Bristol old schoolers Hairy Parents DJ Majesta has been busy making a new album entitled British Hip Hop rebuilds, taking many a classic accapella (Hijack, Standing ovation and Mello, to name a few) and putting fresh new beats to them, with DJ Name manning the scratches, mixing and mastering. Brings a new take on some of the tracks which like us old Britcore peoples, have mellowed with age... Digging deep into his crates of British Hip Hop gold, polishing up the rare acapella's and getting busy on the MPC 2000 the producer/MC has completed this tall task with typical flare and ease.
It features all the expected classics and some more rarer slices of more underground 12 inches from back in the day.
The remixes are still brimming with the essence of the original British sound but in a more measured and sonically accessible fashion, allowing the vocals to stand out with much more clarity than the originals. Basically the beats are hard and the loops are dope (as always) which suit the original vocals well but breathe new life into these old gems to a point that you might find it hard to recall the original tunes at all!
Blogs. The internet equivalent to those home made uk graff and music mags back in the early 90s. There are loads of decent Uk blogs putting out info, news, music, video, pictures and making hundreds of people around the world aware of whats going on in that particular bloggers world. The Delusionists have compiled a list of their fave blogs and incorporated them into a flow. Check the video out for some of the blog you may or may not know about. Thanks to the guys for the mention, its not often I get feedback from anything I do on this blog, and this makes it worthwhile to know that at least some people are checking it out.
And if any blog wants to use ANYTHING I have ever posted, please feel free to do so, just give credit to the original place you got it from.
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These interviews I’m doing are revealing some fantastic information about the roots of the UK Hip Hop scene. Scenes14 started in 1982/1983 and it wasn’t long before he was jumping fences at 3 in the morning with a sack of paint on his back. Combined with a love of B Boying and all the elements, Scenes soaked up as much of the fledgling UK Hip Hop sphere as possible. To this day he’s still rocking a dope custom graf Jacket & box fresh Puma kicks with the Suspekt crew baseball cap.
We spoke about the early jams and some of the pivotal events in the UK through the years that Scenes has attended. Racking up some 28 years of living Hip Hop, this guy knows his onions, hope you enjoy the show and apology for slightly too loud mics causing some slight distortion, what can you do, we were gonna do it through headphoes to start with!!! Enjoy & big respect to Scenes14, peep his site, The Underground Strikes Back.
Tracks used during the show:
1.Disco Scratch Intro 2.DuckAlert – Diamond Dust (Instrumental) 3.Kurtis Blow – The Breaks (Instrumental) 4.Mr Magic – Potential (Instrumental) 5.Kool DJ AJ – Ah That’s The Joint (Instrumental) 6.Scenes Choice – Twilight 22 – Electric Kingdom 7.Hashim – Al Naayfish (The Soul) 8.Africa Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Play At Your Own Risk (Instrumental) 9.Africa Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock 10.Warp 9 – Nunk 11.Scenes Choice – Big Apple Productions – Genius At Work 12.Ice T – Tibetan Jam (Instrumental) 13.Wreckin Cru – Surgery (Instrumental) 14.Scenes Choice – Steady B – Fly Shante (Def Mix) 15.3rd Bass – Steppin To The AM (Instrumental) 16.Brand Nubian – Brand Nubiam (Instrumental) 17.Scenes Choice – Bushkilla – 92 Salute 18.Craig G – Shootin The Gift (Remix Dub) 19.EPMD – So Watcha Sayin (Dub) 20.Gang Starr – Manifest (Instrumental) 21.Scenes Choice – Blue Eyes – Soul Tip 22.PE – Bring The Noise (No Noise Instrumental) 23.ce T – Lethal Weapon (Instrumental) 24.Scenes Choice – EPMD – So Watcha Sayin’ 25.Big L – Devil’s Son (Instrumental) 26.Stezo – To The Max (Dub) 27.Main Source – Think (Instrumental) 28.Scenes Choice – Def Tex – Run 29.Nas – It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Large Pro Remix Instrumental) 30.Gang Starr – Dwyck (Instrumental) 31.Craig Mack – Flava In Ya Ear (Remix Instrumental) 32.Scenes Choice – Hijack – I Had To Serve You
