'Shifty - The Mixtape' (free download)

Promoting a movie with a mixtape - now there's an idea eh? Shifty (which I didn't manage to get to last night) is out in cinemas on Friday and the crew have put together a mix of tracks and film dialogue for you to download.

It kicks of with the gorgeous strings of Roots Manuva's 'Dreamy Days' and then Burial kicks in - nice! On the UK Hip Hop side of things Riz MC, Sway, Plan B and Fallacy & Fusion feature. A fair few other genres are represented too by the likes of Bjork, Shy FX & T-Power and Toasty. Get it and bump it now for the general beats.

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'Shifty' - Riz MC, Sway & Plan B

'Shifty' is a British independent film which stars Riz MC/Riz Ahmed and Daniel Mays (from 'The Bank Job' which I watched only last night!) and "sits somewhere between Kidulthood and Snatch". The film is release on April 24th. See the trailer below for a taste of what to expect.



Riz MC has teamed up with Sway and Plan B to record the theme song also entitled 'Shifty' which is produced by True Tiger. Production wise it's what you'd expect of any Hip Pop track at the moment (it should appeal to the radio listeners) but the intelligent and quality social commentary courtesy of the 3 MCs makes this a great track. See the video below to hear the track.



The guys behind the film are also running a Bedroom Producer competition at www.shiftyfilm.com/bedroom.php. The stems from the Shifty soundtrack are provided for download and budding producers are being asked to remix the original track with the winner bagging £500 plus studio time with a producer to complete the track.