'Royal Dubz' - King P (album review)

King P has done the unthinkable for a UK producer and has come up smelling of roses. P, a man of considerable musical background, has crafted 12 tracks from scratch and cast in that classic West Coast mould. Where that isn’t the case the Dirty South sound lends its sonics. ‘Royal Dubz’ comes across as a tribute to the music he loves and as a result the listener gets a treat – banging and musical Hip Hop music.

Despite having a definite sound no two songs are alike. ‘RRS’ features a rock riff that any guitar hero would be proud of but its predecessor ‘Shake It’ is mellow and R’n’B-esque, ‘Bread On It’ is menacing whereas ‘Crunk Tonight’ has bare Caribbean party vibes.

Featuring UK and US MCs and singers, this LP is an easy listen. ‘Won’t Stop’ heads up proceedings with our own Yogi taking control of the mic. Slix and Tommy D represent the UK on ‘Easy’ and ‘Shake It’. South 71, Donovin Heights, Justin Mills and Kel Spencer provide vocals for the rest of the tracks.

King P’s ‘Royal Dubz’ is available now at itunes and other digital outlets.

'Lowrider' ft. Kel Spencer - King P (single review)

After being reminded of King P by Tricksta's mixtape inclusion of his track 'Won't Stop' featuring Yogi I dug out a track he sent me and checked out his myspace a bit more properly. Sometimes even I overlook absolute talent and for this I apologise.

'Won't Stop' has got the west coast funk swing and it's sister track is 'Lowrider' featuring US MC Kel Spencer, who I've featured on here before. It's a forceful track that morphs into an agressive beast in the chorus. King P is a UK producer but with this transatlantic collaboration he's bound to find fans worldwide - the sound he's perfected certainly has mass appeal.

King P played all the instruments on 'Lowrider' from guitar to piano to programming the drums and arranging the string parts and has been championed by high calibre DJs and radio stations like Dynmaite MC, Manny Notre, Big Ted & Shortee Blitz Kiss Fm, Ras Kwame, Westwood and BBC 1xtra.

His whole album 'Royal Dubz' is available now on Amazon as a digital download. It features aforementioned Kel Spencer and Yogi as well as up and coming artist such as Justin Mills, Donovin Heights, South 71, Kitt, Slix and Tommy D.

'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.