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North west London rapper Da Flyy Hooligan released his new album “S.C.U.M” in October through US label 22 Entertainment

Produced entirely by British beatsmith Agor, it also features Stateside luminaries Westside Gunn and Hus Kingpin.

The latest review, affording the album a 4 star rating, is written by Andrew Kay for Blacksheep Magazine and takes the form of a track by track analysis. Summarizing “Da Flyy Hooligan has enough skill in his locker to navigate each sonic wave with a power and a bragging swagger.”, the article can be read in full HERE

“S.C.U.M.” is available now to buy in both CD and digital mp3 formats from multiple online stores worldwide including Amazon, Bandcamp, iTunes and Spotify

You can also hear the album stream in full on Soundcloud

From the album were released the videos “Asantihini” and “Alligator Skin”. Check them out on Youtube

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The new album “Respect Is Earned Not Given” by eastcoast rapper / producer duo Tone Chop & Frost Gamble releases on September 29th through 22 Entertainment, the follow up to their critically acclaimed “Veteran” EP from late last year.

Distributed worldwide by The Orchard and featuring Kool G Rap, Planet Asia, White Rhino, Tragedy Khadafi and rap battler D.N.A., it is also available to pre-order in digital and physical CD formats direct from the label’s BANDCAMP

The quality of lyricism and production on display throughout is not lost on the UK’s Black Sheep Magazine who have afforded it a 4 star rating in their review written by London journalist Andrew Kay, which also acknowledges both the traditional and contemporary feel of the release – hip hop for all ages and eras.

READ THE REVIEW IN FULL HERE

Two singles released to date are “Walk the Walk” ft Kool G Rap and “Guillotine Chop featuring Planet Asia and one of Frost’s development stable, Canadian upcomer White Rhino. Check out the streams

It’s proving a busy time for producer Frost having released “Black Beach” earlier this year with Detroit’s ZotheJerk, “Respect Is Earned Not Given” precedes a new EP “Rare Fabric” with Tragedy Khadafi out on October 20th.

He is also currently working on new music with Royce da 5’9″ and Horseshoe Gang while completing a new solo project “I Missed My Bus” which includes guest artists KXBG Crooked, Ras Kass, Skyzoo, Rah Digga, Ruste Juxx, Guilty Simpson and many more.

Both he and Chop will be in NYC promoting the new album mid October, meeting with press and appearing on various radio stations including DJ Eclipse’s Rap Is Outta Control Sirius XM show.

Connect with them on social media via twitter @ToneChop @FrostGamble, on IG @ToneChop @Frost.Gamble and via their joint Facebook Page

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NY State rapper Tone Chop and Winnipeg based producer Frost Gamble have their first official collaboration releasing on November 18th. The 7 track “Veteran” Ep is available to pre-order on iTunes through Seven 13 Music & Entertainment

The pair have been connected since the 90’s when originally as rap battle rivals they came together as partners in rhyme and tagging in Binghamton before Frost’s re-location. Chop’s released numerous mixtapes over the past decade which included collabroations with Jinx da Juvy, Tom Gist and St Laz, while Frost, now fully focused on production has worked with Sadat-X, Rakim’s son Tahmell, J-Ro, ZotheJerk and the award winning Fresh I.E.

The EP has that distinct feel of the Golden Era while retaining a sense of the modern age, a fact picked up by Andrew Kay in his review which has afforded the release a 5 Star rating in Blacksheep Magazine.

READ THE REVIEW IN FULL HERE

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Look out for new audio and video releases by the duo shortly, beginning with a new bonus cut being launched this week. Their first single taken from the EP was “Leave It Alone”, a tribute to the late Sean Price and featuring Ruste Juxx and Nobi.

Keep up to date with Tone Chop & Frost Gamble on their joint Facebook Page and on twitter @ToneChop & @FrostGamble

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East coast hiphop duo Constant Deviants release their new album “Omerta” on June 28th.

In this one, the pair have taken a slightly different approach in adopting a running theme and concept throughout in a similar vein to Kool Keith’s “Tashan Dorsett” and Prince Paul’s “A Prince Among Thieves”. Speaking on the idea behind it, Emcee M.I. is quoted as saying “It’s to put a little of the fun back into hip hop, not just throwing out beats and bars. A return to the days where the focus was on entertainment, relating imaginative stories and putting more emphasis on actual songwriting“.

Of course through their Six2Six label they have expanded their creative enterprises into movie making, so it’s in keeping with the mindset to be innovative while retaining their trademark sound.

In this early review published by the UK’s Blacksheep Magazine, contributor Andrew Kay grasps the point exactly and in conclusion remarks ““Omerta” is a solid slice of street knowledge. They don’t make albums like this anymore. The Golden Era has come full circle. Not before time.” READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

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We of course have had the benefit of hearing the album, and whether it’s because it is the first to be recorded where the pair were in the studio together for many years, the quality is superb and it’s little surprise the group themselves deem it to be their favourite album to date.

They released two tracks recently. First a little loosener called “Gavone” followed by the single “So Underrated”

Look out for a lot of media coverage on this album in the months ahead together with more releases, the launch of a new video freestyle series “Tre Volte” and news of a special album launch event in NYC later in June. Keep up to date with Constant Deviants on TWITTER and FACEBOOK

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Long Beach crew Horseshoe Gang, the younger brothers of KXNG Crooked, release their new album “Anti-Trap Music” on April 29th through Seven 13 Music & Entertainment

CD versions, including autographed copies with additional merchandise can be pre-ordered HERE The album will also be available on iTunes

The album includes production by KXNG Crooked and a number of European producers including Grammy Award winners Pitchshifters, Tabu (Kendrick Lamar, Aftermath) and Jonathan Elkaer who provided the beats for the two singles relased so far “Poverty Slogans” and “Crooked I Robot”

An early 4 star review comes courtesy of Andrew Kay for the long running UK online Blacksheep Magazine. The in depth track by track analysis which summarizes “Anti-Trap music lives up to its agenda through a mixture of styles and narratives. The production is way above standard, combining traditional and the present. Lyrically, it’s a professional and powerful combination of chemistry and raw talent, with a nod to the past and a uniqueness all of their own.” can be read in full HERE

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The group are currently busy conducting interviews with members of international media and in the studio recording some new material, the results of all of which you will see soon.

Meantime, you can stay updated on Horseshoe Gang news via their TWITTER and FACEBOOK accounts. Here are the stream of their singles, both of which are available on iTunes now.

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New Jersey trio Price AK, Riq da Kid & Tru Trilla, aka 050 Boyz, release their new album “Everything 050” on 4th August

While this may be their debut album as a group, a follow up to their earlier mixtape “050 Dat”, all three members have been involved in hip hop during the past couple of decades as members of groups, with solo projects and as part of the Garden State Greats movement of 2004 launched by Treach (Naughty by Nature) and Fam (Rottin Razkals).

The group formed in the past few years, in part inspired by the concept behind GSG regenerated by DoItAll from Lords of the Underground. The album’s only producer Clinton Place also has a history with the group members going back to the 90’s, and the new release can be viewed as the natural result of many years of collaborations and developed working relationships in New Jersey’s scene.

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The first review of the album was published today in the UK’s long running online Blacksheep Magazine. Read what their writer Andrew Kay had to say HERE

Further news of the release has just been published in two more British online publications, HHK Magazine and London’s Guestlist Network

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READ THE ARTICLE IN HHK MAG HERE

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READ THE FEATURE IN GUESTLIST NETWORK HERE

They launched their first official single from the album recently, “Pay Them No Mind” which features DoItAll and Tha Advocate. Check the stream

Expect to see extensive international media coverage of this release over the summer months together with new videos, singles and audio releases. You can connect with them on Social media via their Group twitter account @050_Boyz (individual a/cs @PrinceAK_050 @RiqDaKid_050 @EgoFree2_050 @ClintonPlace9) and on their Facebook Page

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Constant Deviants release their fourth studio album Avant Garde on 12th May 2015, and the UK’s online publication Blacksheep Magazine have just published their review, affording the release a 4 star rating.

The veteran duo of Baltimore emcee M.I. and New Jersey producer DJ Cutt have been prolific over the past few years since the setting up of their own Six2Six Records imprint, with a string of releases on vinyl, CD and digital formats. Their early releases “Competition Catch Speed Knots” and “Can’t Stop” date back to the 1990’s and led to a time in the Major sector working with Arista and Roc-A-Fella records before returning to the independent fold since 2009.

