UK/US Hip Hop - Free Downloads from Kats and Domer

I never really knew it but the Hip Hop world is a small one, especially where UK Hip Hop and US Hip Hop collide.

This week I posted ScholarMan's collaborations with UK rapper SoloCypher and UK producer Jonesy. Then I got an email from the Free Ice Cream peeps over in America telling me they've got a Jonesy track on their next mixtape 'Almost Fameless Volume 3'. They'd previously reached out with another track from the same release from Miss Tofelees, a Leeds based producer who has featured on my 'On The Radar' series and on Tricksta's 'Digital Revolution' releases. ScholarMan also features on the 'Almost Famous' series.

'Almost Fameless Vol. 3' will be out soon but to get your tastebuds tingling, here are those two UK connections for free download:

'Never' - Kats and Domer (prod. by Miss Tofelees)
'Swayze' - Kats and Domer (prod. by Jonesy)

'Distant Voices' - ScholarMan & Jonesy (free download)

ScholarMan, a MC from the US of A, must have a penchant for collaborations with UK artists. A few weeks ago he dropped a free 7 track EP with UK producer Jonesy and today SoloCypher revealed his track with the man.

'Distant Voices' demonstrates ScholarMan's diversity - 'Across Waters' is laid back but 'Well Suited' certainly smacks of Wu-Tang. Jonesy's beats are of that Golden Era survivalist style - y'know, it doesn't sound exactly like the 90s but the influence is there. ScholarMan's lyrics are credible and is his voice is gritty and commanding.

His hook up with SoloCypher, 'Change Thru The Rhyme', expresses a collective desire to use music to catalyse positive changes in the world and when this style of Hip Hop becomes fashionable, I'm sure we'll get there. At the moment, I feel we're in the tail end of the fashion for ignant rap.