Some of you may remember this guy from the Photo of the Week section earlier in the year - well, Dan’s now decided to turn his hand away from doing boooooosted airs and more towards a 100 mile offroad BMX ride (Brakeless!) for a 100% worthy cause…
Sometimes it doesn’t really register with people that we do in fact have a strong Hip Hop culture here in the UK. It is fully developed & mature.
Our MCs can stand up lyrically with the world’s finest spoken word artists. We have a long history of DJ, Bboy & Beatbox Champions. We have some of the world’s leading Graffiti artist coming from our shores. UK Hip Hop sections can be found in record shops all across Europe. Even the industry here are starting to catch on (and they are always the last to know)
Proving the point. Here we are. End Of The Weak International MC Champion title holders! In our first season of the worlds leading International MC Challenge the UK takes home the trophy! Thanks to UK Champion season one Stig Of The Dump http://www.myspace.com/stigdastardly
Go here to find out what the hell this is all about.
Certainly given me a few ideas though…
Listen to Hot Club De Paris. Another band from Liverpool who I’m plugging, but as far as I’m concerned this is no bad thing. They have a new album out called Live at Dead Lake, chock full of catchy and upbeat songs which are actually well written and insightful, not just cheerful nothingness. It was also produced by Brian Deck, the same dude who produces Modest Mouse, so you know shit’s tight. Their Minutemen cover is a belter, as is their single and my song of the week Hey Housebrick. Check their myspace out for a listen, and they have some nice videos on youtube
Is the name of an awesome FBM video from days gone by. I’ve been getting mighty nostalgic of late, reminiscing about back in the day, how things change and suchlike. But watching that vid made me stoked to ride again, despite my lacklustre performance today.
4Down have just put up a sweet web-edit + bikecheck of one of the nicest people in BMX, James Cox. When we took a Style43 trip down to Portsmouth, he couldn’t have been a better host. Cheers dude!
Click more for the bonus footage
Birdy Nam Nam are more than a DJ crew or more than just a gang of b-boys with a lot of time on their hands. They won the DMCs and then dismissed it as “for nerds”.
This four man crew make music so musical you’d swear it was music being played live – they use the deck as an instrument so much they’ll play the xylophone, isolate one note and then press it to vinyl so they can scratch it up. Movie soundtracks, world tours, dope albums and theatre scores, they’ve done all this and more.
Swedish punk rockers Millencolin will embark on a UK tour in September 2008, in support of Machine 15 - their latest album and the first one since 2005’s ‘Kingwood’.
With an impressive string of six releases behind them, nearly two million records sold worldwide and sharing stages with the likes of Blink 182, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age, the Örebro based quartet of vocalist/bassist Nikola Sarcevic, guitarists Erik Ohlsson and Mathias Färm and drummer Fredrik Larzon show with this album that they are on top of their game.
If you’re a regular on the site you’ll know by now we love our Australian hip-hop.. and if you’re about in London at the end of next weekend you’re in for a treat.
Adelaide’s finest Hilltop Hoods are back in town for their first UK show since September last year, playing two dates on Sunday June 30th and Monday July 1st at Islington Academy.
As one of Australia’s original and most renowned hip-hop groups, and recently referred to as the best live act in the country, Suffa, Pressure and DJ Debris are hitting the UK soil continuing the success of ‘The Hard Road: Restrung’.
Groundbreaking, charismatic, stylish, distinctive - these are just some of the words that have been used to describe Lyrics Born.
As one of the best selling independent hip-hop solo artists of our time, he has risen from an underground MC to a major Hip-Hop icon on the national and international touring circuit, and has earned the reputation as one of the most exciting and consistent in the game.
Matt Parker, aka Mute, has put together this beast of a 13 minute edit. Interesting editing style, bit different to the norm.
For the second year, Street Vs Tweak has graced the sunny(ish) streets of Southampton, raising the bar yet again in terms of riding, awesomeness and having fun. It’s weird then, that I’m finding it so hard to write about…
This month sees the release of Adulthood, the follow up to 2006’s Kidulthood, written, starring and directed by the award-winning Noel Clark.
The film follows on from Sam’s release after killing Trife six years previously. He soon realises how difficult things are going to be for him on the outside, he struggles with the guilt, and then has to deal with those seeking revenge.
Peck-nam’s finest, The Metros, have had a busy year on the UK tour circuit after the release of their debut single ‘Education’. Their mix of punk, ska and something else that, no matter how hard I try, can’t seem to find a name for, has taken the country by storm with a success of shows and high record sales. For this reason I’ve decided The Metros are worth a listen, in my humble opinion.
There are those of you out there who may not think of the Midlands as the sort of place that’s brimming with home-grown hip hop talent, but you would be wrong, so very, very wrong. Because along with Robin Hood and Su Pollard, the city of Nottingham has given us such musical luminaries as Cappo, P-Brothers, Karizma and, of course, the Elementz.
The latter are back with their new compilation, “Crush Mode”, featuring all the usual audio audacity and beat bravado that we have come to expect from Liati and Zoutr since they dropped their debut back in 2005. And as usual they come fully mob handed with a ton of guest speakers, including Skinnyman, Scor-Zay-Zee, TB and Big Cakes.
It was messy last year, and I don’t doubt it being any better this year. Chav-fest or not, it is a fun weekend. If you can, be there..
http://www.nassfest.com/
H-Man Photo/Federalbikes.com
We posted the flier up (I think…) a while back, but Ride BMX Magazine’s (The good one) Ride To Glory trip is in full effect. Click More to see all the links to the updates…
