Fantana Reports V2.1

Purple Porridge

2008-08-18T23:39:00.000-07:00

New video from my man Witchdoctor Wise featuring Freecy D... Purple Porridge! Check it out!

Mex & Me - On Aussie TV...

2008-08-17T09:43:00.000-07:00

Jesus. We probably shouldn't ever be interviewed again on the back of a week long booze binge...

New Heltah Skeltah LP Artwork

2008-08-04T12:10:00.001-07:00

Damn man... thats an album cover and a half right there! Can't wait for this to drop.

New Pharcyde Material

2008-07-26T01:44:00.000-07:00

Well it is kind of... Tre Hardson aka Slim Kid Tre teams up with Fat Lip for the first time in donkey's years to put together this sterling effort. I like this. Its pretty chilled out, and Tre has definitely still got the recognisable voice and the skills to go with it.

Kardinal Offishall ft/ Clipse - Set It Off

2008-07-21T23:33:00.000-07:00

Big, BIG new video from Canada's Kardinall Offishall... Check this sucka out.

Rising Styles Flicks

2008-07-19T09:03:00.000-07:00

You've had a few of the videos, now here's a little selection of pics from the Rising Styles live day down at the beach.

Jid Sames: Seriously, this dude is off the chain.

Soweto Kinch minus his Sax

Stig of the Dump, Skinnyman & Million Dan smashing Dogz N Sledgez

Jehst & Micall Parkinson

Koaste and Gunshot's MC Mercury

Snuff The Ablist cold chillin behind the decks

Some of the famalam including Snuff, Koaste, LJ, Vecks, Stig, Enlish, Tyni, 184, DJ Catch, Mercury & Longusto

Bert & Ernie - Ante Up

2008-07-17T13:05:00.000-07:00

This amused me a little...

Pharcyde - Runnin' (Philippians RMX)

2008-07-17T13:03:00.000-07:00

Dope remix of a classic tune here, part of Delicious Vinyl's RMXXOLOGY project...

Rising Styles Videos

2008-07-15T23:52:00.001-07:00

The Rising Styles Festival on Brighton beach was a great success with some great performances from artists including Million Dan, Jehst, Kidz In The Hall and many others. Will post a full review soon, but here's the first selection of videos I've skimmed off of Youtube... The quality on some ain't great - camera phones can be a little iffy, but when I find some more, I'll post 'em. Big Things.

Hip Hop Blues - Snuff The Ablist ft/ Koaste & MC Mercury

Million Dan - Hip Hop Freestyle

Jehst with Micall Parkinson

The Benjamins (Koaste & Longusto) ft/ Vecks - Major

Muto

2008-07-11T09:38:00.000-07:00

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

This shit is incredible... described on the website www.blublu.org as an ambiguous animation painted on public walls, Muto is definitely worth a minute or three of your time.

Jay Z @ Glastonbury

2008-06-29T23:37:00.001-07:00

Looks like Jay stuck two fingers up at that cunt Gallagher with this set. Big things. I doubt anything could get me to go to Glastonbury, but I might have put up with the mud and shit for this set. Here's the full set...

World Record Slam Dunk Attempt

2008-06-26T10:08:00.000-07:00

Say No To Piracy!

2008-06-11T14:33:00.001-07:00

Rare Eminem & Proof Freestyle

2008-06-11T11:53:00.001-07:00

Back From Australia!

2008-06-10T06:43:00.000-07:00

Just got back this morning from Australia, and I've got to give mad shouts out to everyone that made our stay down under so enjoyable! Black Grass played shows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and it was pretty damn special! It was my first time over there, although Mex had been over there on more than one occasion, and the place and people made a big, big impression on me! I'm not gonna bang on about it, but here's some photos from the 11 days we spent over there! Pow!

Hanging out backstage in Perth with The Resin Dogs and NZ's Scribe

Being dropped off at Perth Airport with Dabruck & Klein, Ajax and others

Koaste and Mex hang with the legend that is Peanut Butter Wolf

The crowd at the Black Grass/Peanut Butter Wolf gig in Sydney

The Fantanaman cold chillin' in a pile of ice in Melbourne

The view from our apartment in Brisbane... so, so dope.

Black Grass hanging out with the lads from The Whip... check for this band!

Anyway, thanks again to everyone at Playground, the guys and gals at Family, Peanut Butter Wolf, Resin Dogs, Bec Reid, The Diamont Hotel in Sydney, Josie Styles, Laura, Is & Tony, and finally Candy and all the fantastic people we met in Brisbane... If I've forgotten anyone, blame my alcohol intake! See you all soon! K

Righteous Kill

2008-05-24T01:49:00.000-07:00

Hype over this film doesn't seem to have reached these shores just yet, but its only a matter of time. With De Niro and Pacino back together for the first time since Heat, this is gonna be big. Here's a little trailer for you.

Lil' Wayne's Ill Brain

2008-05-23T13:38:00.000-07:00

Its not often I have anything to say about Lil' Wayne, except "what the fuck is that dude on?" (The answer to this is obviously sizzurp, so I'm not gonna say that again). However, I caught this video on youtube and it is genius. Its like a lil' insight into what must be going through Weezy's brain at the exact nanosecond he conceives his lyrics. So peep this, and imagine yourself as a psychoanalist delving into his psyche as this is probably the closest you're going to get, being that in every interview with him I've ever seen he seems to be off his fucking nut.

PS: Check out Damn I'm Cold off Bun B's new LP Ill Trill for some more Weezy ridiculousnesseezy. The beat is off the lil' heezy. Fa sheezy. (stop it).

Hip Hop Blues - Snuff The Ablist

2008-05-07T10:50:00.000-07:00

Just thought I'd draw your attention to the new 12" dropping this week from my man Snuff The Ablist. Hip Hop Blues features yours truly alongside the legend that is MC Mercury from Gunshot, one of the most well known and respected crews in UK hip-hop history. Since Gunshot split up, Mercs has been out of the game for 5 years, and this track is his first return to the mic booth since then.

The B-side, Maelstrom, features myself again alongside Foreign Beggars' Orifice Vulgatron on a dark, dark beat by Snuff which allows us both to take the listener to the realm of nightmares.

The 12" is the first release from Snuff's forthcoming LP featuring the cream of UK hip-hop, scheduled to drop later in 2008/early 2009.

The launch party is at Cargo in London this Saturday night and features Snuff, yours truly, Mercury, Dr Syntax & Stig of the Dump, Last Skeptik and St. Anthony, and is sure to be a show not to be missed. So clear your diaries and get down to Shoreditch!

Anyway, until then, get your listening gear round this little sneak preev... POW!

Beer & Rap 3rd Birthday Party

2008-04-27T08:35:00.000-07:00

A few of us jumped in DJ Catch's Deathmobile and headed up to the big smoke yesterday night for Beer & Rap's third birthday party at the Amersham Arms in New Cross... Dope venue, a lot of very purrrrty girls, and performances from the likes of Stig, Jid Sames, Saturday Night In Frankfurt and Taskforce...

I've never seen or even heard much of Jid Sames to be honest before tonight, but I'm not really sure what to make of his set... A little crazy to say the least, and for one section of the crowd, he definitely wasn't their cup of tea, and he was pelted with plastic glasses throughout...

Taskforce tore the place down as usual, with a little cameo from Jehst for The Trilogy, and all came to a riotous head with one track that had the heads at the front going apeshit, pogoing and indulging in some slightly rubbish but well meaning stage diving... ha ha...

But the real highlight for me was Saturday Night In Frankfurt, the alter egos of two prominent UK hip-hop producers, Beat Butcha and Chemo... I honestly don't know how to describe what they do, but get over to their myspace HERE to find out for yourself!

Just so you can experience a little bit of the madness that was their first live PA, here's a little video of them performing The Biggest Penis In The World... Check for Butcha's air guitar solo...

POW!

Romario Calls It A Day

2008-04-21T10:17:00.000-07:00

Romario De Souza Faria, better known simply as Romario has called it a day and retired from professional football at the age of 42. There's no doubt about it, this guy was one of the best strikers to ever play the game, scoring some incredible goals whether playing for Brazil, Barcelona or Vasco. So here's a little montage - some of the footage is pretty blurry, but thats probably because TV was in its infancy when Romario started knocking 'em in... A'way... Romario. Legend. End of. Pow.

Ya Boy - 100 Bars of Death

2008-04-14T23:58:00.000-07:00

Big... Some killer lines in this shit...

Like It Was 1980...

2008-03-30T06:23:00.000-07:00

Found this up on Funny or Die... Fuck knows who this dude is, but its pretty damn amusing...

Beat Juggling With Tape Cassettes?!?

2008-03-30T06:00:00.000-07:00

Man... this shit here is pretty incredible. I'm not even sure how he's making it happen - but he is. He definitely is. DJ Ramsey shows you how to rock a jam when the soundman drops both the decks or loses the needles... POW!

La Coka Nostra - Thats Coke

2008-03-29T10:21:00.000-07:00

First video I've seen from the Coka Nostra guys, and its pretty slick. Maybe one day they'll get round to releasing an LP...

Everlast Interview

2008-03-29T03:13:00.000-07:00

House of Pain and La Coka Nostra frontman Everlast talks about his forthcoming new LP...

See more from Everlast at Martyr Inc

Bonus Footage:

Snoop Dogg - Jump Around