"Oooahhhh Ooooahhh"

Inja feat. Fallacy & Skinnyman - 'Hat Low'

It appears that Inja's switched up his sound since the days of hosting Rawganics in Cambridge. This is very much on a Grime-tip but I really like this track. It's not surprising to me that the "UK Hip Hop" scene is moving in this direction. The Grime guys have totally blown the old skool era out of the water and surpassed anything they've done prior in terms of raising the levels of exposure and the 0's on the end of the bank balance. This can be accounted for in that the majority of the Grime scene have developed and grown throughout the rise of the Information Age. Thus they have really utilized their fan base online. The post-modern sound of minimal electronic harshness is a product in every way of this new futuristic age, and as a result tends to be driven by the online demographic.

Anyway back to the track. Inja hooks up with two absolute stalwarts of UK rap in Fallacy and Skinnyman. Fallacy alongside Fusion created one of the truest club bangers the UKHH scene has ever produced, and his flow has always been a little on the Garage grime side of things. With Skinny you've got one of the forefathers, a true Don on the mic who has seriously put in the grind over the years and created one of my favorite Rap albums of all time. That includes our American brother's across the pond. Skinny has always had the ability to switch up the speed and rap his heart out.

I first heard this track on DJ MK's 'London Go Hard' mixtape in February and the video is dope. I really like the crazy CCTV monster cam, but what does let this down is the girls dancing. I just don't see the need for them to be in there.

"Roll that shit, Light that shit, Smoke it"

Mystro of NaturalBornSpittaz catches up with Devin the Dude backstage at his London show recently. Devin teaches you how to roll a blunt!



This is the preview for the full interview, in association with NaturalBornSpittaz and Pepamill.

Tempa T - 'I'm About I'm About'

Business Over Bullshit

Great interview with Bobby Ray aka. B.o.B.

Man Like Me - London Town (remix feat. JME & Rude Kid)

Voodoo Funk

I'm a big fan of 70s African music. A lot of what I've listened to and learnt about is based around the legendary Fela Kuti and the subsequent off-shots of what he pioneered throughout the Western World. Now often it's a little passe to state "oh I love Fela, that whole Nigeria sound is so dope" but at times you just have to praise and pay credit where credit is due.

Check out Voodoo Funk for some incredible mixes which are bound to get you in the groove. Another great place to start as an introduction to Afrobeat is this Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump compilation.


Not so long ago I passed through The Empowering Church in Dalston to see one of Fela's sons; Femi play. It was an incredible night in an awesome setting. The Empowering Church in Dalston is pretty much London's home to authentic Afrobeat, with a bi-monthly night 'Afrobeat Vibration' playing host to a whole heap of artists and musicians from London as well as the odd special guest from further a field.