UK Hip Hop - Standing Strong

Here's a couple of videos to demonstrate just how UK hip hop is really stepping up to the mark these days.

The first is the brand new video from Solid 'n' Mind's own Whirlwind D with the second single from his Nomansland album, Night Time which features Specifik of B-Line Recordings.
The video is once again produced by Above Ground Media and kicks the ballistics.


The next video is taken from Chrome & Illinspired's live radio show about the history of hip hop around the East Coast on BBC Norfolk Radio recently.
Here they provide a performance of You Should Know whilst sitting down at a desk. It's different. It's certainly breaking new ground!

ABU Podcast - May 2014 - TONITE!

After a brief break....we're back to burn!

Check it out here at 9pm tonight with a special guest host!

http://discoscratch.co.uk/radio

Update on Life

To all the regular readers of ABU I need to explain what's going on behind the scenes.

You may have noticed a lack of posts recently. In fact this is the first one in exactly a month since the Hip Hop Family Tree post.
I very recently lost my mum after her relatively short year-long battle with cancer which, as you might imagine, has been my focus lately rather than the blog. In fact this year has seen my mind wandering all over the place and being pretty useless when it comes to maintaining ABU (maybe time to employ some Admins, Writers...?) except for a month or so ago where I went hell for leather and did multiple postings which in retrospect was a way of trying to blur out the inevitable.

I therefore apologise to those who had outside projects lined up for me and although I was willing my heart was not in it and I failed to come through with the goods. That was unprofessional and I am sorry.

There was no ABU show for April although I had half-finished it. It will form part of the May one instead. There you go, every cloud.......

However I do have some great news coming very soon about an event I am part of - next weekend in fact - and will tell you all about it as soon as I have more news.

Peace,

Ben/Repo