MONKEYBOXING.COM – Top 10 Albums 2013

What can I say? 2013 was big for boom-bap hip-hop and retro funk and soul. N.B. This chart is created from from a highly complex algorithm derived from how often shit gets played on the MB sound system. 1. Deltron 3030 – Deltron Event 2 Despite the odd dodgy skit, the second coming of Deltron 3030 was still epic…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

RISE: The Cornerstone (prod. BANKRUPT EUROPEANS) (2013)

It’s the return of the boom-bap (again) as Brooklyn emcee and former Demigodz member Rise delivers sixteen track double vinyl monster The Cornerstone. And you’ll feel like one fell on you too when your neck snaps to the super-heavyweight minimal funk beats courtesy of UK production team Bankrupt Europeans a.k.a. djs Snafu, Fraser Syme and Signor Cloy. You’ll have to trust me when I say that you haven’t heard …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

PHILL MOST CHILL (prod. Bankrupt Europeans): In Effect EP (2013)

It’s the return of fast rap, wouldja give ‘em a back slap/ if they ever confuse me with one of them backpack/ Individuals…nah man/ I just happen to be super lyrical” – straight fire from Phill Most Chill and UK production team Bankrupt Europeans who are most definitely In Effect. Originally released a year ago as the Fast Rap EP, this is a proper throwback from an underground legend who was there right at the beginning. Fast funky sample-based beats? Check. Surgical lyrical strikes? Check. All of that times four – and every …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM