hip hop etc.
I’ve been struggling to write more than a couple of paragraphs for the past few months. Various reasons, too boring or personal to go into now, but it does mean I have failed to shine a light on some decent projects that have been given life in the interim. I wanted to do a bit of a catch up to make amends for my slack attitude and also to bring some thoroughly good music to your attention. Continue reading “The Insomniac Section (Don’t Sleep)”
It was already in the mid-20’s when I rolled down to this year’s High Focus Block Party in Bristol and it was only going to get hotter, given the days running up to the event. Last year’s party had been a smash and this year looked set to at least rival it, if not surpass it. Doors opened at 2pm so I got down there at about 3pm and already had to deal with the huge queue that had formed; a teeming mass of the new generation of UK hip hop fans all fully loyal to the HF brand (and all of whom I’m pretty sure I was old enough to be their dad). Continue reading “High Focus Summer Block Party: Review”
Nice solo joint from Verbal Highz MC, Goose, which is taken from the crew’s forthcoming LP. When I Spit is produced by Goose, with Habitus bringing the tasty cuts. The video was made by Sektion Red.
Verbal Highz released a new video this week, the first single to be taken from their upcoming Halfway to Nothing EP. The Bristol/Hereford based crew hooked up with Sektion Red for the visual. Expect more dope from this lot very soon.
