I’m getting ready for my trip to Seville! two days to go and I’m excited.
Can’t wait to see my Spanish family again, make some moosic and soak up that good sun.
Will be spending most of my time in Seville but plan on visiting Huelva & Madrid too!
Update soon but for now I’ll leave you with Zaki Ibrahims “Something In The Water”
Love Xx
Samuel Walker Exhibition 2012
Congrats Samuel! I love & miss your Art. I see the Voice of reason EP cover in the background
Wish I had been there but see you soon x
The Politik - Black Sun
Feeling truly blessed to be part of this new album by Portformat, His music truly has the gift of lifting & keeping spirits high. I am featured on the song “Dream” [Track 15]
With every song beautiful crafted this is one not to miss! x
Entropy is a measure of uncertainty leading to a lower level of information. The eighteen stories of love and life featured on Portformat’s new album aim for exactly that, asking you to listen closer to your instincts and follow your dreams.
Elegantly combining R&B, hip hop and electronics, the dream world of ‘Entropy’ takes the listener on a mysterious trip towards inner space. Fellow dream chasers on this space ride include TDR vocalists such as Alicia Renee, Amalia, Colonel Red, Dudley Perkins, Eagle Nebula, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Stan Smith and other very special guests. So buckle up and get ready to explore the entropy with us!
Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper and the most conscientious member of the seminal hip-hop group, has died, his mentor Russell Simmons said tonight. He was 47.
The cause of death was not known, but Yauch, who was also known as MCA, was diagnosed with a cancerous parotid gland in 2009. He had undergone surgery and radiation.
At the time, Yauch expressed hope it was “very treatable,” but his illness caused the group to cancel shows and delayed the release of their 2011 album, “Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2.”
He had not performed in public since 2009 and was absent when the Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April.
Brooklyn-born Yauch created the Beastie Boys with high school friend Michael “Mike D” Diamond. Originally conceived as a hardcore punk group, it soon became a hip-hop trio after Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz joined. They released their chart-topping debut “Licensed to Ill” in 1986, a raucous album led by the anthem “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)”.
But in the seven studio albums that followed, the Beastie Boys expanded considerably and grew more musically ambitious. Their follow-up, 1989’s “Paul’s Boutique,” ended any suggestion of the group as a one-hit wonder. The album was ranked the 156th greatest album ever by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003.
The Beastie Boys would later take up their own instruments - a rarity in hip-hop - on the album “Check Your Head” and subsequent releases.
The Beastie Boys - a trio of white Jewish teenagers - established themselves as one of the most respected groups in hip-hop at a time when white rappers were few.
Introducing the group at the Rock Hall, Public Enemy rapper Chuck D said the Beastie Boys “broke the mould”.
“The Beastie Boys are indeed three bad brothers who made history,” said Chuck D. “They brought a whole new look to rap and hip-hop. They proved that rap could come from any street - not just a few.”
Yauch also went under the pseudonym Nathanial Hornblower when working as a filmmaker. He directed numerous videos for the group.
Yauch is survived by his wife, Dechen Wangdu, and his daughter, Tenzin Losel Yauch.
R.I.P MCA xx
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Neneh Cherry has announced a show at the London Village Underground on Sunday, 15th July 2012. A rare chance to see the pioneering rap icon perform some of her biggest hits such as “Buffalo Stance,” “Money Love” and her duet “7 Seconds.”
Neneh Cherry and The Thing perform in celebration of their new collaboration.
Together they have recorded an album which includes covers of Suicide, (MF) Doom, The Stooges, Martina Topley Bird and Ornette Colemen, as well as a song by Neneh’s father Don Cherry. Jazz trio The Thing first met while recording covers of the great Don Cherry’s songs, and their name is derived from a Don Cherry song.
Neneh Cherry is a true artist, and today holds an indisputable position in the music world. Through her own desire to reinvent, progress and improve, she has flirted - and this better than anybody else - with a variety of musical genres from Soul to Rock, from Jazz to Rap and she can be named as one of the co-founders of Trip Hop. At the same time she remains untainted and as fresh as the day she stepped into the spotlight with her first solo release 16 years ago.
Get your tickets here
