Sh!t I Be Bumpin' My Head To!

As with any music lover, I find myself constantly thirsting for good music. Here are just some of the guys quenching my thirst and appeasing my appetite for innovative, bold and inspiring music.

My Top 3 on the 'repeat list'

Asher Roth & Nottz Raw//The Rawth EP.

Ace production (compliments of Nottz Raw) meets the laid back but strong contextual lyricism of my guy Asher Roth. 'Feel Good' hip hop with a positive message, a very enjoyable listen.

Dimlite//My Human Wears Acedia Shreds.

One of my favourite producers in the world right now. This guy struggles to do wrong by my standards. An intricate, bold and totally experimental production style that has become signature and recognisable only as 'DIMLITE'. His latest work of art wouldn't make everyones' first listen but to quote the man himself - "The music is perfect...any critique, comes down to taste"

Dorian Concept//When Planets Explode.

I've only recently been educated on this dude. Dope experimental producer who is practically napoleon dynamite with musical talents...Just copped me a copy of this bad boy and my head is still trying to realign itself. The moment I actually fathom this guy's production technique, i'll get back to you(ha) but check this guy out for real!

Return Of The Clash (NEW SNIPPET)

After a four month long absence, the dynamic duo return to the factory with a new sound, studio &...haircuts. (lol)

Myself and producing partner 'Kenny Dee' have plenty of tricks up our sleeves with the arrivale of the new year, pending collaborations and multiple projects with promising unsigned talents 'The Lazy Grafters' 'Varsity Point' 'Festo Kay' 'Jo Marie' 'Faye Nash' & more.

With production on my LP (Hearts. Bleed. Rainbows) now finished , the coming months will provide piles of crazy & creative music for all to indulge in.

Music you WILL get high to...

This is a draft edit of a new track, produced by my music partner Kenny Dee, complimented by the lyrical skills and soothing vocals of singer/songwriter Faye Nash.

The pair is in talks of putting together an EP, one can only hope will consist of more down tempo, melodic and somewhat 'trippy' type tracks as we find here.

ENJOY.

Lazy Grafters collaboration with Mr. Sam

With the recent drop of their mixtape and pending post production of their official EP, The Lazy Grafters are keeping busy on the music front. I was lucky enough to receive a call for a feature spot on their forthcoming project, as in preparations for the drop the guys are generating some buzz with this witty and laid back remix of Mac Miller's 'La La La'.

Check it out

http://www.youtube.com/Ayhaytv

Behind the scenes of 'A Whisky Bird Romance'

It is the brink of a halloween weekend and thus filming begins on set of 'A Whisky Bird Romance'.

The cast is assembled and the camera is rolling, as roaring in from a distance a bright orange, viper striped Camaro rolls onto set; everybody knows "It's Time!"

Enjoy the first behind the scenes images of the feature-short independent, coming to a festival near you next year!

'The Clash', Chocolate Factory Music & Collaborations galore!

The Clash is the collective producing duo that is myself and long time friend, producer 'Kenny Dee'. Ken and I have been working together on music for the better of four years now and through numerous trial and tribulation have found ourselves as artist and music creators, both individually and as a partnership.

Currently 'The Clash' are at the ender side my debut LP 'Hearts. Bleed. Rainbows'

The LP is being constructed under our working production body 'Chocolate Factory Music'. Alongside this, there are talks of plans to put together a producers LP titled 'Bridges and UniVerses'; a collective of the work ken and I put together for other artists.

Also look out for the forthcoming solo project by Kenny Dee 'The Throwaways'!

http://mrkennydee.blogspot.com/

There's a lot to come on the music front so stay tuned and watch this page!

NEW 'THE CLASH' VIDEO w/ SNEEK PEEK/SNIPPET

Wembley and promoting new Def Jam Rapstar game

Saturday 24th of July, a fun-filled day I spent up at the beautiful Wembley Arena promoting the forthcoming Def Jam Rapstar game.

The promotion was sidelining the PES Ranking finale, the top 64 players in the country battling it out over a computer game for a hefty £1,000 winners prize (which i'm still in awe about, I mean…really!?)

Being apart of this promotion meant I got to play the first draft of the game before its soon release in a few months time.

My verdict, I'm no critic but if I'm putting in my two cents I'd have to say that at first the initial idea of rap karaoke just sounds awful, your first time playing the game will probably reinforce this notion. It's simply too difficult to perform rap songs unless you know each lyric word for word. Even with songs I thought I knew I found myself struggling when the actual words were up on screen in front of me, along with that it's just not as enthralling to rendition even your favourite rap songs as it is to belch and yell a simple long noted pop song. The chorus' are the most enjoyable part, where as verses are just hard to adapt to. However there's an interesting paradox as the difficult nature of the game eventually becomes something of a draw-in, appealing to those of a naturally competitive nature. The will to practice and learn certain tracks and eventually become good at them grows the more you play and I ended up finding the game pretty infectious and addictive, striving for the game's acceptance as it rated me out of ROUGH, WACK, ON POINT, DOPE and OF THE CHAIN!!!!

There is also a really interesting feature called the 'freestyle' option. Basically players can option to lay down their own raps over instrumentals produced by some of the biggest names in the game e.g. Just Blaze, DJ Khalil, Cool and Dre etc. Players can then upload the track to Xbox live where millions can vote and rate their material. I believe they plan on using this feature to create some kind of Xbox live rap tournament and scout new talent, basically Def Jam Factor! (Lol)

Overall it isn't a bad game, for those who love rap it should be pretty satisfying and I'm eagerly anticipating the game's reception.