That One Time (Marvin Vs Cyndi Dr G. Remix)

My boy Dr G just fired over this hot remix of 'That One Time' which samples the great Cyndi Lauper (in a non-Cam'ron kind of way).

Marvin- That One Time (Marvin Vs. Cyndi Dr G Remix) [zShare]

Check my boy Dr G out on MySpace MySpace.com/DrGStreetArt.

Previously: Hunchbakk2Skool Remix & Akira The Don Remix

US Rap Sheeeiiiittt

Normally you start with the brand new Jay-Z song or the brand new Kanye West video but this Rhymefest song is crazy. Absolutely crazy.

I think the reason Kanye ultimately beat 50 is because this could have been the first single or the last.

Last but not least that Jay-Z record has fully leaked. Check it out Jay-Z- Jockin' Jay-Z (Produced by Kanye West)

DJ Jack Nimble- Politically Incorrect Live Mix Podcast [Episode 2]

Jack got live in the mix again at the end of July. Episode 2 of his Podcast series 'Politically Incorrect' is live now. Artwork and tracklist above.

DOWNLOAD: DJ Jack Nimble- Politically Incorrect Live Mix Podcast [Episode 2] (zShare)

Artrocker review of Devil In The Distance

This is from the current issue of Artrocker Magazine.

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Music-News.com gives Devil In The Distance 5/5

There's always something about Brit rap that makes me wince. There have been too many braggers and losers, rappers with half a decent song and an album full of half rubbish songs. So Devil in the Distance by Marvin would have a lot of prejudices to overcome to please me.

From Brixton, some of Marvin's songs explicitly reference London (A track called Trocadero being an obvious example), though they could be about an inner city, any secondary school or any council estate. His lyrics, though a little broad, are clever and cleanly delivered. He raps about what's around him and has an eye and ear for the intricacies relationships and speech. The music is polished but also has the rough influences of grime and dirty beats.

What I like is Marvin takes his ego out of his work. He makes political statements without being polemic. Get By (Be Good) is a list of ills (from education to CCTV to housing) without forcing the issue of how hard it is, nor does it offer any solution. Goodbye is about gun crime, without judging if it's a good or bad thing but about why it is.

He's also effective at building ideas from lots of tiny details, and this is not better demonstrated than on Richard's Nan . This song is a hundred flashing camera phone photos, burning an image of community one mosaic at a time. The raft of Marvin's community are represented: the boys, the girls, the gangs, the racists, the gays; a reflected conscience made of the sum of it's parts.

Devil in the Distance is an intelligent album that tells its own story. It is confident enough not to ask for anything from you as it has its own energy to survive. I am very pleased.

Kwok W Wan

LINK: Music-News.com

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Criminal knife possession down 50% from 2004

According to Met figures released today, the number of people charged with possessing a knife has fallen by 50% since 2004. Does that sound realistic? Well yes it does actually. The Met go on to say that they expect those numbers to increase massively over the next few months as they carry out a new operation called Blunt 2 or Don't Ignore Knife Crime Any More (DIKCAM) as many in the know have dubbed it. Blunt 2 came into operation in May, it involves a load of stop and searches (awesome) and some metal detector gates at tube stations for all those cross-London knife smugglers (knives are hard to come by in some sections of London known as the 'No Woolworths Zones').

"As a result more people are being arrested and charged for carrying knives. Since the beginning of April this year, 1187 people (887 adults and 300 youths) have been charged with possession of a knife or sharp instrument." I would personally like to see a break down of these cases, 3 adults to every youth? That seems disproportionate somewhat. Can I get a Police handbook definition of a "Sharp Instrument" too please? Because my pencil can be deadly.

LINK: BBC.co.uk

R.I.P Isaac Hayes

We were just watching a documentary about Isaac Hayes and Stax Records the other night. Some of the things he achieved, genuinely an awesome talent and a man who wanted to do so much more than just sing. He'd been sick for a while so while this isn't a great shock it is a great loss. It's been a bad weekend.

R.I.P Bernie Mac

One of the greats and a man that I had a level of absolute respect for. I remember we were listing performers a couple of years back for whom we had ultimate, unquestionable respect (I think the qualification was "An entertainer you would bow to if you met them") Bernie Mac was one of those people. He transcended race, nationality, sex and everything you could imagine to become one of the funniest men on the planet. Bernie Mac's passing is a great loss to the world. I am truly upset by his death. I want to honour him in some way.

James Cordon is overrated and overexposed

He's pretty much over everything. He actually had the nerve this week to call Hollyoaks "Fucking awful" and claim that "It just breeds p***** - all these people walking around with this chicken-in-a-basket fame, talking about going to LA, you know?" yes that's James Cordon, on his way to L.A to executive produce the US remake of the god awful 'Gavin and Stacey'. Ooh she's a bit shocking; she swears at everything in a funny Welsh accent. Ooh he's a dim Essex boy who talks at 2 miles per hour and can't quite believe the rudeness of it all. I can't front, Rob Brydon is hilarious at his worst and the other Welsh girl from Little Britain, she's pretty good. But the show is awful and James Cordon is the worst thing about it. I don't know why it got such a huge push, maybe it was because it came post-Mighty Boosh and BBC3 needed to justify its remit (what's next? Snog Marry Avoid?) but the way James Cordon carried himself with the limelight was horrendous. He's now the host of some kind of Big Brother program and was easily the most embarrassing, least funny host of an award show when he was in charge of the NME awards last year. Ooh he just said "Brap" how random. Oh my lord my sides are splitting he is doing the robot. I'm serious, right now James Cordon off Gavin and Stacey is doing the robot. Genius! James actually used to be in Hollyoaks (indeed) and while I will pretty much defend Hollyoaks to anybody who wants to challenge it (I don't even like soaps but I fuck with Hollyoaks) I've wanted an excuse to tap into my absolute unparalleled dislike for James Cordon "I can't tell you the sheer disdain I have for the place and the people" Oh look he's doing Kung Fu chops! At the NME awards? This man is crazy! The hilarity doesn't stop! NO WAIT! STOP! NO! OH MY GOD THIS IS WAY TOO FUNNY! THE RUNNING MAN?

News Source: MSN

Doncast 13. Interview with Me!

Me and the dude Akira sat down this week to talk about my album which is out now. As you know. You can download the conversation in Podcast form by right clicking as saving as the link below...

Akira The Don Feat. Marvin: Doncast16 (right click and save as).

To stream live go Here.

Buy the album on iTunes HERE

Jay-Z talks 'Blueprint 3'

zShare's not working for me at the moment so I'm just hearing this.

"Plus my interviews are hotter. It's young holla"

It's 8/8/8

Subtitles on Ceefax.

UK home repossession rises 41% in 6 months

Wow. The BBC reports that home repossession has risen 41% in the first six months of 2008 to 18,900 with estimated year end repossessions hitting 45,000. That's several hundred percent. I've seen a few repossessions going down on the estates over the last couple of months, that is some serious, serious stress. Nobody needs that.

Blueprint 3!!?!?!?

BLUEPRINT 3 from kwest on Vimeo.

I am so happy right now. Produced by Kanye? Tego is a clairvoyant.