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Issue 1050

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THE OFFICIAL 1ST STOP FOR MUSIC WRITING, COMMENT, INTEGRITY, OPINION AND LISTINGS

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Common: The Dreamer, The Believer (Warner Bros)

Common: The Dreamer, The Believer (Warner Bros)

"My name is Common" is the lyric that starts off his latest album "The Dreamer, The Believer." ...African American poet and icon Maya Angelou collaborates with Common's first track "The Dreamer" where she cites...

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CHOZEN: LIFE BEGINS

Chozen: Life Begins

Having met in person Chozen at Art19 Management in Camberwell Green, this cool rapper from London will take the hip-hop and drum and bass scene by storm with his brand new single "Life Beings" featuring Filly...

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LryicL: Amazed (Fresh Rotations)

LyricL: Amazed (Fresh Rotations)

Nkechi da LyricL (aka LyricL) has a new new solo album called "Amazed." LyricL is no stranger to music and is a very well know singer/rapper and spoken word artist in several genres of dance music, including hip hop...

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Alexander Stuart

Alexander Stuart

We’ve been championing this lad for quite some time now so it’s great to see he’s got his debut album together and by and large it’s a corker! Ok so it’s not groundbreaking but it’s definitely worth a tumble

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The Wonder Year (9th Wonder) Documentry

The Wonder Year

9th Wonder (nee Patrick Douthit) is an Grammy Award-winning producer, college instructor, musician, public intellectual, DJ and creative genius: now the subject of his own 78 minute epic documentary, The Wonder Year...

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Snoop Dogg @bluesandsoul.com

Win tickets to see Snoop Dogg @London's O2 Arena

Hip-Hop aristocracy Snoop Dogg touches down in the UK for nationwide Arena tour this October - these sure to sell-out events will be craimed full of the style/attitude the Doggfather has made his own... You can win tickets here...

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Win tickets to The Roots @Hammersmith Apollo

Win tickets to see The Roots

On Friday August 19th Philly's very own politically motivated hip hop/funk/jazz collective, The Roots, return to London for a very special event and you could win tickets right here...

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Hennessy: The Art Of Blending @bluesandsoul.com

The Art Of Blending

Hennessy celebrates live mixes with a world premiere of their documentary on Facebook. ...It’s a good feeling whenever the spirit hits – the snare drum, social media, the soul and the taste palette...

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Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers (Rostrum-Atlantic)

Wiz Khalifa: Rolling Papers (Rostrum/Atlantic)

Slick radio friendly R&B heavy summer vibes come courtesy of Stargate and ID Labs and that’s basically what this album is all about. It’s about as ‘street’ as a cul-de-sac...

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Gorillaz: The Fall (Parlophone)

Gorillaz: The Fall (Parlophone)

To be honest, it's a surprising project with moments of drifty, wafty beautiness... They mix politics, technology, global messages + their creations whilst expanding the boundaries of music...

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THE GOOD FOOT @Madame JoJo's (Every Friday 10pm-3am) Soho, London

Madame Jojo's presents one of the UK's most acclaimed DJ's, Snowboy, for a Friday night residency- 'The Good Foot' features original and authentic Sixties and Seventies Deep Funk, Soul, Rare Groove, Boogaloo, Mambo and R&B

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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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