INTERVIEW: RODNEY P | MTV UK

INTERVIEW: RODNEY P | MTV UK

'Old Skool UK Hip Hop Special' on BANG Radio.

Back on the Air Waves.....

Its been a good few years now since the end of 'Original Fever', the radio show me and DJ Skitz's used to host on BBC 1Xtra. I never really thought about doing another radio show but......Shit Happens!!!

SO.....I'm back on the air 1-3am every Friday night along side DJ/Producer Joe Buhdha on BANG Radio (http://wearebang.com/)
For these that don't know Joe Buhdha has worked with some of the biggest news in UK Hip Hop. He produced:
'Murderer Style' for me - http://youtu.be/F2oXmSpVA74
'My Life' for Klashnekoff, in fact he produced the entire 'Lion Heart' album - http://youtu.be/PbPN3hkbbW0

He's also worked with Estelle, Scorzayee, El Fudge and John Legend to name a few.

The show is all about good music from a Hip Hop point of view.

We play Hip Hop but we'll leave the regular Top 40 R&B and Rap tunes to them other DJ's. We go from Jay Electronica to James Brown, Jasmin Sullivan to Paul McCartney and of course we represent the UK to the Fullest.

Here's the last hour of the show broadcast on 22.10.11. It was an 'Old Skool UK Hip Hop Special' featuring Hijack, Edwin Starr, Mc Mello, London Posse, Fred Wesley, Demon Boys and more.

Check out the rest of the shows on Mix Cloud and tune in live every Friday Night 1-3am on BANG Radio.

Rodney P & Joe Buhdha - BANG Radio pt4 22.10.11 by Rodney P & Joe Buhdha Show on Mixcloud

Just a quick one.....

I've just discovered SoundCloud!!!!......I know i'm late (in fact i'm just lazy) but i'm on it now so come have a listen. I've put up a few bits already but i'm gonna be "Going IN" over the next few weeks so stay in touch.

 Addict Clothing Presents...Skitz: Bass Addict Mix by Rodney P (RiddimKilla)

 Flashbacks by Rodney P (RiddimKilla) 

Live Up, Black History Month and....playing #Tag!!!

In case you ain't heard i recently inked a new deal with the award winning indie record label Tru-Thoughts ( http://www.tru-thoughts.co.uk/ ). 

The first release is a track i recorded with The Peoples Army and Mighty Moe of the Heartless Crew and i'd like to thank my brothers for there energy. I hadn't intended to release the track so soon but the mood in the UK following the election, the student riots and the death of Mark Duggen had me feeling like now was the time to try and deliver something positive. In these times when there's so much to be angry about we have to remember to "Live Up" & Live Right".....or at least try.

"A stand-alone single channelling the restless mood of our times and issuing a rallying cry, in the wake of student protests and then the August riots which made headlines around the World, this cut is as timely as it is catchy; the lyrics are purely uplifting hip hop as each MC on this posse track has their turn to spit some positive verses."

- TruThoughts

OUT NOW! Get it from here:
http://bit.ly/liveup_itunes
http://amzn.to/liveup_amazon
http://bit.ly/liveup_etchshop
http://bit.ly/liveup_juno

Also...Out now as part of Black History Month with the proceeds going to charity is "This Is Black History". 

Featuring some of the UKs finest, posse cuts like this have become rare and i'm proud of my brothers and how quickly we were able to pull the project together after Logic set the ball in motion. The full line up is:

Jody McIntyre

Logic

Big Ben

Jaja Soze

bigCAKES

Genesis Elijah

MC D

Cerose

Big Frizzle

Wordplay 

Haze 

USG

Rodney P

Akala

GET INVOLVED AND SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT.

Salute 

Available at: http://thisisblackhistory.bandcamp.com/track/this-is-black-history

Something else to look out for.....I woke up the other day to various people on Twitter telling me i'd been #Tagged!!!

Turns out some Australian emcee named '360' set up an online cypher.... 

"The concept of #RapperTag is simple: one person is "it", they spit a verse, then tag another person who then becomes "it", and so on and so forth. I started it to see how far it could go, and to see how many different types of emcees it could reach."
- 360

....the idea took off in Australia and eventually my emcee friend, the mighty mutha luva himself Mystro (who's kinda known in Oz) got to hear about it via one of Australia's finest The HillTop Hoods. 

Mystro along side www.RapperTag.co.uk set off the cypher over here in the UK and he tagged in Ransom Badbonez, who tagged in Tony D of the Poisonous Poets who in turn tagged me.

So i'm it!!!

Look out for me spreading the lergy soon but till then checkout how Tony D smashed it.

I'll be back.....but don't hold your breathe!!!!

I Have Sinned!!!

Where to begin.......Forgive me for i have sinned. It's been a long bloody time since my last blog but i'm gonna try and get you up to date on whats been happening lately.


Firstly, i wanna say thank you to Lawrence Lartey, Loud Mouth Melvin, Akala and everybody involved in the Channel 4 'Street Summer' season of documentaries in August  (I did say i haven't blogged for a while).


The first program i featured on was 'How Hip Hop Changed The World'....."Idris Elba revealed the defining moments in street music and culture over the last 35 years, featuring rare archive material, seminal music videos and insight from hip hop stars"


A lot of the "die dard" Hip Hop fans felt a bit short changed by HHCTW but personally i think the show did a pretty good explaining to the uninitiated just how much of an influence Hip Hop over the last few decades.





Next up for me was 'Life of Rhyme'......"Life of Rhyme explored British MC culture and its unique contribution to spoken word and poetry, be it via rap, jungle, drum and bass, garage or grime.

Presented by rap and hip hop artist Akala, the documentary celebrates the incredible flourishing of lyricism and poetry amongst British youth. 

Featuring a mixture of performance, interview and actuality, the film explores the history of how this scene has developed, evolved and exploded into the mainstream; and the power of words to motivate and inspire."

Akala did a brilliant job hosting and all the emcees involved 'did there thing'. It was nice to see 'the art of emceeing' in the UK get  some long overdue recognition and the show was really well received. I just really hope we don't have to wait till next Summer before somebody at one of the major TV companies thinks to add some more programming like this to there schedules. Hip Hop is more than just crack,crime and bitches although sometimes it's easy to forget that. 

Thats it for now but i'm gonna post some more stuff tonight so look out for it.....
Peace

Sleeping Giants.....Waking Up!!!

This bank holiday weekend May 29th-30th all roads lead to Manchester for the Eurocultured Festival.


"Eurocultured is a series of street festivals and linked projects that celebrate the diversity of European Culture in all its forms. We like the idea of people from different cultures coming together in the streets and getting on with each other as artists paint, sing, dance and perform around them. We want to introduce our audience to new things and to fire their imaginations."


As part of the festival Me, the UK Hip Hop renegade Fallacy and the legend that is Zed Bias will perform for the very first time as "Sleeping Giants". 
Sleeping Giants is a collaboration project that also includes Jenna G, Strategy from BrokeNEnglish, MC Fox and a few others surprises. We've recorded an album of bass driven musical styles due for release this Summer and Monday night at Eurocultured we'll be road testing the sound.


To get an idea of the flavour check these:


The Ting Went....Blaow (Rodney P, Fallacy, Jenna G)



Badungdeng (Rodney P, Fallacy)



Here's a link for more info and full line-up for the festival - http://t.co/2XZM1hs
If you're around come look for us, if not look out for the Sleeping Giants 'tearing it down this Summer.'

SBTV Upload 1000th Video ’1k Legends Cypher’

Writing two blogs in a weekend is a lot for me but i just had to post this SBTV Cypher.

The Youtube phenomenon SBTV (Smokey Bars TV) uploaded their 1000th video today and to mark the occasion they managed to bring in some UK Hip Hop 'Legends' to remind everybody of the foundation.

There are a lot of UK Hip Hop emcee's that aren't represented on this video (Black Twang, Skinny Man, Klashnekoff, Malik MD7, Million Dan to name a few) thats understandable..."You can't do everybody" but i think the crew assembled definitely "do there thing"

There are verses from Seanie T, MC D, Supar Novar, Pesci, Skeme, Mystro, Farma G, Skriblah and me so let me know what you think!

I'm know people are gonna have there opinions on who should & shouldn't have been involved and who are & ain't 'Legends'. To be honest most of the people on the clip are second generation emcee's and came after people like HiJack, MC Mello, The Demon Boys, Overlord X, City Limits, MC Duke, Blade, Hard Noise, Freshski, Daddy Speedo, The Cookie Crew of course my crew The London Posse and many others but a lot of the old guard are no longer active on the scene or just missing in action.

To my mind all the emcee's involved in the cypher represent an authentic UK Hip Hop sound that pre-dates Jungle, Garage and Grime and set the blueprint for the emcee's making moves today.... whether they know it or not.

#Discuss

Bigger Love to Jamel Edwards and the whole SBTV Movement....You guys are definitely raising the bar with your work ethic and hustle and thats a Beautiful Thing!