Archive for March, 2008

Soundcrash

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Looking for something dope to do on a lonely Saturday night in April? Head over to Koko on April 12th to check out a right doozy of a show, headlined by Roots Manuva and featuring support from Coldcut, Infinte Livez, Underling and the amazing next-level stylings of Jneiro Jarel’s Shape Of Broad Minds project.

Click here for more info.

Moving on, here’s a new non-album track from horrorcore revivalist Bekay, produced by a bod called M-Phazes, who earlier this month took top spot in Sha-Money XL’s One Stop Beat Battle. Click here to grab it.

‘I Know’ Remix

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

More hot hot heat from underground producer on the rise Quincey Tones, this time with a flip of old man Jay-Z’s ‘I Know’.

Click here to listen in.

Alize For Dolo

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Alize, the hip-hop liquor of choice, is celebrating their longevity in the game by giving HHC readers a once in a lifetime opportunity to deejay alongside Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jeff and Jazzie B.

To enter, all you need to do is come up with a ten minute mix of your favourite party anthems over the last 21 years and upload them to www.alizeremixed.com

Judges for the comp include Shortee Blitz and Steve Sutherland, and along with a place on the Alize tour, all five winners will grab a grand and a case of Alize.

Lil Wayne Live Review

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

LIL WAYNE
STRATFORD REX

MOVE THE CROWD
The atmosphere at east London’s Stratford Rex – venue for the most prolific living rapper’s third and final show on this his first UK mini-tour – was charged from the start. A heavy police presence, complete with very barky sniffer dogs and several hundred people squashed behind a rather oppressive cage, was only a hint of things to come.

But, notwithstanding a heavy-handed testicle checker, the dramatics seemed to end inside. And after a gruelling sequence of UK warm-up acts complete with now customary boos (not the complimentary garage kind), the first real star, grime sensation and street favourite Chipmunk, finally warmed the crowd.

But the love shown for Mr Fire Alie was dwarfed by the roar that came every time the deejay even mentioned the word ‘Weezy’. And when he finally arrived, in super-galactic leather jacket and pitch black shades and dreads, even the most thuggish ruggish of the mob bore ear to ear smiles and bounced to their feet. Cue perfect renditions of features like ‘Duffle Bag Boy’ and ‘Drought 3’ highlight ‘Ride For My Niggas’, which the crowd, reassuringly, knew word for word.

HUSH THE CROWD
The up-to-this-point epic performance took an unnerving turn as over-enthusiastic boys and girls started somehow to flood the back of the stage. Security wasn’t up to it and at least four brawls broke out behind Wayne until a flying champagne flute found its target and enraged the rapper so much that he threw in the towel and left under a barrage of glass projectiles – though not before inciting fans to stomp the shit out of whoever threw the object and kill the one that started the fights.

Weezy re-entered ten minutes later, but with the lights still on and the live atmosphere fragmented, it was only a matter of time before more violence prompted his final exit. Fans were simply left embarrassed and frustrated at the missed opportunity.

REAL LIVE RAPS
Highlights were every damn track he managed to perform: from the better-than-on-wax rendition of debut single ‘Tha Block Is Hot’ to ‘I Feel Like Dying’ and his ten second Soulja Boy dance. David Sadeghi

LCN

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

La Coka is it, as they say, and here’s the latest pretty slick indeed video for Ill Bill and pals’ ‘It’s Coke’ track.

Click here to check it.

Hank And Chuck (And Keith Too)

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

With Public Enemy fever re-igniting due to their UK gigs at the end of May, here’s Keith on how Hank found Chuck and Eddie:

““Hank found Chuck when he was putting up flyers for these parties we was doing. Chuck saw Hank and said, ‘Yo, man, your flyer’s sorta wack.’ Hank was like, ‘Man, who are you talking to?!’ He said, ‘Yo man, lemme do one of your flyers.’ Hank said, ‘Alright.’

“On the side tip, he said, ‘You know I rap, too’, so he got Hank’s ears, because me and Hank was not rappers. We talked on the mic a little bit, but we wasn’t real emcees. When we used to do parties we used to have a guest emcee.

“Now the craziness was, I went to school with Eddie Murphy. Eddie used to come through every now and then and get on the mic, and while I’m playing these break records, tell jokes and say stupid stuff! It was pretty hot though! Eddie was getting his comedy up. He used to get on the mic and say, ‘Can you dig it with the wigget? Do the dog! Roff roff!’ and that was some of the Bill Cosby lines…”

Cop the latest issue of HHC to grab your free copy of The Original, where you’ll find the full Bomb Squad treatment.

DJ Yoda: Out And About

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Future dates for the diary, this time from HHC’s very own quirky mix-master DJ Yoda, who’ll be playing at the following locations:

29th April - Oxford Academy - Oxford
01st May - Koko - London
02nd May - Digital - Brighton
03rd May - The Junction Theatre - Cambridge
04th May - Warehouse Project - Manchester
08th May - Thekla - Bristol
09th May - Ifor Bach - Cardiff
10th May - The Custard Factory - Birmingham
13th May - Tuesday Club - Sheffield
15th May - Small Arch - Glasgow
16th May - Stiff Kitten - Belfast
17th May - Digital - Newcastle
23rd May - Rescue Rooms - Nottingham
24th May - Bodytonic@ the Pod Dublin
25th May - Gatecrasher Summer Sound System - Northampton
25th May - Metropolis @ Leeds Victoria Works - Leeds
29th May - Barfly – Liverpool

He Even Got Four Stars In The UK…

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

One of HHC’s favourite heavyweight spitters of recent times, Joell Ortiz, will be making his UK live debut on March 28th at the Carling Islington Academy.

Over as part of the La Raza festival, support on the night comes from Sarah Love and El Morena.

1Xtra Live!

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Going down on March 22nd at the Rioch Arena in Coventry, 1Xtra Live is the station’s first flagship event. Featuring acts like Akon, Lupe Fiasco, Estelle, Chris Brown, Craig David, Taio Cruz and more, Trevor Nelson says, “The UK’s been waiting for a black music event like 1Xtra Live.”

Broadcast on the station and via the ‘net, you can grab more info by clicking here.

Future Film Festival

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Next weekend (March 15th-16th) the Future Film Festival goes down at the BFI Southbank. Over the two days a whole host of premieres, workshops and panel discussions will be taking place, with highlights including the first showing of West10 London (the new flick from the creators of Kidulthood) and a question and answer session with the bods behind Dubplate Drama.

Click here for the full line-up, including details on a competition challenging you to re-shoot a mini-version of a classic film!