For some more dope UK hip hop you should definitely check out:
Grand Central (these guys practically invented the system of getting top
UK producers teamed up with US rappers--check the brand new Aim single
"Omen" that features Diamond D on vocals... Home to Aim, Rae & Christian
-the label bosses-, Tony D and more)
Hombre (home to Mex, OneCut, Ming, and Aspects)
Ronin (run by the 23 Skidoo brothers and home to Skitz and
Deckwrecka--look for his new album in a month)
Lowlife (home to Taskforce)
Scenario used to be good too but they don't put much out these day
(every since their biggest acts got deals here in the States)
Mad Doctor X's last record was very disappointing, but his older stuff
is definitely worth picking up
And look out DJ Krash Slaughta's releases, they are all dope as hell.
Finding foreign (whether it be UK, German, French or other) hip hop in
the States is very hard (we do however carry a lot of it). A good
starting place for German hip hop is the Yo Mama label (best known
hereabouts for their trip hop duo Visit Venus). For French hip hop you
can check out stuff by Assassin or Le Peuple De L'Herbe.
Dirk van den Heuvel
President/GM, Groove Distribution
"Your Guide To The Underground"
http://www.groovedis.com
-----Original Message-----
From: t bird [mailto:djt_bird@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 6:18 PM
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: The Creators
--- Erik Gaderlund <erikg@macconnect.com> wrote:
> At 17:08 +0000 02/28/02, mark givens wrote:
> >dear list:
> > I just bought a cd by the Creators on Wall of
> Sound. The beats are
> premier/pete Rock/rawkus
> >type beats outta England. very good and jazzy at
> times.
>
>
> Also check out The Nextmen, more UK produced hip-hop
> (mosly American rappers.)
seconding the nextmen recommendation ("amongst the
madness" lp), also check out some homegrown uk mc'ing
*and* beatmaking by roots manuva ("run come save me")
who was recently featured on the last leftfield album
("rhythm & stealth") opening track "dusted."
mr. skitz (producer/dj), rodney p (mc), mad doctor x (producer), mc ty,
dj pogo, and the herbalizer (dj ollie teeba & jake wherry) all put it
down uk style... if you can get your hands on the mr. skitz remix of
"dirty beats" by roni size, definitely do it!
-t
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