tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114922712026-01-30T04:27:07.395-08:00VocalswordsHip Hop news and views built on the original hip hop themes of peace, love, unity and having fun.
Send any news or stuff to be reviewed to solocypher@hotmail.com Nice One!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger413125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-33146270508857624102022-01-02T01:28:00.002-08:002022-01-02T03:20:26.644-08:00A Rumour in The Sky - Proton Beam Treatment Poem recorded at Clatterbri...I must have upset the Gods That's the Rumour in the SkyThat's why they saw fit to put a tumor in my eyeSo im on the scene Looking mean Might drive me nuts like a squirrel With a Steering Wheel in my PantsBut in fact, I'm on the Wirral It's Sad This diagnosis has been known to hurt and shatter kidsSome can heal with the right treatmentThat's why I'm getting treatment up Solocypherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633871739177188881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-63644041290259273912021-09-06T11:50:00.003-07:002021-09-06T11:50:32.241-07:00Chima Anya & SoulChef - The Magic Forest (ft Tahn Solo)Chima Anya returns with long time collaborator Soul Chef with a brilliant homage to trees and the natural environment. This is the sort of amazing music that everyone should here and the very reason for which hip hop was created! If Greta Thunberg were a fan of rap music I am sure she would be bopping along enthusiastically!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-23857411322494685862021-08-31T11:54:00.002-07:002021-08-31T12:00:57.130-07:00Breis brings the Goods to keep Jazz Re:freshedWonderful to see the great talent of Breis in his element with a smooth Jazz outfit as he performs his lyrically hitting latest single 'Stay Dilligent' alongside tribute to the sorely missed talents of Ty and Tony Allan, "Right Here in Front of You". Breis rocks a full set with further tracks and got me nodding along in appreciation of the sentiments behind 'Wahalla' Check it out and enjoy! #Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-80389068196290990992021-06-21T23:09:00.003-07:002021-06-21T23:09:50.512-07:00Shane Kidd - Ink of a Scholar (@Shanekidd86)
Pure Lyrics! This jumped out of my inbox - so many poetic & cultural references in this with some dope scratches - Just wish it was longer, watch out for Shane Kidd! "Everybody has a story to tell, will you listen to the story they tell" Shane Kidd's latest song "Ink of Scholar" begins with those words. "Ink of a Scholar" is the lead single off Shane's Double single EP the "Prologue". Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-14075003105605026752021-05-13T23:00:00.000-07:002021-05-13T23:00:10.182-07:00Oak Dreams - Benny Diction brings the Nature VibesOne of the best things about rap and hiphop music is that if you get involved, you might be lucky enough to end up being great mates with some seriously talented people. Bennydiction is one of those gems, and I remember first hearing him perform the lyrics to Oak Dreams as an accapella and thinking 1) Damn, this is amazing, what a sick concept, 3) Wow, that hook is brilliant and 3) Argh, I wish IUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-81371415530457413392021-05-07T22:58:00.004-07:002021-05-07T22:58:25.373-07:00Caspar Grant - Snake Oil Caspar Grant teams up with High Focus artist Kashmere (Strange U) for And What's fourth release. This hypnotic banger showcases Caspar's intricate flow with an incredible adeptness at conjuring up surreal yet poignantly specific imagery embedded in the chaos of reality over Kashmere's lush production.
"Snake Oil is the story of one man attempting to find a sliver of meaningful truth in a world Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-76648292446442487352021-04-25T03:57:00.000-07:002021-04-25T03:57:01.467-07:00Chima Anya & Soulchef - KingsNeed inspiration? Need some quality music? Need some good ol' Boom Bap? Chima Anya has linked up with Soul Chef to create yet another brilliant track. As a hiphop head this slams, but with the video this is a piece of art to inspire everyone to look after their mind, body and soul and claim the royalty that is inside each and every one of us! Salute the Commander in Chief, and bow to the King in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-9112459880076080022020-04-28T07:04:00.003-07:002020-04-28T07:04:59.932-07:00Sonnyjim x Giallo Point - No Vi$able Means of Income
I was pretty excited to get a note through on this one, I've been a huge fan of Sonny's DIY approach since appreciating his aesthetic in Brum in the early noughties where witnessing his freestyle and performance skills blew my mind. From excited to completely gassed, this album is a banger.
Sonny's are always incredibly creative and imaginative; and his real life in which he clearly makes majorUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-50812535853218625692019-10-17T10:39:00.000-07:002019-10-17T10:39:25.461-07:00Scran Cartel Scran Cartel come with a debut album featuring 12 bangers to get you mashing out! Exploring all things food related, culinary bars are served up with variety and passion by lyriacists Bennydiction & MNSR Frites. Their debut album launch party was epic and the energy is reflected in this powerhouse of a record. Check the video below for the tune 'Dundee' and support the album by purchasing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-36746960791316800982018-09-16T13:29:00.001-07:002018-09-16T13:29:22.575-07:00Out here living my best life... Hardy Caprio and One Acen are bringing a smooth positive flow to this banger "Best Life" that I've just tuned into on the "Rap UK" Spotify Playlist.
Looks like the scene is in rude health...a lot of the artists being sent my Spotiway I have to say I ain't heard of, but the wifey (yes it's official, all thanks and praises due to God, Jah, Universe and/or any other forces you want to mention!Solocypherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633871739177188881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-43805870501743703442018-04-20T14:49:00.003-07:002018-04-20T14:49:48.258-07:00Motivation & Inspiration Music from Joey BadaSS Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear plus Cormega, Full Force, Kid N Play, Michael Franti & More!
I have been putting off writing this post for such a long time as there are so many quotables, inspirational music and incredibly deep themes I felt overwhelmed at the prospect of writing about them all. Finally decided to forget all that noise and let the music do the talking. This spotify playlist and following videos were curated as a result of some excellent heads who helped me out via Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-15298546836188163182018-03-30T07:24:00.001-07:002018-03-30T07:27:00.188-07:00Mental Health, Masculinity & Hip Hop - The Hidden Lyric with Solocypher
I was recently privileged to take part in a probing interview with Brendan from the Preciptoman crew as part of the podcast series "The Hidden Lyric" Click Here to Dive In... We go deep into my love of hip-hop, my recent bout of depression, teaching and education and how CBT and Hip Hop has helped me and many others.
The Hidden Lyric returns with episode 3. We discuss the cathartic Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-18423411229467365022018-02-21T14:54:00.001-08:002018-02-21T14:54:30.079-08:00Chima Anya & Slone - CoffeeCheck out brand new percolation from the man like Chima Anya...The good doctor gets trippy in love in this caffinated trip outfor some kind of love! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-10540870895232934672018-02-14T05:42:00.000-08:002018-02-14T05:47:46.990-08:00London Hip Hop Treats from Kotodama, Adventures of...Bernard James and the good Doctor Chima Anya
So much talent, so much energy....all the following artists have this in abundance! Unfortunately it takes a while for me to keep up hence having to smash a whole heap of great content into one little post.....Going to Inner Peace Records nights over the past 18 months or so I getting increasingly amped by the quality, focus and energy of their work....will have to do a full blog post just on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-69041858427635443362017-12-28T02:08:00.003-08:002017-12-28T02:08:51.735-08:00Black Thought, Empowerment & Education in Hip Hop....is this the best Freestyle ever!?This a mega power post, first up check the amazing story of Consensus and his journey through music into particle physics the large hadron collider, breaking down his come up and successes with the "End of the Weak" high level hip hop community. Courtesy of No Budget Entertainment's "Shoreal" films, they have some great other content so subscribe to their channel! Next I had to drop the latest Solocypherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633871739177188881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-8448831913607157942017-11-28T13:10:00.002-08:002017-11-28T13:10:58.933-08:00Watch TV and Do Nothing! Tip Top Advice from Lee Scott and Dr Chima AnyaGood to chat with my big home the Doctor recently, his life is going from excellent to incredible at a nicely consistant pace as his lyrical skills continue to flourish, his video game is on point and he's keeping hiphop at the centre of London Love music with sell out shows at The Jazz Cafe, XOYO and smashing the DJ skills running BEspoke with Chidi Ubani in Brixton. Chima kindly sent me a Solocypherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633871739177188881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-23772411729122298292017-10-25T09:50:00.001-07:002017-10-25T09:50:47.080-07:00Mr. Ekow, illiterate, Trigz & Vitamin G / Open Mic / DJ Sarah Love & Mys...
There is a great vibe to this cypher bought to you from the incredible Fubar Crew (shout out Mys Diggi and Sarah Love!) Some excellent bars with lots of lyrical dexterity and positive content with a great chemistry between the four emcees. This is that real live hiphop right here!Solocypherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633871739177188881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-71666140303519922572017-10-07T07:36:00.002-07:002017-10-07T07:36:38.614-07:00Eliot Fresh & Fish, London Live, Hip Hop bubbling with DJ Sugai, CW Jones & Bennydiction
Listen to this and enjoy. You will love it, so then go and find out more and buy the vinyl from http://boombappro.com/album/mirrors
Mirrors by Elliot Fresh & Fish
It has felt great getting out and about recently to enjoy a little taste of the ever present music scene. Got to know where the good ish is at and my man DJ Sugai was kind enough to introduce me to the Nomadic Gardens Solocypherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633871739177188881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-32292882319432880652017-09-16T06:20:00.000-07:002017-09-16T06:20:13.348-07:00South London Smashing Music....Inspirational hiphop from DEGIHEUGI, Chima Anya, Consensus, Ty, Phoenix Da Icefire and CormegaHe's a doctor so you can quote from his lectures...the force of nature that is Chima Anya is featured on DEGIHEUGI's beautiful classical sounding rhythms. Chima brings the listener in with a pretty chilled introduction but quickly gets mad deep with some intricate reflections on art, maths, science, algorithms and lyricism that needs more than a few re-winds to even catch let alone appraciate....Solocypherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633871739177188881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-64496051129158005152017-05-15T17:01:00.000-07:002017-05-15T17:01:16.728-07:00Stormzy, Brother Ali and Phoenix Da Icefire bringing all angles of Grime & Hiphop together!
In homage to the incredible switch ups I had the pleasure of watching Stormzy perform last night in Brixton, thought I would bring a little contrast to this post...So for starters relax and gaze in wonder at the visuals, dance and atmosphere of this New Brother Ali next level video, then switch gears for some wilding out fire from Phoenix the Icefire who is outhere breaking necks with an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-78413632032745010142017-05-09T10:55:00.000-07:002017-05-09T13:25:33.724-07:00Particle Physics gets broken down by Consensus....Album Launch in Brixton 25th May
Vocalswords is very excited to reveal the upcoming launch of an album from a superb Emcee who is taking an Iron Man/Elon Musk approach not only to music, but to the world of Science and Education as well.
Having been personally part of intimidating ciphers in which Cons has torn apart beats with jaw dropping flows of incredibly intricate complexity and ingenuity Vocalswords will be waiting Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-29830756865684653342017-04-30T05:22:00.000-07:002017-04-30T05:22:25.359-07:00Political Special feat Talib Kwali, Styles P on Sway In the Morning plus Ras Kass Raekwon & Evidence
Political Special featuring Talib Kwali & Styles P on Black Power in an excellent interview with Sway plus Ras Kass on White Privilge and the New Trump Era, Raekwon and an inspirational slice from Evidence.
Solocypherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633871739177188881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-9604299169152094662017-04-03T04:24:00.000-07:002017-04-03T04:24:08.416-07:00Emcee, Lyricist & Battle MC Felman shares his wisdom and reflects on EP Good Grief in Exclusive Interview
The rapper/emcee/poet/musician Felman, previously known as Mos Prob has had a wild ride through hiphop and life in recent years. Just before he jetted off to the USA to keep his battle skills sharp he kindly sat down to answer a few questions about his excellent recent project the EP "Good Grief" currently available on Bandcamp. Mad props to the man himself for such enlightening/philosophical/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-750500503146930272017-01-16T03:17:00.000-08:002017-01-16T03:17:44.390-08:00Welcome to 2017! William Cooper attacks the Federal Reserve, Bennydiction smashes out brilliant album & Simon Jr hits you with Crazy Beats
An interesting take on the well known Wizard of Oz story in which William Cooper relates it as a parable about exploitation of workers and the manipulation of politic, media and society. The animation is pretty clunky but a thought provoking piece nontheless.
The formidable presence of Benny Diction is making waves in the UK hip hop scene at the moment and I was privileged enough to appear on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492271.post-10494995449721111732016-12-14T13:08:00.000-08:002016-12-14T13:08:43.908-08:00Wordplay Album of the Year Nominees
Yes yes it is that time of the year when the cream of the crop gets formally judged. Having been on another planet for the majority of 2016 it means there is special pleasure for me being able to jump in and out of a hefty batch of dope projects. Going to line them up all here with no bias part from to say a massive big up to my Ipswich homie Booda French and large ups to Truffle Barons for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0