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Neil Landstrumm

Neil Landstrumm

1 Nov 2007

It’s a live set from Edinburgh techno master Neil Landstrumm at this month’s ‘Ravestep’ special at Trouble. Landstrumm’s latest album, Restaurant of Assassins mashes together his classic crooked techno with dubstep and hip hop beats, to create his own…

Prefuse 73

Prefuse 73

(4 stars)18 Oct 2007

HIP HOP Preparations (Warp) The beats! Its all about the beats! The essence of hip hop is the rhythms and the rhymes and this album proves that those boundaries are there to be tweaked, twisted and trampled. One Word Extinguisher, the 2003 album…

European coup for 50 Cent

28 Sep 2007

Rapper 50 Cent appears to have regained some semblance of dignity after his disastrous chart war with rival Kanye West, and has taken the top spot in Europe. The two became embroiled in battle when it was discovered they were releasing their new…

DJ IQ

DJ IQ

(4 stars)20 Sep 2007

HIP HOP Live from the Sofa (Man Can) Don’t worry, the Sofa isn’t some tragically hip underground club you’ve never heard of – it’s in the living room of DJ IQ, one of the UK’s most tenacious new beatsmiths. With the help of a whole bus-load of UK hip…

Kanye West

Kanye West

(4 stars)20 Sep 2007

HIP HOP Graduation (Def Jam) The battle between Kanye West and 50 Cent for the album chart top spot was a sensational mismatch. 50 is a man adrift, trundling out clichés, devoid of the soul that made his early work so annoyingly catchy. West on…

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The Big Groove

20 Sep 2007

The team that brought us The Wee Chill joins forces with Bacardi for this massive party that should rock Byblos to its foundations, taking in hip hop, scratching, live acts, deep house and monster breaks. It’s an equally impressive line up featuring…

50 Cent postpones European tour

18 Sep 2007

Rapper 50 Cent has postponed his European tour, as he flounders in the chart battle with rival Kanye West. A spokeswoman refused to comment on whether this was due to 50 Cent’s declaration that, if outsold by West, he would retire from his solo…

Chart battle for Fiddy and Kanye West

14 Sep 2007

At the time of writing Kanye West was winning the chart battle with 50 Cent both home and abroad, after Fiddy’s overzealous bid for superiority. As both artists vowed to release their albums Graduation (West) and Curtis (50 Cent) on the same day, 50…

A-list stars support Darfur hip hop single

13 Sep 2007

London-based hip-hop duo Mattafix have enlisted the help of a host of A-listers - including George Clooney, Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson - to support a charity single for Darfur. The stars will feature in a series of introductions for the…

“Hip-Hop Cash Kings” revealed

17 Aug 2007

American magazine Forbes has revealed the top earners in the hip-hop world, but claims their success is not solely down to their music. The highest earners have extended their skills beyond rapping and into the worlds of fashion and music management.

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