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Before we forget, remember the tea-lovin' Mr Scruff? Of course you do; he's back in Edinburgh on 18 Oct
| 08 Oct 2007
First up in hip-hop news this month: the usual source of choice for all boom bap knowledge has unfortunately folded up shop recently - it looks like Bringdaruckus dot com is no more. Previous Skinny columnist Chris Torres is keeping it online until the hosting runs out or a successor is found. It will be missed - BDR, we salute your hard work and hope very much to see you again soon. Straight No Chaser has also folded, giving all you hip hop, jazz and funk fans one more reason to wonder about the much vaunted state of British hip-hop. For instance, why is Londoner Lethal Bizzle postponing his Scottish tour? Add that kind of news to all the local losses and it's looking pretty bleak.
But there is hope, if all goes to plan this October we should be seeing a new album from Glasgow's Soom T. She's a legend already, and this looks set to hang that accolade more permanently on her wall, as if further nails were necessary. Further afield, hip-hop appears to be flourishing, and this month we see new releases from some of the most prolific artists on the scene. In a race to top the charts we have the self proclaimed God of music, Kanye West and Mr. Fiddy 'Shot Nine Times' Cent, providing some old school rivalry by releasing their album on the same date.
Here's this month's highlights to break up your study patterns: be sure to check out Edinburgh's Departure Lounge, back at The Caves on 5 Oct (10pm-3am, £6/£8) with guests Biggabush (Rockers HiFi/Lightinghead) and Gecko 3. New event We Will Break You hits Club Ego on 19 Oct (10.30pm-3am, £4/£5) with selected drinks at £1.50 all night and a smorgasboard of breaks, beats, hip hop and grime from DJs Wreckage (Pump/Brap FM), Smokey & The Bandit (Sugarbeat), Silver Storic (Bass Syndicate), B-Sides (Sugarbeat), Termite (Volume/Obscene) and Ibrahim (Fat Mess/Split). Also one not to miss, A-Trak & DJ Mehdi tour at Sub Club Glasgow on 10 Oct (10pm-3am, £tbc). On 11 Oct at the Glasgow School of Art Freakmenoovers will return with Mr Nice and Dema (11pm-3am, £3/£4) for hip-hop, crunk, reggae and booty delights.
All grime heads need to attend Wiley's one off gig on 19 Oct (7pm, £8) at the Bongo Club in Edinburgh, as the godfather of his genre promises to tear down the stage. And as ever, Split will be taking up the reins on Tuesdays (9, 16, 23 Oct, 11pm-3am, free) with Pyz, DJ Believe, Ian Brandon and more for hip-hop and electro flavours at Cabaret Voltaire. Before we forget, remember the tea-lovin' Mr Scruff? Of course you do; he's back in Edinburgh on 18 Oct and Liquid Room (10pm, £12) for more deck manipulation and funnnked up madness.
But there is hope, if all goes to plan this October we should be seeing a new album from Glasgow's Soom T. She's a legend already, and this looks set to hang that accolade more permanently on her wall, as if further nails were necessary. Further afield, hip-hop appears to be flourishing, and this month we see new releases from some of the most prolific artists on the scene. In a race to top the charts we have the self proclaimed God of music, Kanye West and Mr. Fiddy 'Shot Nine Times' Cent, providing some old school rivalry by releasing their album on the same date.
Here's this month's highlights to break up your study patterns: be sure to check out Edinburgh's Departure Lounge, back at The Caves on 5 Oct (10pm-3am, £6/£8) with guests Biggabush (Rockers HiFi/Lightinghead) and Gecko 3. New event We Will Break You hits Club Ego on 19 Oct (10.30pm-3am, £4/£5) with selected drinks at £1.50 all night and a smorgasboard of breaks, beats, hip hop and grime from DJs Wreckage (Pump/Brap FM), Smokey & The Bandit (Sugarbeat), Silver Storic (Bass Syndicate), B-Sides (Sugarbeat), Termite (Volume/Obscene) and Ibrahim (Fat Mess/Split). Also one not to miss, A-Trak & DJ Mehdi tour at Sub Club Glasgow on 10 Oct (10pm-3am, £tbc). On 11 Oct at the Glasgow School of Art Freakmenoovers will return with Mr Nice and Dema (11pm-3am, £3/£4) for hip-hop, crunk, reggae and booty delights.
All grime heads need to attend Wiley's one off gig on 19 Oct (7pm, £8) at the Bongo Club in Edinburgh, as the godfather of his genre promises to tear down the stage. And as ever, Split will be taking up the reins on Tuesdays (9, 16, 23 Oct, 11pm-3am, free) with Pyz, DJ Believe, Ian Brandon and more for hip-hop and electro flavours at Cabaret Voltaire. Before we forget, remember the tea-lovin' Mr Scruff? Of course you do; he's back in Edinburgh on 18 Oct and Liquid Room (10pm, £12) for more deck manipulation and funnnked up madness.