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Oakland’s hip hop legends Souls of Mischief return to the UK and Europe for the first time in 2 years since their “Montezuma’s Revenge” tour.

It’s almost 20 years since the release of the classic ’93 Til Infinity’, but the group members, as part of the Hieroglyphics Crew, have remained one of the most prolific artists on the scene with numerous solo and group releases on Hiero Imperium Records. They still tour regularly all over the United States and Canada, and are due to perform at SXSW on their return from Europe

2012 starts with three solo albums being released in quick succession.

Tajai has already released his new collaboration with Sleeprockers “Machine Language”

Opio is set to release his new album “Vultures Wisdom Volume 2” on 28 February

Phesto’s new album “Background Check” drops on 13 March. Taken from Background Check is the bangin single “Every Detail” with a drivin beat courtesy of the ever dependable Lalo Schifrin. Check out the video below

The European tour takes in Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Germany and Belgium, while UK fans can expect to hear a mix of new material and the old classics on the following dates

March 5th Norwich Arts Centre
March 6th Ipswich The Swan
March 7th Manchester Roadhouse
March 9th Penzance Sound
March 10th Cardiff The Moon
March 11th London Jazz Cafe
March 12th Leeds Sedgwick Avenue
March 13th Edinburgh The Electric Circus
March 14th Glasgow Classic Grand

Expect to hear some more new exclusive releases over the coming months.

Can keep up to date via Hiero’s official site www.hieroglyphics.com

On twitter, @TajaiMassey @OpioHieroSom @PhestoHieroSoul @HieroImperium

Flyers designed by Mat McIvor

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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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London’s DJ Sarah Love is currently on tour in the UK with Califonia’s soul singer Aloe Blacc

The ex MTV Base and BBC 1Xtra presenter took time out for a number of media interviews shortly before going on the road for the extensive series of dates. The latest is with Flavour Magazine where the UK’s “1st Lady of Hip Hop” discusses her background and how she became involved in deejaying, her thoughts on the current UK scene, how she helped assist set up MTV Africa and her thoughts ahead of touring with Aloe

The tour to date has been a massive success and they play Manchester 7th December, Newcastle 8th December, Sheffield 9th December, Liverpool 11th December, Glasgow 12th December, Bristol 13th December, Hammersmith 15th December and finish at Brighton Dome on 16th December

Read the entire interview at http://www.flavourmag.co.uk/flavour-meets-up-with-dj-sarah-love/

Follow them on twitter @DJSarahLove and @FlavourMag

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On the eve of beginning her dj support tour in the UK for Aloe Blacc, DJ Sarah Love spoke with Sasha Shantel the editor of In-Spirels Magazine as part of their “Wonder Woman” feature

Here she talks about her early days performing at the various Kung Fu nights in London, her time with BBC 1Xtra, the djs who have inspired her, her Mobo nominations, performing with Wu Tang and The Roots and much more

In-Spirels is a publication dedicated to those who motivate and inspire, designed to encourage young talent and recognize achievements

The “Aloe Blacc & The Grand Design” tour starts in Birmingham on Saturday 3rd December, followed by Leeds 4th, Nottingham 5th, Manchester 7th, Newcastle 8th, Sheffield 9th, Liverpool 11th, Glasgow 12th, Bristol 13th, Hammersmith Apollo 15th and finishes at Brighton Dome on the 16th

Check the interview at www.in-spirelsmagazine.co.uk/?p=10020

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Aloe Blacc returns to the UK for an extended tour starting on Saturday 3rd December at HMV Institute in Birmingham

The Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme Tour takes in most major towns & cities throughout the country including Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, Liverpool, Glasgow, Bristol & London.

Support on all of the dates comes from the UK’s “1st Lady of Hiphop” DJ Sarah Love, a massive name on the UK hiphop scene from her days mashin up sets in the Kung Fu club nights all the way through to her helping set up MTV Africa, presenting for MTV Base UK and BBC 1Xtra radio.

A regular on the international hiphop club tour circuit, Sarah supports California’s singer, rapper and musician Aloe Blacc. The Stones Throw artist was in the UK earlier in the year appearing on mainstream television programmes such as The Graham Norton Show, having already blessed Later With Jools Holland with a bangin set in support of the highly successful Good Things album.

Expect to hear classic tracks from Shine Through and Good Things as well as some huge hiphop sets courtesy of Ms Love, and further support from Maya Jupiter and The Grand Scheme

Follow them on twitter @AloeBlacc and @DJSarahLove

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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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Taken from Souls of Mischief’s 2010 album “Montezuma’s Revenge”, the “Mr Freeman Skit”

Tajai takes a call from actor Morgan Freeman offering fatherly advice on his hiphop career and lets him in on some details for a future acting role….lol

The album is generally available online and can be bought with a range of merchandise from http://www.hieroglyphics.com

Produced by Prince Paul, the tracklisting includes choice cuts such as Proper Aim, For Real Y’All and Postal

Look out for a possible European tour in the first half of 2012.

You can follow the guys on twitter @TajaiMassey @OpioHieroSOM @PhestoHieroSoul and @HieroAPlus

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In September 2011, UK hiphop artists Mystro, Genesis Elijah and Iron Braydz were in west London filming scenes for a new video to be released for a posse cut which will also feature artists from Oakland’s legendary Hiero Imperium.

The full video will be completed in the next couple of months.

While together, UK’s online Niji Magazine caught up with them to see what was happening behind the scenes, find out what they had coming up in their own right, and also interviewed the video cameraman Despa from the Birmingham based Stay Fresh label and the video director from Dirty Media London

Follow these guys on twitter @GenesisElijah @Braydz @Mystrogen @DespaStayFresh @DirtyMediaLDN @NijiMagazine

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Tickets are now available for this night

Cypress Hill and Soul Assassins DJ Muggs brings a big night of hiphop and dubstep toLondon’s Brixton Jamm on Wednesday 9th November with a heavy dj support line up including Sarah Love, 279, Snuff, Rod Azlan, Chef, Raggs, Enme and more, hosted by Kiss FM’s MC Crazy D

The link to buy online is on http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/DJ-Muggs-Cypress-Hill-Soul-Assassins-DJ-279-Choice-FM-Sarah-L-tickets/artist/5020918

Check these guys on twitter @DJ_Muggs @DJSarahLove @DJ279 @DJSnuffOne @RodAzlan @RaggsDJ @DJEnme @DJChefal @MCCrazyD

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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

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Link to 8Track mix HERE

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