UK Round-Up 25/03/2010

Three new UK rap videos have surfaced within the last 48 hours....and I thought the UK hip-hop scene was dead as a commercial tool....silly me.

Three videos from three great artists, two established, one upcoming. Here they are:

First up is one of my favourite UK emcees who I've tracked since his Heavy Bronx debuts, his EPs with Zero Theory and more recently Endemic. Here's his new video for "Gilgamesh II":



Next up its punchline prince Mystro with his track "Aquarius", from his upcoming EP "F.D.T.":



And finally we have upcoming emcee Skandal with his track "Kill Em With The Flow" featuring Black The Ripper and Little Dee (directed by fellow emcee Charlie Sloth):



Finally, here's one bonus video by emcee Dzham which I was sent that piqued my interest (mainly for the guest spot by Sway to be fair). Its hit first release on these shores but he's a ruskie fella, coming straight out of the world of Andrey Arshavin and numerous bond villains (thats really honestly all I know about Russia, sorry people). I bet he wears a dead animal for a hat and drinks vodka for breakfast. Anyway, here's the vid:

DJ MK Presents...Skandal - Hunger Pains

UK emcee Skandal is making big waves in the scene getting a lot of love on the radio stations and in the streets, and as his career picks up momentum he's got the legendary DJ MK on board for his mixtape "Hunger Pains".

The Mixtape is available either in mp3 downloadable format (or all them other crazy bastard formats like flac grenade and 320kkkkkkkk etc) OR you can order a physical copy like I have because I'm a grumpy set in my ways kind of fool.

Either way, the media player below will essentially give you the ability to try before you buy if you will, by scanning through the tracks. Link after the player to buy.

Great artwork on this tape by the way. Check out the full artwork on his bandcamp page.

To buy, for only £5 for the full mixtape, go to http://skandal.bandcamp.com/album/dj-mk-presents-skandal-hunger-pains

Skandalous

Just a quick drop for new UK emcee Skandal who is tipped to be a name you'll get familiar with in 2010. He has been getting play on 1Xtra recently for his track "Kill Em With The Flow". To top that, he's got UK frontrunner Klashnekoff and P-Money to jump on the remix and it sounds heavier than Vanessa Feltz on the trampoline.

Here's the radio rip of the remix AND the original with his freestyle of Young Money's "Bedrock" beat (you know, Young Money, that group with the midget tattoo artist, and the black barbie doll who raps like she's experiencing a stroke). Enjoy the new material....








Just so you know, the single is released 29th March on iTunes as part of the 'Quick Snack EP' along with the remix and some other tracks. Follow Skandal on twitter at http://twitter.com/inmykitchen . Oh and also don't forget to follow Northern Author (yours truly) on that twitter malarkey @ http://twitter.com/sniperinthemist - I'm new to the twitter game but I'm enjoying it and every time I post on the blog I'll leave updates on twitter along with my usual chitter-chatter, bullshit and bile.