Excalibah on PyroRadio.com tonight

My much delayed appearance on Excalibah's PyroRadio show is on tonight. I'm going up to tear down. Make sure you check out PyroRadio.com from 8PM tonight.

Lil Flip- Holla Back [Mixtape]

This new Lil Flip mixtape is as good as I've ever from heard him. I know a lot of people don't like him but fuck you because I do. Marvin doesn't like him and this is his blog but to be fair he's never heard the mixtape. So he can shut his stupid face.

Lil Flip- Holla Back [Mixtape]

Listen to that and tell me Flip's not on fire right now.

Nas- Hero [Video]

Since I was a kid Nas videos have looked exactly the same.

Superhero > Hero

Best song on the album though.

The Streets- New Album Snippets

Old Skinner just put a few album snippets on his MySpace. Sounding good, I personally thought his last album was amazing, I know a lot of people disagree but a lot of people are dicks. This album sounds very "Live", there's a lot of stadium sing-chant-calling going on there. I am excited.

I am a bit of a Stan for The Streets. It's okay though, I told him one time.

Killer Mike- A Dope Story [Mixtape classic]

I just came across this mixtape classic again this afternoon and since we're talking underrated rappers I figured I'd share it. I think it's on a 112 beat. One of my favourite story rhymes of all time. I must have seen that fan video about a hundred times

Killer Mike- A Dope Story (zShare)

Spider Loc on Kyte TV

Spider Loc is pretty much the most underrated rapper in the world; after me of course. His beef with The Game (who is probably the most overrated rapper in the word) has lead Snoop to hate, but Snoop hates on 90% of good rappers in the West Coast. Loc's flow is bizzonkers and he actually has some pretty huge records. He'll never be as big as he should be because Snoop's a hater and S-P-I's way too much of a soldier but I keep an eye out for him because he's one of the few rappers out of the mixtapes who can structure a song in an interesting way.

Dizzee at the top

He did it! Dizzee is number 1 with a single he released himself that will not be on an album. God damn. I'm so proud of the kid right now. Props to Semtex for showing me.

Akira The Don Feat. Marvin- Thieving (Jack Nimble Remix)

This was meant to be on 'The Blogspot Mixtape' but we actually couldn't find it in time. I remember it debuted on one of Akira's Doncasts a few months back. Literally we were in the studio recording for one reason or another the day we heard this song, Tego brought his laptop in, he doesn't usually do that, and said "Listen to this" in Why Lout? we're all big fans of Akira when he goes all the way in on that rap shit, when he locks into the concept and rides with it. 'Thieving' is one of my favourite Akira songs, Jack had worked out the beat a few weeks before I went in and did my verse but I had the original on my phone so I pretty much knew what I wanted to say. I really, really like this remix.

Akira The Don Feat. Marvin (Jack Nimble Remix) [zShare]

BUY: Akira The Don's mixtape-album 'Thieving'

Marvin- Great Day

We've had a lot of requests for Marvin's cover of Ice Cube's classic 'It Was a Good Day' from 'The Blogspot Mixtape' as a separate MP3 so we made it available to download on his MySpace. But apparently people don't like downloading through MySpace, I'm kind of like that myself and since we threw up that Ice Cube and Killer Mike video this afternoon we figured we'd put the song on zShare for all the haters. You're all haters. Gosh darn haters. Something for the weekend.

Marvin- Great Day [zShare]

Another teenager dies

Another teenager was killed in London yesterday. This one's sister wasn't a peripheral Eastenders character so who knows how this one's going to play out? If his name and the side of the river he died on have anything to do with it, I wouldn't expect to hear too much more on this one.

R.I.P Shakilus Townsend

Fallout on Channel 4 Last night- Review

Let me clear this up before I start. Lennie James is one of those actors that in my eyes can do no wrong, he is brilliant. He actually wrote the only film I was ever in. Lennie James in 'Burried' is as good as British television acting gets. Period.

Which is why I am so sad to report that 'Fallout' was absolutely terrible. I had such high hopes for it when I discovered that Channel 4 would be running a series on Gun and Knife crime (which has been pretty excellent overall). The screenplay was written in 2003 after Damilola Taylor was killed in North Peckham. Which could be an excuse for the dated slang and forced delivery but for the amount of times I heard the phrase "Grind me up" come from the vile female lead who it would appear was written by the biggest woman hater on the planet (oh I see) the words which had little meaning to begin with became something of a catchphrase. Add that to the male lead's "Stab him up", the supporting male's "Shoot him up" and the female supports' "Sex me up" and the only way was down.

Lennie James plays a detective forced to return to the estate he was raised on to investigate the murder of a Damilola figure. Upon his return he's tortured by the ignorance and hopelessness of his birthplace. The internal struggle James faces is pulled of brilliantly as you'd expect, his frustrations, his helplessness, his disgust. But the film was designed primarily to capture the frustrations and helplessness of the youth involved. Something it spectacularly failed to do. It tried, it really did, I counted every young character shout "Do you think you know me? You don't know me!" at least twice each.

Aml Ameen is an actor of ability and when it was left for him to carry the scene he did so with accomplishment; his character's late confrontation with a crack addicted father was probably the best and most realistic scene in the film. The very non-specific ages of our stars made for a confusing jaunt in all, the supposed criminal element consisted of a single bag snatching and a KING Magazine shoplift scene which I can tell you, does not represent any North Peckham estate as I know them (and believe me I know them. The one 'Fallout' was shot on in particular).

It would be hard for me to say where 'Fallout' failed the most because frankly I would be doing a mis justice to every other botched attempt at moral introspection thrust down our throats in those neat 15 minute intervals. Having recently seen Kidulthood for the first time and having seen the premiere of 'Top Girl' (a short film that did more to understand the subject in its 20 minutes than 'Fallout' managed in its 90) I have to say that in my opinion 'Fallout' was more than a bad film, it was an abomination.

Killer Mike Feat. Ice Cube- Pressure [Video]

Ice Cube and the "New School Ice Cube" posted by the "UK Ice Cube". That is a hell of a record. Grind Time Bang Bang.

Live @ Nambucca next Thursday [10/7/08]

Oh yes! Free gig. Party atmosphere. Great times.

I must soundcheck at Plan-B. Where I am performing tonight of course. Tonight is going to be great.

That One Time Video/ That One Time TV [Episode 7] BONUS

I didn't want to post this today. We've been recording all day and rehearsing since the sun put its hat on and the best time to upload anything is around midnight so I left it uploading while I worked. I came back and the video had comments because people are way more on point than a simpleton like me. So I have posted it.

Directed by Tego. Co-Directed by ME SUCKERS!!!

THAT ONE TIME EP
OUT JULY 21ST
1. That One Time
2. Boyspot
3. Fight or Flee
4. Formerly...
5. That One Time (Lillica Libertine Remix)
6. That One Time (Aidan Lavelle Remix)