Their musical evolution still retains the classic hallmarks of hip hop’s Golden Era as is reflected in Blacksheep writer Andrew Kay’s review which can be read HERE

Taken from the new album, their most recent official video release was for the track “Breathin'”

You can connect with Constant Deviants online, via twitter @Cnstnt_Dvnts & @Six2SixShift and on Facebook “ConstantDeviantsMusic“.

Look out for extensive international media coverage of this release in the weeks and months ahead, including an appearance by M.I. on the new “Rapping with Leiberman” online video show on Wednesday 8th April. Hosted by Sirius FM’s Jon Leiberman, the new show streams live on Youtube, Google Hangouts and EasyJoe.com at 7pm EST every Wednesday. His guests this week include Bishop Lamont

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Releasing on 10th December 2014, the new album “Scattered Thoughts of an American Poet” by Cincinnati hip hop artist Buggs tha Rocka includes production by Hop Trax, Sal Dali, !llmind & Jake One, and a variety of featured artists including Tanya Morgan, Chuck Inglish, MOOD and Piakhan.

A total of 19 tracks appear on the release, and the UK’s online magazine Blacksheep has just run the rule over it.

Offered a 4 star rating, their contributor Andrew Kay opens “Refreshingly, the title of his album refers to the official skill of rapping: being a poet….the thing that strikes you is the astonishingly diverse production and changes in mood and atmosphere that occur from track to track. Scattered might be how he’s sprinkled his lyrics over affected beats, but the strategy works.”

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

Look out for the launch of a new video for the track “Angel of Death featuring Piakhan and produced by Hop Trax next week as part of a special feature with a British online magazine. There will also soon be a video launched documenting the Reflection Eternal reunion show which took place in Cincinnati’s Rhinegeist Brewery in October. Meantime check the teaser video for the album

Scattered Thoughts: Teaser X from Buggs Tha Rocka on Vimeo.

Buggs has been busy this week conducting interviews with international publications and magazines. Any press & media who would like a promotional copy of the album to review, or who would wish to request an interview with the artist can contact UrbanElite PR HERE

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British online publication Blacksheep Magazine have reported on international hip hop for many years now, providing news, interviews and reviews of releases and artists who would draw from the more traditional elements of the genre

They are the latest to run the rule over the debut album by Detroit rapper Kid Vishis, the younger brother of Slaughterhouse veteran Royce da 5 9, and have afforded “Timing is Everything” a 4 star rating. Contributor Andrew Kay opens with the question “by being Royce’s kid brother, the question remains: is he a credible chip off the old block?“.

He then goes through the tracks produced by Mr Porter, Chase Moore (Hippie Sabotage), Nemisis and Nick Zervos before concluding “no one can fault the execution of making an album that says more than what’s on the tin – Kid has his own style, differing from his more established brother. But on the face of this, he’s in his own lane and on his way to a very credible career with (hopeful) longevity and much success.”

Read the full article HERE

Taken from the album, which can be pre-ordered at www.seven13ent.com, here’s the lyric video for “Look At All My $hit”

Follow him on twitter @KidVishis and the label @Seven13Music

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North London Emcee & producer Iron Braydz release his new Verbal sWARdz EP on 14th April, the first since his 2012 mixtape Holla @ Braydz

The first of a series of new solo releases over the next 12 months for the newest member of Triple Darkness, he will also be appearing in a new independent film “Night Bus” directed by Simon Baker who picked up several awards for his “Paralympic” series for Channel 4.

British online hip hop magazine Blacksheep are one of the first to run the rule over the 10 track EP, and the review, afforded a 4 star rating opens with a desription of Braydz as having “talent to spare: verbally dextrous, insightful, passionate, determined with playful wordplay; enough to set him aside from the competition.”

A track by track synopsis follows before reviewer Andrew Kay summarizes “Verbal Swardz conjures up memories of classic Wu-Tang Clan with retro samples and drum patterns, with additional complexity in the production. Iron Bradyz is a talented and passionate MC- it comes across every time he rhymes. There’s a lot going on here and this deserves to be consumed by those who love a proper U.K MC thinking outside the musical box.”

Read the whole article HERE

There have been a couple releases from the EP so far, the audio for “Millennium” featuring Organized Konfusion’s Prince Po and most recently the new video for “Dredd”. Check them out

Look out for much more international media coverage on this in the coming months, and meantime check in with Iron Braydz on twitter @Braydz and on Facebook at HollaAtBraydz. Can also reach the magazine on twitter @Blacksheepmag

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