Hip-Hop Highlights - November, 2008

Well it’s all about Thursday nights if you’re a hip-hop head in Scotland. New weekly night Crash starts the month off with its mash up of hip-hop, drum and bass, indie and electro. Drinks are super cheap (seriously, you're probably going home in a wheelbarrow), as is entry (Luna, Edinburgh, Thurs 6th, 13th, 20th, 28th, £3/4). Glasgow is also stepping up its Thursdays with local promoter Boom Monk Ben putting on his Mixed Bizness sessions with a host of guests every single week (The Art School, Glasgow, Thurs 6th, 13th, 20th, 28th, £3/4).

Elsewhere, Stepback continues to go from strength to strength with its mix up of hip-hop and electronic beats - past guests have included some fine local talent and they promise a few tricks up their sleeves for future nights (Medina, Edinburgh, Thurs 6th & 20th, £4). Soul Biscuits returns with an array of 80s hip-hop and Baltimore disco, if you don’t know what that is then I suggest you check get that ass down there (Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 7th, £tbc). Mweslee and BFlecha touch down to visit one of Glasgow’s finest throwdowns, The Ballers Social Club bringing you their unique take on hip-hop with a heavy dose of electro and Italo disco thrown in for good measure (The Art School, Glasgow, Fri 14th, £5/8).

Finally, the heavyweights are rolling into Alba this month. A Glasgow-centric double from the Wu-Tang dynasty kicks off when GZA plays his seminal LP Liquid Swords at ABC (Wed, 12th Nov) before Ghostface creeps in for a show at The Arches (Sun, 16th Nov). Meanwhile, De La Soul will be touting their daisy age classics over in Auld Reekie at the Liquid Room (Thurs, 13th Nov). Unmissable, the lot.

This'll get you in the zone: