HIPHOPPAPOTAMUS: Tropical Wiseguy (2014)

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VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 010 (2014)

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BOOTY FRUIT: Cherry Bombs Vol. 3 (2014)

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DJ MAARS: Summer Soundbwoy Vol. 2 (2014)

Some would have it that a Mars a day helps you work, rest and play but were you aware that a Maars per gig helps you work a crowd, rest easy that they’re moving and plays well even with wall flowers? Such is the case with the man who seems of late to have taken over the Shepdog, JStar mantle as king of the reggae hip-…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BOOTY FRUIT: Cherry Bombs Vol. 2 (2014)

It’s about time! The three-track Vol. 2 of Booty Fruit‘s new series, Cherry Bombs will be lobbed into the wild next week and both Roast Beatz and El Bomba are back for a second bite at the – er – cherry with Father Funk completing the trio. RB gets to pop this drop’s – ahem – cherry with the Ripple-ing bounce of Back 2 Funk and is followed by El Bomba who’s in and out and running about with…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJ MAARS vs. TOM SHOWTIME: The Bling Tubby EP (2013)

DJ Maars and Tom Showtime continue their run of excellent reggae/ hip-hop mashups but alongside their (well-deserved) reputation for so doing they begin to cultivate a reputation for really quite shocking reggae/hip-hop puns as titles. Thus it is that The Bling Tubby EP constitutes the sequel to The Chipper Irie EP and the pair embark on a sadistic journey that seems likely to inflict such gems as the ‘Phat Uhuru’ and ‘Lee Transform Scratch Perry’ EPs on an unsuspecting public at …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJ MAARS: Summer Soundbwoy EP Vol. 1 (2013)

DJ Maars attacks again with a four more of his trademark reggae/hip-hop booty bullets. This time he sidesteps the ska and goes deep staging a raid on JStar territory with a dubbier choice of reggae beats to stitch rapapellas to. The Summer Soundbwoy EP Vol. 1 features four floor-rockers consisting of Jurassic-flavoured reggae, Wu-flavoured reggae, Alkaholiks-flavoured reggae and a…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJ MAARS: Summer Soundbwoy EP Vol. 1 (2013)

DJ Maars attacks again with a four more of his trademark reggae/hip-hop booty bullets. This time he sidesteps the ska and goes deep staging a raid on JStar territory with a dubbier choice of reggae beats to stitch rapapellas to. The Summer Soundbwoy EP Vol. 1 features four floor-rockers consisting of Jurassic-flavoured reggae, Wu-flavoured reggae, Alkaholiks-flavoured reggae and a…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BOOTY FRUIT: Cherry Bombs Vol. 1 (2013)

The latest installment of fruity booty from the Booty Fruit crew is the first in their new series (Cherry Bombs Vol. 1) which sees them lobbing four mashed-up hip-hop bangarangers right atcha. Far be it from them to launch the newness without recruiting the heavyweights though and so it is that Breakbeat Paradise label owner Badboe signs up for booty duty along with the UK’s Roast Beatz and Waggles and Booty Fruit men themselves, El Bomba & Hidden Riddim. Boe’s up first and certainly isn’t playing himself with what …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BOOTY FRUIT: Best In Season EP (2013)

Quality is never out of season at Booty Fruit‘s beat market and lest ye forget they prove it by assembling the best of the best of many previous season’s releases, waxed, polished and gleaming on the green matting. By some strange vagary of interwebular traffic the monkey never got the chance to comment on some of these the first time around so it behooves me now to mention that …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BOOTY FRUIT: Proper Produce Volume 5 (2012)

It’s rich pickings among the breaks section of the bass music market this December and Booty Fruit’s stall is no exception. Volume 5 of their Proper Produce series offers quality fare that steers clear of wobble ‘funk’ and vends hip-hop, funk and reggae influenced numbers instead. Mr Fresh, for example, is true to his name keeping things all hip-hop and mo’ fruity. Then there’s Lone Drum’s Minnie which is the best bit of fuck music in several months and…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BOOTY FRUIT: Proper Produce Vol. 3 (2012)

For Proper Produce Volume 3, Booty Fruit have taken a simple approach which you could perhaps regard as one very large musical bap filled with a supersize helping of boom. Second cut Bad Influence from Prince Pimms and General Tack beefs up Dyke & The Blazers Let A Woman Be A Woman, Let A Man Be A Man and splices it with Jurassic 5 but the remaining trio are strickly hip-hop/ reggae affairs. DJ Maars brings it with a …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BOOTY FRUIT: Proper Produce Vol. 2 (2012) + The Allergies ‘Remember’ video

Did you know Little Richard once sang about ‘good booty’ in the original lyrics to Tutti Frutti? No? Well anyway – here’s some more. Good booty that is – and it’s out today. Booty Fruit label men El Bomba & Hidden Riddim fiddle with Blues Project sample action on Fluteski while The Allergies (aka filth-hound DJ Moneyshot and his homie Rackabeat) re-feel Blueboy’s Remember Me and lob in…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BOOTY FRUIT: Proper Produce Volume 1 (2012)

BOOTY FRUIT: Proper Produce Volume 1 (2012)
hey might have shot all their homemade bullets but that doesn’t mean Booty Fruit are out of musical ammunition. Their new series of mash-up material is called Proper Produce and is more than juicy enough to have booty bouncing. And melons come to that. Nice pear. Er – anyway, this new volume features a barrow-load of fresh cuts. Djtzinas and Mr Big style it by layering Screechy Dan over some old ska. Dedy Dred and …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BOOTY FRUIT presents: Homemade Bullets Volume 5
No misfires on this one as Booty Fruit end their Homemade Bullets series with four tracks aimed squarely at getting you shaking your moneymaker. Label heads El Bomba & Hidden Riddim get things rolling by disco trippin with Miss Disco Flex and later…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BOOTY FRUIT presents: Homemade Bullets Volume 3 (2011)

BOOTY FRUIT presents: Homemade Bullets Volume 3 (2011)
Homemade bullets? It’s all about the casting, the priming, the charging…the constant threat of it all blowing up in your face…Still, none of this is really an issue for Cut La Vis, El Bomba or Tonic & Funkanizer who’ve been slaving away in their audio bunkers crafting dancefloor ammunition in the shape of this digital four-tracker. …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM