Bit of an interesting thread over at the ever-entertaining UKHH.com about a certain sometime Roots crew member and some live gig shenanigans. Click here to check it (though, while it’s clearly on the shady tip, anyone who’s ever dialed out from a hotel room knows that it’s probably not that hard to run up an insanely high phone bill).
Just a quick clarification from the man himself that the lead single for 88 Keys’s upcoming ‘The Death Of Adam’ album, titled ‘Stay Up’, features only Kanye West and not Chi-Town poet man Malik Yusef.
The reason for the confusion (and the seemingly abrupt change in beat during the snippets of the track that have leaked)? It’s a blip from a mixtape with two completely different songs being unceremoniously spliced together.
Some diary dates from the big man Stig, based around a series of live shows with his partner in puns Dr Syntax:
Friday July 25th: UKHH.com Mixtape Launch @ Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, London
Saturday July 26th: Urban Shakedown @ The Royal Hotel, Southend
Friday August 8th: Breaking Bread @ Jazz Cafe, Camden, London
Fri/Sat/Sun August 22nd - 24th: Hip-Hop Kemp Festival, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Friday August 29th: OutLook Festival, Petrcane, Croatia
Saturday August 30th: Green Gathering Festival, Leazes Park, Newcastle
Friday October 24th: Whatever The Weather, Manchester, Venue TBC
Saturday November 15th: Supporting GZA @ Electric Ballrooms, Camden, London
Clearly the brilliant picture speaks for itself, but if you need the gaps filling in, here goes:
- Snoop’s filmed a music video for the forthcoming film Singh Is Kinng and was persuaded to don traditional Indian clothes for it.
- The pretty brilliant video also features Akshay Kumar, the self-proclaimed King Of Bollywood.
- UK bhangra outfit RDB also helped out on the song.
This year’s UK DMC Finals honours were taken by DJ Skully, who after a brief hiatus from the battle scene picked up his old show tricks to take top rankin’. He’ll now go on to rep for the mighty UK in September’s world finals showdown.
JFB and Switch took second and third place respectively, while Switch also took the Battle For UK Supremacy crown.
A new track on the positive message tip sees the Use A Condom campaign teaming up with Baby J and a batch of emcees. ‘Safe Sex Flex’ includes choice nuggets like “Do yourself a favour - put a lifesaver on your light-sabre” and will be available for download from Monday 21st - we’ll have links up to the finished item shortly.