LATE 100% Exclusive to SturbanClothing

Late from Wolftown gives an exclusive interview to SturbanClothing that was used on the dvd "100% Exclusive". Late is member of the South Park Coalition ( SPC) and this video as clips from his music videos "They Don't want To See Me Blow" and "I'm A Saint I'm A Sinner" ft K Rino, KB Da Kidnappa.

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We had neglected SturbanClothing Video channel but will be posting more videos on there weekly

LATE & Tricksta present D.A The Return

Straight outta Houston, Texas comes D.A with a brand new mixtape for 09. Mixed by our Wolftown fam LATE & Tricksta present D.A The Return.

01. LATE - Intro
02. D.A - Back 2gether
03. D.A - The Return
04. D.A - Blazed In Central Park
05. D.A - Talk Spot 1
06. D.A - Apollo Creed
07. DEM SOUTHERN FOLKS - Gub'ment Cheese
08. D.A - Love The Ladies
09. P BARBER FEAT D.A - Tippin'
10. D.A - Feelings
11. G-LIFE - Get It How You Live
12. D.A - Missing You
13. D.A - Black Magic
14. D.A - Talk Spot 2
15. 5TH WARD BOYS - Our Life
16. BIG MIKE - All A Dream
17. GANGSTA NIP - Come Into My World
18. D.A - Manic Depression
19. D.A - Good
20. D.A - House Of The Rising Sun
21. D.A FEAT LATE, GRIT GRAMMER & MANNY MOSCOW - Guns And Goons
22. LATE - Outro

LATE & Tricksta present D.A The Return

Tricksta on sturban clothing blog

This month TRICKSTA releases his new UK Runnings mixtape in conjunction with sturban clothing entitled "100% Exclusive". The thirty-track mixtape features fifteen tracks produced by TRICKSTA as well as seeing him produce and direct his first DVD. It’s a massive release and is already causing a stir on the underground. Alex Davello went to find out more from the man who helped to put Wolverhampton on the Hip-Hop map…


So tell us Tricksta how long did this project take to make?
I started it in the summer of 2007 and it was complete in July 2008. I wanted to make a project with sturban clothing that really stood the test of time, and I guess by making all the tracks exclusive I have done that. I also wanted to do a DVD. I've wanted to do a DVD for ages, so I thought why not do it on this project.


So for those that don’t know tell us who features on the mixtape.
Well I always try and rep different endz. From Wolverhampton I got LATE, 10Shott, Jai Boo, Size8, A1, Conman and myself. I got some sick skits cut up by Jabba Tha Kut who also got me an exclusive from Magishan, and they are both from Bournemouth. I got Bristol being repped by Kelz and Trz aka The Souljah Clique, Bungle from Sheffield, Double E from Gloucestershire, Kid Rad from Lichfield, Unfriendly Neighbours from Tamworth, Deadline from Birmingham, Hard Livin from Essex, and London artists Swift It Major, Reain, Big Cakes, Logic, Manny Moscow, Cons from The Colony, Jimmy Raygun, Debonair, P.A.C and Yaeo.

And the DVD?
It features some of the people on the mixtape as well as Blak Twang, Million Dan, Supar Novar, an interview with HHBRadio.Com and a street artist from the Midlands called Matt "The Artist". There are a few unseen music videos too. It’s around an hour long because I didn’t want it to be boring.

UK Runnings has been moulding a string bond with sturban clothing. Tell us more about that.
Glyn is like family to me. He has always understood UK Runnings and what it is all about (promoting and pushing quality home-grown hip-hop music). We hooked up when he sponsored a volume of UK Runnings around 2005. The rest is history... Since then we’ve done a total of three mixtape releases ("sturban clothing Mix", "Music For The MySpace Generation" and now "100% Exclusive"), I also do a monthly radio show which is broadcast on sturban clothing website (to listen go to the website at www.sturbanclothing.com, scroll down and at the bottom left hand corner simply click Urban Shop Radio. sturban clothing sponsor me throughout too, so you can guarantee if you ever see me in some sick garms and want to know where they are from they are from www.sturbanclothing.com.

