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Tim Westwood @bluesandsoul.com

Tim Westwood: The Evolution of a Legend

Billed as bringing the ‘Golden Age’ to the proceedings of the hotly anticipated ‘The Doctor’s Order’ 5th Birthday bash, Tim Westwood has been at the forefront of championing hip hop in the UK, literally from day one

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Big Boi @bluesandsoul.com Big Boi @bluesandsoul.com Big Boi @bluesandsoul.com Big Boi @bluesandsoul.com

Big Boi: Boy O Boi!

Pete Lewis relaxes at Central London’s Sanderson hotel with legendary Outkast rapper Big Boi. Whose long-awaited solo album - ‘Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty’ - drops this month

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Wale @bluesandsoul.com Wale @bluesandsoul.com Wale @bluesandsoul.com Wale @bluesandsoul.com

Wale: Don't Call me Wale!

Pete Lewis meets acclaimed Washington, DC rapper Wale. Who - dubbed by some “hip hop’s next heavyweight” - this month releases his Mark Ronson-overseen debut album ‘Attention Deficit’

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Cypress Hill @bluesandsoul.com Cypress Hill @bluesandsoul.com Cypress Hill @bluesandsoul.com Cypress Hill @bluesandsoul.com

Cypress Hill: Rise & Shine

Pete Lewis hooks up with Cypress Hill rapper B-Real, as the world-conquering Californian hip hop legends this month release the long-awaited ‘Rise Up’, their first new album in six years

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Plan B @bluesandsoul.com (Photo: Ben Parks) Plan B @bluesandsoul.com (Photo: Ben Parks) Plan B @bluesandsoul.com (Photo: Ben Parks) Plan B @bluesandsoul.com (Photo: Ben Parks)

PLAN B: From A to B

Pete Lewis meets British singer/rapper/actor Plan B, whose new album ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’ blends the classic sound of Motown, Stax and Northern soul with modern-day East London grit

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Tinie Temper @bluesandsoul.com

Tinie Tempah: Big - Up!

BIg things are expected from Tinie Tempah this year, topping all the 'ones to watch in 2010' charts/polls at the begining of the year - One things for sure, he gets top marks for a first class interview with B&S' Lee Tyler...

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Chiddy Bang @bluesandsoul.com Chiddy Bang @bluesandsoul.com Chiddy Bang @bluesandsoul.com Chiddy Bang @bluesandsoul.com

Chiddy Bang: On Your Marks, get set...

Chiddy Bang are in the house to give us the low down on the huge hit in the making 'Opposite Of Adults'. Lee Tyler talks to one half of the dynamic duo Noah 'Xaphoon' Jones about their accreditation into the Hip Hop hierarchy

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Michael Franti @bluesandsoul.com Michael Franti @bluesandsoul.com Michael Franti @bluesandsoul.com Michael Franti @bluesandsoul.com

Michael Franti & Spearhead: On point

Pete Lewis speaks to California-born poet/musician/activist Michael Franti, whose latest album ‘All Rebel Rockers’ has finally brought him his first taste of US Top 20 success

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Raekwon @bluesandsoul.com Raekwon @bluesandsoul.com Raekwon @bluesandsoul.com Raekwon @bluesandsoul.com

Raekwon: Bad boy for life

Since his platinum solo debut (1995), Raekwon The Chef has solidified his place as a certified rap legend. Now with the release of the sequel 'Only Built For Cuban Linx pt 2', this longstanding member of the Wu Tang Clan...

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Birdman @bluesandsoul.com Birdman @bluesandsoul.com Birdman @bluesandsoul.com Birdman @bluesandsoul.com

Birdman: Top Seed

Pete Lewis hooks up with Platinum-plus-selling rapper (and CEO of Cash Money Records) Birdman, who discusses his forthcoming fourth LP ‘Pricele$$’ plus his Grammy-winning ‘son’-cum-protege Lil Wayne

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SATURDAYS @ Traks Complex, Soi (Every Saturday, 10pm-3am) Portrush

They say you can’t always get what you want. In clubbing circles, that’s not entirely true, as a visit to the sprawling Traks Complex in the pictureseque Northern Irish coastal town of Portrush will reveal.

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SINTILLATE @ CC Club (every Friday, 10pm-3.30am) London

It’s quite an achievement for a night to last five years in the volatile and competitive world of Central London clubbing. It’s even more impressive when it doesn’t sell out musically in order to achieve such a status.

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