'The Elephant Dance' ft. Aynzli Jones, Dabbla, Cobes & Rebel MC - Formula (video)

**New Release Date** 'The Puppa Murc EP' - LDZ (review)

‘The Puppa Murc EP’ merges gradually from Grime to Bassline to Dubstep to Hip Hop. The first of the four tracks is ‘Wave 2 Da Floor’ a double-time rapped stab at the clubs’ dance floor – I can imagine this being fairly successful in that environment but it’s not one for home or the ipod. ‘Bitch’ is track two and it’s not about a lady dog – a bit too abrasive for my liking.

‘Relevant’ is where I get into the EP; a rapid guitar riff with the half time dubstep beats – quality. ‘Go This Way’ will keep your head nodding and whilst it’s not as original as ‘Relevant’ it’s still pretty good on account of Dabbla’s ill lyricism.

‘The Puppa Murc EP’ is out on September 21st on Dented Records and I’m fully aware that many folk are gonna feel ‘Wave 2 Da Floor and ‘Bitch’ – go buy it and see for yourself! Listen to 'It's Not Relevant' now on the Certified Banger Podcast.

'The Digital Revolution' - VA - Mixed by Tricksta (free download)

Tricksta is no stick in the mud. His latest venture is a free, download only series of UK Runnings mixtapes entitled 'The Digital Revolution'. He sprung this one on me on Wednesday night and I had no idea he was doing it. Now it's available for you to download.

The first installment is hosted by LATE and features plenty of Certified Banger favourites such as Kyza, Supar Novar, Jyager, Dabbla, Miss Tofelees, TB, JC, Skandal and more!

He also assures me volume 2 will be out very soon and that it is hosted by M9.

Get your free download now!

For those of you into US rap you need to check out LATE's other er, latest mixtape 'Undergound Exposure Volume 6'. It features JT Tha Bigga Figga, K-Rino, Rapper K, Jai Boo and loads more. It's also a free download, here's the link.

On The Radar Artist Profile: Miss Tofelees

Name: Miss Tofelees

Age: 33 – the granny of uk Hip Hop!

From: Huddersfield, now living in Leeds

Track on ‘On The Radar’: 'The Title' by Dabbla, produced by Miss Tofelees

Tell us the story behind the track:

Miss Tofelees: I had been wanting London Zoo to jump on a track for quite some time. It was then Dabbla who warmed to my beats and decided to do a track with me. His rapping is a lyrical feast for the starving fans passionate about good lyrics out there.

Dabbla: The track for me was a whole bunch of thoughts and emotions I've had or been having trying to find peace within oneself. Without getting all deep and carrying on with myself I'd just like to say its refreshing to receive such a well produced, soulful instrumental to spill my kinda ish onto. Don't know where Miss T finds her samples but she's got a serious ear and takes good care when putting this stuff together! MCs out there need to holla, get involved quick sharp and ask nicely for some beats before I tag em all up! Hot s**t for double 0-9 star!

What Farma said: More big tunes... Dabbla holds the mellow groove well and spits the bars nicely: "be a tree and bend with the wind". Clear and coherent!

Record Label: Sinoptic

Who you roll with: I am one half of the group Homeless Genius with 3Demons of Don't Talk to Strangers. I am also doing an album on Sinoptic records run by Exp and Super funk group Freyed Knot. I am also doing a lot of work with Spida Lee from Huddersfield.

Favourite album(s): Too many to mention but those that immediately spring to mind are 'MadVillainy' by Madvillain, 'Donuts' by J Dilla, 'Special Herbs' by MF Doom, and the new album by yours truly!

Describe your style in three words: Jazz, funk, passion

Past/Present/Future projects:

Past: 'Tomorrow’s World' featured on Osmosis mixtape 'Wizard of Oz', 'Feel So Right' featured on Kats and Domer mixtape 'Almost Fameless Volume 1', 'How Long' featured on Smokio mixtape 'Last Orders', 'I Don’t Want' featured on Tapestry mixtape 'Laced', 'Coolo' by Spida Lee and D.Bo. 'General' featured on 'Grind Time UK Edition Volume 1' hosted by DJ Ames, 'Incompatible' by Deci4life featured on 'Grind Time UK Edition Volume 3' hosted by DJs Ames, Drama and Woogie.

Present: I got a business idea I am working on but gotta keep that secret! I am constantly producing beats and promoting them. Currently working on tracks with 3demons for Homeless Genius.

Future: Miss Tofelees album released on Sinoptic, 'Homeless Genius EP', 'The Title' on Dabbla's EP, 'Cursed in da Streets 2' on Universal Balance album, a couple of beats on Tapestry mixtape, a few tunes on Spida Lee album, plenty more projects still needing to be confirmed!!!

