CAPITOL 1212: Rebels Arise feat. BLACKOUT JA/ Freedom feat. CLINTON SLY & THE DBLE 12 HORNS

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LEE FIELDS: You’re What’s Needed In My Life (Video)

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CAPITOL 1212: Love Will Tear Us Apart

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CAPITOL 1212: Some Will Try/ Real Talk Sound

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CAPITOL 1212: Sure You Want More? (2017)

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JSTAR feat. KINCK: Liar Liar (2016)

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CAPITOL 1212 feat. TENOR FLY: Lif Up (2014)

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CAPITOL 1212 feat. GAPPY RANKS: ‘Freedom Fighter’ video & free download (2014)

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CAPITOL 1212: The Return Of Rudy Nacho (2014)

Back in the day, spaghetti westerns were something of a source of inspiration for ska bands and it’s a vibe channelled in both the name and the whistle n’ banjo-Once Upon A Time In The West-style intro and outro of The Return Of Rudy Nacho. But if the ska that The Crystalites, The Upsetters and the like used to put out is six-shooter stuff, the reggae, reggae/hip-hop, ragga and jungle flavours of bashment on Capitol 1212‘s debut long player is more like nuclear weaponry. That’ll be ten tracks then (not including the intro, interlude and outro), each one featuring a vocalist from an impressive list of dancehall/ sound-system luminaries consisting of: Danger Man, Gappy Ranks, M.A.D., Tenor Fly, Million Dan, Donald D, Daddy Freddy, Serocee, …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CAPITOL 1212 feat. M.A.D: Worldwide Echo (2014) + video

“Don’t hurt your head if you never get what you expect” urges superstylin’ former Groove Armada collaborator M.A.D. as the storm surge of 140 bpm breaks n bass that is Worldwide Echo, hits your ears. Then, during the occasional roots reggae breakdown, this very same M.A.D. encourages you to describe, how the “big sound echo” makes you feel (like he doesn’t know) and slyly intones the word ‘echo’ into your reeling forebrain until you’re unsure if it’s him or – well – some sort of echo. And …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CAPITOL 1212 feat. SEROCEE: Makin Disturbances (2013) + video

I can’t imagine Serocee needed much persuasion to get on the mic for this massive skanking hip-hop beat from Capitol 1212. Makin Disturbances‘ early September release date doesn’t quite open it up to the public in time for the UK’s second greatest carnival this weekend but rest assured you’re likely to hear it anyway since the promos have gone out. I say ‘hear it’ – feel it is more likely – rearranging the contents of your …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CAPITOL 1212: Ejectos.com Mix (2013) Free download

Repost alert! Just got hit up by Capitol 1212 who posted a monster mix today of intergalactic boom-bap hip hop, funk and reggae – Cypress Hill, Fu Schnickens, The Honeydrippers, Dusty Springfield, ATCQ, NWA, Dre and reggae/ hip-hop mash-ups galore. Blimey. Sounds like something the monkey would do. I am assuming this is also intended to keep the Capitol 1212 brand in the public’s consciousness while theywait a suitably hip-hop …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

SONIC BOOM SIX: Keep On Believing (Capitol 1212 mix) (2013)

Edinburgh-based production outfit Capitol 1212 take on the Bosstones-style ska-rock noise of Mancunian crew Sonic Boom Six and pull off the tricky feat of transforming Keep On Believing into something that might actually get people dancing (i.e. a breakbeat/ ska hybrid ) as opposed to sweatily pogoing. Interestingly, trivia hunters, the video to the original features SB6 in a pub bumping into UK daytime TV legend Jim Bowen off hypnotic …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CAPITOL 1212 feat. Dizzy Dustin, Mike G, MCM, Cadence, & DJ Sheep: Good Times (2012) free download + album announced

Word on the street has it that Capitol 1212 a.k.a production team Professa Fresh and Fly-T are working on their debut LP and if their last single Good Times was anything to go by, that should give you more than a twitch in your pants. For those who missed it the other year, Good Times was a phat party hip-hop posse cut …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CAPITOL 1212: Good Feelin (feat. Mike G, MCM, Cadence, Dizzy Dustin & DJ Sheep)/ Fly Times (feat. Time Machine & Danny Diamond)

: CAPITOL 1212: Good Feelin (feat. Mike G, MCM, Cadence, Dizzy Dustin & DJ Sheep)/ Fly Times (feat. Time Machine & Danny Diamond) – 2010
RATING: 5/5
Massive breaks, sweet funk loop and more quality Yank MCs than James Brown could shake his lickin’ stick at? Yes, Capitol 1212 join the few who stand firm on the battered island of true-school hip-hop against the tidal waves of crap that daily batter its shores. They follow up their hip-hop/ dancehall crossover Invade The Carnival with Good Feelin and continue a tradition of UK producers crafting classic beats for U.S. MCs which in recent years has yielded some of the best hip-hop around
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CAPITAL 1212 – Don Man Sound feat. Tenor Fly – Invade The Carnival EP

CAPITAL 1212 – Don Man Sound feat. Tenor Fly – Invade The Carnival EP
It’s all about the bass north of the border and here to prove it are Capitol 1212, though they have roped in wee Sassenach Tenor Fly (formerly of The Freestylers) to provide vocal assistance. Unlike most EPs of this nature (the original mix plus a remixes) it’s tricky to choose between them, though J Star does his usual – er – star (sorry) turn and thus probably has the edge if anyone does……READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM