KOLD HEAT | BRING IT TO YA CITY - Official Trailer

Foul Notions Hoods

Pre orders available now for a limited run of the  Neon 95 and Grape 5 colourway to an old classic Foul Notions design.
Get your shit correct people.

Neon 95 HERE Grape 5 HERE

 

Kings Konekted - Good Blood and Handshakes | Repertoire Strong

I was very grateful to be given the opportunity to work on the lead clip for Kings Konekted, debut EP 'The Campaign'. Dontez and Culprit came to me with concept Splitting Good Blood and Handshakes and then jumping off to Culprits verse taken from 'Reportouire Strong'. All of the legwork was done from the boys from sorting out the story edits, locations, extras. Shit made my job a hell of a lot easier.
A few days work filming and a good chunk of hrs editing offline with minimal money spent on hire equipment, here's the end result. I think everyone involved is pretty damn happy with how it turned out and the purposed it's served to jump off the EP.

Copies available via Run Royal and cu through Class A Records. You miss this then you motherfucking played yourself like a fool.

Durag Dynasty - 360 Waves

I'm a little out of the loop with shit of recent. Bit late to the jump but I stumbled across this west coast mixtape project produced entirely by ALC. Durag Dynasty (Planet Asia, Killer Ben and Tristate)
Nice line up of guests. I jumped straight to the P joint 'Fish Meat'. Not too bad.



Video for the title track 360 waves below. Get wavy!

 

Kings Konekted - The Campaign EP

April 19 marks the release date of Brisbane's Kings Konekted, Campaign EP. Support the CD or iTunes format and we might just see some wax.

Gaz Hazard - Hazardous to ya Health

RUNROYAL.COM in association with Cool Rad Skills presents
GAZ HAZARD
HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH

Men who have actually lived the reality of their lyrics are currently few and far between within the scope of Australian hip-hop. Look outside that scope for a moment and you’ll find a man who has lived the harsh realities of which he speaks, that man is Gaz Hazard.


Hailing from Brisbane’s south side Gaz Hazard was a founding member of underground rap group CRS (Cool, Rad, Skills or Cunt Rap Syndicate). CRS garnered cult-like support in the mid to late 2000’s following the release of the crew’s debut album, Gully Down Crooks. Known for their rowdiness and a “back to basics” approach the Cunt Rap Syndicate have finally reopened their doors and are preparing the first full-length release from one of their most promising MC’s, Gaz Hazard’s Hazardous To Ya Health.


Hazardous To Ya Health see’s Gaz trawling through a lifetime of memories from the opposite side of the law, a vantage point from which very few local MC’s can truly speak.  The album features the remarkable talents of fellow miscreant DJ Lopsided (750 Rebels) who not only holds down all the cuts but also provides production on six of the albums eighteen tracks. Strong features also come from fellow CRS members Pors 1 and Servo who provide five verses and nine stellar beats respectively.
The title track also marks the first single off the album. Produced by Nick1 (Verbill, Billy Bunks) “Hazardous To Ya Health” see’s Gaz reliving the harrowing experience of chronic drug addiction and the eventual overdose that almost took his life.
Gaz also found time to hook up with close mates the 750 Rebels and Hired Goons. Ken Oath, Billy Bunks, Bigfoot and Jake Biz all pop in and speak there piece while close friend and like minded associate Tornts (whom Gaz occasionally provides hype-man duties for) provides two beats and a blistering guest spot on one of the album’s many highlights, “Terrorcell”.


Hazardous To Ya Health is an amazingly honest and well constructed debut from an established MC who has seen more than most, the reality of which will never be lost on the listener. At times confronting, Gaz’s truths aren’t without levity, an album that can bounce from tales of crime and south-suburban life to cold braggadocio.
Hazardous To Ya Health is an absolute must for any self –respecting fan of that REAL raw underground rap….


Welcome to the life and crimes of Gaz Hazard.

Pre Order now via www.runroyal.com
Available 07 Feb, 2013

Track List:

01. Intro
02. Bring the Pain
03. Southside ft. Exile & Pors 1
04. Hazardous to ya Health
05. Fiends ft. Talons
06. Two Cent Piece
07. The Code ft. Pors 1
08. Psychobabble ft. Bigfoot & Jake Biz
09. Mafioso ft. Talons
10. Ghettoballs ft. Bezrock
11. Terrorcell ft. Tornts
12. Dirty Man
13. Here Comes ft. Pors 1
14. Danger Danger ft. Billy Bunks & Pors 1
15. Stick Up Kid
16. Southbound & Down ft. Pors 1
17. You Ain't Gully ft. Ken Oath & Pors 1
18. Ice Cold Dead
19. Outro

VERBILL EP OFFICIAL PROMO VIDEO

Looking out for this. ECMD mixtape was killer

Lee Harnden - Catharsis Preview

Our friend Lee has something to get out...He's ready...Catharsis soon come!

