It’s been a year since Hiphop lost one of it’s last crusaders with the passing of Guru. Fill your ears with these two tribute mixes I did a year ago today in dedication to The MC & his group, Gang Starr.
Part One – STREAM
Part One – DOWNLOAD
Part Two – STREAM
Part Two – DOWNLOAD
El Gant is back with another BANGER featuring J57 on the rhymes & production along with the legendary Tek of Smiff-N-Wessun. It must be cameo appearance season for Ready Cee as he plays the DJ in the video. Support the upcoming project from El Gant and stay tuned for more new music dropping soon!
[Thursday March 31 - Southpaw // Brooklyn]
Doors at 8pm – $10 – 18+
**Bring a receipt of your purchase of the King Of Kings 7? from **UndergroundHipHop.com and get in free
WERD PLAY recording early, open to all MCs and Producers!
(To get familiar with the format and the series, head to our releases on http://actlivemusic.com/)
Starts promptly at 8pm.
::Line Up::
Kev Brown, Hassaan Mackey, Moses Rockwell, SMD, Harvey Who?, DJ Tim Tones, DJ Ready Cee, K.O.S. (Kids Of The Sypher)
::Beat Toss::
J57, J Monopoly, Kev Brown, Jah La Eer
THE READY CEE SHOW returns with a special edition episode along side London’s, THE D-SEW SHOW to bring you a collaborative podcast showcasing some of the U.S. and the U.K.’s finest Hiphop. D-Sew made her way out to NYC to bless the streets with sounds from her ends and to absorb the essence of true Hiphop in the Boogie Down Bronx. Make sure you clear out plenty space on your device and download this extended program for your enjoyment!
LA’s graf culture is alive and well and it only makes sense that a legend in the game like ShirtKing Phade made his way out to the west coast to make base and get busy. This latest piece from Phade, Trixter and Aero can be found at Santa Monica & Federal behind the car wash in Los Angeles. It was made to commemorate the upcoming release of Ice-T’s new film, The Art of Rap. Phade says, “…we decided to do a piece for his movie and make him aware of the aerosol art movement.”
Kingston, Jamaica: LOCAL RAPPER RELEASES MIXTAPE WITH HIP HOP ICON
In 1967, Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc took the local sound system culture to the Bronx, New York and subsequently, Hip Hop was born. Four decades later, the genre has come full circle as Five Steez, one of Jamaica’s Hip Hop MCs, has collaborated with DJ Ready Cee, a New York underground Hip Hop radio icon from the Bronx, and released a mixtape online entitled ‘The Momentum: Volume One’.
The mixtape, which is the first release in a three part series, features 18 tracks, spanning a total of 46 minutes, in which Five Steez spits his lyrics over well-known instrumentals as DJ Ready Cee employs his tricks in mixing, cutting and scratching. It is available for download at www.djreadycee.com, www.facebook.com/fivesteez & iTunes.
“It’s been a while since I’ve heard a ‘real mixtape’ with actual mixing, plus scratching, and I wanted to bring that back,” says the rapper. “It’s become rare even within modern Hip Hop but this is what the mixtape is really about.”
DJ Ready Cee, known for The Underground Lockdown and The Ready Cee Show on New York City’s WHUT 91.9FM during the late 1990s and early 2000s, says, “I first heard the homie Five Steez when he sent me a track that I played on my online show. I was blown away and so were my co-hosts and listeners because it was so dope. And this kid is coming straight out of Kingston, Jamaica, so that was special.”
Five Steez says, “Ready Cee is an icon so it’s definitely an honour to get this type of support from him, particularly with the mixtape. I hope that this will highlight turntablism locally and also build my fanbase, especially abroad where the real market for Hip Hop exists.”
Five Steez is one of the most recognized artists within Kingston’s growing Hip Hop movement and is best known for his appearance in the music video, ‘Get Down’, and recent performances at Manifesto|Jamaica events, ART’ical Exposure and ART’ical Empowerment Live. He can be found at www.twitter.com/fivesteez (@FiveSteez) and www.facebook.com/fivesteez
Stream/Download here:
Legendary Bronx MC, AG of Diggin In The Crates has just dropped another gem on the world of Hiphop in the form of DUNKIN DONUTS, a new mixtape lacing up all J-Dilla production! This is a snippet from the CD, a track titled, “We Do It”. I had to throw this joint out here for yall because my dude AG gave me a real tight …name drop in the verse… check it out here and be sure to grab the whole DUNKIN DONUTS mixtape FOR FREE RIGHT HERE.
Click Below to Hear AG – “We Do It”