So do you have a fourth mix planned?
Yes we do, it won’t be out until 2009, but the next release from us will be called "Urban Runnings". It will be a double CD that features different genres such as UK Hip-Hop, Grime, Dubstep and Drum’n’Bass. It’s going to feature some guest DJ’s.


And UK Runnings? Anything else planned there?
Well yeh, I am just compiling "Flying The Flag" which as a collaboration project with Lunatrix from HHBRadio.Com. That’s going to be a double CD with 50 tracks! Massive release with loads of exclusives.

So as a producer and mixtape DJ what else have you been up to Tricksta?
You know me, always got loads of projects on the go! I have just produced LATE’s debut album "Below Street Level" which a tight fourteen track CD that features the likes of Willie D from the Geto Boys, K-Rino and JT The Bigga Figga. Now I am starting to work on tracks for my debut album "Urban Mathematics" which is planned for a release late 2009/early 2010. There are other things I am producing too but I am sworn to secrecy! Mixtape wise, just done mixes with KB Da Kidnappa, Keak Da Sneak, The Jacka, 2025NYC.Com, LATE and many more.


What would you say have been your biggest achievements in Hip-Hop so far?
Releasing over fifty Hip-Hop CD’s on my own record label, all of them official, and all pressed up. No big thing for any USA record label, but for a bloke from the Black Country I think that’s a big statement! Working with some of the biggest names in the scene (both UK and USA), being asked to present the award to best Hip-Hop act at the UMA’s in 2007, Willie D from The Geto Boys rapping on one of my beats, producing a track on K-Rino’s last album that came out in the USA and putting my city on the Hip-Hop map. Big up everyone from Wolverhampton!



So where can you get "100% Exclusive"?
As with all Wolftown Recordings releases you can get them from HMV, Zaavi, iTunes, Play.Com etc, and if some reason they haven’t got it in stock everything is always on www.wolftownrecordings.com.

Okay before you go, anything else you want to say?
Yeh, I run a promotions company. Any UK or US artist looking to get exposure should get in touch www.myspace.com/parkstreetpromotions. Come and see why we got 5000 in three months of launching the MySpace page. There are more details on the website at www.parkstreetpr.co.uk.

Thanks for the chance to do this interview and much love to everyone involved in this project from Glyn at sturban clothing – check www.sturbanclothing.com and get yourself some new garmz, Luna & Vokal from OYM Media who dealt with the DVD and some music videos, all the artists that contributed to it and a massive shout out to the sponsors… Abuze London, Mada, Ambiguous Clothing and Nomis.

Interview by Alex Davello

LATE - Below Street Level plus Interview

Anyone who has seen HHC this month should have already seen that awesome four page feature where Wolverhampton rapper LATE breaks down his debut solo album. If you haven’t then that’s cool, but make sure you read on as this is without a doubt one of the biggest releases on an independent record label out of England in 2008. Fourteen tracks deep, we get the single "I’m A Saint, I’m A Sinner" featuring Houston’s K-Rino and KB Da Kidnappa, which features on HHC’s recent double CD compilation ‘Recognition’, as well as the massive ‘It’s Nothin’ featuring Willie D from The Geto Boys and the summer sounding "Supply & Demand". Dope-E from The Terrorists, JT The Bigga Figga, Jai Boo, Geezy from Mac Dre’s Thizz World label all feature amongst others, making this such a massive release. LATE is just getting better and better, I can’t wait to see he does in 2009. Massive album, a must buy CD!

LATE has been an integral part of the UK Rap scene since 1999, and even before that he was rhyming and dropping verses on various tracks. This year has been without a doubt his busiest year with his Urban Shop sponsored mixtape "Two Thousand & LATE" doing some serious damage. Now set to release his debut album "Below Street Level" which features legends such as K-Rino, Willie D from The Geto Boys and JT The Bigga Figga, we sent Alan Jenkins to find out more about the L, the A, the T, the E. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you LATE, the UK’s hardest working!!!

