Kyza, Dubbleedge, Fozzy and Metabeats @ The Globe

Perhaps the best thing about the slowly closing in night of autumn is that they get swiftly filled with top class music as everyone rushes to promote their fourth quarter releases. One such disc doing the rounds this year is Kyza's Shots of Smirnoff mixtape/album (no one really seems to know where to place this one in the HMV Hip Hop racks).

So the Globe's Hip Hop heavy inaugural year continues on October 17 with support for Mr Sayso coming from other top class cat Dubbledge and homegrown talent from the Associated Minds boys Beatbox Fozzy and Metabeats. The whole event kicks of with Chrome Kids for the 8:00pm drinkers.

Bonus material: Mystro on AMTV



Image from Kyza's Myspace

Why you should watch the X-factor

You wouldn't normally catch me advocating watching the manipulative circus of human tragedy that is the X-Factor but this year the UK Hip Hop heads have someone to root for. Last night in amongst the usual collection of Jacko impersonators, tone-deaf dish washers and Celine Dion wannabes was Foreign Beggars collaborator and Mama Said member, Graziella.

It'll be a couple of weeks before you get to use up your free text message allowance rabbidly voting for her but I have no idea how long it'll be before ITV viewers get to see her spit a verse like this one.



In the mean time you can catch more of her brand of Hip Hop soul over at Miss Pink's blog where Mama Said vinyl spinner DJ IQ previews some of their new material.

Image courtesy of stevegarfield

Kanye interrupts Obama

Nice to see those on capital hill and I agree on the quality of Beyonce's promos.



Link couresty of the well dressed folks at ATCN

Saluting Speech Debelle

Last night Speech Debelle won the only major music award worth winning, the Mercury Music Prize (not least of all because it gets you actual cash). I can't comment extensively on the album as i don't have a copy other than to say that all the tracks i've heard has been sounding fresh.

You can watch the whole thing on the BBC iplayer.

No doubt it'll be a great boost for her and the ever strong Big Dada label. Lets hope her career now mirrors previous winner Dizzee Rascal, in it's levels of success and not Mercury alumni, Ms Dynamite.

Image courtesy of Bandstand Busking

New Foreign Beggars

That disparate crew of like minded misfits have been working on their new record 'United Colours of Beggarttron' while the rest of us were sunning our hides this summer. Here's a sneak preview of what to expect. Link courtesy of UK Hip Hop peddler Disorda.



Bonus material: Orifice and Metropolis get down with Hydroactive for the BBC at Maida Vale, earlier this year.

I live, eat and sleep Hip Hop

...And so can you, with the Hip Hop bed frame from Bensons for Beds. Slick Rick duvet cover not included.