Lee Harnden - CATHARSIS Preview from Carl Allison on Vimeo.

Snow On Tha Bluff

Only just caught on to this. Snow on the Bluff premiered at the 2011 Slamdance Film Festival but was only picked up this year for distro. Explains the 2010 trailer.

Snow On Tha Bluff movie
Release Date: June 19th 2012
Executive Producer Michael K. Williams aka "Omar Little" from The Wire presents....

"My name is Curtis Snow. This is my mutha fuckin movie! It's bout my goddam life, and all tha robbin, shootin, and wild ass shit that happens in my neighborhood, Tha Bluff. That stands for Better Leave You Fucking Fool. And in case y'all are thankin about it, yeah this shit is real! And no, I don't give a fuck about tha fuck ass Police or tha Feds!"

Showbiz & AG - Mugshot Music Pre Loaded

My all time favourite MC and Producer have been very generous and dropped it heavy this year with Mugshot Music Pre Loaded in the lead up to full length LP Mugshot Music.
Download free HERE or buy the Deluxe Edition with 3 extra cuts from itunes HERE
Man! Australia gets bent over on itunes prices $16.99 rather than $10 in the US
How can you put a price on some grown arse men goin in on some shit like this tho!
BX Bombers ya heard!

Tracklist:


1. DJ Premier’s Road Test (ft. DJ Premier)

2. That Nigga Crazy

3. Wolves (ft. OC)

4. Here and Now

5. I Just Go Along

6. God Is 4 Us

7. Berri Love (ft. OC)

8. Walk With Me

9. You IN Trouble (ft. DJ Premier)

10. My Imagination

11. Show And A

12. South Bronx Shit (ft. DJ Premier)

13. Experience

14. Suspended Animation

15. The Bond

M.A.R.S OFFICAL CLIP

I guess it's better late than never. Taken from Xtra P's Professor @ Large.

Commercial Hell - ITunes Pre Order

To all the kids that ain't down with the hard copy you can now pre order your digital copy via itunes HERE Next week Run Royal will have pre orders available for hard copy CD along with some combo deals plus,  the 7" single and t-shirt will be sold individually. All orders are offered with free regular postage via Australia Post.

It’s been many years in the brewing, now finally Brisbane underground hip hop legend Jake Biz’s debut album Commercial Hell is ready for the tasting. Riding off the back of his highly successful debut single, “Deuce Deuce”, Commercial Hell is set for national release on Karsniogenics through Obese Records Distribution on May 18, 2012.

Commercial Hell was produced by Jake Biz’s long time friend and fellow 750 Rebel Overproof Pete –aka Brookes Cullings and features valuable contributions by crew members and old mates including the legendary Lazy Grey, DJ Lopsided, Bigfoot, Tornts, Ken Oath and Fluent Form.

Commercial Hell is a self-­‐assured rap album without pretense, born out of a love and knowledge of the rap classics of years gone by and the south side working class suburbs of Brisbane. It is the antithesis of every record attempting to cross into the mainstream and whilst it may appear quite a confrontational album upon first listen, it plays out as more a tongue (firmly planted) in cheek observation of Australia’s hip hop scene in its current state.

“The title track itself addresses the “Australian Idol” mentality of many local rappers who search for fame and acclaim without investing time and genuine passion into their craft,” explains Jake Biz. “It also blatantly hints at the role commercial radio has been playing in pushing these stereotypical “paint by numbers” MC’s while completely ignoring far more deserving veteran underground artists.” The production techniques of Overproof Pete seamlessly blend with the Biz’s vocal style in a combination born of many years shared experiences.

“Having known Peter for so long, growing up together and entering the rap game together, no one else could’ve provided and crafted the sonic landscape for my raps,” says Biz. “Having Proof produce the entire record was a no brainer. We both share similar views on life and the same general goal and vision for street level rap music coming out of this country.” Jake Biz is rightfully proud of his debut long player and the blood, sweat and biff that have gone into molding every aspect of the final work. “Weeks of deliberation went into the eventual track listing while three and half years were spent in the studio attempting to hone both sound and substance,” Biz concludes.

“This is an ALBUM not a collection of tracks. We've attempted to craft something classic in the tradition of those albums that came before it and those albums that’ll be considered timeless ten years from now.”


