Week of 08/21/15
THE UK HIP HOP SHOW with Sinista & Stark Note – Friday 21st August 2015
We arrive at August and as the summer starts to wind down Sinista & Stark Note are here to keep the temperature rising with some dope Hip Hop, UK style! With music from Twizzy, who’s “Done With the Bull” is Album Of The Month, Trademark Blud, Akala and many more. Plus Lewis Parker’s Rise EP is getting spun in classic corner. So pull up a chair and come take a ride on the UK Hip Hop mothership!
Lewis Parker
Album Of The Month
Twizzy – Done With the Bull
https://twizzy.bandcamp.com/album/done-with-all-the-bull
Trademark Blud – Blud On the Brain
https://trademarkblud.bandcamp.com/album/blud-on-the-brain
Recorded at The Cabin and Old School Studios Norwich, UK.
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