BringDaRuckus

Ivy, 157 – 159 North Street, Charing Cross - 0141 221 1144 - Ivy Bar

Friday 5th Ooft Music
Deep disco deviance and house music from Ivy resident DJs and Five20East records artists.

Saturday 6th Andy Ash (Five20East, Liverpool)
Deep house, disco edits, instrumental beats and hip hop treats from one of Liverpool’s finest.

Friday 12th Craig Smith
Resident at Berlin and Edinburgh, Craig Smith is renowned for his diverse disco and house selections as well as his recording output on Five20East Recordings.

Saturday 13th Ballers Social Club with Lukid (live) & Andrew Meza
Live electronics from London’s Lukid and a DJ set from LA’s BTS Radio king Andrew Meza.

Friday 19th Mr Nice (Freakmenoovers)
One half of Scotland’s premier hip hop duo takes to the turntables for a blazing trail through hip hop, funk, b-more, electronic party music and more.

Saturday 20th Numbers DJs
Glasgow clubbing institution Numbers bring their underground electronic party with diverse beats for heads and feets.

Friday 26th A La Fu (Big Dada)
Big Dada’s main man and DJ to the electronic and hip hop elite frops by for a unique intimate set.

Saturday 20th Boom Monk Ben
Taking a break from international and UK wide touring, we get an intimate set of hip hop inflected beats, electronic gems and diverse musical goodness.

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Mud Family member and chief of MohawkGangEntertainment - Yaeo has just released his new banger of a single ‘Call Tha Police’ which you can download now on iTunes. The UK premiere of the video for this rebel anthem takes place at TheUrbanShop.co.uk.

Yaeo has worked with and shined next to some of the biggest names of the uk hip hop scene, Skinnyman, Taskforce and Blade to name a few. Himself a Graf artist for the last 10 years, dropped his first DJ Mixtape in 2000. After the success of widely acclaimed ‘Last of Tha Mohawks’ EP in 2005 Yaeo re-organised his surroundings. In 2008 Yaeo and his Mohawk Gang with their headquaters in Brixton, London, have set out on a mission to enrich the scene with authentic and banging hiphop and rap. The single and video to ‘Call Tha Police’ are the first stop of the Mohawk’s movement campaign/(warpath?). Set in Brixton the song deals with the daily harrassment and violence towards local communities. At the same time it is a tribute to Jean Charles de Menezes who was innocently shot by a gang of police officers at Stockwell tube station in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings. Watch for Yaeo featured on the DeeJay Tomahawk mixtape and Yaeo’s highly anticipated solo album entitled ‘No Comment’… for more info check him at www.myspace.com/yaeo

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From his humble beginnings in the well-respected rap crews VILLAINS and WOLFTOWN COMMITTEE, LATE has carved his own niche. In 2004 he released his debut EP ‘International Rhyme Spittin’ which included the infamous ‘Open Mic Session’ track which featured 50 rappers, and then followed that release with a string of excellent mixtapes ‘The Villainous One’ in 2005, ‘Englishman In New York’ in 2006 and ‘The CEO’s Edition’ with New York rapper GEOLANI in 2007, and more recently ‘Two Thousand And LATE’ in 2008. LATE has featured on over two hundred underground releases, and is the CEO & founder of Wolftown Recordings and RAGO Magazine, as well as being an official member of Houston’s legendary rap movement SOUTH PARK COALITION (SPC).

LATE now unleashes the first single from his debut album ‘Below Street Level’, a collection of fourteen tracks produced by his long-time beat-maker TRICKSTA. This track has already been licensed to Hip-Hop Connection’s forthcoming compilation ‘Recognition 20 Years’, which is a collection of fire-starting UK Rap Anthems which also features the likes of Demon Boyz, MC Duke, Roots Manuva, Rodney P, Blak Twang, Blade, Klashnekoff, Jehst, Skinnyman and many more. The video for this track also features on various forthcoming DVD’s and is soon to be aired on all the urban TV channels.

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Today we had a chat with Paisley based emcee Nity Gritz, aka Morbid Styles, to find out a little more about the man himself his music and his views.

1) Would you like to complete your introduction and let us know a little about yourself?

I’m Nity Gritz, I’ve been rapping for 6 and a half years, I got into hip hop about 2 years before I started rhyming. I’m also known as Morbid Stylez, Lord Vulgamore & The Gutter Rat.

2) Nice one. You got in to hip hop before you started spitting, so when did u actually get into hip hop and when did you decide it was for you?

I was 12 coming on 13, I remember it was the September of 2000, When I started writing rhymes, I had a vibe, like, there was something crazy going on inside my head, like I had let the demon loose with a pencil, to be honest, it didn’t matter what the beat was, I just wanted to write on it, I guess, I was overly enthusiastic.. I decided it wasn’t just ‘a hobby’. I’ve always been creative, when I was 12, I lit a plastic plant on fire and burned my curtains up.. irrelevant, or is it just a bit of insight into my character?

3) OK So twelve year old arsonist goin’ on hip hopper growing up in Paisley, not exactly a hip hop stronghold, What sort of reaction did your lifestyle choice get from the locals, friends etc?

At first, people were like ‘you cant rap..’ as much as I was offended, everybody starts out weak, progression is a learning technique, I’ve had all kinda of talks with people & all sorts of conversations ‘is it practical? can u make a living on it?’ it honestly doesn’t matter to me whether I can make a living or not, it makes me happy & it’s a much more practical way of ‘venting’ than strangling someone

4) Definite. Sounds like you put up with a few people talking you down. Who or what influenced you musically or otherwise to keep going?

One fucked up incident after another, always a reason to vent. I give thanks to Bigg Taj, I learned alot from him. Big Div was the first person to introduce me to the ‘Scottish Scene’ yes, I like all of you, started off with a YANK ACCENT! I’m not ashamed of it, I didn’t know any better, GET OFF MY BACK! These days I’d say alot of inspiration is drawn from Bill Breakz, even if I’m not in the mood to write, when I hear a new beat from Bill, I always end up writing at least 32 bars. I get alot of inspiration from everything around me, I’m very susceptible to the decay of society, I leech on it.

5) Got A feeling we will be hearing more about Bill later, I gather you have a few projects due for release this year can you elaborate?

I’m working on a solo LP ‘Lovesick’ if u imagine a ‘relationship’ it starts off, happy, up tempo & spontaneous.. after a while it becomes chilled out, laid back & familiar.. towards the end (if this particular relationship does end) it becomes aggressive, angry, sad.. maybe depressive, excuse my lack of vocabulary. that’s how I sum my album up, without the lack of vocab. I’m also working on the Shadowpeople LP, very intense chemistry between us, it seems to work. I wont say too much about that, as I dont know that much about it, yet. There’s is also an EP coming from Myself & Wurrd ‘ Sinister Sinicism’ it’s almost complete, We decided we’d just go ahead and make things happen whilst we wait for other people to finish off what they’re working on at the moment. This has been, probably the most creative project for me, personally, I’ve worked alot harder on my rhyme schemes, delivery, topic matter, word play, like I said, and it’s a progressive lesson.

6) Busy man. What kinda release are we looking at, vinyl, cd or keepin it 2008 with the mp3’s? where can we get that shit?

There’s no talk of Vinyl yet, CDs will be pressed up & of course, the good old Free Download on www.bringdaruckus.com A few tracks will be put on Shadowpeople just to let people know what the vibe is. I will also be updating my page regularly Nity Gritz

7) Excellent, you released any previous material newer fans might wanna check out?

Recorded an album with Bigg Taj, he produced the whole thing, it’s called ‘Kiss My Gritz LP’ we didn’t do anything with it, by the time it was recorded, I had started to progress, my rhymes got alot more structured, so the album seemed ‘lop sided’ I also recorded an EP ‘Self Inflicted’ I sold a few copies at gigs, that’s as far as it went, I still intend to throw it up for download. no offence to those who bought it, you should have waited.. good things come to those who wait

8)I will look out for that. “Pass the Vibes” @ Medina? You performed here recently how did that come about and how’d it go down?

