JOHNNYPLUSE: ‘Listen’ video

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MARTA REN & THE GROOVELVETS: Stop, Look, Listen (2016)

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LOVE MUSIC: HATE RACISM/ CULT MUSIC present: Funk Against Fascism (2011)

LOVE MUSIC: HATE RACISM/ CULT MUSIC present: Funk Against Fascism (2011)
There are many reasons to reject fascism in its many forms – the one-dimensional, ‘might is right’ attitude, the staggering lack of logic in its ideological arguments and crucially – the shit music. Wagner and Skrewdriver? Christ! Enter breakbeat deejay Totalcult who (in collaboration with Love Music, Hate Racism has been marshalling the rebel forces
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LACK OF AFRO: This Time (2011) + 'A Time For' video

LACK OF AFRO: This Time (2011) + A Time For video
t seems Lack Of Afro’s recent single was a spot-on indicator of what to expect from Adam Gibbons on his new full length effort LP which supplies things catering for all needs broadly soul/ funky from the coffee-table to the dancefloor – or from the atmospheric to the banging if you’re sensitive to the term ‘coffee table’ – some people are you know – it’s all the espresso – makes them uptight. Anyway – let’s see how he did on his ‘difficult third’ album.…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

APATHY: Honkey Kong LP release details + tracklist (2011)

APATHY: Honkey Kong LP release details + tracklist (2011)
Did you hear about the difference between Donkey Kong and Honkey Kong? The first was a game that showed an ape on a platform while the other is a platform for Apathy to show he’s got game. Yeah alright, not brilliant, but no worse than the title of an album that is the third solo outing for the artist who created it. Well, I say ‘solo’ – he’s brought most of his mates along and, with any luck, it’ll be every bit as good as 2009’s Wanna Snuggle which yielded the excellent B-Real-featuring single Shoot First. And when I say ‘mates’, I’m talking about people like DJ Premier, DJ Muggs and Ill Bill…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

RAY LUGO & THE BOOGALOO DESTROYERS: Mi Watusi – Album (2011)

RAY LUGO & THE BOOGALOO DESTROYERS: Mi Watusi – Album (2011)
Following recent hot boogaloo single Swingy Boogaloo, Ray Lugo is back
in full salsa caliente de New York mode here and channelling the spirits of the likes of Ray Barretto, The Lebon Brothers and king Tito. Honestly, it’s like the golden era of Fania Records resurrected. And why wouldn’t it be since what the man’s done here is cover a ton of old classics with the odd revised set of lyrics and a bit of rearranging here and there?…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE BEEKEEPERS: ‘Apiculture’ preview + audio snippets - 2011

THE BEEKEEPERS: ‘Apiculture’ preview + audio snippets - 2011
RATING: 5/5
Bristol beat luminaries Boca 45 and Parker finally make good on their promise to deliver a full length album, Apiculture, in the wake of this year’s moody Ascending Change EP and their debut party-banger effort the Bee Funk EP from the end of the year before. As you might expect the LP is packed to the gills with offerings of both kinds (i.e. moodiness and party-bangers) …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BEASTIE BOYS: Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 – Album review + Audio – 2011

BEASTIE BOYS: Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 – 2011
It's a couple of years late but the Beasties are finally back. Is there anyone else who's been in the hip-hop game as long as they have who still garners this much hype on the eve of a release? To date they haven’t released a single duff hip-hop album and their last hip-hop release (2005’s To The 5 Boroughs) was a superb effort. On the other hand

BEASTIE BOYS: Hot Sauce Committee – Video trailer + Make Some Noise – listen to full track

BEASTIE BOYS: Hot Sauce Committee – Video trailer + Make Some Noise – listen to full track
“The next millennium we’ll still be old school!” Never a truer word spoken. Beasties just let loose this trailer featuring Will Ferrell, Jack Black, and Steve Buscemi (among others) for their forthcoming half-hour film. Plus you can now
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DJ LOVE feat Geechi Suede: Zigga Zigga – 2011

DJ LOVE feat Geechi Suede: Zigga Zigga – 2011
RATING: 5/5
Hot damn this is the best thing I’ve heard Geechi Suede on since Camp Lo dropped Black Hollywood way back in 2007! Dallas-based DJ Love shows he’s no musical cowboy with a beat that could cause a stampede on any dancefloor. It’s not that it’s particularly fast nor especially lairy, more that it’s harder to resist than a sexy Mexican maid with nothing innocent on her mind. Yes, this is a beat with more bounce to the ounce than most and that Flamenco vamp at the start deserves to become as famous as the fanfare at the start of House of Pain’s Jump Around…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CELPH-TITLED & BUCKWILD – ‘Nineteen Ninety Now’ album release details + tracklist + listen links

CELPH-TITLED & BUCKWILD – ‘Nineteen Ninety Now’ album release details + tracklist + listen links
Nineteen Ninety Now finds Army Of The Pharaohs cohort Celph-Titled spitting contemporary verse over some slept-on ‘90s beats from D.I.T.C. producer Buckwild. Hence the name. Get it? It’s no news that much of what passes for hip-hop these days is far from great, so going forward to the past is certainly one solution. The question will be whether this resurrects nineties glory or nineties folly and with only a backpack’s width to play with there’s little margin forever. These two should give you some flavour however…LISTEN/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

PHUTURE MOTION: ‘The Thief’ LP – release details

PHUTURE MOTION: ‘The Thief’ LP – release details
It seems Renegades Of Jazz might have been just the tip of the iceberg the other week as even more summer sophistication is now on offer with the imminent arrival of Phuture Motion’s The Thief. Who’s the thief? Judging by the range of influences on this – they are, as they’ve taxed aspects of just about everything from Mariachi to dubstep to create a broadly Latin-flavoured pile of musical plunder that gets the drop on lots of Latin stuff by actually having bottom end!…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM