Archive for October, 2008

DJ Vadim Fundraiser

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

After news emerged that DJ Vadim had been diagnosed and treated for a rare form of eye cancer, a call was put out to the UK hip-hop community to throw a bash for Cancer Research UK. Taking place on Friday November 7th at Herbal, the likes of Killa Kela, Yungun & Mr Thing, Infinite Livez, Kashmere, Verb T, The Last Skeptik, Spin Doctor, Quincy Tones and The Herbaliser will all be present and correct on the night. For more information, and a chance to win a Serato Scratch set-up, click here.


Three To Check

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

A trio of scorching hot download links to perk up today:

First up, Q-Tip’s dropped a quick video for his ‘Move’ track - watch it here.

Keeping it in NY, Donny Goines has hooked up with the UK’s own DJ Snips for the melancholy ‘Can’t Fit In My Shoes’. Click here to cop it.

Finally, over in Detroit Elzhi’s dropped the ridiculous posse cut ‘Fire (Remix)’, featuring Guilty Simpson, Black Milk, Fatt Father, Danny Brown and the ridiculous Fat Ray, who kills it as usual. Do the click thing here to check it.

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Nokia Comes With Music

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

MySpace phenomenon Ironik will be doing an instore at Cardiff’s Carphone Warehouse this Saturday. Kicking off at 12pm, the MOBO nominee will be helping to launch the Nokia Comes With Music service, which gives users unlimited access to millions of tracks for a one-off yearly fee. Click here for more info.

Nokia Comes With Music

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

MySpace phenomenon Ironik will be doing an instore at Cardiff’s Carphone Warehouse this Saturday. Kicking off at 12pm, the MOBO nominee will be helping to launch the Nokia Comes With Music service, which gives users unlimited access to millions of tracks for a one-off yearly fee. Click here for more info.

Want Respect Tees

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Award winning artist Mr Midas has created a strictly limited edition t-shirt for the Want Respect? Use A Condom campaign. Even better, you can cop one for free by simply clicking here. So go do the right thing now.

Knowledge Is King

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Strictly on the higher learning tip, the London College of Communication’s Hip-Hop Media lectures are going strong. Examining the history of the music and how it relates and interacts with popular culture, there’s still time to check out the remaining events in the series, which go down on the next five Saturdays from 1pm to 4pm and include input from the likes of Swiss and Imhotep. Attendance is free and you can check out more info by by clicking here.

Best Belief

Monday, October 13th, 2008

With a track record that includes production for cats like Ghostface, El-P, Jean Grae and Kweli, Belief has stock in the game. Cop his latest project, the free mixtape ‘Let It Breathe’ that sees him running from classic rock and jazz to vocals by NWA, Q-Tip and Common, by clicking here.

Online Roots Manuva Gig

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Want to catch Roots Manuva’s gig at the Glasgow Arches on Thursday but live south of the border? Check out ChannelBee, a new online service that streams gigs live to the rest of the country. Using HD technology the quality’s great, and you can plug into their, um, matrix by clicking here.

B-Boy Comp!

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Going down on October 12th, the World Finals of the Sony Ericsson UK B-Boy Championships will be lighting up the Brixton Academy. If you fancy popping along for free, HHC has snagged a couple of tickets plus a Sony Ericsson W760i Walkman® handset to giveaway - just tell us the answer to this simple question by clicking here:

Which range of Sony Ericsson handsets does the W760i belong to:

A) Walkman
B) Walkwoman
C) Walkboy

Now click here for more info on this year’s showdown.

Read The Label

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

More GZA live dates for the UK leg of his tour, with the Wu man hitting these venues:

12th November: Glasgow, ABC
13th November: London, Electric Ballroom
14th November: Bristol, Bristol Academy

Support on the night comes from SkinnyMan, Buggsy and Mr Bang On - check the venues for details of tickets and times.