Banks dropped her ‘Fantasea’ mixtape, we were given a taster of what was to come with ‘Neptune’, featuring London MC Shystie. Shystie was only one of two featured artists on the 19 track mixtape, the other artist being Styles P. Last Monday the south London hip-hop collective Caxton Press released the video to ‘Big Buck Star’ from their debut LP ‘Shame The Devil’ which is out now. Another collective from London, Piff Gang, also released their third 11-track mixtape called ‘Plant Life’. This will be the first of three projects we will see from them in the coming months, so watch this space.
The USG boys have been busy as we saw three tracks released from them last week. The first was K. Koke’s ‘Roc For Life’, featuring MMG’s Wale. I loved the rocky beat on this track and the video was a perfect match. K. Koke tweeted as it premiered, writing: “This ain’t no music video. It’s my journey from streets up!”
Next up was Exo who released the video ‘Way Back Home’ featuring singer Tom Prior – again this had a rocky beat and shows a very different side to Exo. Youngest member Geko slowed it down for ‘Best Friend’ as he reaches out to his old friend. Look out for K. Koke’s album ‘I Ain’t Perfect’ and Exo’s 7 track EP ‘The 7 Day Mile’ due in October.
Ard Adz and Sho Shallow jumped on Sneakbo’s ‘Still Breathing’ to give us a banging remix of the track, complete with a video. These two have been putting in a lot of work this year, so we should be expecting big things from them. G FrSH was joined by Yungen and Cashtastic for ‘Grown A** Boy’; giving us a taster of what is to come from his upcoming ‘Legoman II’ mixtape.
Lastly The Jump Off team recently had a debate, asking: ‘Should Grime Artists Make UK Rap?’ LaLa asked the question ‘If he keeps doing grime, is he not allowed to ever, ever experiment?’
Some of the team thought it was okay to make a few one-off tracks out of their genre, but came to the conclusion that their fans would be upset if they were to completely cross over. However, examples of artists that have crossed over successfully such as Chip and Tinie Tempah show that it is more than possible to start off as a grime artist and move to rap.
July 12, 2012
New Mixtape – Azealia Banks – Fantasea
Welcome to Fantasea from Azealia Banks. The 19 track mixtape has two features from Styles P and the Uk’s very own Shystie. Download it for free here!
Download Azealia Banks – Fantasea here
July 11, 2012
Azealia Banks Feat. Shystie – Neptune
Azealia Banks gives us a taster of whats to come on her Fantasea mixtape due Wednesday with a track from London MC Shystie, Neptune.
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G-Shock Sessions
G-Shock Sessions are back for their infamous live sessions held at their store in Brick Lane. The night will see the launch of Roll Deep‘s new mixtape ‘No Comment Star’ with the grime collective performing. Other performances on the night will be from Discarda, Rival, Jammer, Shystie and Mighty Moe, Infecta and many more.
DJ’s on the night will be 1Xtra’s CJ Beatz, Kiss FM’s Logan Sama, and Roll Deep and 1Xtra DJ Target, with Shadez The Misfit hosting. An exclusive deal of 20% off watches will be offered on the night too, so get down there.
This event is free and takes places at at G-Shock East, Unit 3, Dray Walk, Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, E1 6QL. The first live act to take to the stage is at 6.30pm.
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