How ya doing LATE. Thanks so much for taking time out you’re increasingly ever busy schedule to do this interview! Okay, let’s start at the beginning. You have been in the game for a while what releases have you had out?
I released my first single “UK SOUND” under the name Villains on my own label Wolftown Recordings in 1999. In 2000 we went on to release the album VILLAINS – WELCOME TO WOLFTOWN and have actively been releasing music ever since. Together with Tricksta we put the group Wolftown Committee together and released the album “LEGENDARY STATUS.” Along side Tricksta I have done so much its hard to keep track of what we have done, I know when this interview goes live I will remember lots of other achievements... I featured on 100’s of mixtapes worldwide I was the first person in the UK to record a posse track with 50 mc’s on it in 2003. I have recorded with artists from The East coast, West coast, Midwest The South, Canada, Jamaica, France, Germany, As a dj I have done mixtapes with Chamillionaire, Trae, K-Rino, Papoose, Grand Daddy Souf to name a few. I’ve released 3 underground mixtapes projects The Villainous One, An English Man In New York and 2 Thousand & LATE and this year released my first full length solo album “BELOW STREET LEVEL” featuring Willie D from the Geto Boys, K-Rino, Dope-E, JT the Bigga Figga plus quite a few more special guests.


Wolftown has always had a different approach to promoting its music than the traditional UK artists with lots of different concepts and always colourful artwork what made decide to break the mould?
Inspired by labels like Rap A Lot Records, No Limit, Suave House and Big Tyme Records they where strictly independent but had good distribution deals. I liked the way all their artists used to collaborate with each other doing big posse tracks, and they way they used to market their selves really influenced me by having big bold artwork that stands out in a saturated market.

You have had 2 releases out this year 2 THOUSAND & LATE and the album BELOW STREET LEVEL tell us about those releases.
2 Thousand & LATE is a collection of tracks that I had in the vault, tracks I’ve featured on and some remix tracks and exclusives all mixed together by Tricksta. It was a basically a teaser for the album to get the fans fired up for the release, it features; KB DA KIDNAPPA from the group STREET MILITARY, JT THE BIGGA FIGGA, JON CONNERS, BRICK SAAVY, LO–KEYS, STRESS, FAMOSO, MOKEOUT, JAI-BOO, SIZE8, RICKY LEE, CONMAN, CEE-ROCK “THE FURY”, NUT-RAGEOUS, PANAMA, JAK DANIELS, and S.P.C rappers THUGSTAR, MURDER ONE & KUWAIT, there is also a bonus chopped n screwed track on there by DJ LOON.

BELOW STREET LEVEL is the full length album all produced by TRICKSTA this is my best work to date. I have done a lot of underground projects in the past just teasing the fans but on this album I have held nothing back I talk about a lot of social issues my own issues and gone deeper lyrically on each track. I have also had the pleasure to work with some of the artists I grew up listening to. I have collaborations with WILLIE D (Geto Boys) K-RINO, KB DA KIDNAPPA, DOPE E, JT THE BIGGA FIGGA, GEEZY (Fendi Boyz / ThizzWorld) ESINCHO, D.A, JUSTICE ALLAH & JAI BOO. There isn’t an album like this that has ever come out the UK

For someone that have never heard of you before and want to check out the album what can they expect to hear?
100% uncut reality rap/hip hop there are NO back pack lyrics stringing words together just because they rhyme. It’s just pure from the heart lyrics about life and about the world we live in. There are no samples on the album all the music is created by UK vet TRICKSTA and mastered by the man they call Ryan Pinson.

I see the album has been getting a lot of good press what is your favourite track from the album?
I don’t know really every track has a piece of me in it and my life in it so it’s hard to pick a track. I only put 14 tracks on the album I wanted to keep it quality over quantity no fillers just pure good music.

Tell us about the title BELOW STREET LEVEL?
I chose that title because I’m an independent artist on the underground that has been releasing music actively for nearly 10 years but doesn’t get accepted in certain circles of UK hip hop community. I felt like my music must be so underground it’s below street level, that’s why I ran with that title.

So what’s next for LATE?
I’m working on a few projects at the moment but I don’t want to give too much away just keep a look out on the websites Wolftown Recordings.com and LATE and all will be revealed when the time is right.

LATE - Below Street Level is out now on Wolftown Recordings. To buy your copy direct please just simply click the link.

JAI BOO & PAUL WALL - Diamonds & Grills Edition

JAI BOO & PAUL WALL - Diamonds & Grills Edition (Wolftown Recordings)

Wolftown seem to be repping for the city of Houston hard! To date they have released official mixtapes with the likes of Chamillionaire, Trae, Ricky Lee, K-Rino and KB Da Kidnappa, and now it’s the turn of Swisha House artist, the man with the diamond smile Paul Wall! Jai Boo has been making serious moves this last year with her mixtape series getting respect from both sides of the Atlantic, but this double-disc package is just something else. Jai Boo deals with the regular speed mix while DJ Slice (Mike Jones’s DJ) slows it down for the ‘slowed and sliced’ CD. Loving a lot of tracks of this CD, like the head-butting banger by Jai Boo & LATE called ‘Diamond & Grills’ and "Officially F**ked Up" by Dead Ent & Paul Wall hits the spot too. Other appearances from Tech N9ne, K-Rino, Charle Boy and Grit Boys help to make this CD the perfect mix. DJ Slice mashes the slower mix too and will be loved by screwheads everywhere. A big release go the Wolftown site and buy it now!

Jai Boo
Wolftown Recordings

Review by Kut Loose.

Street Fire - LATE and Rosko

Because we love you and we have very close connections with Wolftown's Tricksta and LATE we are making available to you a FREE new mixtape is something brand new from the UK’s hardest working rapper LATE alongside ATL artist ROSCO and Wolftown producer & DJ TRICKSTA. Over an hour long ‘Street Fire’ features unreleased tracks and freestyles making this a mixtape you need in your collection.

check out the cover Tricksta rocking his new Nomis wears;-)

DOWNLOAD LINK: Street Fire

01 - ROSCO - Street Fire Intro
02 - ROSCO - Dey Know
03 - LATE - Dope Boy Fresh
04 - ROSCO - Candy On Tha Six
05 - LATE - The Villain Man
06 - ROSCO - Independent
07 - LATE - Undiluted Street Music
08 - ROSCO - I Get Money
09 - LATE - Why In This?
10 - ROSCO - I'm So Hood
11 - LATE Feat JAI BOO - We Stay Hustlin, Grindin
12 - ROSCO - Swag Ranked 1
13 - LATE - Something To Believe In
14 - ROSCO - Get Time Back
15 - LATE Feat JON CONNERS, LO-KEYS, STRESS, BRICK SAAVY, FAMOSO & MOKEOUT - Day In, Day Out
16 - ROSCO - Get That Paper
17 - LATE Feat SIZE8 & JAI BOO - Surviving
18 - ROSCO - Good Life
19 - LATE Feat JAI BOO - On The Grind
20 - LATE - Street Fire Outro

Check out the MySpaces
Rosco
LATE

No Podcast this week ;-)

No podcast this week because we have something even better a LATEcast. UK Rapper LATE from the infamous Wolftown Recordings takes time out to do an exclusive podcast for sturban clothing. This 50 minute musical excursion features four tracks from his new mixed CD, as well as classic and new Hip-Hop tracks that LATE is feeling. sturban clothing are the exclusive sponsor to LATE’s new CD ‘Two Thousand & Late’ which drops in June 2008. Be on the look out for his album & DVD release ‘Below Street Level’ which is planned for release first week October 2008.

K-Rino Feat Z-RO - Lyrical Grind
Geto Boys - Straight Gangstaism
ESG - Crooked Streets
JT The Bigga Figga Feat LATE & Jai Boo - Wonderful Feeling (TRICKSTA Remix)
KB Da Kidnappa - Ghetto Raised
LATE Feat Size8 & Jai Boo - Surviving
ABN Feat Lil Boss Hogg - In My City
LATE Feat Ricky Lee & Jai Boo - Can't Smile
LATE Feat Thugstar, Murder One, Kuwait & Jai Boo - Worldwide Speakers
20 2 Life Feat SPC - Wreckless In Texas

You'll find the LATEcast along with the complete Urban Shop Podcast back catalogue in sturban clothing forums.

Interview with UK rapper LATE

LATE is an old time friend of sturban clothing, he's been in the hip hop game more years than anybody cares to mention and he has a new release about to drop sponsored by sturban clothing called "2 Thousand and LATE" we caught up with the legend and put a few questions to the man.

Where are you from and what was it like growing up there?
I’m from Wolverhampton AKA Wolftown, The city of broken dreams and failed dodgy schemes its like any other working class area of the UK, I've done fair share of dodgyness, been around all the wrong things, lost a lot of people on the way, just like anyone that hasn’t grew up in cotton wool.


How did you get your name and is there a story behind it?
It was my tag back in the day, I was a graffiti artist back in the day, I was all city, I was wanted, my tag was mentioned on the news

Was there a situation or a person who inspired you to rap?
It was a natural progression from dj’ing and mastering the 4 elements of hip hop, B-Boying, graffiti, dj’ing right thru to mc’ing, my first influence to rap was when I heard ICE-T on the song 'High Rollers'.

Tell us about your latest release.
Its basically a mixtape to help promote my forthcoming album “ Below Street Level” But '2Thousand & LATE' is a mixture of new tracks, collaborations, freestyles and Remixes I featured on, it features KB DA KIDNAPPA from the group STREET MILATRY, JT THE BIGGA FIGGA, JON CONNERS, BRICK SAAVY, LO–KEYS, STRESS, FAMOSO, MOKEOUT, JAI-BOO, SIZE8, RICKY LEE, CONMAN, CEE-ROCK “THE FURY”, NUT-RAGEOUS, PANAMA, JAK DANIELS, and S.P.C rappers THUGSTAR, MURDER ONE & KUWAIT, there is also a bonus chopped n screwed track on there by DJ LOON

What do you prefer; playing live, recording in the studio or battling?
I'm basically an artist so the studio is my ideal environment, I love creating that’s what I like to do.

How would you describe your personality? What do you enjoy doing?
I'm either in it or not, if Im in it, Im gonna do it to my best ability, if im not I wont do it, I just love creating things, Cause I came from nothing, I love making something from nothing, I just love hip hop all 4 elements that is what I do.

How did you go about setting up independently?
I never sent a demo out I just wanted to do this my own way and with the help of my bro Tricksta we made it happen, If you believe in what you’re doing it will happen.



What’s your favourite clothing label?
I got so many, Ive got a beer belly so I like the USA labels they cover my gut better, LOL, labels like Pelle Pelle, Southpole, Rockawear, Zoo-York, Phat Farm, I wear a lot of labels that are hip hop based, I don’t wear lable's that don’t respect hip hop, People need to understand that Hip Hop is the most watched culture in the world, designers all over the world watch what hip hop kids are wearing and try and copy that, There is a lot of people today wearing clothes by labels that don’t respect them as a people and a culture, So I try to labels that understand and respect our culture.


Forget the budget, what would be your dream collobo?
AAAHH man, no budget, I would wanna work with all the cats I grew up listening to, like GETO BOYS, all of SOUTH PARK COALITON , all of the SCREWED UP CLICK. ICE-T, ICE CUBE, MASTER, KRS-ONE, SPICE-ONE, MC EIHT, CELLY CELL, ABOVE THE LAW, KOOL G RAP that names a few the list just goes on and on.


With so many artists out there, what are you doing different to get heard?
I'm just being me, im not trying to do what everyone else is doing im just doing me, I'm trying to make music that’s gonna be understood worldwide

Now is your chance to get something off ya chest! Anything getting you down or any opinions you need to voice?
If you wanna get in the game Understand the culture, be yourself, and get in where you fit it. And if it doesn’t happen, still work in the industry because not all rappers are rich but some of those that work behind the scenes are. I think were at a stage where everyone wants to be a rapper and famous and when we get beyond that that’s when we might build an industry out here.

Okay, before you go please give us you’re My Space details

LATE

March Radio show is live

Tricksta’s back once again! Yes folks ‘The Wolverhampton Wanderer’ returns with yet another exclusive radio show mix-up for The Urban Shop and as normal there’s plenty of quality diverse music included. There’s some super soulful American Hip-Hop by the likes Masta Ace, Devin The Dude and Common, as well as some nice breakbeat excursions from the likes of LTJ Bukem, Mr. Scruff, Nu Yorican Soul (Masters At Work) and Bugz In The Attic. MJ Cole, Roots Manuva, Sway, Portishead, Floetry, Jill Scott, Walworth Road Rockers, Akala, Miguel Migs, Kool And The Gang and Maceo & The Macks also feature making this months show an eclectic showcase of new and old music!

01 - Tricksta's Intro
02 - Masta Ace - Beautiful
03 - Roots Manuva - Witness (Walworth Road Rockers Dub)
04 - Mr Scruff - Ug
05 - Jill Scott - Golden
06 - Stereo MC's - Connected
07 - Akala - Dead Prezidents
08 - Devin the Dude - She Useta Be
09 - Maceo & The Macks - Soul Power
10 - Kool And The Gang - Jungle Boogie
11 - Sway - Products
12 - Floetry Feat Common - Superstar
13 - MJ Cole - Sincere
14 - Blue Six - Pure (Miguel Migs Petalpusher Vocal Mix)
15 - LTJ Bukem - Poets of Thought
16 - Madlib - I Love Marijuana
17 - NuYorican Soul - Jazzy Jeff's Theme
18 - Amy Winehouse - In My Bed (Bugz In The Attic Dub)
19 - Portishead - Give Me A Reason To Love You
20 - Tricksta's Outro (Produced by Tricksta)

As always The Urban Shop would like to thank Tricksta for all his contributions and efforts… make sure you check out Tricksta’s related web-links;

Tricksta MySpace
UK Runnings
UK Runnings & The Urban Shop
Wolftown Recordings
RAGO Magazine
Park Street PR

Can you feel it Luke?

I remember back in ‘95 when I was finishing Uni and preparing my final paper, a philosophical overview of the classical Chinese text “I Ching” and it’s relationship to change management in western thinking. Well for me it was as simple as black and white with bits of grey thrown in but to the lecturers, as one put it “it’s a foreign language”. He even went so far as to say I needed to include a piece at the front which explained the terms that I was using as they weren’t English, I was very confused so as prompted wrote a simple text of 1000 words outlining the basics in plain and simple language, they were clueless at this point they asked me to change my thesis and I kicked back and said ah well, if you can grasp it I’ve no real need to explain it and dropped the course. So where’s all this leading? Hold on, it’s about change and the daily flux of life.

So the “I Ching” basically believes that if something exists in the same time and space it’s connected (synchronicity) classical management theory states cause and effect. Change in management is something that has to be handled very carefully because people, it is believed, don’t like change. My argument is that the whole of life is about change and even our very existence is based on us breathing which is change and that chaos is a state of not changing rather than the management idea that chaos is brought about by change. This later got altered to chaos bounded by stability, which I think touches on the ideas I was arguing but let’s stick with basics.

So what has this got to do with anything? Well it’s about the flux of life, the coming and goings of fashion, the product life of a company or product, the “be nice to people on the way up as you’ll meet them on the way back down”, theory.

Example 1 - Inside prints
It was something we did way back with the Headstrong Eco design. Bristol based graffiti artist Eco did the Gothic Time Machine design and it was big bold and in ya face, we had been doing a few t-shirt designs and wanted to do something different and thought the design was a bit too in ya face so try it on the inside and as you wash the t-shirt rather than fade it shows thought more. Over the next year a few other companies started to follow suit and produce inside out prints, Element Skateboards, Obey, and Mada to name a few, but as the flux of time goes by 2 years down the line I’m on the high street just cruising seeing what’s happening there and wow inside out prints in a very big commercial shop at £2-3. A prime example of how design and acceptability changes with time. They also had t-shirts with prints on them that mentioned roots, reggae and dancehall. Has it really hit the mainstream? I’ve not seen it but you can buy the t-shirts.


Example 2 - You’ll meet them on the way back down
About 4 years back we approached a UK clothing company that shall remain nameless but do lots of camo, we were into the design and the company and who they are associated with they even had Future 2000 designing for them! Anyway we were talking with them about stocking the brand and they certainly did not want to be on an internet site. Well now they are selling to internet sites (we wont stock them) but what’s even more amazing is, what was a UK premium brand and ahead of the game fashion scene worldwide is now also selling its clothing online. God forbid but their jackets priced £100-200 are on the high street in discount, price cutting fashion outlets for £40-50. Anybody want to buy mine?

