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Right lets jump straight into the New Year. We got some big tunes for you all from some friends and family, so here's to a big 2011 for you all.


Astroid Boys spent the last day of 2010 in the Studio so that they can start the year with a fresh tune for you all. Over some 'dutty stinkin' beat from Curtamos, the boys bring some 'rawdiness' to the proceedings with this one.

Rawdeee (FREE/DOWNLOAD) HAPPY NEW YEAR BOOM ! (CURTAMOS PRODUCTIONS) by Astroid Boys



Mochipet invokes the spirit of the now deceased caffeine heavy US energy drink Four Loko with this hyper crunked up remix of Oakland's Hottub.

HOTTUB - (FOUR) LOKOS ONLY (MOCHIPET PURPLE DRANK REMIX) by Mochipet

Download: Hottub - (Four) Lokos Only (Mochipet Purple Drank Remix) (Direct Link)



The Glitch Mob have had a great year and so as a thank you to all the people who supported them through it they're giving away the version of Drive It Like You Stole It that could be found on their Drink The Sea Part 2: Mixtape

Download: The Glitch Mob - Drive It Like You Stole It (The Mixtape Version) (Direct Link)

We've also had a great year, albeit something of a blur now. If you need a little recap on what's been going on in the wider world in 2010 (or at least in the UK), here's our amigo Mystro with his UK 2010 Rap Up.

So right, we were going to post our latest mix for you all but as you can still listen to it online for the next 6 days on BBC iPlayer (about 1h41min in) we'll let you all do that first. It's a 20 minute mix for In New 1Xtra DJs We Trust. We were the Welsh representatives so we represented our homeland hard with 100% Welsh beef for your eardrums. What we have got for you this week is a mix that our bass blasting bredren Baobinga recorded for the same show last week. It's straight up and round the bend hyper than hype killer tracks from start to finish; next is from DJ Ames and Mystro, a taster of whom we gave you the other day with his SBTV rhyme. The mix is a kind of best of from the Natural Born Spitta, reminding us that in the last 9 years since we first caught him he's laid down some of the best rhymes out there; then finally Fletcher follows up his Cape Town Is Dope mix with a round the world romp that he originally dropped on Subcity Radio recently (it's also worth checking out the South African House mix just posted over at Blackdown..

Tracklisting:

1. Grievous Angel ft Rubi Dan - Move Down Low VIP - Soul Jazz (DUB)
2. The Body Snatchers aka Ginz & Baobinga - Dangerous ft Sir Plus & Yolanda (Bass Music Edit) - Passenger
3. Poirier ft MC Zulu - Gyal Secret Picture (Baobinga RMX) - Ninja Tune (DUB)
4. Rosie Brown - Bliss (Derrick Carter's Boom Bap Bleep Beats RMX) - Dot Bleep
5. Al Ripken Jr & Diamond K - Hands In The Air (Bok Bok RMX) - Top Billin (DUB)
6. Baobinga ft Spyda - Criss Like HD (Porier RMX) - Steak House (DUB)
7. Baobinga & I.D. - Tongue Riddim (Roska RMX) - Build
8. Kazey & Bulldog - We Ballin' - Dress 2 Sweat
9. Zinc - Super Sharp Shooter (Zed Bias ReFix) - DUB
10. Foreign Beggars - Get A Bit More (Baobinga RMX) - Never Say Die (DUB)
11. Shortstuff & Hyetal - Don't Sleep - Punch Drunk
12. Baobinga & I.D. - Wang It - Build (DUB)
13. I.D. & Skinnz - Shimmy - Double Science (DUB)
14. Gemmy - Maroon Chant - DUB
15. Ginz & Baobinga - Tha Good Stank - Build (DUB)
16. Joker - Tron - Kapsize (DUB)
17. Starkey ft Badness - OK Luv - Planet Mu
18. Terror Danjah - Bi-Polar - Butterz
19. Mensah - Acid Dub - Hench (DUB)
20. Baobinga - Ride It (Untold RMX) - Build
21. SDUK - Clunge - Slit Jockey (DUB)
22. SRC - Facepalm - Rwina (DUB)
23. Eskmo - From The Standpoint - Planet Mu
24. Ramadanman - Reclaim - Critical
25. Baobinga & I.D. - The King - Bass Music Sessions (DUB)
26. Jaydan - Something For The Mans Dem - Ganja
27. DJ Hazard - Wicked So - Playaz
28. Bullion - Young Heartache - One Handed Music


Download: DJ Ames & Mystro - The Rest Of Me (zip)

Tracklisting:

1.A Spitta Spotted Intro Feat Anecdote (Produced by Mystro)
2.One Of Those Days (Produced by Yesking)
3.Who You Gonna Blame (Produced by P-Money - New Zealand)
4.The Words Out Feat Skinnyman & Jargon (Produced by DJ Kuku)
5.Come Fly Feat Daniel Merriweather (Remix) (Produced by M-Phazes)
6.Interlude
7.I Got This (Produced by Jehst)
8.Like Dat Potion
9.There’s Something About DJ Ames (Interlude)
10.Awkward Thief (Produced by Blufoot)
11.U Live And U Learn (Produced by Earth Hip Hop)
12.Interlude
13.Fling Him On The Barbee (Produced by P-Money - New Zealand)
14.My Type Of Party (Remix) (Produced by C-Swing – (Black Einstein)
15.Step By Step (Produced by Keith Lawrence)
16.Open Mic Part 2 (Cutz by Shortee Blitz) - (Produced by Shape Shiftah)
17.Interlude
18.Rock This World Feat Dawn Penn & Kenny Knotts (Produced by Yesking)
19.Mess I Ever Had
20.09 UK Rap Up (Produced by Black Einstein)
21.Outro

Bonus Tracks
22.Overqualified (Produced by Mark de Clive-Lowe)
23.I Wanna Rock Freestyle


Download: Fletcher’s Around The World In Headphones Mix via Mixed Bizness

Tracklisting:

01 7FT Soundsytem - Piped Piper - Cape Town
02 Beats Antique feat Fanfarra Kalashnikov - Oriental Uno - Oakland
03 Poirier feat Face T - Wha La La Leng [Maga Bo Remix] - Montreal
04 Narchi - Bam Bam Remix - Cape Town
05 Dj C feat Mims / Jnr Reid / Cham - This Is A Stage Show - Boston
06 Mix n Blend - Full Ahead [Krushed & Sorted Remix] - Cape Town
07 Noah D feat Anthony B - Good Sound - Portland
08 Fletcher - Elektro Riddim - Cape Town
09 Breakage feat Roots Manuva - Run ‘Em out - London
10 Narchi - Squelch This - Cape Town
11 Dj C feat Quality Diamond - Let It Billie - Portland
12 Mr Sakitumi - Secret Asian Man (Live @ Earthdance) - Cape Town
13 Beats Antique feat Sweet Snacks - Extra Extra - Oakland
14 P.H.Fat - Big Five [Liver Remix] - Cape Town
15 T.O.B - 5 And A Half Steps - Cape Town
16 Jahdan Blackamoore - Let’s Go - Brooklyn
17 Narchi - Skeletons - Cape Town
18 Vent - Itchy Feet - London
19 Artista Desconhecido - Coco Desconhecido [Maga Bo remix] - Rio De Janeiro
20 Mix n Blend - Sik Wid It [Biscope Remix] - Cape Town

Mystro's one of our favourite emcees and this is why...



via SBTV

We've been bumping his F.D.T. hard here at Chrome Mansions (review soon come) but the mighty Mystro gives us the best run down of 2009's goings on yet, rhyme style.

Before we head off on another long (and messy) weekend to Glade Festival, I do believe we promised to tell you all about some of last weekend’s exploits.


The weekend, like most at the moment, started on Wednesday night with Prefuse 73 at The Globe in Cardiff. Not one for the casual observer / listener as unless you immerse yourself within the full frequency assault taking place I’m sure it just comes across like a noisy tonal mess, certainly a few people present thought so. For me though it’s kind of like taking far too many mind altering substances and ending up in rather a dark state of confusion, then shining out of the chaos comes the answer to life and suddenly it all becomes bright and satisfying. Of course there’s less disappointment when it’s over so it could well be the healthy alternative to drugs, maybe FRANK should take note.


Thursday night we headed down to London for the DMC UK Championships. The only one who really caught our ears was Johnny One Move, unfortunately he messed up a a few times and slipped into third place. Who the others were I couldn't even tell you, but to be honest it doesn’t really matter, there were none there that will change your life should you look them up. Shame really, it does look like a rebirth of turntablism could be on the horizon, and certainly there were signs that the tune selections were being updated well, but the next QBert, Craze or A-Trak looks unlikely to be stepping out from these shores any time soon.


Not to say the night was a complete disappointment however, Inja stepped out of hosting duty for a moment and ripped up the stage with a few new tracks that are sounding hyper than ever. With the bass heavy in the beats and that rather annoying whiny voice he had in the Delegates Of Culture days seemingly lost, seems that the lower frequencies are helping to push Inja ever higher. He was also joined on stage by Skinnyman for an impromptu version of our current chart number one Hats High that was pure fire! Although it wasn’t the Mr Thing version, we did see the Thingster fully appreciating at the back of the stage too.

From the 02 Academy we headed over to the Elbow Rooms for the After Party, which despite the low numbers took a turn for the rowdy (in a good way) after a few rounds of Tequilla entered the equation. For anyone who complains that the UK Hip-hop scene is too serious, you’ve obviously never seen Mystro, Jehst, Farma G, Last Skeptic and Inja dancing to a Michael Jackon medley in the small drunken hours. Also met a rapper by the name of Skandal who I hadn’t heard of before but a few heads assured me he’s the future, he’s certainly got both heart and skills so hopefully there’ll be big things to come.


Next day we headed to the Great Birds Of The British Isles exhibition at the Oblong Gallery in Islington. No we haven’t gone all Bill Oddie on you, it’s actually an exhibition of work by 4 Bristol based female artists: Dora; Milk, Amour and K148 who’s styles meet somewhere in the realm of Street Art. Feeling a few of the pieces in there actually, and it definitely works as a collaborative effort. It’s on for the next few weeks before moving to Bristol again. Check their Myspace for details.


The plan for the rest of the night was to head to Fabric to catch Foreign Beggars, Scratch Perverts, Ghislain Poirier, DJ Hype and Mumdance amongst many others, however I learned a lesson in not gloating when you’re lady’s stuck in the middle of nowhere and the highlight of her day was buying some conditioner, she hexed us... and it worked.

What was turning out to be a great couple of days took a down turn as we decided to gatecrash an industry party with a free bar on a sure fire tip. We couldn’t find any sign of the party and ended up wondering lost amongst the haircuts and try too hards of Hoxton for far too long. We eventually thought we’d better get to Fabric as somebody had told us guest list shuts at midnight (is this true, sure it’s never been a issue before), we were late but it mattered not cos as we got to the back of the queue Nilk’s sister phoned to say his pregnant wife wasn’t too good and we decided to blow Fabric out and head down to his house in Swindon. I learned another lesson, don’t tell your lady she hexed you when this could be taken as meaning she was responsible for the condition of your friend’s pregnant wife, it’s a stupid and rather shitty thing to do. Thankfully Nilk’s wife is okay and it was one of those episodes that dictate we should always love our mums for going through all that shit for us.


So being in Swindon it seemed right to head over to the Swindon Carnival the next day, now Swindon Carnival might seem like a contradiction in terms and certainly it’s far from what goes on in say Bristol or Birmingham but there were a few good Sound Systems such as King Tubby’s pumping out the Reggae classics and one rather rowdier set up with more of a Dubstep and Drum & Bass selection. Plus plenty of food and rides for the kids so long as you’re not intimidated by the classic Estate characters such as ‘tattooed topless man with the dangerous dog’ (of which there were plenty) it’s not a bad afternoon out, infact would have stayed longer but had to be back for Foamo, Curtamos, Chesus & Rodski and Tony Blitz at Glo Bar. Problem is by the time I reached I only had 20 minutes before I had to shoot off and play in another bar so missed the whole thing pretty much. Was pretty quiet thanks to a mix of torrential rain and the uneducated ears of the Cardiff masses but heard the DJs all smashed it and Foamo, seemed happy enough with the night when I caught up with him briefly afterwards. Glo Bar has now been sold but there's some heavy Music By Numbers nights lined up before then, and it's still going ahead in different venues afterwards too.



To top the weekend off on Sunday, headed to the Starving Artists jam at the Shot In The Dark cafe. Some may have caught the twitterings but if not then it was a great jam of the type that is really necessary to help scenes grow. As well as the DJs that included Lurk On Film, there were live drums, guitars and a cello all adding their parts whilst an assortment of emcees such as Redeye and Ming Dy Nasty from Lex Umbra (formerly Shadow Law), Ruffstylz, Louis Boston and Skunkadelic plus various other rappers and singers took turns on the mic. There was also an appearance from Beatbox Fozzy, who is without a doubt one of our favourite vocal percussionists and who has been working on some killer Dubstep that we've been trying to lock down a recording of for a while now. With a healthy fine lady ratio (don't mean to be sexist but can't really say what the reverse ratio was) and a real good creative family atmosphere, hopefully there will be many more of these jam sessions running in future. It was certainly a great finale for our long weekend adventures, just looking forwrds to what this weekend has in store now, catch you all when we return.

(YSI) Santigold - Creator (Mumdance War Bars Remix) / alt link

(YSI) Santigold - Creator (Curtamos Remix) / alt link

(YSI) Mystro - BlitzMess / alt link (from forthcoming Shortee Blitz Mixtape)

(YSI) Shadow Law (Lex Umbra) ft Ruffstylz - Damage Done / alt link

(YSI) Louis Boston & Refound - Spittin' Stixx / alt link

Rappers Belizean Bombshell and Kween G, collectively known as Killa Queenz hail from Belize and Uganda respectively but are now settled in Sydney, Australia where they met whilst performing separately at the Olympic games and now are regularly ripping up stages alongside the likes of Bone Thugs & Harmony, The Alkaholics and Lucky Dube.


They’re just about to drop their new single (out September 9th) on Grindin (also home to Mystro, Foreign Beggars, P Money and Jehst) called ‘Bitches’, an M Phazes produced hyped up Hyphy style dedication to all ‘…the bitches out in the world (both female and male) who have hate in their hearts for no particular reason’. I’m guessing from the girls’ positive stance that this isn’t a track in favour of such people.

(YSI) KillaQueenz - Bitches

Not really much to tell from Carnival… drink, dance, get squashed, lose people, dance some more, eat, drink some more and keep dancing til it’s time to go. The general pattern doesn’t really change. Of course there’s a lot more you can say about it but if you’ve been, you know and if you haven’t then I couldn’t begin to explain it here. Let’s just say there’s no better way to spend a Bank Holiday Monday.



What was missing for me this year was a Carnival ‘tune’, something fresh that you hear over and over again. To be honest we kinda got herded around sounds that just pumped out the classics and finally settled at Gaz’s Rockin Blues (dressed up the best as always - this time with an 'Around The World in 80 Days' theme) watching a ska band called The Trojans. Not really inspiration for a Chrome Kids post but good fun nevertheless and some great guest slots from Ska saxophonist Megumi Mesaku, the legendary Prince Buster and one of our favourite rappers Mystro…actually he’d be perfect for a post. Here’s two videos for two of the best Hip-hop tunes this year.

Mystro - U Live & U Learn



YesKing feat. Mystro - One Of Those Days



The first is from his now mythical forthcoming release on Beer & Rap the ‘Fuck Da Taxman EP’ which will hopefully see the light of day soon, and the second track is from Mark Rae / Rhys Adams project YesKing off their ‘Rock This World’ album which is also slightly mythical thanks to their distributor going bust after releasing just a few hundred copies and not letting go of the rest. Definitely worth checking if you can find one though.