Positive vibes! Simple but effective video from Belfast/Manchester emcee Jun Tzu featuring guest vocals from Ras Greg.
Produced by Resin Productions, Taken from the “Troubles Comin” E.P by Jun Tzu, buy now from: Belfast Baby Boom
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Nostalgic Future is the exciting new project being kept quiet by Lethal Dialect & G.I.
Craic Music has two tracks taken off the following CD and hear the interesting preview of what to expect.
Nostalgic Future – The Business
The project will be entirely different to the LD50 series; Set for a summer release date, Nostalgic Future, in Lethal’s words are “a mashup of trance, dubstep, dance and hip-hop”. The change from hard-hitting, boom bap rap to an electronic style comes as a natural progression to both MC and producer.
Drawing inspiration from their youthful upbringing in Dublin’s rave scene, Lethal & G.I. are embracing their musical influences in a new way as Nostalgic Future.
Nostalgic Future – Rollin’ In The Deep (Remix)
The verses are kept to a minimum on both tracks which is a shame because they are quality rhymers. We’re told to expect more bars and hooks on their other tracks as they mix things up a bit.
It’s a promising sound and Craic Music will keep a close eye on any breaking developments.
For those wondering about LD50 2, it’s scheduled for a Winter release
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Two battles from the Manchester event; Don’t Flop: Blood In The Water 4 saw Nugget Vs Star Almighty (USA) and Rawsoul Vs Lyricist (Eng)
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Rob Kelly teams up with a number of well known US rappers that all claim Irish heritage and puts out a little something for St Patrick’s Day.
Diabolic, Apathy, Paradime, Joe Scudda, Rob Kelly, Ryu & Mac Lethal all on the line-up for ‘O’Doyle Rules‘.
Enjoy St Patrick’s Day folks!
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The Rubberbandits have released a new video just in time for St Patrick’s Day, learn how to catch a leprechaun!
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Brand new radio rip taken from the Mista Jam show. The exclusive first play was aired on Radio 1 as Mista Jam sat in for Zane Lowe.
Maverick Sabre’s ‘Where We Gonna Go’ is produced by Red Light a Bristol based D’n'B producer. Big sounds and should hopefully get decent radio airplay.
If you still haven’t got Maverick Sabre’s Lost Words EP (click here) it’s on iTunes now for £1.99
Maverick Sabre – Where We Gonna Go
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New battle uploaded on the Don’t Flop page from the recent battles in Manchester. Cork man Bony reps Ireland well in a close contest with Evila. Watch now.
Collie Vs Brosy will be up on DFI TV this Thursday
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The new 4 track EP is out now to buy @ Collie’s Bandcamp
Tracklisting
1. Leap
2. How Does?!?
3. Keep Her Lit
4. Cavity
Released on Bad Mood Records, Produced By Ross Sullivan, Mix & Mastered By Collie.
Listen to the brand new Collie Collins ‘Keep Her Lit’ produced by Monto (Wicklow Town).
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Got an email through from a guy at ZambianAstronaut.com with a new video from a pair of Scottish MC’s (Loki/Mog) and vocalist Becca Starr. The video was filmed in Glasgow, edited in Edinburgh. Zambian Astronaut produced the beat and shot the video. Good to see what the Scottish scene is up to every once in awhile.
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For those waiting on the iTunes release of Twelve Labours by Sons Phonetic, it is now stocked for €5.99 online (click here). Or buy hard copies at PayPal
Tracklist
1. Intro
2. Isolation (feat. RiRa)
3. High Noon
4. State Of Shock
5. Renaissance
6. Casino
7. Dominio Effect
8. Danger, Danger
9. Hands Of Time
10. Rhyme Style Stencil (feat. RiRa)
11. The New Old Skool
12. Off The Hinges
Sons Phonetic are a Hip Hop group formerly known as Correkt Minds, dedicated to keeping raw uncut Hip Hop alive. Their style of music can be described as hard hitting, thought provoking lyricism over heavy sample based beats. Their debut album entitled “Twelve Labours” is OUT NOW featuring the Irish hip hop pioneer RiRa (Scary Eire). Keep your ear to the ground and prepare for the storm.
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Footage from recent Don’t Flop battles “To The Test 3″ held in Manchester. Cork MC’s K Snatch and Nash both put in strong performances against Pamflit and Matter.
Discuss the results on Craic Music’s Facebook discussion page.
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Some vintage Irish hip hop with a wicked line-up of MCs. Seaz 420, hip hop producer from Belfast, has kindly uploaded an old archived set originally recorded on tape up online via SoundCloud. Course the sound quality is a bit gully, but you know how Craic Music rolls.
Over the immensly chilled out sounds Seaz 420 produced, expect to hear the likes of Slaine (Team Fresh), Dunbar, Dexter144, Noize Thievery, Cullo (CuCullen), Terawrizt, Reck TMN, Bee Mick See, Freestate, FUBE & many more.
Both Side A & B clock in at 46 mins individually, so there’s a lot to listen to here, enjoy.
Seaz 420 – Fomorians (Side 1)
Seaz 420 – Formians (Side 2)
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“Where’s Shapey Fiend?” He’s battling Rob Steenson in DFI 7′s latest battle. A difficult one for the judges to call, leave your thoughts on the Craic Music Facebook page.
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The first Maverick Sabre release to go on sale for £1.99, now available @ iTunes courtesy of Mercury Records.
The Lost Words EP Tracklisting:
1. Look What I’ve Done
2. I Can Never Be
3. Run To The Roof
4. Round Here
The official video for ‘Look What I’ve Done’ is getting regular plays on MTV Base. With Zane Lowe, MistaJam & Semtex supporting on the radio.
Previews of all the tracks can be heard @ Mav’s YouTube page.
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A unusal opportunity for Irish MCs was announced earlier this week. Spin 103.8 FM are hosting a competition, the winner getting a verse from popular US hip hop artist, Lupe Fiasco, on their track.
A decent opportunity for some extra exposure the press release stated:
The search kicks off this Monday (March 7th) and the wannabe ‘Superstars’ have two weeks to send in a copy of one of their tracks (closing date is 18th March). Ryan and Tracy will announce the three finalists on the 28th March but it will be Lupe who will have the final say on ultimately who is crowned the winner. The song has to be playable on the radio and remember Lupe is not your stereotypical rapper.
‘… you know I don’t like to talk about the gangster gangster stuff and booty shaking and stuff like that, if you bring a nice record … we’ll pick the best one and I’ll do a verse on it and we’ll play it on the radio’.
If you have what it takes, and want Lupe Fiasco on your song, get your track into the most music station, Spin 1038 now:
POSTAL ADDRESS: Rap Superstar, Spin 1038, Level 3, South Block, The Malthouse, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2
EMAIL: rapsuperstar@spin1038.com
I’m not sure about the ‘wannabe superstars’ talk, it might show in the judging, nonetheless it’s a decent comp and relies on the strength of entrants. If you are interested you know what to do.
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