RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Fire (2014)

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ASPECTS: ‘See No Evil’ mixtape (2012) video

Well, I don’t think this has been getting enough love. Bristol’s finest hip-hop export Aspects make a triumphant rise from the ashes of – well – Aspects. This video shot against the backdrop of Bristol’s mighty “See No Evil” block party back in August the band in what is tantamount to a Foreign Beggars-like re-invention of themselves. Except that Foreign Beggars didn’t disband and disappear for a number of years and – er – I don’t really like much of their new shit. Expect rousing antics and (from what the video suggests) the

ASPECTS: Beattape (2011) - Free download

ASPECTS: Beattape (2011) - Free download
Hello…Bristol-based hip-hop crew Aspects are back with a free download produced by their old buddy DJ Format. Cue a fat and funky neck-snap bassline and a crashing hi-hat-saturated break. Lest you should doubt that the boys’ English is still correct, leading the vocal charge is El Eye himself – Ian ‘Dirty’ Merchant (“I’ll eat your features like a Jeeper Creepers creature/ And then delete you quicker than a friend request from Mika”) with Bubber Loui and Probe Mantis tearing into the fray mere bars behind him. Yep, still got it. Or as they put it, they “got the voice, the style, the delivery…Cop it below.
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