DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN: Get It Right Now – 2009 – Single review/ Free download

DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN: Get It Right Now – 2009 – Single review/ Free download
RATING: 1/5
Is Del having a laugh? Get It Right Now seems to be based round a sample of a car alarm. Also, like a car alarm, it drowns out the possibility of focusing on any other sound – the rapping for example. Avant-garde or just shit?…DOWNLOAD/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

CAMP LO: Stone & Rob: Caught On Tape – 2009 – Album review

CAMP LO: Stone & Rob: Caught On Tape – 2009 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: 2 Dope Boyz
SOUNDBITE: “Nuns, monks, what’s your function?/ Disoriented by the dope boy conjunction”
RATING: 2.5/5
The title of this was presumably intended to evoke the word ‘caught’ in the sense of, “That was flames! Lucky we caught Stone and Rob on tape!” - which is a pity, because there’s far more of a sense of, “Whoa - Camp Lo got caught releasing half-baked shit on tape,” about it…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

FOREIGN LEGION: ‘Night Moves’ LP - 21 April ’09 release

FOREIGN LEGION: ‘Night Moves’ LP - 21 April ’09 release
(Press release) The cliched phrase "hip hop is dead" has been dismantled by Oakland California hip hop crew Foreign Legion with their new album, Night Moves which is dropping April 21st 2009 on Hungerstrike records! The 13 song, full-length masterpiece figuratively kicks it's hip hop rivals in the…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

DEAD PANDA: Million Dollar Dub – Video

DEAD PANDA: Million Dollar Dub – Video
Tripped-out L.A. beatfreaks Dead Panda have just dropped a video (directed by Montgomery Fisher) for their creepy track Million Dollar Dub. Diverse elements of a murky narrative that appears to follow a homicidal bent copper tracking down the band with intent to kill include: a bit of street-skating, a sinister sacrificial…WATCH VIDEO/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

P.O.S: ‘Never Better’ LP - Press release

P.O.S: ‘Never Better’ LP - Press release
P.O.S RELEASES NEW ALBUM “NEVER BETTER” ON APRIL 27TH VIA RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT
P.O.S returns with “Never Better”, the follow up to 2006’s critically acclaimed “Audition”. Written mostly in a moving car, P.O.S raps at full clip to ride rolling drums and revving distortion. There’s an urgency that he keeps in careful check, and then unleashes for spring-loaded verses that represent his best work. “Never Better” enters a room like a bombshell with a black eye, badass, noisy, and impossible to ignore. Feedback and relentless drum rolls are only occasionally tempered by sung choruses and clean, chiming guitar lines…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

DOOM: Born Like This – 2009 – Album review

DOOM: Born Like This – 2009 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: Gazzillion Ear – Still Dope - Microwave Mayo - Supervillainz
SOUNDBITE: "It's hard to see him in the light/ Even harder to see him on the mic"
RATING: 3.5/5
There are those who will have been desperately waiting, dicks in hand, for this to come out. They will dig the blunted late nineties sound that characterises the first two thirds of this LP and snicker away at the cleverness of Doom’s verse in their little bedrooms. Don’t get me wrong – the man’s lyrics have always been fire - but even when he was more prolific than he has been of late, his output was patchy in terms of beats and cuts, and that is also an issue with this LP. …READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

DOOM - Born Like This - LP release update + tracklist

DOOM - Born Like This - LP release update + tracklist
Finally Lex Records have announced 24 March 2009 as the new release date for the new Doom (oops my bad - I mean 'DOOM') LP Born Like This. It is further rumoured on the net that this might not be the only release from DOOM a.k.a. the artist formerly known as 'MF' Doom, 'Metal Face' Doom, King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn, and Zev Love X (and Daniel Dumile to his mum) LP this year
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THE FUMES: Python For A Pillow – 2009 – Single review

THE FUMES: Python For A Pillow – 2009 – Single review
RATING: 5/5
This is high-octane blues-tinged garage rock that you might imagine belting out of the sort of remote desert roadhouse where cage-fighting is acceptable Friday night entertainment. There’s also a nice juxtaposition of danger and comfort in the title to this latest single by The Fumes, whether or not you take a literal meaning or head off down some dark Freudian path.
Out 20 March…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

CONVERSE SKATE – Spring 2009 Collection

CONVERSE SKATE – Spring 2009 Collection
Twenty years ago it was a fairly safe bet that anyone wearing Cons – especially the cup sole high-tops – was a skater. Cons were basketball shoes of course but had the dual advantage of being both cheaper and easier to get hold of than Vans, Etnies and Airwalks (pretty much the only companies making specialised skate shoes at the time) and damn if they weren’t comfy too. Fast forward to 2009 and Converse have
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BLACK MERDA: Force Of Nature – 2009 – Album review

BLACK MERDA: Force Of Nature – 2009 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: Let Go - Take A Little Time - Get On The Same Road - Stop The War
SOUNDBITE: “Now if it’s funky rock n roll and the music soothes your soul/ Lay your head on back and let it go”
RATING: 3.5/5
What do you mean you’ve never heard of Black Merda? These boys were doing the funk in Baghdad before you were in your dad’s bag. Well, I say Baghdad, Detroit would be nearer the mark. Starting out as a RnB (in the original sense) band in the mid-sixties they caught wind of what Hendrix was up to and, without losing any soul over it, jettisoned their horn section and turned the guitar amp up to eleven lending their claim to be the first ever black rock band some authority – sorry Bad Brains, Living Colour and Fishbone. And it’s a very funky kind of rock, think the sort of thing Band Of Gypsys might have done if they’d ever recorded a studio LP
Out...…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

RECORDKINGZ - DJ Mighty Atom 'Heavyweight Mega Mash-up Mix' - Download

RECORDKINGZ - DJ Mighty Atom 'Heavyweight Mega Mash-up Mix' - Download
(PRESS RELEASE) 7Thirty Entertainment / All City Music and Soulspazm present a megamix of the new Recordkingz Heavyweight album cut up in true champion style by Mighty Atom from 4x DMC Champions The Disablists. The mix contain
…DOWNLOAD MIX/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

COMPETITION! Win signed DANIEL MERRIWEATHER: Change 12”

COMPETITION! Win signed DANIEL MERRIWEATHER: Change 12”
Yes, that’s right – Monkeyboxing.com has two signed copies of Merriweather’s current single Change on 12” to give away - all you have to do is answer the question below correctly. The thing is, we’ve all seen those shit TV competitions where they ask you something your fucking settee could get right because they know their little premium-rate phonelines will be jammed with punters who all know the answer – so…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

SOUP & MARK 7 are PORTABLE PAYBACK!

SOUP & MARK 7 are PORTABLE PAYBACK!
If life’s had no meaning for you since Jurassic 5 imploded back in 2007 (and even if it has) you might want to check out Portable Payback, the new project by former J5 members Marc 7 and Soup. Apparently inspired by their collaboration as a duo on the track High Fidelity from the J5 LP Power In Numbers, the two decided to work together and have an LP in the offing. Check the link below for their myspace page – there are currently three tracks up on it and it’s fair to say the vibe is a little different generally (and at times particularly) but there’s enough of a similarity that you’ll feel the J5 connection. Plus, if I’m not much mistaken, Soup now rocks a nice line in Pringle sweaters. Could be the return of the funky fly golf wear…
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DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN: Funkman LP Update

DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN: Funkman LP Update
Legendary West Coast MC Del The Funky Homosapien will be giving away his forthcoming LP Funkman via his website from April 7th this year. The title’s promising, let’s hope the beats and the rhymes hold more excitement than the hip-hop wet weekend that was his last drop The Eleventh Hour.
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KIDZ IN THE HALL: Press release - The In-Crowd Deluxe Edition

KIDZ IN THE HALL: Press release - The In-Crowd Deluxe Edition

Kidz In The Hall's critically-acclaimed sophomore release, "The In Crowd," will be re-packaged as a Deluxe-Edition, and made available world-wide on Tuesday, March 3rd. The digital-only release will include two new tracks, entitled "Cool, Relax," featuring Jay Electronica, along with a house remix to their highly successful song "Love Hangover" with Estelle.…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

BLACK MERDA!: Take A Little Time – 2009 – 7" review

BLACK MERDA!: Take A Little Time – 2009 – 7" review
5/5
Back in the day the Red Hot Chili Peppers used to have a go at making funk. In their heads they were trying to sound like these Detroit legends. Contemporaries of Hendrix, Black Merda’s sound (that’s ‘Merda’ as in ‘murder’ by the way) prefigured the super-dirty funk rock workouts of Betty Davis…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

MISS LED: Featured artist March '09

MISS LED: Featured artist March '09
She might be called Miss Led but there’s no deception in Joanna Henley’s artwork - her stuff is as dope as it appears to be. The only ever female winner of urban street art comp ‘Secret Wars’ in 2007 – it’s not hard to see why…SEE PICS/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM