hip-hop/rap interviews
Meet: Godz Chyld interview, and hear his self titled track
Hot on the heels of Forever, Bronx emcee Godz Chyld’s collaboration with Killah Priest/Tragedy Khadafi producer Jordan River Banks comes a new single, also titled Godz Chyld. Explaining the song, Gods Chyld said “Godz Chyld is not only my name as a rapper – it’s just what I am…This song is just me explaining what …
Meet: We interview Los Angeles based MC Jonezen on new single Tear The Club Up and more
Detroit bred but Los Angeles based, Chris Jones, aka Jonezen is a man on the up. Last year he won best hip-hop artist in the Los Angeles and subsequently signed with Concore/Universal, home to (including others) Brazilian singer Natalia Damini. Indeed, its Damini that features on his latest single “Tear the Club Up”, which also …
Meet: 2UGLi interview, and watch his new video “YUK”
Sacramento rapper and Johnny23 associate 2UGLi has released a new Charles “Chips Clips” Sandoval-directed music video for “YUK!”, the DJ-Reef produced new single from his latest album, Poor Quality 2. The song, according to 2UGLi is about “This track is expressing how I feel about the culture, my friends, my family & my life from …
Meet: Ty, and hear about his new releases, label and gigs
One of the best releases we have heard this year on Backseat Mafia came from UK Rapper, Ty and his Kick and a Snare EP. Born Ben Chijioke, he was born and still lives in London. More importantly, he has been at the forefront of UK Hip-Hop for over ten years, starting with his album …
Meet: Skillit – Rapper, Actor, Comedian
I blame it on my brother. I was happy with my music choices at the time. Me and Billy Bragg, The Smiths, The Housemartins, The Cure – we had this special thing going on. Then one day he (let’s not forget prior to this he had bought things by Bon Jovi and Europe) suddenly came …
Meet – The Last Skeptik, plus new album and video
In my day as a youth, the only producer I knew was that one that Ronnie Corbett used to use to give his funny stories some credence. And even when I started to take notice of what producers really were, then they were all these fancy American types, that drove huge cars and stood in …