HERBAL T: Lo-Fi Blow Dry (2014)

Herbal T is a name that will be familiar to anyone who’s checked out any of the last couple of Lack Of Afro LPs. The rapper has collaborated several times with the UK producer and multi-instrumentalist, often in conjunction with his twin brother Wax. Particularly high profile (not to mention dope) was the trio’s noisy, uptempo funk-based banger P.A.R.T.Y. which was picked to soundtrack an NBA/ Fernando Torres ad for Adidas and Footlocker. Anyway – new verbals from Herbal have been brewed and are now …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

LACK OF AFRO: Music For Adverts (2014)

Adam Gibbons, a.k.a. Lack Of Afro is back, lean and mean for ’14 with a fourth studio LP. And while his DNA may have cruelly denied him the chance to ever sport a halo of kinked black hair, the twelve track Music For Adverts nevertheless reveals again that here is a man who possesses a sizeable amount of funk and soul. Not to mention a little disco, some hip-hop, a touch of sixties rnb and a dash of lounge. So what’s new? More vocal tracks than ever before, that’s what – including no fewer than five tracks featuring Jack Tyson-Charles. Interestingly, not …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

LACK OF AFRO feat. WAX & HERBAL T: P.A.R.T.Y. (2013) + video

If your record is a slam dunk of an uptempo, b-boy breakin’ banger on which former Def Jam rapper Wax and his twin brother Herbal T bring their game and it’s going to get an ad synch with any company – it might as well be Adidas. Either that or Puma anyway. Here it’s the former, as slab of funk-based insanity PARTY (the hip-hop highlight of Lack Of Afro‘s 2011 LP This Time) is…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

KAZAHAYA: Bon Voyage (feat. Camp Lo)/ Remember hip-hop 2012 (feat. D-Story, Wax, Herbal T & Braille)(2012)

KAZAHAYA: Bon Voyage (feat. Camp Lo)/ Remember hip-hop 2012 (feat. D-Story, Wax, Herbal T & Braille)(2012)
RATING: 5/5
For last year’s Soul Is Yours LP, Kazahaya reprised his epic hip-hop dancefloor mash-up Remember Hip-Hop with live rappers as opposed to samples and now here it is on this sexy little seven inch from Breakin Bread who released the original (which is still in the box) three years ago. New lyrical fire is supplied courtesy of Wax and twin bro Herbal T, D-Stroy and Braille wherein they …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJ QUICKIE MART feat. WAX/ GOTHAM GREEN/ JES HUDAK: Roll It Up (2011) Free download

DJ QUICKIE MART feat. WAX/ GOTHAM GREEN/ JES HUDAK: Roll It Up (2011) Free download
RATING: 5/5
New Orleans DJ Quickie Mart and friends Wax, Gotham Green and Jes Hudak pick up where Cypress Hill left off back when they were good with Roll It Up – a funk-based number off rapper Wax’s Eviction Notice LP extolling the virtues of Mary Jane. Interestingly, these now seem to include a pleasing fragrance (according to Hudak’s rnb vocal-style hook – “Don’t it smell good?”) a…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

KAZAHAYA: Soul Is Yours (2011)

KAZAHAYA: Soul Is Yours (2011)
Right, this is just taking the piss – there have been more decent hip-hop albums and projects out this year than in the last five years put together which makes 2011 officially the year that proper hip-hop was resurrected. And here’s Japanese producer Kazahaya with the latest proof of that in the shape of Soul Is Yours. …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

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