Can't Stop Fanatics

DInner Time!!!

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:12:00 +0000

New track from The Gents. Pugz, Wes & Ills' album drops October 21st. Until then here another little bit of freeness from said album.

The Gents - Supper Time pt. 2

Issue One

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:50:00 +0000

The 2nd issue is here people. click the pic (or Here) for your monthly dose of niceness. Interview with Freddie Joachim. Plus Lone Cats, Mr. J Medeiros, french musical magicians Hocus Pocus and more.......

Too many sweets means bad Teef

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:27:00 +0000

New EP by Teef & Toes. As well as some real nice music, you get 2 desktop wallpapers & an accapella track, just in case you fancy a remix. Don't forget to say thanks. Feeling the artwork bigtime too. Click the pic to find out about the artist.

Teef & Toes - REI EP

Teef Online

Teef's Myspace

Does anyone still wear Tag Hauer watches?

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:54:00 +0000

Check the production credits & tell me if this ain't nice. This dudes been quite busy lately. I just hope that he hasn't used all of his best stuff on the mixtape. Probably not since his EP, which is due in november is entirely produced by Black Milk. Nice one for the hook up Dub. Enjoy!

01. Intro Speech
02. The Campaign (Produced By Magnif)
03. Champagne Bottle Flow (Produced By Ski Beatz)
04. Stylin On 'Em (Produced By Black Milk)
05. Grammy Family (Freestyle) (Produced By Kanye West)
06. Back To It (Produced By Magnif)
07. Pipe Down (Produced By Black Milk)
08. Forfeit (feat. Marv Won & Quest M.C.O.D.Y) (Produced By Black Milk)
09. American (Freestyle) (Produced By Will-i-am)
10. Bang Dis Shit (feat. Black Milk) (Produced By Black Milk)
11. Neva Heard Neva Seen (feat. ONPoint) (Produced By ONPoint)
12. The Beaten (Produced By Black Bethoven)
13. The Lookout (feat. Black Milk & Fat Ray) (Produced By Black Milk)
14. Rambo Rap (feat. B.Stormz) (Produced By B.Stromz)
15. Say Somethin' (feat. Black Milk & Slim S.D.H) (Produced By Black Milk)
16. Red Alert (Produced By Black Milk)
17. Hollywood Divorce (Freestyle) (Produced By Andre 3000)
18. Outro Speech

Dub MD presents Nametag - Classic Cadence: Vol. 1

Don't Sleep: Inland Revenue

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:03:00 +0000

You know the scenario. You buy an album, knowing full well that it's going to be nice. You listen to it nod your head to most of what can be heard. you put your favourite joints on your Ipod, maybe adding them to a playlist or 2. Then over a (varying) period of time, said album melts into background. Then one day ut of the blue, during a lazy weekday off of work, you find yourself scanning rack after rack of albums looking for something to listen to while you & a bredrin play some ISS Pro with the album of choice as an accompanying soundscape. You stumble across that same album you forgot about all those months ago & give it an airing. As each song comes & passes you wonder how in the hell you let it pass you by in the 1st place. While listening to The IRS debut, The World Is Theirs a few days ago. This exact thought sprung to mind. From the opening orchestral strings sampled (then flipped nicely for the verses) of the opening/title track, I realise that i'd missed a trick big time. Being 5 MC's deep (one of which doubles as producer) means that their is no lack of diversity of vocal delivery from one song to the next. Add to that the fact that this album is strictly real talk. Lyically the album plays out like a day/week/month/year of the trials & tribulations of London life, with all the ups & downs that go with it. Producer ED Strong (geddit) is probably the closest thing the UK has to Yogi (circa Da Dirty 30) only Ed is much better. The core ingredient of great Boom Bap Hip Hop is constant throughout the whole project. Strong snares, ill looped/chopped samples & rich kicks abound as many a neck snapping landscape passes by. Example, the superbly ironic (& my personal fav) Big Day In. A lazy day at home perfectly spun over a great piece of guitar inspired Jazz Hop. Or the moody piano & horns of Pretty Polly, a tale of the woes of being a promiscuous female. I can't believe I slept on such an accomplished album for so long. A lean towards a lighthearted delivery it may be, but it's delivered superbly & don't think for 1 minute that there isn't something to think about either. Ed tentatively says that there may be a mixtape in the offing by the end of the year with the 2nd album in the 1st quarter of '09. I won't be sleeping on these guys again.

p e a c e

The IRS - The World Is Theirs selection

The smart thing to do

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:35:00 +0000

But until then get a hold of this little piece of freeness.Enjoy!

1) Intro
2) Asaviour - Gully - feat Apatight
3) Asaviour & DJ IQ - Gatheround feat Jehst
4) TI - Swagger Like Us -feat Kanye West, Jay Z & Lil Wanye
5) Asaviour & DJ IQ - Beefy
6) Benga - 26 basslines
7) Skream - Rutten
8) Hal 1200 - Hustle & Hope REMIX - feat Asaviour, Pride, Kyza & TB
9) Teriyaki Boyz - Zock on - feat Pharrell & Busta Rhymes
10) Flying lotus - Roberta Flack (Ahu) - feat. Dolly
11) De Javaanse Jongens - On You
12) Carlos Nino (white label)
13) Daru & Rena - Excuse (Inst)

DJ IQ - The A Loop Theory Mixtape

Lockdown

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:18:00 +0000

Check out this mashup of Ye's Auto Tuned weirdness. Ill Vibez have teamed up Mr. Wests vocals with Dizzee & Calvins 'Dance Wiv Me'. What might seem like an odd combo on the surface is actually a nice tune. Enjoy!

Ill Vibes - Rolex Lockdown

Ill Vibes.com

16 Tapes in a DJ's set.........yo ho ho.......

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:25:00 +0000

My man just keeps bringin' the heat. Number 16 fot thr good people. Enjoy!

01 Euphonic- One 4 Dilla (Praverb & Nueve Intro)
02 DJ K.O. Feat.Wordsworth, Stricklin & Torae- That Knack
03 Jake One Feat.Elzhi & Royce 5'9- Glow
04 Outerspace- What The Future Holds
05 Dela Feat.Talib Kweli- Long Life
06 Heltah Skeltah Feat. Smif N Wessun- W.M.D.
07 DJ Revolution Feat.Special Teamz- Big Top
08 The Returners Feat.El Da Sensei, Dan Johns, Skyzoo, Don Cerino & King Magnetic- Do You (Remix)
09 Black Milk- Give The Drummer Sum
10 Hustle Simmons Feat.Mars Five- Standing By
11 Trek Life- Mind Right
12 The Smile Rays- Serious Bidness
13 DJ K.O. Feat.OC, Torae & Kaze- 3 In The Chamber
14 DJ Muggs & Planet Asia- Drama
15 DJ Revolution Feat.Blaq Poet & Bumpy Knuckles- Damage
16 El Da Sensei & The Returners Feat.Doujah Raze- Got Fire
17 Johnny Madwreck Feat.The Others & J-Swan- Blow Up The Spot
18 Nieve & Cook- Priceless Few
19 Madlib Feat.Talib Kweli- What It Do
20 Dela Feat.Surreal & J-Live- The City
21 Tunji- Still Risin
22 Nueve- Outro

Nueve - Hip Hop 16

Eyes Wide Open

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:27:00 +0000

How's this for a concept. My Man Fyba Optik is a real skilled beatsmith who is putting together an open mic mixtape. He wants to get MCs & singers together for 'Open Wide - The Open Mic Mixtape Project'. I for one think that this is a superb idea that the good people need to get behind. So be you a singer. MC or poet for that matter, hit Fyba up on his myspace & get involved.

Fyba Optik's Myspace

Definitive Action

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:08:00 +0000

This is a superb piece of freeness. K. Sparks more than holds his own. Pajozo flips some superb samples & showcases some seriously major beat skills. Get this now & show 'em some love.

K. Sparks & Pajozo - The Definition

Pajozo's Myspace

K. Sparks Myspace

12 x 12 x 1000 =

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:31:00 +0000

Mobb Deep, from The Infamous, through Hell On Earth, via Prodigy's HNIC (the 1st one) to Murda Muzik, were arguably at the top of the East Coast tree. Havocs Distinctive sharp moody beats & Prodigy's deeply introspective & sometime self degrading rhymes in that period are classics of their time. One listen to 4 tracks i've put up from 144,00 & the Mobb Deep reference will be obvious. Melanin9 (& his crew as whole) carry all that was/is great about Hav & P from that period & in my opinion take things to a new level. But that being said, the key to the greatness of this album (& M9's 1st release High Fidelity) is the unmisatable 90's moody Boom Bap spine throughout. I know I always go on about this era of Hip Hop & how great it was back then, but the fact is they were & this album will go a long way to helping you to understand why. The Ultra moody (& in parts just plain angry) backdrops provided by Chemo, Beat Butcha & Jon Phonics pure greatness. Were born across the pond they would be insanely busy right now. Ably supported Cyrus Malachi, Jehst, Bronze Nazareth, Blasphemy, Nasheron & others, M subject matter is ideally suited to the sound he's riding. The UK struggle both at home & on the streets, the state of our society, love & the powers that be are all dissected with a brooding anger, that never fully reveals itself. Lines like 'I'm from Crackney, where the Black kids live off latchkeys, & harbour dreams to stack G's', only half graduate from the street academies...' immediately set a tone of what's to come. Ain't no glorification to be found here. Sometimes getting a bit too worldly can take away from what you're trying to say. Thankfully M9 doesn't disappoint as he brings you into his world & doesn't lose out by trying to be all things to all people. Break ya neck to the beats then rewind & listen to what's being said. More of the same please.

p e a c e

M9 - 144,000 selection

Bonus: M9 - High Fidelity selection

Bonus: Triple Darkness - Anathema selection

Melanin9's Myspace

Ain't no Dub-steppin'

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:14:00 +0000

You should know by now just how nice a beatsmith Illmind is (If he's still sighned somebody tell 50 Cent). Well DJ Dubs has just dropped this gem of a tape featuring some of Ill's best, past, present & future. Peep this track list, then click the pic (Or Here). And be on the look out for Dub's next project out next month. It's gonna be a banger.

01.) Get Ya Ass Up! (Intro)
02.) Heltah Skeltah - Everything Is Heltah Skeltah
03.) Brooklyn Academy - Raise Ya Hands (feat. Jean Grae)
04.) Fresh Daily - Get Over
05.) D. Black - The Come Up (feat. Skyzoo)
06.) 50 Cent - Make A Movie

07.) Supastition - Thankful (feat. Kil Ripkin)
08.) Naturel - The Bullets
09.) K.O. (K-Otix) - 48 Seasons
10.) Torae - New Blood (feat. Skyzoo, Emilio Rojas & Fresh Daily)
11.) Fortilive - The Come Up
12.) Broken English - Different World
13.) Skyzoo - Lyrically Inclined (feat. Wale)
14.) Naps N Dreds - Do What I Should (feat. Copywrite)
15.) Quan - Geez Like Deez (feat. Rapper Big Pooh)
16.) Naturel - Resurrect
17.) 8th W1 - A Fool's Lullaby
18.) Faro-Z - Clap Ya Hands
19.) A.P.E.X. - One More Time
20.) LL Cool J - Queens (feat. Prodigy, 50 Cent, Kool G Rap, & Tony Yayo)
21.) Wannabe? (Outro)

Illustrated by Illustrate

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:11:00 +0000

This tune is bloody superb

Bag 'em & Tag 'em

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:28:00 +0000

These guys are set to unleash their mixtaps this friday. If it's as good as this taster i'm letting go, it's gonna be very nice indeed. as soon as the tape drops i'll pass it on to the good people. It's funnt that even with the birth of cd's & now downloads, that we still call them mixTAPES?....(tumbleweed...) anyway, Enjoy!

Brown Bag Allstars - Undeniable

Beautiful sampler

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:22:00 +0000

Self explanatory. Click the pic

Alwayz come Tool'd up

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:17:00 +0000

My man Toolzy finally came through with his mix. & a nice one it is too. Peep the tracklist be impressed, download & give the man his props.

01 - The ARE & Raphael Saadiq - Love That Chop
02 - Big Pooh - With You (prod. by 9th Wonder)
03 - The Loyalists - Sunday School
04 - People Under The Stairs - The Wiz
05 - Hustle Simmons (Dave Ghetto & Tha S Ence) - Outta Control
06 - Poems - Feels Good (prod. by M-Phazes)
07 - DJ Muggs & Planet Asia - Drama
08 - DJ Revolution - The Big Top (feat. Special Teamz)
09 - Choclair - The Essence
10 - Common Market - Slow Cure
11 - Jake One - Glow (feat. Elzhi & Royce Da 5'9'')
12 - H.I.S.D. - Bring It Back (feat. Kay & J. '8 Months' Lewis)
13 - Big Shug - My Boston (feat. Singapore Kane & Termanology) (prod. by DJ Premier)
14 - Cold Heat - Why You Wanna Do That (feat. Sean Price & Craig G) (prod. by Large Professor)
15 - Edgar Allen Floe - The Dirt (feat. Mal Demolish)
16 - Little Vic - Baby It's Good (prod. by FredNukes)
17 - K-Otix - The Streets (prod. by Vango)
18 - O.C. - Time's Up (M-Phazes Remix)
19 - Ill Bill - Society Is Brainwashed (prod. by DJ Premier)
20 - Busta Rhymes - Packin' Them Things (prod. by Kev Brown)
21 - Illa J - We Here (prod. by J Dilla)
22 - The Foreign Exchange (Phonte & Nicolay) - Daykeeper (feat. Muhsinah)

DJ Toolz - Vol. IV

Be a Gentlemen

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:33:00 +0000

Got a myspace friend invite from these guys & i'm always one to listen to before i hit the accept button. I'm glad i did that as pretty much everything the Mighty Gents (Nick Nyce, Jayou & DJ Cali Red) had up on their player was nice. they've also got a blog going (HERE) so be sure to show 'em some love.

Mighty Gents - Wit' Jeans

Mighty Gents Myspace

DJ the Dama-ja

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:19:00 +0000

Dama's been my boy for a long while so there was no way i was going to review this album as I would never want to be in a situation where i could be seen to be biased. instead i've dropped a link for a few tracks off of the album (available on iTunes, Amazon, Tune Tribe etc) for the good people to digest.

Dama James - War Stories: England Expects selection

Face it, Brand names sell products

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:22:00 +0000

Found this mixtape last week & its been on regular rotation since then. Some real nice original material alongside others that you'll already know. There's a banterish feel to this guys flow that is instantly likeable. Plus with the likes of Ras Kass, Crooked I & Jayou (more on him later) this one is most definately worth more than just a few spins. At least until the album drops in '09.
Enjoy!

NameBrand - Know The Name Mixtape

Atom Bomb

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:50:00 +0000

By now Conversations With A Chamelion should have, at some stage, been on regular rotation on many an ipod. Well Pugz is back with his new project. This time he's in cahoots with Ill Legit & producer, Wes Restless. The result is The Gent$, who come forth with Cold, taken from their forthcoming album (14.10.2008).

The Gent$ - Cold

Bonus: Wes Restless & Jackson 5 - Never can say Goodbye Remix

Pugz Myspace

The Lo End Theory

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:11:00 +0000

Has Lo is one seriously talented MC. This guy is making some serious waves on the inernational network, so I didn't need to think twice about this post when Trav over @ WYDU dropped Has' latest project in the mail. His 1st 2 projects are among my recednt personal favs & word has it that he & Small Professor (you should know by now) are gonna be puttting out a full length project together. Until that momentous occasion let the 3 lots of freeness & video tide you over. Enjoy!

Has Lo - Small Metal Objects

Has Lo - F*ck Has Day

Has Lo & Small Professor - F*ck Has Day: Remixed But Still F*cked

Oh How Delightful

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:49:00 +0000

It's free & its here. Don't forget to hook up the retail version in november. There will be a few additions to the track listing to make it worth your while. Click the pic (or here) peepz.
Enjoy!

Jimbo & The Jet Set

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:30:00 +0000

Ive been waiting for this for a while. For those that don't know Sonny ijm is one gifted MC so click the pic to grab the sampler. For those of us that do know the sampler will have to hold ud down until September 22nd 2008. Enjoy

Sonny Jim's Myspace

Eat Good Records

Pre-Order Trading Standards

The Catchy Scananavian

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:23:00 +0000

Adam Tensta starring in Dopeboy. This is one seriously catchy tune. More from Adam as i receice it.

UK, UK, UK, UK, UK, UK, UK, UK, UK, UK

noreply@blogger.com (nofrillz) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:39:00 +0000

My over at Certified Bangers & Strictly Independent have most definately got my UK hat tipped firmly in there corner for the forseeable. Preety much all my uk needs are being taken care of over there by both of these heads.

Hip Hop festival related freeness 1st of all. The likes of Kasmere, Skreintax, Joel B, Stig Of The Dump & Asaviour all make an appearance so get at that people.

After Kemp Mixtape
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The 2nd istallment of freeness comes coutesy of Ozmosis via Mashup at Strictly Independent
This one is most definately top quality freeness.

Ozmosis - Wizard Of Oz Mixtape