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It's been a long while since I left you without a dope post to get through; mainly due to laziness on my part (after all, there's been a lot of good music released over the last few months) but partly because I was waiting to make an announcement, which as time went by seemed less and less likely to be made. However, I didn't lose hope and now I can officially state that I am one of the S.O.U.L. UK Radio family.

Those of you that know me will know that I'm not keen on the use of the word 'urban' as a euphemism for Black/African but it is what it is. Apart from that small niggle I really think that this station has potential and, from what I've observed so far, will achieve most, if not all of it. The challenge for me is to keep up!

If you're reading this post at the time of publication, you can listen to me live now, otherwise you can catch a recording of the show at your convenience. Either way, don't expect 'Friday Night Raw' type content, not on this station and certainly not at this time of day. I'm toying with the idea of recording separate podcasts for the hard core crew (myself included) but we'll see how it goes.

Anyway, enough about me, above is the video for K-Nite 13's 'Long Road', which was taken from his new project, released today, called 'According To Plan'. Now, you've probably noticed by now that I'm a fan of the 'Stow Boys' both individually and collectively. I haven't heard everything they've done but I have yet to hear anything by them that was shit, so even without hearing it I doubt you'll be disappointed by what K-Nite 13 has to offer.

Insane Macbeth has been busy in the studio working alongside the likes of Karl Hinds and Reveal to produce 'Can't, Couldn't, Could Never' and 'The Strongest Endz' respectively. The mad king is currently working on a third release, 'Likk Off Banks', featuring Big Ripz, Dave Courtney and possibly Demolition Man. I'll return to this when I know more.

My friends over at Associated Minds recently released 'Hold That' by P.L.O. and Ralph Rip Shit. A moody, guitar laden production that's typical of the quality that I've come to, ahem, associate with P.L.O. Nice work lads.

I'm sure all the heads have it by now, but I can't go without mentioning what is, in my opinion, the best complete project Nas has done since the seminal 'Illmatic'. If you haven't already purchased it I suggest that you go for the 'Deluxe Edition' with the four bonus tracks. The only let down track on the album is 'Summer On Smash', although that might just be me showing my age. However, with tracks like 'Daughters', 'World's An Addiction' and 'Stay', you'd be a fool not to grab it.

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You're probably aware by now that I'm a fan of the Associated Minds crew and their philosophies on Hip Hop and music in general. Well it seems that I'm not the only one (of course I'm not, but I'm just making a point here) as their recent collaboration with Eatgood Records shows.

'The Highball EP' features, as you would expect, just about every emcee, composer and producer from both cliques in a concentrated mass of musical mayhem.

Another, smaller, but equally potent crew that I'm a fan of is the Quaranteam, of which Skillit is a member. Taken from his 'As Seen On TV' EP, 'Tom Shanks' is Skillit's latest single and, to my ears at least, is a parody of the violence so often promoted in Hip Hop and Grime these days. Maybe I'm reading too much into it? Maybe Skillit is just a violent motherfucker? But, having met him and seen him performing, I don't think so.

This is a previously unreleased track from M9 who, literally, gave us the excellent 'Orion's Stencil' last year. Fortunately, for me at least, there were some physical CD's to purchase of this project too but they don't seem to appear as on option on the download site anymore. I'm glad I bought mine when I did.

Not exactly new (released in August) but still worth a mention, especially given my absence from the blog world in recent months, is Configa's 'Calm Before The Storm'. Once again this Toon producer adds boom to baps and comes up with a tasty sandwich with all the trimmings. Unlike his previous release, 'Pac To The Essence Vol. 1', this one is only available as a download but I'm hoping his upcoming album 'Inside The Echo Chamber' will be available in a physical format. We shall see.

Before I go, a quick heads up on a forthcoming event; ELZHI will be appearing at the Jazz Cafe on Thursday, 3rd November with a live band plus support from Yungun, Mr Thing and Spin Doctor. For more details and/or to register your interest check out the Facebook page for the event.

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Something wicked this way comes. I refer, of course, to 'The Drawing Board' the new album by K-Nite 13, which will be released tomorrow. So how do I know it's gonna be wicked? Well, actually I don't, I'm just being presumptuous due to my prior experience of his works, not least his recent contributions to Mentalist's 'Make You Proud'. I have heard one track from it, 'Salute' (see below), which is certainly a tantalizing morsel. I intend to take a big bite tomorrow so expect to hear it in next week's show.

Something else that is yet to be released is Mudmowth & Metabeats 'Sledgehammer Kisses'. I've been eagerly anticipating this since first hearing 'Maaad Tight' almost a year ago. Associated Minds have consistently pushed the boundaries both in terms of lyrical content and musical direction for many years now and this set promises to be no exception. Again, expect it to get featured in my show as soon as it arrives in the post.

Unlike the albums above, Rewd Adams' new album, 'Rewd Awakening' is out right now, although it was only released yesterday, which coincidentally was his Earth Strong. Formerly known as Skandal, Rewd is, well, rude (as in rudebwoy) on tracks from the likes of Beat Butcha, Sivey, Loudmouth Melvin, etc. and in collaboration with Black The Ripper, Klashnekoff and more. And to top it all, it's available for free.

Genesis Elijah has been working hard, as usual, and is seemingly releasing a series of new videos at the rate of one a week. This week's offering is his version of Joell Ortiz's 'Battle Cry' and it's creating quite a buzz among his loyal fans and others who might previously not have heard of him. Could this be a big year for Genesis Elijah, finally? Let's hope so, but in the meantime enjoy the video.

