Stand

H2Z#6… Stand… is the sixth episode of The Hip Hop Zone podcast. H2Z is one of the podcasts from Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory and is well worth investigating, even if you think you don't like hip hop. Don't think it's got anything to do with mainstream gangsta bollocks, bitches and hoes, bullshit and bling rap - this is more often interesting, funky, intriguing instrumental grooves from artists you'll never have heard of but should have. If there are raps, they're more likely to be intelligent and actually have something to say. Tunes are from all around the world, too - the American hip hop hegemony does not rule here!



Full details HERE
Direct download HERE

Tracks

1. Apathetic - Burning Bright
2. RKZ - Manintheattic
3. Advertise - Jimmy The Fingers
4. Dub In England - HighMas
5. I Who Have Nothing - Skripnik & Phonsen
6. Lost Hours - Anitek
7. Standing Firm in Taiwan (Lata Refix) - Kou Chou Ching/Bounty Killer/Lata
8. Oasis Of Rhythm - Project Divinity

Thawra: Youth & Hip Hop in the Arab World

My thanks to Andy Kisaragi over at Untimely Sound for drawing my attention to this.

He says:
Documentary in the form of a mixtape, tracing the roots of some of the big players in the Arab hip hop world and how they and their music relate to - and in cases were catalysts of - the revolutionary goings on in the region earlier this year, how the lyrics move from the satirical to the serious as things become increasingly real. Really interesting stuff, the music itself is a mixed bag to be fair, but there are some wicked tunes on there from the likes of Omar Offendum, The Narcicyst, El General and more.

Nomadix Wax says:
Over the past few months Nomadic Wax has been reaching out to Arab hip hop artists around the world. We wanted to hear directly from them how hip hop was affecting the Arab uprisings and how the momentous events that were sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East were inspiring them to write music. The Nomadic Wax team, made up of DJ Magee, DJ Nio, and British journalist Rose Hackman bring you an original mix of in-depth reporting and authentic Arab and Arab-American sounds and perspectives, giving you the story behind the music - or rather the music behind the story.




Link: http://nomadicwax.bandcamp.com/track/thawra-youth-hip-hop-in-the-arab-world-special-news-piece

Boom!

There's a new episode available of Pete Cogle's Hip Hop Zone podcast.

You can find full details of H2Z HERE

Direct download is HERE


Tracks

1. Mr Universe - Mos Dub
2. You Disconnect - DJ Code
3. Echo Boomers - Texture
4. Beaumont is Alive - Dr Kananga
5. Was Fuer Eine Welt (What A World) - Slomo (Zengineers remix feat. Backwater Planet)
6. Lazy Summer - Hypoetical
7. Spalony Lennon - Szubrawy Kot
8. Back At It - Anitek

Poetry is the backbone of the Arab language

Recently we blogged a few times about Iraqi-Canadian hiphop artist The Narcicyst and various projects he's been involved with; we've also written about the North African revolutions and hiphop's connections with changes occurring in the region. One of The Narcicyst's collaborators is Syrian-American rapper Omar Offendum. He was the catalyst for the song #Jan25, a collaboration by international rappers inspired by the protests in Egypt. You can see the video for it HERE.

Here is a link to an interview he gave to The European:

Poetry is the Backbone of the Arab Language

Al Jisr Hip Hop Mixtape 'Bridging Cultures' Part II

Here in the Secret Archives, we like Arabic hip hop. Heard about Lebanese artist DJ Lethal Skillz through Iraq-Canadian rapper The Narcicyst.

Lethal Skillz has just released the second volume of an open-ended series of transnational mixtapes.

It's called:
RE-VOLT & PhonoSapien Productionz Present:AL Jisr Hip Hop Mixtape 'Bridging Cultures' Part II



You can find full details HERE and there's a link to download the mix.

H2Z#1... Welcome To The Hip Hop Zone...

We like hip hop. Not your mainstream American gangsta crap, though. We like it a bit more musical, a bit more intelligent. Dare we say it, we like it not American.

H2Z, also known as The Hip Hop Zone is a new podcast series from the UK's leading podcaster, Mr Pete Cogle. Cunningly entitled, it features hip hop.



Episode one has some music from Ireland, Germany, Australia and Morocco as well as the UK.

• Details HERE
• Direct download HERE.

Tracks

1. Angry Mob - Conspiracy Of Mind (Just1 and Nevahmind)
2. Rampant Zoo Sex Orgy - Cube
3. Cheeky Bastard - wAgAwAgA
4. Wha - Jimmy Penguin
5. All I Want Is To Forget - Ganga
6. Let Them Know - Rotes
7. Belong - Thallus
8. Freestylofanko - DJ Titoff