Scott (Wurrd) actually handled that whole thing, I didnt know about it, until.. maybe two weeks before we were supposed to perform. It must be said, I didnt let the side down, I got very drunk, forgot a few lyrics, but I freestyled the gaps in orderly fashion. That was the second time Scott had hyped me, couldn’t ask for a better hypeman. I’m a bit of a let down when it comes to hyping people, I struggle to memorise my own verses. Medina was a nice venue. I also performed, previously at the Beat Club. with Cass (Hawley Griffin) & Scott (Wurrd) that one went down well.. I’m also working on an EP with Cass (Legion of Doom) as soon as he Finishes Mint City, I urge you too look out for that. & I’ll be waiting in the shadows.

9) You’ve been warned people. Any plans for future gigs?

I dont have anything planned at the moment, I’m more focused on the music, rather than gigging, dont get me wrong, I love performing, I’m just tired of performing the same old material, I’ve been busy, a few solo track here and there that aren’t for the projects I’m working on, I’m also doing a video for ‘Bad At Life’ but the person whose shooting it is in Greece for a month, so, I’ll have to be patient..

10) Concentrating on your tunes then. Speaking of that I heard your track ” Chinese Whispers”. Was this purely personal or do you feel this sort of stuff is affecting hip hop locally?

Chinese Whispers.. erm.. yeah, Chinese Whispers, for me, was on a personal level, I had heard little things from certain people, who I wont mention. I heard this & heard that. Somebody hacked my myspace page, totally fucked the first page up, the same person spread a few lies about me. I felt I had to address it. I wont go into too much detail about.. Chinese Whispers, as a concept.. alot of people hear one thing and misconstrue the situation, words get merged with lies & it becomes unpleasant. I fell that I got everything off my chest, although subliminal, people know what they done & they know who I’m talking about when they hear that tune, it doesn’t have to go any further than that. It’s a well known fact the truth can be manufactured, if the right people speak their ‘manufactured’ beliefs. We’ll leave it at that.

11) Ok you previously mentioned Shadowpeople, lets touch on that again. Who is it, what is it and where is it heading?

Shadowpeople is Nity Gritz, Bill Breaks, Wurrd & Bombdiss, it started off as a ‘one project thing’ and we far as I know, it’s not going to be, we all have different styles that compliment each other, as opposed to being one big collective of MCs & each track just sounds like a big cypher (we all love cyphers, but that’s what freestyles are good for GET ME?) the direction we’re headed in.. only time will tell, have haven’t confined ourselves to just ‘Shadowpeople’ were all working with artist through out the scene. The thing that keeps us so level headed is that there’s no jealousy between us, like.. if Scott records a dope track, I wont go out of my way to tell him it’s dope but secretly plot to OUT DO him, that’s not a healthy relationship. As far as releases, we’ll focus on the Shadowpeople LP ‘From the Shadows to the Gallows’ and we’ll take it from there. We’re also hosting the next Podcast on BDR thanks to Bill Breakz
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12) Look forward to it. Let us know who your feeling outside your own circle, people you’d like to work with or just general all round good guys

People who I have collabos with in the near future.. Chad the Lad, he’s a great MC, his delivery is always on point. Skribbo, this guy appeared from nowhere, he’s killing everything he touches, I’ve got a tune coming soon with him, and I’ve been working with Doonhamer AKA Uncle Being on a few things.. I’ve got mad respect for Shadowpeople, EvaDepoD. Cass, Enser, ATH, Big Div, Skribbo, Gasp, Eastborn, Bigg Taj, Philly Bluntz, Defy, Werd, Stones the Riddlah, Lateface, there are so many people who’ve helped me, who I respect, who I can vibe with on a personal level.. If I’ve forgot to mention anybody, it’s because I’m drunk.. regardless of your opinion IT IS AN EXCUSE!

13) Ok Last thing, is there anything you feel I’ve missed that you would like to talk about, shout outs etc?

Theres a couple of things..I recently hosted ‘Scotland Stand Up Vol.2′ I was chatting with Scuba Steve & he needed a host, I said I’d do it & that same night I recorded all the drops, he sent me the tracklist and I just said a few kind words. Also.. ‘Scotland Stand Up Vol.2′ the proceed of this are going to York Hill Children’s Charity, so search your heart for your charitable side & buy a GOD DAMN CD! shout outs.. nobody really wants tro be shouted out, people know who they are & what they mean to me.. I LOVE EVERYBODY (I need to calm down on the alcohol before I invite u all to an party in my pants)

Right well I think thats cue for the ending about now so thanks for the time and keep doing your thing

thank you, big yourself up.. I think, a pat on the back would be most worthy. let me ask you one thing.. Scotland, whose your daddy?

So thats Nity Gritz straight from the horses mouth. You can check him out at Nity Gritz. Keep an eye out for the new releases with Shadowpeople, Legion of Doom and the solo material all due this year and will be placed in the downloads section at BringDaRuckus.

p.s
Buy Scotland Stand Up volume 2 cd all proceeds to York Hill Children’s Charity, get yourself a dope cd and feel good about doin it.

Thx to Ger for taking the timeout and typing up the interview

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Came across this download for Dirty Diggers The Pleasure is all Mine ablbum so thought I would share it witt you all features tracks with Alice Russell and Micall Parknsun

1. The Pleasure is all Mine Intro (Ft. DJ Woody)
2. Don’t Know About That
3. Bang On It (Ft. Micall Parknsun)
4. So Grown Up
5. UV.
6. City To Sticks - Dirty Diggers & Sam Hep/Rup
7. Wannabees
8. Cuts And Bruises
9. It’ll Be Ok (Ft. Fourteen Corners)
10. Goodun Tune
11. Aw Man
12. Hurry On Remix (Ft. Alice Russell)
13. Haters Radio

The Pleasure Is All Mine

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Powercut Productions are proud to bring you the first in a whole batch of many new releases from the label to come this year.

First up to stake his claim is Edinburgh based emcee “ Madhat “ (Dark Rumours, Evil Residents) with his début solo album “Unvarnished Scribbles”.

Madhat may be know to some as a dark (see horrorcore ) emcee for his work within the group Dark Rumors, but on Unvarnished Scribbles he uses his microphone time wisely to flip the script and highlight a wide range of topics and issues, such as; 21st century living, friendships gained and lost, prostitution, and a love and passion for Hip Hop and his home town of Edinburgh. All the while displaying dexterous ever changing dynamic rhyme patterns over complimentary beats and rhythms courtesy of some of the best Hip Hop producers Scotland has to offer.

Madhat chooses to brings a wide variety of talent to the album, and not only features guest vocals from established emcees such as the Freestyle Master and StoneztheRiddlah, but also shines the spotlight on new talent such as Dandy, Holmes and Ian Halliday.

Unvarnished Scribbles brings us undoubtedly a unique and fresh outlook on Hip Hop and life in 21st Century Scotland. Its 18 tracks provide us with a fine introduction to a future rap legend.

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Soundcrash Launch Night

The Bug - live
Warrior Queen on the mic
A La Fu (Big Dada)
Memory9 (Milan / live)
Rob Soundcrash (Soundcrash London)

Powered by Mungos HiFi Soundsystem

Meanwhile, downstairs in the dirty, dirty Vic Bar….

The Ballers Social Club 1st Birthday party feat..

Platinum Pied Pipers (Ubiquity) - full live band
Andrew Meza DJ set (BTS Radio,Ubiquity)
Hudson Mohawke + FineArt

September 12th
The Art School
£8 advance tickets available from Vic Bar and Tickets Scotland
£10 on the door

Welcom to Soundcrash. In recent years Soundcrash have been working London hard and running folk ragged with meaty names like Luke Vibert, DJ Kentaro, and Hexstatic, supplemented with healthy doses of Krush, Vadim, and Kode9.

About time, then, they brought their self-proclaimed rag-tag assortment of vagabonds, miscreants and a rollcall of musical ingénues / geniuses northwards to Glasgow. And on 12th September at the Art School, a launch party we shall have…

The Bug and Warrior Queen are live and are on the Mungo’s Hi-Fi rig. An unrivalled soundsystem to bombard you with dark animal beats and bass that throbs; there is no better way to experience this. After the last Mungo’s / Warrior Queen ram-jam session in February of this 2008, this is a volatile combination of elements with the catalytic (cataclysmic?) addition of the almighty Bug himself, fresh after the recent release of London Zoo (Ninja Tunes). The Bug’s latest album features 2007’s landmark release Poison Dart with Warrior Queen, as well as equally troubling numbers with Flowdan, Tippa Irie, Ricky Ranking and Spaceape. Otherworldy, hypnotic and slightly deathlike, London Zoo is an exquisite and devastating response to an unseen threat.

DJ A’ La Fu (Big Dada / Ninja Tunes) has been working in association with some of the most respected names in hip-hop consistently since 1996 – Infesticons / Majesticons, Roots Manuva, Mike Ladd - and involved with seminal label Big Dada since its conception. A selector with an ear for the extraordinary (listen, and then listen again to his Well Deep Retrospective on Big Dada) his mixes are much-loved and much-pimped by both his labels and all of his many listeners.

Memory9 (SUBcltr / Soundcrash Records) aims for more than glitch with his dub-inflected musings; intense, genre-resistant electronic mashups and music. A self described ‘electronic postmodern deconstructivist luckdragon on wheels’, it would be perhaps more accurate to place him up high, where he belongs, next to Prefuse 73 and Autechre. This event will mark and celebrate the release of his Terpsichore EP (Soundcrash Records).

Sound Crash Music
The Bug
Memory9
Ballers

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Lukid live (Werk Discs)
Andrew Meza and Mike Slott B2B DJ Set (BTS Radio, Heralds of Change, Ubiquity)

September 13th
The Ivy
Free entry

Lukid aka Luke Blair has been noted by LuckyMe ever since he dropped the ‘Onandon’ mini - album in 2007 on the greatly admired ‘WerkDisc’ imprint, and followed up with the classic 12″ ‘The Now EP’. Having worked with L.A’’s Take, been remixed by Warps’ Hudson Mohawke and given five stars by ‘XLR8R’ Magazine, Luke is the man to watch this year.

Lukid’s Hip Hop formations take an open minded and experimental formula and incorporates a sense of spontaneous improvisation. He laces rythmic, swinging percussion with sub sonic bass and hard-edged futuristic Funk. Spanning many genres, his style of music is highly original and has been heralded as one of the most influential in modern Instrumental Hip Hop.

Taking the birthday celebration to new heights will be international blood brothers Mike Slott and Andrew Meza. Slott is one half of the infamous ‘Heralds of Change’ production crew and recently released his solo 7″ on ‘All City’, which garnered praise after airplay on the trendsetting Mary-Anne Hobbes Experimental BBC Radio 1 show. Ever the jet-setting rockstar, Slott is the King. Joining the Irish Boss is L.A’s prized Andrew Meza aka Young Pancake; the Don of the ‘Beat’ game and creator of the world-renowned BTS Radio show. These two will be cheekily playing the most credible music out.

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Came across a little download of Dubstep Allstars Volume 3 (mixed by kode9) that I thought I would share with all you wonderful people.

tracklisting

01 - Kode9 - Nine Samurai
02 - Pressure & Warrior Queen - Dem A Bomb We
03 - Geeneus - You Know Me
04 - Digital Mystikz - Haunted
05 - Skream - I (Loefah emix)
06 - D1 - Bamboo
07 - Skream - Groovin’
08 - Digital Mystikz - New Life Baby Parts
09 - Calenda - Forever
10 - Digital Mystikz - Heartless Ninja
11 - Skream - 0800
12 - Digital Mystikz - Molten
13 - Skream - Tortured Soul
14 - Digital Mystikz - Intergalactic
15 - Loefah - Ruffage
16 - DJ Krave - Minor Skank
17 - N-Type - Way Of the Dub
18 - Skream - Colourful
19 - Benga - Mammoth
20 - Random Trio - Haunted
21 - Skream - Korma
22 - D1 - ET
23 - Plasticman - Unhappy Shopper
24 - Blackdown - dis East
25 - Geiom - Overnight Biscuits
26 - D1 - Cocaine
27 - Random Trio - Rebel
28 - Burial - Prayer

Dubstep Allstars vol 3

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I have no tracklist…there are a lot of good artists…such as Masta Ace, Rodney P, Skinnyman, Phi Life Cypher, Foreign Beggars, Doc Brown …….

DOWNLOAD

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