I Come Back
Over the past few days, I've been preparing for 1Xtra's big sister station Radio 1's Big Weekend where I'll be flying the flag and representing solo for 1Xtra. If you don't know what the Big Weekend is all about, it's basically Europe's biggest free festival and it's taking place this coming weekend at Moor Park in Preston. The line up is huge and diverse and features Dizzee Rascal, Rihanna, Mark Ronson and Groove Armada alongside big rock bands like Razorlight, The Fratellis, Stereophonics, Kaiser Chiefs and The View alongside pop acts like Mika, Scissor Sisters, Natasha Bedingfield and Just Jack alongside big deejays like me!
Check out the highlights from the event on 1Xtra live soon!
The soundtrack to my getting ready has been the NY Split Endz Volume 2 CD ('Willow' is potentially one of the best tracks I've heard all year), the new Move.meant album (classic material!), Mark Ronson's Version album (open your mind, it's BAD!) and KRS One & Marley Marl's new stuff.
Heard a few tracks from their forthcoming collaborative album 'Hip Hop Lives' and I have to say, it's sounding big. You know what you're gonna get from the pair of them - nothing innovative, nothing outstandingly new but instead classic boom bap Hip Hop. Check this:
For me as someone who used to bump KRS One's 'KRS One' album on the bus to school, what I've heard from this album is as strong but I wonder if they're going do some numbers with this or if they're just not relevant to a Hip Hop audience in 2007. What do you think?
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Post your commentIts a cute video but ultimately the song is just nostalgia and the beat sounds like 97 again and I'm none to nostalgic for 97.
Heard one of KRS ONE'S new tracks the other day on blakey's show and i have to say it was HOT!
If i was rocking headphones me tabs would have melted!
I think it's called "Rising" or "Hip Hop Lives"
It's one or the other,i can't remember.
Lyrics are summat like....
"Hip is the ..........." "Hop is the movement"
or summat like that.
Need that track on vinyl big time!
Hey Mista Jam, know anywhere i can get that track in Nottz (funkymonkey,selectadisc or ohmygosh) or on the internet?
if it's even been or getting released that is.