Track List:

1. INTRODUCTIONS ASIDE

2. COMMERCIAL HELL

3. ANTI B-BOY

4. FUCK A GUEST SPOT (F.A.G.S)

5. GLOVES OFF! FT. OVERPROOF PETE

6. BITCH, DONʼT TOUCH MY RECORDS! PT.1 (SKIT)

7. DEUCE DEUCE

8. THE RELENTLESS FT. KINGS KONEKTED

9. MC WHO?

10. FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH FT. LAZY GREY

11. MERCY KILLINGS FT. FLUENT FORM, KEN OATH, TORNTS & BIGFOOT

12. BITCH, DONʼT TOUCH MY RECORDS! PT.2 (SKIT)

13. YOU DONʼT KNOW SHIT

14. GIN & TEKTONIC

15. BITCH, DONʼT TOUCH MY RECORDS! PT. 3 (SKIT)

16. BRISBANE BULLSHIT

17. DJ LOPSIDED IN DEEP MASTURBATION

18. FRONTLINE APPROACH FT. 750 REBELS

19. SHOUTRO

Prodigy "Has Something to Say"

A very misleading blog title. P really has fuck all to say other than "I'm tired and been up for 4 days straight" Turn off after the 1st minute. Whatever the intro track is at the start is the reason for me posting this. That shit is fucking fire! If HNIC 3 is on some shit like this then I think I speak for the majority, we'll all be happy. The complex HNIC 3 mixtape was fucking straight garbage minus 1 or 2 joints. French Montana & Wokka foka or whatever he goes by can go get fucked. Shit was a complete backwards step from the 1st mix he dropped when he got out. Drop the bullshit and stick to the script.

Ka - Summer

That latest installment to KA's Grief Pedigree. This is one of my favourite cuts from the LP. I thinks as far as visuals and editing goes this would have to be a standout for me. Perfect.

Seventh Letter Spring

Four new designs from the Seventh Letter Spring collection now available via http://www.runroyal.com/

Gensu Dean - Forever (feat. Large Professor)

This that shit. Xtra P!!! Go cop the Blue Wax from Fat Beats if thats your thing.

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Faithfull Man

Back in May last year I had the opportunity to see Lee Fields & The Expressions at South Paw, Brooklyn NYC. The show was mind blowing. I wont go into details but this man's stage presence and voice complemented by The Expressions creating this fresh, new soul sound yet still drawing from the old sound(think what El Michels Affair did with 36 chambers) was nuts live. Motherfucker has them dapper boogie moves and the eye fuck on them ladies down pat too.
Anyways his new album dropped last week. Get a hardcopy or digital HERE.

"Since the late sixties Lee Fields has amassed a prolific catalog and has played and toured with such legends as Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip-Huggers, O.V Wright, and many more. With a career spanning 43 years, it’s mind-blowing that the music he’s making today with Brooklyn’s Truth & Soul Records is the best of his career. While drawing comparisons to The Moments, The Delfonics, The Stylistics, and—of course—James Brown, Faithful Man is able to create a space of it’s own due to the group’s desire to interpret and further the formulas of good soul music rather then imitate them. Chalk that up to Truth & Soul producers and co-owners Jeff Silverman and Leon Michels. These are the same individuals that co-wrote, produced, and played on Aloe Blacc’s global smash I Need A Dollar, and have provided the back drop for records by Adele, GhostfaceKillah, and Jay-Z to name a few. “The older Fields becomes, the closer he gets to perfecting the sound of soul” said DJ Oliver Wang about Fields in an NPR feature. Faithful Man is the next step towards perfection. A step that will find Lee Fields & The Expressions finally being bestowed the contemporary soul music crown."

I'll leave you with this clip of Lee covering Bobby Hebb’s ‘Sunny’. This all sounds so much better a that little BK sweat box but you know where I'm comin from.


Lee Fields - Sunny from JazzReggae Festival on Vimeo.

CORMEGA AND LARGE PRO SPEAK ON "MEGA PHILOSOPHY"

For me I don't think it really can get much better than this aside from a new Show and AG record with show dropping some bars or some shit. Mega has always rated in my top list on the mic and Xtra P, well what can I say he's one of the all time greats. That production on Mega's last album was perfect, he killed that M.A.R.S joint recently. If your living under a fucking rock go check that
I'm liking they might be bringing in some young blood to come thru for this. I'm Hoping AG gets a guest spot after dropping his name. He better!

Emeralds..Bitch

March brings a 2 releases I'm really looking forward to. The first being the collaborative LP 'The Kolexxion' from DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles. The second being Roc Marciano's Emeralds dropping mid March via Decon.

This little promo dropped the other day. Safe purchace right here.


Untitled from Decon on Vimeo.

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