Soul Position : Things Go Better with RJ and Al
Soul Position are Ohio natives RJD2 and MC Blueprint. Their debut full length album '8 Million Stories' in 2003 served notice to the underground hip hop world of their combined abilities. Both have been doing mountains of side projects and solo work since then but they've finally hooked up in the studio again to make 'Things Go Better with RJ & AL' and the results are smashing. The album takes aim fair and square at the plastic MCs and phony producers that riddle the hip hop industry these days.
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Various Artists: Grimey (Vol. 1)
Review by Kodama - InnaRiddim.com It's hard to ignore the slew of grime inspired music coming from not only the UK, but all around the world right now. Since the seemingly overnight explosion of Dizzee Rascal's debut 'Boy In Da Corner' a few years ago, there has been a constant supply of artists putting forward their own spin on the sound,
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Koolism : New Old Ground (Part 4)
In case you thought Koolism winning an ARIA award in 2004 was a fluke, think again. 'Part 4 - New Old Ground' keeps the Koolism formula bubbling nicely. Relevant lyrics discussing themes and subjects we all go through with cuts and beats that are both hardcore yet still head noddingly friendly, the latest offering from these two Canberrians is nothing short of wicked!
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Delta : The Lostralian
Deltas debut album, The Lostralian, is a fantastic album from the Adelaide MC. The production is fantastic, the samples used reflect Deltas diverse musical background and the delivery is on-point. Thoughtful lyrics, obscure yet relevant samples complete with high quality production makes for a brilliant album, which 'The Lostralian' is.
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Airheads 2 : Australian Beats and Rhymes
Blaze and Dr Phibes are two legends of the Sydney hip hop scene. It stands to reason that if anyone is going to do an Ozzie hip hop compilation it should be these guys. They do not disappoint either as the duo deliver 'Airheads 2: Australian Beats and Rhymes', an 18 track all-aussie hip hop selection representing 'the ever expanding tree of Australian hip hop.'
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Coldcut: : Sound Mirrors
The boys are back! Matt Black and Jon More, better known as Coldcut, hit us with album number four. Sound Mirrors, a diverse album covering all avenues of music whether it be dub, house, rock and so on. An album of great collaborations and tight production we have come to expect from the duo. A very different style of project which only reinforces the pairs talent of what they do best.
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The Perceptionists: Black Dialogue
The Perceptionists are Mr.Lif, Akrobatics and DJ Fakts One. They have all been around in various solo guises since 1997 but this album release, Black Dialogue, is their first as a trio. Far from being a boardroom invention, these 3 mates have been appearing on each others singles and releases since '97. Whilst all have individual styles, their music doesn't talk to one set of people nor does it come at you the same way twice. Unpretencious, angry, pensive, hilarious, contemplative, deep - 'Black Dialogue' is all of these.
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Grimey (Vol. 1)
Review by Kodama - InnaRiddim.com It's hard to ignore the slew of grime inspired music coming from not only the UK, but all around the world right now. Since the seemingly overnight explosion of Dizzee Rascal's debut Boy In Da Corner a few
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D&BA Presents...
Review by Slice - InnaRiddim.com Drum & Bass Arena (self-professed busiest D&B site on the net / virtual notepad for junglists worldwide) comes clean once again after having been host to such luminary pioneers of the scene as Fabio &
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The Herd: The Sun Never Sets
After two years of touring the nation and consolidating their name amongst the top hip hop groups in Australia, The Herd release their third and strongest album to date, The Sun Never Sets through Elefant Traks/Inertia.
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Life Before 40
Review by Micapam - InnaRiddim.com Anyone who's familiar with the Lowlife catalogue will know or have most of the tunes on this compilation; but it's a good introduction for the casual listener, and there's a second CD with a mix of
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Pegz: Axis
After an 18-month hiatus from performing live and socialising, Pegz has re-emerged and dropped his second album, Axis (Obese records). Typically Australian with many a reference to going down the pub with mates, sitting about with mates and generally doing no good with ya mates amongst some other gems.
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Ohmega Watts: The Find
We're declaring this release from Ohmega Watts on Ubiquity as the out-and-out hip hop album of the year! Ohmega Watts drops the bizness on Ubiquity and has delivered big stylee. Sounding like Jurassic 5, Pete Rock and Premier all rolled into one, the 25-year-old
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Alice Russell: My Favourite Letters
The 2nd solo release from U.K soul singer Alice Russell, My Favourite Letters contains tracks that are a beautiful blend of styles and influences but are always soulful and moving. Anyone familiar with her work with Quantic Soul Orchestra are sure to be pleased with this release. Having slowly built up her
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Same !@#$ Different Day
Review by Micapam - InnaRiddim.com As the name suggests, Same Shit Different Day is a remix album, taking material from Later That Day and handing it over to a talented cross-section of underground hiphop producers. The diversity of the material
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Drapht: Who am I
At age 22, Drapht has come along way in a short time with his 2nd release, Who Am I showing production maturity well beyond his years. This may have something to do with the fact that FDel and Dazastah (Downsyde) are on hand to help with production but the lyrical flows are all his own.
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FDel: Audiofdelity
The man with more samples than a Columbian drug lord, FDel has dropped his first album called Audiofdelity and it's a cracker. Full of crisp samples, clean breaks, tight drums, wicked cuts'n'scratches by DJ Armee and high quality sounds, the album is a first class production and bodes well for the future of Aussie hip hop.
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Basement Blues
Review by Micapam - InnaRiddim.com This second album from Bristol boy Ben Dubuisson (aka Hundred Strong) is diverse, full of flavour and well chosen guest collaborators. At points the Bristol influence is strong - 'Lead Not Follow' in
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Recloose: Hiatus on the Horizon
The latest album from the Detroit born but New Zeland based artist known as Recloose was proceeded with a promo line of 'genre-bending soul fuelled' music. That usualy makes us groan with discontent here at 2,3,BREAK! After the first few tracks we were almost resigning this album to the same fate as others who have that tag-line i.e the bin. But then came along track 5 and the penny dropped. They were right!
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DJ T-Rock and Squashie Nice: Rock and Squash Techniques
We here at 2,3,BREAK love DJ T-Rocks work. Whether it be solo stuff, live stuff, remix work or, in the case of this album with Squashie Nice, a collab effort, it's refreshing to hear T-Rock make tracks that don't obey the rules or follow the trends. Everyone else tries to copy the leader of the pack where as T takes pleasure in rocking a crowd more thna showcasing his amazing skills.
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The Suitable Few E.P
A 5-piece live band from Sydneys Hill District, The Suitable Few have re-released their first self-titled EP through Creative Vibes. Combining the musical elements of hip hop, funk, jazz and swing, the EP has a good times and fun feel to it rather than trying to be a full-on serious piece of work. Thats not to discredit the effort put in by the boys as plenty of hours of hard work and refining went
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