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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-EMcct1K3E[/youtube] More musical mayhem from Murs, Slug and Aesop Rock this week, as the video for "Felt Chewed Up", premiered on MTVu (we got it ...

We've recently learned that the Stones Throw Xmas show has been cancelled. Tony Adams, from The Doctor's Orders, sent out this message on Facebook earlier ...

DJ IQ has a new mixtape coming out next week and to save me the trouble of writing more than a few lines, D.E.D has made a nice little "Flashing Lights" animation to distract you all... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDAL4yymy1I[/youtube]

It was 10 years ago that the YNR label burst onto the UK scene with some of the freshest hip hop English ears had ever heard, in the form of Jehst's "Premonitions" EP. And they kept bringing the goods after that, again and again and again, with a roster that featured some of the finest emcees & producers in the country: Evil Ed, Tommy Evans, Lewis Parker, Cee Why... Now to celebrate their first decade, the Young n' Restless are descending on the Jazz Cafe to give us a showcase of the sort of hip hop that has made them a force to be reckoned with.

More antics occurring over at Doomtree.net, courtesy of Paper Tiger. He is going to be doing a series of quick-fix mixtapes that will be released 'whenever I get a chance to make a new one'.

As you might have guessed from the flyer and title, your friendly neighbourhood baritone, Chali 2na, is hitting our shores for another live show this year. Not content with bringing us the awesome "Fish Outta Water" album and playing an absolute stormer in London earlier this year, now he's back for more! We must have been a good crowd..

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/1546186[/vimeo] Paul Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years he has amassed what has become the world's largest record collection. Due to ...

First off, Para might well be our new hero. But what you also need to know is that we're not just some sycophantic, slobbering groupies. We don't throw out accolades like that easily. Hero-status is best achieved through musical excellence and that, ladies and gents, is what we have here. Twelve and a bit perfectly crafted little beauties, laced with soul, funk and blues, along with some of the nicest sampling of drum breaks I've heard come out of the UK in a long, long while. Then he laces them with the sultry vocals of Caitlin and you end up with my new favourite dance-around-the-house-like-a-madman record.

Doomtree, Doomtree, Doomtree... that's probably all you're going to hear from us for the next couple of months, well at least until "False Hopes 15" is released anyway. That is a bit of a way off though and if you're anything like us, you need something now. Well luckily for us there are people like 2DopeBoyz, who scour the virtual ether for exclusives and the like, to keep our insatiable appetites under control for at least a little while longer. Last week it was the Felt boys, this week it's Doomtree's turn.

Wings and teeth, people, wings and teeth. ...

Riding on the high from their success together on the tracks, "The Truth" and "How We Ride", Freeway and Jake One are due to release a collaborative album on Rhymesayers, in February 2010. In preparation for the album they have made this little mixtape which they are giving away for free. Freeway is something of a paradox, as he is simultaneously releasing material through Rhymesayers and Cash Money Records, who are about as far away from each other as possible in terms of content and releases. Rhymesayers boast the likes of Eyedea & Abilities, Blueprint and Brother Ali on their roster; whereas Cash Money offer up Lil' Wayne, Mack 10 and Jay Sean.

Next month sees the arrival in the UK of two of Stones Throw's most heavyweight emcees: Guilty Simpson and MED. They will be hitting London town, bringing the Stones Throw Xmas cheer with them and giving us all an early gift for the festive season, thanks to those folks at Doctor's Orders. We've heard quite a bit from Guilty over the past year or so, but not so much from MED, so be good to get him over here again. Also he will be doing some of the new tracks from his highly anticipated sophomore album, set to drop next year.

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Oh wait, what's that you're saying? Yesterday's Felt 3 freebie not enough for you? Need something else to fill the void? I bet you do. Well we're never one to shy away from the demand for all things hip hop and so now we have another track from Felt 3 to giveaway at everybody's favourite price.

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/7382369[/vimeo] With over 3000 views, this video must be doing something right. Featuring mainly Teddy Lewis but also various riders from London (including yours truly :P). ...

Madlib, his many incarnations and his 4 ton record collection always come with the goods. Too numerous to mention, but you all know the score by now anyway. Well now the Madliberator is in the lab creating a 12 part CD series under the title of "The Medicine Show". Set to be released over the course of 12 months, it will be a collection of his new hip hop production, remixes and beat tapes. Plus soul, funk, Brazilian, psych, jazz and 'other undefined forms of music'.

Felt 3 is out next week, people, and to celebrate the Rosie Perez Tribute, 2DopeBoyz have gone and scored a free download of one of the tracks from the album.

Yes people, the time is upon us again. Suspect Packages is coming liiive and direct, gracing us with the presence of some more immense UK talent. As if the previously billed, SonnyJim (with his Eat Good Records cohorts) and Tactical Thinking, wasn't dope enough, they've now added Micall Parknsun AND Joker Starr to the line up.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCHV2I_Xog0[/youtube] This is well sick. Dropped in February 2008, but I had never this before. he should make a new video, including the 'run this town' setting. But then again, we've allready got a spoof on that one regarding the Chris Brown vs Rihanna incident.