'Flying the Flag' - VA - Tricksta & Lunatrix (album review)

When Tricksta and Lunatrix are ‘Flying the Flag’ you’re guaranteed that your tastes will be catered for. Whether you like Hip Hop flavoured Grime, Boom Bap flavoured Hip Hop or Rap flavoured Ragga it’s all here – providing its origins are in the UK. This does mean that probably not every track will be to your liking – some of the Grime tracks I still can’t get with, mainly based on the daft lyrics (Spitta raps about Slimline PS’s and DS Lites).

On the Hip Hop side of things there are loads of artists on here to make this more than worth a purchase: Wordsmith, Kashmere, Jehst, 10Shott, Sir Smurf Lil, Ramson Badbonez, Dr. Syntax, SkinnyMan… I could go on but instead, go check the tracklist. Some of the tracks are little dated but it’s still great to have them alongside newer and more exclusive material.

This is a significant release – it’s the first time Grime and Hip Hop have been mixed together on one release - a good sign of some unity between the two scenes. The music from both sides is of high quality and Tricksta and Lunatrix do nice job of mixing it and making it flow.

‘Flying the Flag’ is out now on RGS Entertainment on 2xCD or mp3 download. UK Record Shop have it in stock now.

'New Rules' - The Colony (video)

Here's the video of 'New Rules' by The Colony taken from the LP they hope to drop this summer. It's produced by Conspicuous and for those who don't know, the crew consists of him, Willo Wispa, Grimlok and Sir Smurf Lil' - some of the illest rhyme sayers on this island.

YNR 2009 Releases

Having already released Sir Smurf Lil's 'A New Bloodline', YNR Productions are gearing up for the release of Jyager's first album 'Encrypted Scriptures'. Also in the pipeline from Jehst's label this year are:

Various Artists - 'Feeding Time At The Zoo'
Micall Parknsun - 'First Second Time Around'
Jehst - 'The Dragon Of An Ordinary Family
Kashmere - 'Kingdom Of Fear'
Verb T - 'Serious Games'

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.