Listen to this or previous weeks' shows here or on the Melody One website. As promised, I brought back the 'Beat Shop' last Friday, playing clips from Angered Rebel and Killah Trakz. I'll be continuing with it next week, so please keep sending me your tracks with as much information as you can about them and you to my e-mail or use the Dropbox on the right hand side of this page.

Finally, yet another reminder to please #HelpSaveACLT, who need to raise £80,000 by 31/03/11 to remain in existence, by visiting the Virgin Money Giving page or, if you're on Facebook, try the Gimme 10 - Save the ACLT page instead. Thank you.

Track list:

Friday 04/02/11

A Chorus Line - Ultramagnetic MC's
The Funkiest - Funkdoobiest
Cold Gettin' Dumb - Just Ice
We Can Do This (Ain't No Half Steppin') - Majestic Productions
Moral Of The Story feat. Shizzle & Benjii - Cyclonious
Forever Luvlee - Dres
Wishing Myself Away feat. Graziella - Rewd Adams
Rap Game Needs Me - Spoda
G Shit - Big Cakes
Let It Breathe - Metabeats & Mudmowth
Move - Dray Delta
The Plan - Da Goldminerz
Warning Shots - Rah Digga
4 My People - Mentalist
Lando - H.I.S.D.
Ligthworks - M F DOOM
Guard Your Grill - Cyclonious
Hearda You - Dray Delta
Boom Bap - Line For Line
Stayin' Busy - Silent Knight
Front On This - Boom Box Saints
Sleep feat. Tru Omega, Benjamin A.D. & Pyro Barz - Esskay
Pack The Pipe - The Pharcyde
She Said - The Pharcyde
Who Got The Props - Black Moon

Saturday 05/02/11

Dare To Dream - Viola Wills
Come And Get My Lovin' - Barbara Fowler
Funky Sensation - Gwen McCrae
Don't Knock It (Until You Try It) - Bobby Nunn
Music Is The Answer - Colonel Abrams
Emergency (Dial 999) - Loose Ends
When You're Hot You're Hot - Ingrams
How Yuh Bad Suh - Busy Signal
F.Y.I. - Busy Signal
Baby You're All - Luciano
Still Going Strong - Beres Hammond
Just Call My Name - Anthony Smith
Read Out Wi Rights - Heavy Beat Crew
No Can Do - Kashief Lindo
Politics - Jahmali
Like Mountain - Sizzla
Homeless - Sizzla
This Feeling's Killing Me - The Jones Girls
Feels Like I'm Falling In Love - Bar Kays
Body Fusion - Starvue
Can't Turn Me Away - Sylvia Striplin
You're Special - Commodores
While I'm Alone - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Sunshine Lady - Willie Hutch
Pretty Little Girl - Maxi Priest
Fight Dem Off - Doniki

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Associated Minds is a Hip Hop collective based in Cardiff but hailing from various parts of the UK. Its members include; Beatbox Fozzy, Mudmowth, P.L.O., Metabeats, Ralph Rip Shit, Ruffstylz, Willo Wispa, Sam Rockwell and Mayor. Originality (but not gimmickry) and quality are their bywords as evidenced by their back catalogue.

'Maaad Tight' is the latest release from Metabeats & Mudmowth and features verses from Sonnyjim and Skamma. Ruffstylz also has two current releases; '1980's Grime' featuring Beatbox Fozzy on the hook and 'Case Closed', which can be heard on last week's recording.

All that remains is for me to provide the customary links to their MySpace, Facebook and Twitter pages.

Track list:

Saturday 10/04/10 Pt. 1 - Soul

Enjoy Your Life - Cameo
Groove With You - Cameo
I've Got Your Image - Cameo
A Call Away - Mario
Gone Baby, Don't Be Long - Erykah Badu
Window Seat - Erykah Badu
UMM HMM - Erykah Badu
Come And Get My Lovin' - Barbara Fowler
Just Like Dreamin' - Terri Wells
Cry Baby - Nadine Charles
Letter To My Heart - Obenewa
You Give Me A Rush - Jagged Edge

Saturday 10/04/10 Pt. 2 - Reggae

Rewind - Johnny Osbourne
Cupid - Leroy Gibbons
Reality - Chaka Demus
Beautiful/You Turn Me On - Chuckleberry
Save Me - Lukie D
Now And Forever - Sanchez
Sweet Slumber - Leontre & Duane Stephenson
Life Of The People - Doniki
Kingston - Doniki
Marcus Garvey - Peter Hunnigale
Have You Seen Her - Courtney John
Lucky Man - Courtney John
Win Some - Courtney John

Saturday 10/04/10 Pt. 3 - Hip Hop

Gettin' Fierce - Lakim Shabazz
My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions
Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down - Brand Nubian
Turn It Up feat. Pete Rock - Sadat X
Dangerous - Meth, Ghost & Rae
Streets Won't Let Me Chill - Diamond District
John Blaze feat. Scalez Gully - Line For Line
That's Crazy feat. K-Nite13, Loudmouth Melvin & The Letter L - Pyro Barz
Slow Down feat. Loudmouth Melvin - Pyro Barz
Running Thru The Rain feat. K9 & Ric - Klashnekoff
Emotions - Ty
Before N After - Blak Twang
Maaad Tight feat. Sonny Jim & Skamma - Metabeats & Mudmowth
Strangers feat. Bun B - Reflection Eternal

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