Pharoahe Monch- Welcome To The Terrordome [Video]

This is from Monch's last album 'Desire' which really, really held me down last summer. It's the only rap album I listened to while recording 'Devil In The Distance'. I listened to 'Desire' a lot and watched 'Fade To Black' a lot. A cover of the Public Enemy classic of course.

Rocafella Hot97 Takeover Video

One of the truly great moments in hip-hop history. If you don't know about the Rocafella takeover in 2001 then you need to Google that shit. Alan Yentob should have gone to Cipha Sounds for the real Jay-Z story. This footage has only just surfaced, after 7 years. Cipha needs to unleash the whole thing. The Lox and Nas only just recovered from this session here.

Katt Williams- Gangsta Tigers [Cartoon]

This is from his new stand up. Shit's hilarious.

VIDEO: Live in Leicester [7/3/08]

I just came across this on Youtube. I think Example's doing Sumo again next month. This was a pretty cool gig. Also found on Youtube; 'Get By (Be Good)' and 'Superhero' uploaded to Universal's Youtube page, but by the looks of it, they've gone and ripped the clips from Youtube. Lord knows why?

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Who will be Who?

So David Tennant announced that he's stepping down as Dr Who yesterday. He was a great Doctor but I think that last series ran a bit thin. I'm not sure if Katherine Tate was great casting. The last episode of the series was as bad as I've known a Dr Who episode too. So while David's reputation is still intact it seems correct that a new star take the reigns. Paddy Power have got odds on who will be next up. There are some interesting names there, some not so interesting, Patterson Joseph at the top is strange but that's because I only really know him from Peep Show. I have compiled a few actors who are not on that list who I think would be good Doctors. Does that make me some kind of nerd? Probably. But who are you? Cheeeeiiifff...


Name: Damien Lewis
Date of Birth: February 11, 1971
From: St John's Wood, London
Famous For: Playing Major Richard D. Winters in Band of Brothers.
Reason: Damien Lewis would be a good choice for a number of reasons. The first being that he is an excellent actor of course, the second being that he has a profile in America which would help push the show to the already keen American market. Famous for his stage roles, Damien set up his own theatre company when he was 16 years old. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama alongside Daniel Craig.


Name: Lennie James
Date of Birth: 11 October 1965
From: South London
Famous For: Roles in Snatch, 24 Hour Party People, Sahara and a starring roll in the criminally underrated Channel 4 series Buried.
Reason: Lennie James is absolutely one of the most underrated actors in Britain today. With rumours floating since David Tennant's appointment that the next Doctor could be black Lennie James represents one of the absolute peak British Black actors. Also he wrote and directed the only film I ever featured in; Storm Damage in 2000.


Name: Dominic West
Date of Birth: 15 October 1969
From: Sheffield
Famous For: Playing Jimmy McNulty in what has been described as "The greatest TV show of all time" The Wire.
Reason: Another Brit abroad; Dominic put in a perfect performance as renegade Detective Jimmy McNulty in The Wire. Like James and Lewis mentioned above, he graduated the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1995.

Ross and Brand suspended

Another example of the things government gets away with while the economy is good. The BBC is an arm of the government, let's not pretend otherwise. A couple of years ago Britain wouldn't really latch onto a story like this but right now, Britain is interested. So much so that the BBC had to suspend their two franchise faces. You don't know how much this is hurting them right now. They basically managed to sweep the fake calls/competitions scandal under the rug without any on air talent losing their jobs. In many ways this is worse, in most ways though, this is nowhere near as bad, but the British people can only take so much. Without being too righteous, this is fully deserved. I'm glad it's being taken seriously.

LINK: BBC.co.uk

Tinchy Stryder Feat. Roachee- Rollin' [Video]

Some actual Grime? I thought all they were making was sweet boy under-18s power ballads these days? Thank fuck for this. Roachee spits that real grime shit. Haha. I honestly thought it was gone forever.

London snow

So it snowed in London last night. The first time it's snowed in London in October since 1934. I blogged about global warming's most damaging PR year to date in the summer, now I really feel like we're being conned. I know a lot of the wrong people at ugly newspapers and radio stations will be saying what I'm saying and I can't control that, but we need to look at what we're actually being told here; summers/ winters are getting warmer? Sea levels will rise? These things are not actually true. The very opposite is proven to be true. I'm reliably informed that it's actually been winter temperatures in the East Coast of the United States for a few weeks now. Yet "Green" legislation continues to dominate all major European manifestos. Why? We're about to enter a cold winter (both literally and figuratively), we're supposed to believe that the people who led us into it (skipping and laughing) will lead us out, just because "That's what happens in a recession. You get out of it" and fuel prices are set to rise yet again. During this time we're told that we should insulate our own homes, we should cut back on heating bills, why? Because the shit's running out! Of course it is! The more the natural resources drain, the harder it is for us to keep our homes warm, that's basic, but don't dress it up as something it's not to support your eventual movement into nuclear energy.

I know there are seriously respected people who have come to accept the theory of global warming, people who have been skeptics for decades now endorse "Green legislation" but while there's no real effort to explain what we see with our own two eyes, there's no hope for Global Warming as a concept in Britain. It will be a form of people control until the people don't want it any more (we have a government that does a lot with the left hand while the right hand does tricks, generally it can't maintain it and it all comes crashing down ala this economy), the British people shouldn't be taken lightly, the more this government has encroached on our civil liberties and taken the right to enforce morals on us and our children, the less likely they are to win the next election (not that I really think they have a chance any way). But it's amazing what they got away with in a good economy, who was complaining? House prices were going up and everybody was going on holiday, personal debt was being repaid slowly but surely. Now, approaching the cold winter, people have to take stock, what use is green reform when you can't pay off your credit card bill? Labour said at the last election "Labour is working, let's not go back to 3 million unemployed" good idea. Now will somebody with some credibility come out and say something constructive about the environment? I see Boris pimping it for his own end, I see Labour pimping it to their own end, I see Dave pimping it to his own end, but all it is right now is a whore with a lot of vaginas, fucking us at every opportunity and charging us for the pleasure. Can this monster continue to exist in a purely party-political atmosphere?

Really went off on a tangent there. I did not expect to use the word "Vaginas" in this post.

Cocaine is the NME

You all know how I feel about cocaine. If you don't, you might want to check out my new mixtape our even watch this video I put up this morning. NME.com is reporting today that cocaine 'has dropped in strength'. My question is, should NME.com really be reporting that? I mean, they should report what they want, but is it healthy for them to post that story when their following is generally of the ages between about 11 and 17? I can understand them running a story about cocaine, it's terrible and there are aspects of this story that act as deterrents. Talking about the way the cocaine is cut, with dangerous chemicals and such but ending with the quotes "You need a lot more [cocaine], you spend a lot more money to get the right effect and you still can't get the buzz." and "I don't take it anymore because it's all talcum powder and paracetamol." probably don't send the greatest message. Maybe I'm overanalysing. Check the link below...

LINK:British Cocaine 'has dropped in strength'- NME.com

Interview + Performance video with Artrocker.TV

Hahahaha

I needed to laugh this morning.

Art Brut's third album rumours

The best band in the world are Art Brut. I genuinely believe that. Not only are they the best, but they get better, I haven't seen them live since the summer when I saw them with a live brass section at ULU -an incredible gig, but I know- they'll be even better next time, that's just how it seems to work. Rumours began circulating this morning that they're about to start work on their third album and it's going to be produced by Black Francis of The Pixies. Eddie has got a few great side projects on the go, he featured on a Christmas single last year and this summer he's been running around with his new glam rock band Glam Chops (who I'm yet to actually see, I hear they're great though).

LINK: NEWS

Marvin & DJ Jack Nimble- Somebody's Watching Me Mixtape [FREE DOWNLOAD]

1. CCTV Watches Me (Intro)
2. Line For The Toilet
3. Soul Seeka Feat. Pixel
4. Everything
5. My Phone (Take That Back)
6. Beware of the Voices
7. Carried Away (Accapella)
8. You Don't Even Know
9. The F Word
10. Misunderstood (One)
11. How Couldn't I?
12. Noise
13. You So Tough
14. Yesterday Feat. Jack Nimble & Pixel
15. London City (Beautiful)
16. Hero
17. Droven
18. Invasion

Marvin & DJ Jack Nimble- Somebody's Watching Me Mixtape [Sendspace]

Here it is. 4 months after My last tape, 3 months after My debut album. I give you, mixtape of the year 2008. I'm so proud of this thing right here. It actually ended up taking about a month longer than intended. Bang this in your whips, your headphones, your houseparties, your evictions! This is Recession music right here. This is industrial, the 80s are back, I don't give a fuck, dole queue, dark nights, cold days music right here. Send the link to your friends, post it on your forums, post it on your blogs, put the songs on BitTorrent, this is not for profit, this is not for a label, this is not for the radio, this is not for the critics, this is for the people who want it, the people who need it. This is for you and yours.

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