Catch this while you can. A comprehensive review of the most hip hop people of the past 30 years.
[1XTRA RADIO SHOW: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00jfbhq/]
Three decades after The Sugarhill Gang released Rapper’s Delight, BBC 1Xtra decided to celebrate the impact that the music form has had on popular culture.
Fear not, the two-hour-long show doesn’t take [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘1xtra’
April 8, 2009
30 years of hip hop
February 10, 2009
Hudson Mohawke’s Overnight
I’ve been wanting to blog about this producer for ages, in fact since the first time I heard Benji B play Overnight on his Deviation show on BBC 1Xtra.
Hudson Mohawke’s style is simultaneously dirty and delicious. It’s been labelled ghetto tech, which sounds perfectly fine to me. When you hear the [...]
October 20, 2008
Fried chicken lovers – UK grime stars Red Hot
The first time I heard this track played on BBC 1xtra I fell on the floor with laughter. The attitude mixed with the subject matter is a pretty hilarious combination!
For those of you who don’t know, a “junior spesh” is a child-sized portion of food; like a low budget version of [...]
October 1, 2008
Mid-week Deviation party
Right, just ordered my Addison Lee to take me pronto to Grammaphone on Commercial Street for Deviation’s 1st birthday shindig as hosted by the delectable Benji B. Can’t wait!!