And yes, you can still get the motherload of tracks recently endorsed by Task Force's Farma G.

Certified Banger Presents: 'On The Radar Volume 2' - VA (free download)

It's here! The second installment! 20 tracks of UK Hip Hop for your lug'oles.

Download now!

Check back daliy for updates on more music from the artists involved. Be sure to check myspaces,
leave comments for me and them - all feedback is welcome.

Feel free to use these tracks, re-post them on your blog, burn them - whatever y'all do with mp3's these days. Just be sure to let us know what you do with them so artists can keep track!

1) Certified Banger Exclusive - JVF Clique (produced by Pappa Doc)
2) Coming For The Game ft. Jay Madden, Chris L & Assa - Jut
3) Dr. Who ft. Dan Bull, Mrs. Pez & Jimmy Crack – Skrimshank (produced by Damo)
4) Respect Your Elders ft. Remus - Krate Krusaders
5) Life Is Real - Antidote (produced by Pro P)
6) Truth Or Lie – TLG (produced by Eyebs)
7) All I Wanna Do - Chima Anya
8) Real Life Drama - The Three Amigos (produced by Naive)
9) Final Frontier - Grit Grammar (produced by Baron Samedi)
10) After Life - Dan Bull
11) Drama - Joker Starr (produced by G Man)
12) See I Realise ft. Anneke – MasterSystem (produced by Whys)
13) Gully - Asaviour & Apa-Tight
14) The Title - Dabbla (produced by Miss Tofelees)
15) Mimsey Grove - Gouki P (produced by Ants & Jut)
16) Subhuman Nature ft. Darkstar - Antiheroes (produced by Reklews)
17) Rugged Bros ft. Lowercase - Chattabox (produced by Sober)
18) Dark Matter (Remix) - Simple Samples (produced by Dweller)
19) Crop Circles ft. Circle Makerz - King David (produced by Safron)
20) Family Life ft. Cipher Jewels – Reggiimental (produced by DJ Konn)

Suspect Packages Radio Show February

February's Suspect Packages radio show is up and ready for you to download. This month Disorda's guest didn't show so you get more music than usual.

Interestingly the show features many 'On The Radar' artists past (Skillet, Truth)and present (Joker Starr, Assa, Jay Madden, Dialect, JVF Clique, Dabbla, The Three Amigos, Antiheroes) and all the current favourites of Certified Banger (SonnyJim, Jyager, Sir Smurf Lil, Lowkey and more).

It also includes the usual old skool selection at the end with cuts from 3PM, Gunshot, Unanimous Decision and Pointblank amongst others - get schooled in the old skool.

Anyway, go here to see the tracklisting, click here to stream it and click here to download it.

Certified Banger Presents: 'On The Radar Volume 2' Coming Soon!

Unveiling - Certified Banger Presents: 'On The Radar Volume 2'.

The second installment in the series (Vol. 3 will be hot on its heels) continues the quest to expose UK Hip Hop artists, potentially, to people all over this green planet.

It will feature exclusives and never heard elsewhere tracks from JVF Clique, Jay Madden, Chris L, Assa, Jut, Dan Bull, Mrs. Pez, Jimmy Crack, Skrimshank, Remus, Krate Krusaders, Antidote, Pro P, TLG, Chima Anya, The Three Amigos, Naïve, Grit Grammar, Dan Bull, Joker Starr, MasterSystem, Asaviour, Apa-Tight, Dabbla, Miss Tofelees, Gouki P, Antiheroes, Reklews, Lowercase, Chattabox, Sober, Simple Samples, Circle Makerz, King David, Cipher Jewels and Reggiimental.

It will be available to download as of Monday 9th February so be sure to check back here!

Free tracks from Miss Tofelees

Fellow Yorkshirian and beatmaker Miss Tofelees has got a couple of tracks for you. The one you can get your grubby i-mits on now is actually a transatlantic collaboration between her and Florida MC Real Life. The track is called 'Oven Roast' and is a pretty unique tale "about a power-crazed police cop leading a double life" and the production harks back to those famed 90s years.

If you like that one, or are just into Hip Hop in general, especially UK Hip Hop then you need to send her an email (miss.tofelees@yahoo.co.uk). Tell her how absolutely wonderful she is and how much her beats bang and she'll reply with a record. The song you'll get is 'The Title' which features/is by UK MC Dabbla, from the group London Zoo.

'The Title' is a disco sampling, grime beat influenced slow burning stomper, the likes of which I've not really heard before. This is actually some original material proving that probably, a woman's approach to producing Hip Hop is something the game is sorely missing.

She promises me there is more to come this year and I for one will be looking forward to it - you should be too.