THE HHC NEWS BLOG

This Monday, May 12th, Sway will be part of the launch of a new volunteering scheme aimed at getting young adults aged 18-25 to volunteer in developing countries and get involved with raising awareness of poverty in the UK. Titled Platform2, you can check out more info by clicking here.

Call it the song that, er, just keeps on getting remixed, but now El-P’s added his own flavour to Kidz In The Hall’s ‘Drivin’ Down The Block’. Click here to check it.

Slightly bizarro request of the day: Kool Keith and pals will be performing at the Brixton Academy on May 23rd and Keith is looking for “three or four black girl dancers to dance on stage for 30 minutes” during the set.

Holler here if you know anyone who’s interested in getting down with the freaky one.

New issue of HHC out next Tuesday, and if the current back-to-the-90s spectacular wasn’t enough, this time we’ve, er, gone back to the late 80s.

With the mighty Public Enemy hitting UK shores later in May to perform ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’ in full, we’ve spoken to Chuck, Flav and the Shocklee brothers about the making of their masterpiece, as well as grabbing some previously unseen album artwork from photographer Glen E Friedman, and interviewing a few of the select UK cats who received shout outs in the album’s liner notes.

Oh, and each issue comes with a free full Frantic Frank album - cashback!

A new track that may or may not end up on The Game’s new album, ‘LAX’, has leaked. Click here to check out his anti-police brutality venom, ‘911 Is A Joke (Cop Killa)’.

Pitching itself as the “ultimate online music production video tutorial website”, Sonic Academy launches today with the aim of being a one-stop shop for all aspiring producers, deejays and musicians.

Registration’s free, and anyone doing so gets access to two free online tutorials - click here to check it out.

The remix of Kidz In The Hall’s ‘Drivin’ Down The Block’ has finally dropped - click here to listen in. We’ve been bumpin’ it for a while now and have to say that while Bun B and Pusha T can certainly spit, The Cool Kids seem way out of their depth - a full new verse from Masta Ace would have been far more palatable.

Album’s out mid-May, so cop it then.

Taking place this Saturday, the Red Bull Music Academy presents an elite panel of German hip-hop artists, including Samy Deluxe, Azad and KIZ und Tai Jason, who’ll be discussing the evolution of the German scene.

Better yet, it’ll be broadcast live over the web - click here to log into the live-stream. There’s also a live chat section, which you can access by clicking here.

Going down on May 31st, the Hockley Flyover Project is a day-long street festival headed up by Soweto Kinch, and also featuring the talents of TY, Bashy, Jonzo D and more.

“My area only ever receives negative press for gun crime and unemployment; I want to use our art to inspire and challenge notions of privilege,” says Soweto of the idea to hold the event in a neglected corner of Birmingham.

Click here for more info on the event.

You might not be up on the name yet, but Jose James is definitely one to watch, especially with a soon-coming cover version of Freestyle Fellowship’s ‘Park Bench People’ dropping soon.

In the mean time catch him at any of the following live dates, and click here to check out his interweb presence.

25th April 2008 – The Tramway – Glasgow
26th April 2008 – Jazz Bar – Edinburgh
1st May 2008 – Cambridge Festival, The Junction
2nd May 2008 – Cheltenham Jazz Festival – TBC
12th May 2008 – Jazz Café, London