Hip-hip hop-hop Highlights - January 08
Not cheesy, bouffant, spandex-wearing 80s but so-good-it-hurts choice hip-hop
| 06 Jan 2008
First up, a small matter of business - if you know your stuff on Scottish hip-hop and can imagine your name and words right here, then get in touch with alexb@skinnymag.co.uk - you could be our new hip-hop columnist! We're also looking to expand our coverage of genres, bring your ideas to the table and we can talk about it!
East Coast
Next, why not Give It Some at the Bongo Club on 12 Jan (11pm-3am, £4/£6)? Coming up for its fifth birthday, DJRed6 will be spinning the 45s and 7"s: funk, soul, r&b and hip hop tip, with Decoy Roy in the back room playing reggae, dub, ska and roots. Or, if you can't handle their funk, perhaps dabble in some baile-funk... and hip-hop, jungle, and dubstep at Volume!. The decision will be hard as both are on the same night, but Volume! will have the darker edge - not so much swing your hips as judder your body and philosophise with the lights off (11pm-3am, £3 b4 12am/£5). MCs are welcome to get down early (10.30pm) for a chance to perform on the night. Then scoot over to Cabaret Voltaire on 18 Jan for the return of Soul Biscuits (11pm-3am, £5). Guests for the night are still to be confirmed, but Nasty P, Gino and Babes will most definitely be there for their special 80s night. Not cheesy, bouffant, spandex-wearing 80s but so-good-it-hurts choice hip-hop: get thee a beats education (learnt that in skool I did). The self-proclaimed 'turntablist', Nasty P, was recently featured on Cash Money's mix tape, and he has his own solo album, When The Smoke Clears out on KFM records. Also check out nerd rapper Bleubird and the city's own Sileni playing the Cab on 20 Jan (details tbc): Canadian-born Bleubird rolls off political and comedic rhymes with an undeniable flair.
On 25 Jan DJ IQ and NorthernXposure will be taking over The Caves in Edinburgh (11pm-3am, £10), for a night of unadulterated UK hip-hop. Locals NorthernXposure also have a new album, Revelations, due out over the next few months, as well as an exclusive 12" with Mungo's Hi-Fi. DJ IQ, a UK under 18 DMC Champion at the age of 17, will be further promoting his Live! From The Sofa, released last September. Then round off the month with Headspin's 10th Birthday at the Bongo Club (11pm-3am, £8) on 26 Jan with grooving hip-hop and lots more. Be sure to check out our preview on the East Coast page and online feature for all the facts! Unfortunately it's looking a little light on the hip-hop in the surrounding areas.... 'mon Glasgow and Dundee give us your rhymes! [Struan Abewt]
East Coast
Next, why not Give It Some at the Bongo Club on 12 Jan (11pm-3am, £4/£6)? Coming up for its fifth birthday, DJRed6 will be spinning the 45s and 7"s: funk, soul, r&b and hip hop tip, with Decoy Roy in the back room playing reggae, dub, ska and roots. Or, if you can't handle their funk, perhaps dabble in some baile-funk... and hip-hop, jungle, and dubstep at Volume!. The decision will be hard as both are on the same night, but Volume! will have the darker edge - not so much swing your hips as judder your body and philosophise with the lights off (11pm-3am, £3 b4 12am/£5). MCs are welcome to get down early (10.30pm) for a chance to perform on the night. Then scoot over to Cabaret Voltaire on 18 Jan for the return of Soul Biscuits (11pm-3am, £5). Guests for the night are still to be confirmed, but Nasty P, Gino and Babes will most definitely be there for their special 80s night. Not cheesy, bouffant, spandex-wearing 80s but so-good-it-hurts choice hip-hop: get thee a beats education (learnt that in skool I did). The self-proclaimed 'turntablist', Nasty P, was recently featured on Cash Money's mix tape, and he has his own solo album, When The Smoke Clears out on KFM records. Also check out nerd rapper Bleubird and the city's own Sileni playing the Cab on 20 Jan (details tbc): Canadian-born Bleubird rolls off political and comedic rhymes with an undeniable flair.
On 25 Jan DJ IQ and NorthernXposure will be taking over The Caves in Edinburgh (11pm-3am, £10), for a night of unadulterated UK hip-hop. Locals NorthernXposure also have a new album, Revelations, due out over the next few months, as well as an exclusive 12" with Mungo's Hi-Fi. DJ IQ, a UK under 18 DMC Champion at the age of 17, will be further promoting his Live! From The Sofa, released last September. Then round off the month with Headspin's 10th Birthday at the Bongo Club (11pm-3am, £8) on 26 Jan with grooving hip-hop and lots more. Be sure to check out our preview on the East Coast page and online feature for all the facts! Unfortunately it's looking a little light on the hip-hop in the surrounding areas.... 'mon Glasgow and Dundee give us your rhymes! [Struan Abewt]