It’s finally here! M9’s latest opus Orion’s Stencil is now available for free via bandcamp. Or you can Support, Support! and buy one of 200 signed copies for only £4.00. You done know i’m ordering mine!!! peep the new clip too. Enjoy!
M9’s Bandcamp/Orion’s Stencil
I don’t usually comment on such errr…. trivial matters but I was a biiig Lil Kim fan back in the day and I can’t believe I missed the oh so obvious comparisons with Hip Hops current sex kitten (sneaky), Nicki Minaj. In case ‘you didn;t know. Lil’ Kim has seen fit to school Nicki on the hierarchy of the Hip Hop vixen. You can Peep that below. But was the diss warranted in the first place. On Nicki’s Romans Revenge track, some people thought there was a disparaging reference to Kim. Nicki herself insists that this is untrue but Kim isn’t having that. But I have to ask, why would Nicki diss someone who paved the way for her to do what she does now. The picture above is a case in point. Is Nicki simply paying homage to the Queen Bee with that pose or firing a warning shot? Those of you with a high 70 or low 80 in your birth year will remember the fuss kicked up in some quarters when Kim’s Hardcore album cover first appeared. It’s saying something that Nicki can now adopt the same pose with practically no opposition as to her state of (un)dress whatsoever. All the comments are clearly divided between Nicki showing respect to her ‘elders’ or Kim’s age. WTF has her age got to do with anything. No one disses a 40 year old Jay-Z when he decides to go at it. it’s this automatic ageist discrimination towards women that seems to be prevalent nowadays. We have that same problem here in the UK with the BBC’s obvious discrimination towards older female presenters in certain roles. I’m not sure if Nicki was dissing Kim or not but either way Nicki is on a win/lose. The younger Hip hop community will side for her because they have no idea of what Lil Kim represents for the FeMC. While the majority of the older heads will invariably side with Kim because the original is more often that not, the best. Make no mistake. Lyrically judging by the diss, Kim is getting better with age. As far as Nicki goes, i’ve listened to some of her stuff and personally Kim was better but more publicity means more sales. The label bosses must be loving it. peep the diss!
“tricks is for kids silly rabbit you my offspring…”
Indie Hip Hop. Not done very often. Maybe because it rarely works. The BC Trees have got it down to a fine art. Hip Hop serves as the spine while the Indie/funk sounds are built around it. As I always say, i loooove live instrumentation on Hip Hop. Partake & Enjoy!
These man dem will never lose their ear for the beats of yester year. Now if I can just remember the origin of this one (thinking…). Orion’s Stencil drops November 30th.
QUALITY! Hip Hop / Jazz Fusion never sounded so good. I lauded these guys in a previous (HERE) post with regards to their ‘Above /Below EP’. The new full length album, Two Sides, is more of the same great sound. Live instrumentation is my bag and Two Sides is a Louis Vuitton. To top it off you can neme your price via bandcmp, with no minimum. But if you don’t intend to pay then make sure you spread the word.
Download/Buy: Above/Below – Two Sides
Just done listening to Benny Huge. Dr. Syntax new album is bloomin’ awesome. Pete Cannons got beats. Boom Bap head nods are neatly broken up by futuristic snaps and b-lines. Peep the clip for the first single off the album, Hire Me. Then you can buy it for just £0.70 from HERE.
Fiiiiinally!!! The new Bonafide Mag is upon us. To top it all off issue 4 is a UK special. Look at those names on the picture. i’m gonna be doing some fiiiiine reading when my copy arrives. Don’t sleep!
Order your issue 4 here
There are a few quality releases still to come this year and one or two of those should be really special. However, i’m gonna call my personal album of the year early. i havent heard an MC suit a sound more than Celph Titled’s voice and flow suit Bucks golden era defining beats. Celphs one liners are LOL stuff and any ‘real’ head worth his salt who isn’t breaking his neck to every beat on the album should have his licence revoked. Nineteen Ninety Now…. Hooooly S%£t!!!
DJ Vadim hasn’t put a foot wrong since I belatedly discovered him a few years ago. The first single from his new group Electric continues the trend. Pugs Atomz & Sabira Jade make up the trio and the single is out on December 13th. I was lucky enough to get an early copy of the single and as well as the 2 album cuts there are 5 addtional (and funky) mixes. peep he clip!
