GHETTO MULLET – Sunday Morning Hangover EP - 2008 - Review

GHETTO MULLET – Sunday Morning Hangover EP - 2008 - Review
Feel It – Eternal Hold
The fact that here is an electronica outfit with a comedy name who use breakbeats and hail from Thundersley, Essex might raise the spectre of that point in the mid-nineties when ‘trip-hop’ ditched the dope and loaded up on ‘E’s and speed to become ‘big beat’. Thankfully, Sunday Morning Hangover has more in common with RJD2 than polished turds like Bentley Rhythm Ace...(READ MORE @ MONKEYBOXING.COM)

KENAN BELL - Good Day EP - Review

KENAN BELL - Good Day EP - Review
HIGHLIGHTS: Good Day
SOUNDBITE: Shoulda done better on tests, know I'm better than the rest/ Yo, if I could get a girlfriend, yes God, bless
RATING: 3/5
Well, that’s a first. ‘Indie’ hip-hop that actually sounds like ‘indie’ rock partnered with a bit of rapping. It’s an arranged marriage that will go down well if you like both Radiohead and Santogold but want to show those hard-looking, weed-dealing students who live next door in your halls of residence that you keep it a bit real too...READ MORE @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE MIGHTY UNDERDOGS - Droppin' Science Fiction - 2008 - Album Review

THE MIGHTY UNDERDOGS - Droppin' Science Fiction - 2008 - Album Review
HIGHLIGHTS: So Sad – UFC (Remix) – Aye - Warwalk
SOUNDBITE: “In order for positive to exist, there’s gotta be some kind of counter-balance right?”
RATING: 3.5/5
The Mighty Underdogs project finds MCs Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) and Lateef The Truthspeaker (Latyrx) teaming up with producer Headnodic of Crown City Rockers. Not dissimilar to previous Quannum-related stuff and more interesting than (for example) the last Blackalicious LP or Gift Of Gab’s solo LP by dint of the fact that some of the tracks on here are actually memorable, this nevertheless alternates between ‘back-packer hip-hop’ by numbers and soul-hop blandness by numbers a lot of the time. Bear with me till I get to the good stuff though as this isn’t exclusively the case...(READ MORE @ MONKEYBOXING.COM)

The rise of the Monkeyboxing Empire

monkeyboxing.com is finally, properly here! From now on, all monkeyboxing news, reviews, and interviews will appear at monkeyboxing.com. The blog you're on now will function as an archive of the first two and a half years of monkeyboxing history. A massive thank you to everyone for all your support so far (especially his dopeness Sir Beans OBEwho was the first artist to approach me and Abjekt of Division Promotions/caughtinthecrossfire.com who was the first promoter to get in touch. I really hope you like the new site. Take it steady - see you there!

T. (Monkeyboxing Ed.)
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LATEST MONKEYBOXING.COM articles...week commencing 13 Oct 2008
JAKE ONE - White Van Music - Album review

Underexposed! AWKWARD - feature
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LATEST MONKEYBOXING.COM articles...week commencing 6 Oct 2008

LATEST MONKEYBOXING.COM articles...week commencing 6 Oct 2008
DJ Design - Jetlag - Album review
The Bamboos - Sidestepper - Album review
The Forty Seven - The Day The Sun Bled LP sampler
Jake One interview
Puma Suede Skate
Neil women158 Parkinson
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DJ DESIGN - Jetlag LP - Free download

DJ DESIGN - Jetlag LP - Free download
DJ Design - Jetlag - Album review
How cool is this? Former Foreign Legion member DJ Design's new LP Jetlag is available for free download for a limited period only and it's fresher than a mint-scented breeze. You need to be on that shit!
Download - DJ Design - Jetlag LP
DJ Design - Jetlag - Tracklist:
01. Wild Ones featuring Grip Grand & Phat Kat
02. Play featuring Oh No & Roc C
03. All A Dream featuring B Lloyd
04. Better Days featuring Oh No & Dudley Perkins
05. Ferocious featuring Guilty Simpson
06. Ohh! featuring Party Arty
07. B-Side Too featuring Grip Grand
08. Major featuring B Lloyd
09. Eh, Yo
10. Wave of the Future featuring Grip Grand
11. Get On the Floor featuring Party Arty
12. Rugged One 1996
13. Deadly Deeds featuring Ace Hustle
14. Battle Physically 1998 featuring Foreign Legion
15. Here We Go World
16. Gates Of Steel
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MONKEYBOXING BUZZ CHART - Oct. 08

1. (NEW) Freestyle Professors – Luv U (Unreleased)
Giff and B Sparks done cooked up some fresh Bronx heat. Heed!
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2. (NEW) K Delight & The Voodoo Guru feat. Chrome – The Wildstyle Dream (Playing Around)
Does what it says on the tin. One for breakers everywhere: Part 1
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3. (NEW) D.J.H – Hip-Hopper From Birth – Hip-Hopper From Birth EP (D.J.H)
Killer track from crazy fresh EP. One for breakers everywhere: Part 2.
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4. (NEW) Fakts One feat. Little Brother – Grown Folks – Long Range LP (Green Streets U.S.)
Little Brother kill it again on a guest spot.
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5. (1) The New Mastersounds – All We Can Do - Plug & Play LP (One Note)
Ultra itchy break, squelchy wah-wah and bass like an eel hitting the side of a dustbin.
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6. (3) Betty Moorer – It’s My Thing - Diggin’ In The BGP Vaults LP (BGP)
Funky soul is the sexiest music ever. Betty Moorer tells it like it is.
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7. (6) The Bamboos – King of the Rodeo/ Can’t Help Myself (Tru Thoughts)
The Bamboos borrow Megan Washington and Ty for two more funky dancefloor slayers.
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8. (4) Tame Impala – Desire Be, Desire Go – Tame Impala EP (Modular)
Western Oz’s finest drop a filthy great psychedelic fuzz-rock monster.
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9. (NEW) Que Billah feat. The Cool Kids – Colours (Unreleased)
Billah got the beats: The Kids got the rhymes. And ‘sneakers’. In lots of colours. Word.
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10. (NEW) Sir Beans feat. Blaktrix – Sour Grapes (Unreleased)
Beans and Blaktrix always mean hip hop business. One day Beans’ll release an LP!
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DJ BABU - New Album - Duck Season 3 - released 28 October 2008

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DJ BABU - New Album - Duck Season 3 - released 28 October 2008

DILATED PEOPLES & BEAT JUNKIES DJ/PRODUCER, DJ BABU, PREPS THE RELEASE OF HIS LONG AWAITED STUDIO LP DUCK SEASON 3

DJ BABU’S DUCK SEASON 3 FEATURES TRACKS WITH BISHOP LAMONT, MF DOOM, DILATED PEOPLES, SEAN PRICE, TERMANOLOGY, M.O.P., LITTLE BROTHER, KARDINAL OFFISHAL, STRONG ARM STEADY, GUILTY SIMPSON, PERCEE P, A.G

A world-famous DJ with active memberships in Dilated Peoples and Beat Junkies among his most notable accomplishments, DJ Babu has made a noteworthy evolution. The Los Angeles-based turntablist also stands as one of underground rap’s fastest-rising producers.

Waiting almost five years after the release of the previous Duck Season installments, DJ BABU has been carefully crafting the final saga in his highly acclaimed hip-hop trilogy. What started out for Babu as a DJ compilation, the Duck Season series has come full circle to become a production showcase for the legendary turntablist; not to mention, his finest work to date.

“It started out as a mixtape that featured some of my favorite tracks,” explains DJ Babu. “Now it has fully evolved into a platform of my own production. The album is still presented in the classic Beat Junkie mixtape style, but that’s just a clever way for me to disguise my LP.” Indeed, working with Dilated Peoples aided DJ Babu in his evolution as a producer. Throughout the trio’s four albums, DJ Babu was steadily gaining knowledge and insight on how to craft meaningful and memorable soundbeds. Now, he has combined his far-reaching creative abilities into one project, the rock-solid Duck Season 3.

This evolution from DJ to producer is on full display throughout DJ Babu’s sonically superior Duck Season 3. The fast-moving collection showcases all of Babu’s quickly expanding talents, from mixing, juggling, blending and scratching -- as well as producing. Entirely produced by Babu, the line-up on Duck Season 3 reads like a hip-hop’s who’s who. While Babu includes many familiar faces like M.O.P., MF DOOM, Dilated Peoples and Sean Price, he also plants his ear to the streets, recruiting some of today’s hottest new talent like Bishop Lamont and Termanology.

A West Coast veteran in his own right, Babu has achieved a sound that can’t be labeled by region or style. This album could be equally appreciated in the Bronx, Compton or anywhere in between. Duck Season 3 is a treat for all the true B-Boy’s out there and a testament to the fact that hip-hop’s golden era is alive and well and as Babu concludes the vine between the golden era and today is still deeply rooted “allot of the DJs that I looked up to became great producers, from Dr. Dre to DJ Premier to Pete Rock. In a lot of ways, I’m trying to carry that same torch, where hip-hop is still rooted within DJing and records.”

Tracklisting and credits for DJ Babu’s Duck Season 3:
1. DS3 Intro f/ Dilated Peoples
2. Dearly Departed f/ M.O.P.
3. Fan Mail f/ Little Brother, Joe Scudda, & D-Brock
4. The Unexpected f/ MF DOOM & Sean Price
5. Frozen f/ Guilty Simpson
6. East West Connection f/ A.G.
7. My Opinion f/ Bishop Lamont
8. 2 Feet f/ Kardinal Offishall & Rakaa Iriscience
9. Black & Brown Army f/ Chace Infinite & Sick Jacken
10. Graveyardshiftin f/ Cali Agents & Roc Marciano
11. For Whatever It's Worth f/ Evidence
12. It's A New Day f/ M.E.D.
13. O.G. f/ Strong Arm Steady
14. Guns Gon' Blow f/ Termanology
15. That Ain't Gangsta f/ Likwit Junkies
16. Meant To Be f/ Roc C. & Oh No
17. SBX2LAX2OX f/ Wildchild & Percee P
18. Ahead Of My Time f/ Niko
(ALL SONGS PRODUCED, MIXED and ARRANGED by DJ BABU)

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