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This dude is a friend of mine, from Holland. He has always been a genious and now I can prove it to all of you in just one single audiovisual clip. For his normal music you should go to www.marsmanmusic.net and download it for free. It’s real Hollywood-soundtrack-shit. As in, the Donnie Darko kind.

It seems like only yesterday that the mighty Souls of Mischief graced our shores with a dope in-store appearance at the Carhartt Store in Covent Garden. Well, we must have given them a good reception cos now they are back to do it all over again.

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It’s that time again, folks: Suspect Packages Live is looming and looks set to be another stormer. Not content with one launch party this month, Disorda has thrown two of them into the mix! Yes, the stage is set for Fliptrix and DJ Roast to come and peddle their wares, and if the former’s new album is anything to go by, this night will not disappoint.

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Mini-mix number four is now available for your listening pleasure. Who doesn’t like a bit of New Jack swing? Let’s find out. Get your dose right here.

The Brother is back! Everyone’s favourite Rhymesayer is going to be hitting British soil for a few dates, as part of his European “Us Tour“. It will be the perfect opportunity to hear material from his most accomplished ablum yet, “Us“, as all albums of that calibre should be heard: live and direct. He will be joined by long-time tour DJ, BK-One and if the footage from the US tour is anything to go by, this will be as big a smash as anything they’ve done on our shores before.

The dates are:

16/03 - Bristol @ The Croft

17/03 - London @ Cargo

18/03 - Brighton @ Freebutt

19/03 - Liverpool @ Korova

20/03 - Dublin @ Crawdaddy

21/03 - Nottingham @ Bodega

For tickets and more information, check out Rhymesayers.com

It’s interview season here at Style43 and the next luminary on our list is Nottingham hip hop legend, Cappo. Read on to hear the latest news and views from everyone’s favourite Midlander and keep your eyes peeled for more rap & chat coming to the site soon…

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Back in full effect for February is the SUSPECT PACKAGES LIVE jam, taking place next Friday the 12th @ Vibe Live (upstairs @ Vibe Bar), Brick Lane, London, E1. 8-1am… Live on stage we have Diversion Tactics representing Boot Records. And London Zoo reppin’ Dented Records. These two groups should not need any introduction, Diversion Tactics have been around long enough and their new album ‘Careful On The Way Up’ is straight true skool hip hop and out now. London Zoo have also been around for a minute, they have their ‘Living Long Ting’ & ‘The Puppa Murc EP’ currently doing the rounds, a hybrid mix an’ blend between hip hop, grime & dubstep styles… Both there crews know how to rock a crowd and deliver a dope show, truss, do not miss, guaranteed niceness! On the decks will be Disorda & DJ LoK, dropping Hip Hop, Reggae & Dubstep pressure. Entry is £4, however you can get into the downstairs bar for free before 8pm.
Check out the event details here.

Some Bristol beats for your Saturday afternoon. This is one of the most recent videos from co-creative supremos, Twizzy and Mr Lucas, and it is taken from their album, “Dirty Nun Talk“.

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Thanks to the multi-talented DJ Gone, we now have some footage from Remus‘ mixtape launch party, which went down at Suspect Packages Live, last week. For those that weren’t able to reach, this should get you appropriately jealous and for those who did make it, I’m sure you will enjoy reminiscing.

About a little more than a year ago I discovered the Miami resident st.LaRok on myspace. You know how there are treasures amongst all the rotten apples on that website, well… this is one of ‘em. We stayed in contact ever since, and recently the American musical Saent dropped his Leap Year EP online through Miami Beat Wave.

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Skandal is a name that you will no doubt be seeing more and more of, as this year flys by. His album, “Hunger Pains“, was released towards the end of last year and it has been receiving plaudits and praise from press and peers alike.

We were recently offered the chance to fire off a couple of questions to the man of the moment, which we did, and here is what he had to say:

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We got a brand new joint from Kashmere featuring Ipswich’s finest, Truth. It’s called “Do You Understand” and will be featured on the Rapsploitation Sessions compilation, which is due to be released on 4 February.

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Get yourselves down to Brixton this Friday for the emcee contest that puts all standard battles in the goddamn shade. Yessir, this week sees the return of the mighty End of the Weak, as the first heat of the UK challenge takes place at Brixton Jamm.

Five top emcees will be tested in five areas of rhyming, in a quest to find the UK’s best all rounder, who will then go on to rep for us in the World Final in Berlin.

If you aren’t familiar with the five disciplines that the challengers will face, it will go down like this: 1st Round – written track, 2nd Round – acappella, 3rd Round – freestyle, 4th Round – MC v DJ, 5th Round – cypha skills.

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More free goodies from Paper Tiger, in the form of his third mini-mix. The theme this time is… well there isn’t one really, more a sort of hotch potch of random tracks that he has mixed together. I haven’t listened to it yet, so no idea what is included, but I’m sure it will match up to his previous two mixes.

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The live hip hop starts here folks. Suspect Packages Live is back slightly later this month but Mr Disorda is starting shit off with an absolute stormer of a night, featuring some of the UK’s best-known talents.

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Fresh off their massive tour of Europe, Souls of Mischief are releasing their latest solo album very soon and they are kicking things off by dropping the first single, “Proper Aim“. The Prince Paul produced joint is set to blow up speakers around the world, as one of hip hop’s favourite crews returns after almost a decade away from the mic.

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It’s all been a bit quiet round these parts over the past few weeks, what with us relocating and not having any internet access. Plus all that festive cheer being rammed down our throats, kinda drained all the creativity out of us.

Luckily free internet access is everywhere these days and so I’ve finally managed to drag myself away from the festering mass of turkey, chocolate coins and neverending Tim Allen movies, to see what we’ve missed out on since we were last on it. And where better to start than the UK compilation we dropped a fortnight ago, thanks to our American friends at aboveGround Magazine.

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A few weeks ago we found out that Paper Tiger was going to be releasing a series of 20 mini-mixes covering different genres/themes/acts, and he kicked things off with a favourite for all the b-boy and b-girls: 80’s electro.

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As if this is some sort of impromptu UK hip hop video Monday, we’ve got yet another blessing on celluloid for you. This time from Asaviour and DJ IQ with “No Days Off“, featuring Sir Smurf Lil and TB.

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