'Love The Life You Live' ft. Mr. Ti2bs - The Early Man (single review)

Positive vibes, positive message (on the whole) – The Early Man and Mr. Ti2bs bring the summer funk on ‘Love The Life You Live’ – another taster of The Early Man’s forthcoming LP. This track is a whole lotta fun – there are many people out there who would do well to take on the attitude that this squelchy, soulful track embodies.

‘Love The Life You Live’ is out on 12" on 17th August on the Stop/Start label although it can be downloaded now at their shop.

'Alpha' ft. MC Kombo - The Earlyman (single review)

Nah! A non-conformist, pretty leftfield UK Hip Hop production is actually heavy? Yeah! The Early Man has what you need regardless of whether that description appeals to you or not.

Edmund Cavill is the guy behind The Earlyman and late 90's soul/indie/Hip Hop outfit Spacek and he's readying the release of 'Lola Una', his debut LP under his new guise. The album features Mr Ti2bs as well as Infinite Livez and Foreign Beggars (who feature on this release's B-side 'Slinky') and MC Kombo who raps on the A-side 'Alpha'.

'Alpha' is all about the rapper's brother's alcohol and narcotic abuse and deteriorating mental health - not normal subject matter for a banger but it works at the same time as highlighting an important problem in our society.

'Alpha' is out now on Stopstart Recordings and can be bought here. Click here to hear more music from The Earlyman.

Free Jon Phonics, Ramson Badbonez, Foreign Beggars, Infinite Livez

UK Hip Hop producer Jon Phonics has been busy on his Uni project and has created this instrumental gem: 'Passing Spheres'. It's somewhere between Breaks, Jazz and Hip Hop and it's reet nice. I'm not sure whether the title refers to some strange case of excreting 3D shapes or not.

Ramson Badbonez dropped his latest free download, it's called 'Yeah (Da Reminda)' and his brutal lyricism is choice, he kicks off with "Here's a reminder: Saw off your hand with an angle grinder" - ouch. Last week's track was 'Play It Back' with M.A.B. - laid back and very 90s-ish.

The second track off The Early Man's forthcoming EP 'Alpha' (which features MC Kombo) is 'Slinky' - a track on which mad-cap Infinite Livez shares mic time with UK Hip Hop heroes Foreign Beggars and it sounds EXACTLY like you'd expect it to! The Early Man's production is futuristically funky and 'Slinky' is available to you for free - now buy the single on May 25th!