So as you can see the flux of life and small change effects everything, even the fashion and clothing world, as it was once coined “a butterfly flaps its wings in an Amazon rainforest and it rains in Wolverhampton” or something along those lines. We try and keep ahead of these changes and in so have to change as well but we always keep in mind another old Chinese story “bui gee” or “finger pointing” which was used once in a Bruce Lee movie, don’t miss the moon for looking at the finger that is pointing to it.

Example 3 - Fingers Pointing at the Moon
The Urban Shop is about to launch a new website in colab with Wolftown’s Tricksta and Battle Emcee’s Wolve. It’s set to be THE UK hip hop web base. Others may only see that but they are seeing the finger pointing at what it really is, a symbol of the trust between the 3 parties and the mutual respect that’s been developed over the years. From The Urban Shop’s point of view it’s even more, as it’s a chance for us to put back and to give a home for UK individuals that are perusing their dreams and goals against all oppositions and still coming out battling and doing it year upon year for little more than respect.

So back to the start and up to date with the master Jedi “Luke can you feel a disturbance in the force?”

‘In The Heat Of The Night’

DJ OPHAX & TRICKSTA Present - ‘In The Heat Of The Night’ (Hosted by NATIVITY & RELOAD)

More evidence of Team AFF Europe doing big things. Here we see Ophax & Tricksta team up for a nice UK/USA mix that really hits the spot. Ophax gets the ball rolling nicely with some killer cuts from Nativity, as well as some killer bars from some underground cats such as Billz, D-Dash, Big Skeem, Switch and The League. Tricksta comes in with Reload the host for his section and it sees Saigon, Beanie, Geolani, A-Pinks, Lil Wayne, Hell Rell, Dino West and 10Shott all kill the bars alongside some killer cuts from the man they call Reload. This mix is a good selection of tracks and is put together so well. Make sure you go and cop this. This mix is available for free download at datpiff so make sure you check for that now!!!

Dj Ophax / Tricksta / Wolftown Recordings / Team Afficial

Review by Brendan Deane

‘War & Peace’

WOLFTOWN Present PAPOOSE - ‘War & Peace’ (Mixed by LATE & TRICKSTA)

Wolftown really are the leading force in the UK for Hip-hop music. Without a doubt they do more work in one month than most UK labels do in a year! Now head-honcho’s LATE & TRICKSTA are back with a mix hosted by non-other than Brooklyn’s number one ryhmer Papoose. Twenty-seven tracks deep this CD showcases a whole bunch of Papoose tracks and collobo’s that a lot of people would not have heard before, as well some killer tracks by NYC acts that are on the same tip. Watch out for St. Laz, Geolani, Hot Rod, Termanology, Red Café, Saigon and DV Alias Khryst who all murk it as do UK heavy hitters Jai Boo, LATE, 10Shott, Conman and Reload. This CD is a massive release and something you need to get up on. Big up Papoose, straight bars everytime!

Papoose / Wolftown Recordings / Tricksta / Late

Review by Brendan Deane

National Anthems Mixtape

Finally got the National Anthems mixtape up from Tricksta / UKRunnings / Wolftown. I think the track listing speaks for itself so nuff said get listening.

National Anthems Mixtape

Track Listings

1. TRICKSTA – The Intro
2. LETHAL & DESTRUCTION – Exclusive UK Runnings Dubplate
3. MR TI2BS – Shottaz Freestyle
4. BABY BLUE Feat. SWAY, SAS, BIGZ, SINCERE, PYRELLI – I Still Don’t Care
5. P.A.C Feat VALU – Complex Theory
6. RIFF RAFF Feat SKINNYMAN – Oh My Gosh
7. ESTELLE – Too Long
8. 10SHOTT – Haters Freestyle
9. CONSPICOUS Feat. SEANIE T & WILLO – And So I Blessed It - (CHEMO Remix)
10. DEF-1 Feat RUCKUS – Hustle Everyday
11. CRAZE 24 – Young Guards
12. BLEMISH BLACKSTORM – Blood Pressure
13. MOORISH DELTA 7 – Levels
14. MR MANAGE Feat SHAMELESS, LOWKEY, DOC BROWN, ORIFICE of FOREIGN BEGGARS & SKINNYMAN – Speakers Corner
15. RELOAD feat IZZY G – Bars From Da Bassment
16. SUPARNOVAR Feat. WORDSMITH – Move Over
17. GENESIS ELIJAH Feat. WORDSMITH, SKRIBLA, KYZA, KLASHNEKOFF – Gun Talk
18. JUTTLA & ALEX BLOOD – On Da Low
19. LATE Feat. JAI BOO – On The Grind
20. VERB T – The Soul Survives
21. T.B a.k.a TUBERCULOSIS – Bless U
22. RUCKUS feat TY, KLASHNEKOFF & YOGI – Let It Go Remix
23. SIZE 8 – Let It Go Freestyle
24. TRZ feat KELZ (SOULJAH CLIQUE) – Never Ending Fairytale
25. CONSPICOUS, COBANE, 10SHOTT, BIG WAYNE, SUPARNOVAR, BIG BEN, JAI BOO, LATE, CONMAN, RELOAD, IZZY G, DASS – Juice
26. TRICKSTA – The Outro

The Urban Shop Family

We have just uploaded “Both Sides of the Pond” Mixed by DJ4Ssho and Tricksta and hosted by Rated R and Jai Boo. This is the latest mix that Tricksta has given us for you listening pleasure and we have another 4 complete mixtape cd’s to upload and we will be dropping these on one a week over the next few weeks.

Some of you may not be in to UK Hip Hop but us uploading these is about family not Hip Hop. Whilst there’s a big family vide around hip hop we have been into the family thing most of our lives and we trace it back to our involvement in Chinese Martial Arts which was my personal drug and it took up my whole life. My involvement in the arts allowed me to meet many amazing people and see things that I would not even talk about but the one thing it taught me was FAMILY. You can go through life thinking you can buy whatever you want but at the end of the day you cant buy what’s not for sale and this is where family comes in. Tricksta is family he’s a strong background in hip hop and it’s his drug he lives it, he breaths it and the respect he gets back for everybody can be felt it’s that strong. For us our involvement with Tricksta, Wolftown and UK Runnings is not about hip hop it’s not even about music it’s about family helping family we aint band wagon jumping wee like hip hop but we also listen to jazz, dub, reggae, punk rock and anything interesting we can find, if you wanna become part of out family contact us make friends and let’s start building you may become family but not everybody will we’ve had loads of peeps wanting to cash in on us and what we do and this don’t work.

Tricksta Mixes
UKrunnings 4 UK Hip Hop
UKrunnings 5 UK Hip Hop
Wolftown Mix
Both Sides of the Pond - Mixed by Dj4SHO and Tricksta - Hosted by Rated R USA and Jai Boo UK

Tricksta presents "UK Runnings Vol 5 Hosted by Jai Boo"

After five years of consistently releasing underground mixtapes, Tricksta’s infamous UK Runnings Mixtape series is back once again with another slamming’ mixtape packed full of the best home-grown hip-hop these shores has to offer. This time around it’s sponsored by one of the UK’s leading on-line clothing stores; The Urban Shop ,who have also teamed up with UK Runnings for a special limited edition mixtape to be released soon. This is a collection of forty tracks mixed and selected by Tricksta and hosted by Wolftown’s first lady Jai Boo (pronounced Jay Boo). Jai Boo first came into the hip-hop game back at the turn of the century when she featured on the classic ‘Welcome 2 Wolftown’ album by Villains. Since then she has featured heavily on Wolftown Recordings releases as well as making appearances on various UK and US mixtapes. Here we get to hear some of brand new superb tracks off her forthcoming ‘Lioness Ya Car Tame’ mixtape as well as some exclusive freestyles and collaborations. UK Runnings Volume 5 is another classic mixtape as it features a barrage of female talent including Jai Boo, Baby Blue, Miss Dynamite, Shystie, Tor and Rawality, as well as heavy hitters Terra Firma, Mr, Ti2bs, Supar Novar, Reveal, LATE, MC Skeme, Blak Twang, 10Shott, Pyrelli, Tef Co, Conman, Souljah Clique, Big Wayne and Yung Gun, next to some real good up and coming talent like Reload, Double E, Swift It Major, Blaq I, Grit, Reain, Kid Radical and Inner Circuit amongst others. This mix is tight so please support and spread the word on UK Runnings and Jai Boo… it is safe to say that the Lioness has finally been let out the cage!! Enjoy.