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Latest UK online magazine to review the new album by Ohio’s Copywrite “God Save The King (Proper English Version)”

This time Scott Ronan gives it the 4 star treatment for WhatCulture

He gives a full track by track analysis, picking up on the wordplay and metaphors on display throughout, the dope production and again that international blend of high quality UK and Stateside Emcees complimenting each other on this imaginative release

He summarises

All in all a very strong Hip Hop album. It provides strong Boom Bap beats that sound great in my car with interesting talented lyricists. Copywrite has always been a great lyricist who has earned his underground stripes but with this album he has shown his respect for UK hip-hop by including so many of the dopest UK emcees. Copywrite is a talented battle emcees who uses detailed metaphors and snappy punch lines all over this album. The list of guests help to make this a good strong album. Easily a four out of five.

Read the full review HERE

More information at www.copywritesworld.com & www.manbitesdogrecords.com

On twitter @Copywrite @WhatCulture @sajr @manbitesdogrecs

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New single taken from Copywrite’s new album “God Save The King (Proper English Version)” out on Man Bites Dog Records

Arachnaphobia, produced by the UK’s Jaguar Skills, also features Wu Tang’s Killah Priest, Lord Basis and London’s Melanin 9. All 4 Emcees tear into Jag’s driving beat, another example of the quality on display throughout the album which features many of the most respected Trans – Atlantic names in the game.

One of the biggest independent international hip hop releases for many years, further production is supplied by Stu Bangas, Curtiss King, Vanderslice, Marco Polo, Bronze Nazareth, Surock and Kount Fif.

MORE INFORMATION AT www.copywritesworld.com

TWITTER : @Copywrite @KillahPriest @Melanin_9 @JagSkills @ManBitesDogRecs

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Latest review of the new album by Ohio’s Copywrite “God Save The King (Proper English Version)” which releases on Man Bites Dog Records internationally on 13th June 2012

The album sees Copywrite on top of his game throughout, ably assisted by production from Marco Polo, Stu Bangas, Vanderslice, Surock, Kount Fif, Curtiss King, Jason Rose, Jaguar Skills & Bronze Nazareth

The range of features from heavyweights in the UK and United States adds to the international flavour resulting in one of the hottest independent hip hop releases of 2012.

Read the whole review HERE

Year of The Gun ft Killah Priest, Inspectah Deck & Bigz Flygerian prod by Bronze Nazareth
Crooked Coppers ft Crooked I & Iron Braydz prod by Surock
Love from Sarah (PSA) ft DJ Sarah Love
Troop Jackets ft Sean Price & SAS prod by Kount Fif
Ghost in the Machine ft Context prod by Jason Rose
Overdose ft Royce da 5 9 & Genesis Elijah prod Curtiss King
J.O.Y. ft Torae & Jason Rose prod Jason Rose
Got Myself ft Gillie The Kid & Sinista Daniro prod by Jason Rose
More Sorrow ft Illogic & Don Jaga prod by Stu Bangas
Yo! MTV Raps! (Money for Nothin’) ft Jason Rose prod by Jason Rose
Golden State (of Mind) ft Casual, Evidence, & Roc Marciano prod by Vanderslice
Opium Prodigies ft Illogic prod by Marco Polo
Arachnaphobia ft Killah Priest, Lord Basis & Melanin 9 prod by Jaguar Skills
Starter Hats ft Sonny Seeza (Onyx) & Akala prod by Kount Fif
G$K ft Dru Blu & Jason Rose prod by Stu Bangas
Still Pickin ft Sean Price, Mystro & Dom prod by Kount Fif
A Talk with Jesus prod by Poetiq Beetz

Follow them on twitter @Copywrite & @BritishHipHop

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December 2011 8 Tracks Mix

Its that time of year again, Xmas and the holiday season

And that can mean only one thing – truly woeful tv scheduling, family dramas & gifts which were clearly designed to be a thinly veiled insult !

So if…and lets face it you will…reach the point of total pyschosis, hopefully this 8 Track Classic hip hop mix will help soothe the nerves & bring you back into the land of the living. Some tasty treats from the UK & USA spanning several decades

All at Urbanelite PR (UK) wish you the best for 2012

Tracklisting

Kingpin – North West Riders
Proof of D12 (prod by J Dilla) – Fizzo
Verbal Kent – Barcode
Cyclonious ft Utopia – Warriors
Public Enemy – Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Pharoahe Monch – Fuck You
Redman – Let’s Get Dirty
Flipmode Squad – Set It On Fire

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Click the Link & Enjoy !!

http://8tracks.com/mixes/481706/player_v3

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This is a compilation of video clips of singles we have promoted into the UK and European marketplace.

We promote all forms of “urban” music, and these tracks are hiphop and drum & bass

They are “London Calling” Double AB ft Iron Braydz
“Now” Verbal Kent produced by the UK’s Kelakovski
“Walk My Shoes” ETheMadAssassin
“Betta B Ready – D-Code’s drum & bass mix” Ras Ceylon
“Miss Right” – Peter Jackson ft Sizzla

They represent tracks from all around the world, UK, USA, Canada & Jamaica. On our main youtube account http://www.youtube.com/urbanelitepr you will be able to view full versions of these videos as well as more from artists such as Souls of Mischief, Deeprooted, Tha Vill ft Kele Le Roc, TQ as well as audio promotions for artists such as Ohio’s Copywrite and New York’s Vast Aire featuring a number of other UK artists

We also arrange for some videos to be premiered on world renowned sites, and of course service all of the top UK tv stations, top global online specialist blogs & magazines, radio, press and also handle tour press and events such as with Detroit’s D12, and most recently publicity for Cypress Hill’s DJ Muggs on his visit to London. Artist development and label support are also included in the range of services we provide.

We have represented independent labels and majors over the years

Examples of past and present campaigns can be seen at http://www.myspace.com/urbanelitepr you can find us on Facebook “Urbanelite Smith”, tracks available at http://www.soundcloud.com/urbanelitepr and you can also reach us on twitter http://www.twitter.com/urbanelitepr

Any business enquiries can be sent to urbanelitepr@gmail.com

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Urbanelite Promotions are now fully authorized to accept booking enquiries for London’s 1st Lady of Hiphop, DJ Sarah Love.

Sarah’s reputation grew from her early days deejaying at various Kung Fu events and on local London underground radio stations, and was soon presenting shows for specialist stations in the US, Europe, Australia and Africa.

This soon led to her receiving bookings from around the world, and cemented her position as one of the leading hiphop international club djs, noteworthy given the male dominance that still exists to this day.

In August 2007, Sarah joined the BBC’s urban music specialist station 1Xtra and presented the Friday night Hip Hop Mix Show. In 2008 she also presented the station’s weekend Breakfast show. The internet platform & prestige of being the BBC’s main hiphop dj established her name globally, and the station enjoyed a larger international audience as a result.

She was also instrumental in the launch of MTV Base in Africa as an official soundsystem DJ, and played live at many of MTV Europe’s official events. MTV then appointed her official VJ for the UK’s Base programme, appearing on Trevor Nelson’s “The Lick – Spanking New Music” & had her own monthly feature on the station’s “Good Look”. This was broadcast to the UK and 60 other countries.

In 2009, she was nominated in the “Best DJ” category at the MOBO’s, the only female to have ever received such recognition.

Sarah left BBC 1Xtra and MTV in 2010.

She has had subsequent online tv shows with Spine TV, Squeeze Radio, and still regularly features in many of the urban music specialist magazines.

In the past year she has played clubs in Africa, US, Australia, Europe and the UK and can count names such as Souls of Mischief, The Roots, Wu Tang, KRS-1 and many more as those with whom she has shared the stage.

The “One Woman Wrecking Machine” has a large social media presence, with nearly 5000 friends on FACEBOOK nearly 6000 followers on Twitter and updates these plus her blog via the official site at www.djsarahlove.com with all key events.

She is the official UK tour dj for Aloe Blacc in December 2011, and tours Australia in January 2012.

We are accepting enquiries from anywhere in the world for dates in November 2011 and from February 2012 onwards. There are some dates in December free at the moment, those being Tuesday 6th, Saturday 10th, Wednesday 14th and from Saturday 17th onwards

All enquiries should be sent to urbanelitepr@gmail.com and we guarantee a reply within 24 hours.

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Youtube have fully reinstated our Youtube account urbanelitepr having accepted we did not breach any copywright infringement

This is a facility to assist our clients and only ever upload either videos or audio slides with their prior approval.

On our account includes videos & audio slides from Stateside and UK artists such as TQ, Souls of Mischief, Tha Vill ft Kele Le Roc, Verbal Kent, Deeprooted, Copywrite, Vast Aire, & more

Check it out

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This is the new August 2011 hiphop mix we have uploaded to 8tracks.com

It consists of various artists from the US and UK we have promoted recently and over the past couple of years. This covers Bay Area / San Diego to Chicago, Detroit, over to New York via Jamaica Queens and Brooklyn & London

We have uploaded a monthly mix since April primarily to showcase the talent that exists in these and other territories, much of it independent or underground, but always top quality.

The full tracklisting for the August mix is as follows:

Iomos Marad “Dont Play Dat”
Deeprooted “Break of Dawn”
Verbal Kent “Dinner Party” produced by iLLmind
Copywrite ft Sam Khan “Stop Remix”
Copywrite ft Jay Notes, Loudmouth Melvin,Skillit “PYT Rmx”
Vast Aire ft Kenyattah & Context MC “Cannon of Samus Rmx”
Souls of Mischief “For Real Y’All”
Vast Aire ft Guilty Simpson & Haze “The Verdict Remix”

You can see all of our current and previous client campaigns HERE

You can follow us on twitter HERE

Link to 8Track mix HERE

http://8tracks.com/mixes/366013/player_v3

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THE LOCK IN BLOG

We have just launched a new blog on Tumblr, “The Lock In”

As a company, Urbanelite Promotions have several online platforms on Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, various blogs etc to help promote our international client base

We decided to launch a less formal platform on tumblr to highlight anything that entertained or interested us. This could be news, videos, tracks, sport, music industry “advice”, anything of any nature that we just felt like posting.

This will also be a platform for artists & labels, most likely involved in hiphop, rap, r&b, soul or any other form of “urban” music who we may not be directly involved with, but we like, to have their videos or tracks uploaded. Any artists interested in having their material or details of events added should check the site first, all the contact details are there.

As a taster, we have uploaded some examples, including a rare interview with Souls of Mischief & Sarah Love & “tour stories” from their time in the UK supporting the release of the album Montezuma’s Revenge, when we took D12 to meet Tim Westwood & news of their tour last year & dates in the Uk this year, and some other videos of Stateside & UK artists such as Copywrite, Vast Aire, Supar Novar, Depprooted & we’ll be adding more soon. We also uploaded a couple examples of our 8Tracks mixes featuring international hiphop artists we’ve been in touch with over the years.

Here are a couple examples (the full tracklistings are on the new blog)

Mix 1 incl Phi Life Cypher, Genesis Elijah, Epsilon Project & Classified

http://8tracks.com/mixes/301217/player_v3

Mix 2 incl MC Life, Sway, Skinnyman, Vast Aire, 6th Sense, Saigon, Eternia, Scram Jones

http://8tracks.com/mixes/343905/player_v3

Every week or so we’ll then summarize the latest content in our various other online platforms. Only submissions to the contact quoted at the tumblr page will be considered. General mp3 blast companies need not apply….!

Otherwise, drop by & if you want added, drop us a line

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THA VILL
ARTIST THA VILL – “MR FIBER OPTIC”
SINGLE HAPPY HOUR b/w FIBER OPTIC LOVE
RELEASE DATE 28 SEPTEMBER 2009
LABEL HI ENERGY ENTERTAINMENT

LA based Tha Vill, dubbed “Mr Fiber Optic” for his fresh NuTek-Hop take on r&b and hiphop, has come a long way from his tough upbringing on the streets of North Chicago, to drop his debut UK single HAPPY HOUR b/w FIBER OPTIC LOVE.

Co-produced by KAGE (The Saturdays “Work”, Simon Cowell’s George Sampson “Body Language”, Flo Rida, Westlife, Janet Leon, Lindsay Lohan), it’s set for release digitally 28th September 2009.

The MC, singer & producer is pushing new boundaries for electronic urban music, picking up from where Kanye, Black Eyed Peas & Flo Rida are currently at, and movin it up several gears.

Though HAPPY HOUR is being promoted globally, an earlier Stateside-only leak resulted in over 140,000 downloads in one month. Flipside FIBER OPTIC LOVE has already been released in the US with major coast to coast radio backing, including WDRE (NY), WXIS (VA), KWIN (CA), KZFM (TX), KRKA (LA) & WGCI (IL). It is also to be used in the upcoming movie “HOW TO MAKE LOVE TO A WOMAN”.

HAPPY HOUR will be an easy sit for all those fans of Kanye’s most recent productions, while FIBER OPTIC LOVE is a hard driving infectious hybrid of electronic dance, hiphop and r&b. It refelects the NuTek-Hop sound he has developed with a range of producers on his forthcoming album “THA VILL”, due for release later in the year. The slammin video for Happy Hour was produced by Hi Energy Entertainment, the company co-owned by Tha Vill, and is due to be released in the UK ahead of the States.
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Tha Vill has been getting his grind on from an early age. Despite in his formative years living through the murder of his father, losing friends to the life of gang warfare & drugs (a life in which he subsequently became involved leading to his own incarceration) and physical abuse from a step father, he refocused his life, majored in business from college, played NCAA basketball, and returned to his first love, music.

Originally part of THE TRUE ONES signed to NY independent Hush Hush Records, he moved to LA and set up his own Free Man Records, with his debut album WELCOME TO THA VILL selling 10,000 copies, and a further 20,000 downloads.

Building further industry connections in LA resulted in him becoming “The Face” of KTLA Morning News (Tribune) via a station ident he both wrote and appeared in, with further tracks being used by MTV, VH1 and Good Day LA (Fox). He has performed nationally with Slick Rick, Slim Thug, Mike Jones, Brian McKnight, Cypress Hill, Ace Young, Trea and many others. This in turn led to the formation of Hi Energy Entertainment with new partners working with international producers.

He has written, produced and featured on tracks such as CALIFORNIA (The Game, Eastwood, Ya Boy), SHIMMY (Janet Leon), LET’S TALK (Sheri Novrozi) and FAST LIFE (Ace Young), and is a current top Myspace artist http://www.myspace.com/thavillian.

When not recording or performing, he focuses much of his time in the charity he set up “KEEP THE FAITH”, designed to help creative inner city youths reach their goals, and involves several of his fan clubs in these activities.

With his debut UK release and focus set on creating new & innovative commercial urban sounds, he now aims to build on his massive Stateside and European online fanbase.

“Mr Fiber Optic” and his handpicked NuTek-Hop production teams can count on it.

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see more at http://www.myspace.com/urbanelitepr

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