'Frazier Ali' - Joker Starr (review)

Frazier. Ali. The question is, is this The Fight Of The Century, The Thrilla In Manila or just the boring bout they had in between? Well, 'Frazier Ali' as EP is definitely not that interim fight - Joker's strangely roughshod delivery brings a smile to the face and his adherence to Daniel Niles' classically styled Hip Hop instrumentals is welcomed by this reviewer. The vocal clips from the two heavyweights tie things together nicely and Joker's addictive freestyle-like flows make this a must. Dark Angel's input is not to be sniffed at either - he and Starr bounce of one another playfully. Get it from itunes or Play.com for next to nothing.

The Nextmen, Joker Starr, Tempa, Steg G, Organix & JVF Clique free downloads

A few beats and pieces for you here:

Joker Starr is clearing out his unreleased back catalogue and giving it away for free. Check out 'Punchlines' with Dark Angel and then keep your eye on his blog for more.

More from Notz - Tempa's done a version of 'Run This Town' and has dropped it for free to build anticipation for her forthcoming 12".

Steg G has done a Baltimore style remix of 'Can You Feel It' in celebration of the late great MJ's birthday. I know nothing about B-more and have no idea whether this is it but I'd sure jump around to it on a night out.

For an exclusive mixtape from The Nextmen head over to their site and sign up to recieve their mailouts. The mix is awesome and features tracks from their new album 'Join.The.Dots' and a whole load of dope tracks and mashups from the spectrum of music.

There is an Organix mixtape up for free download. It's the '5 A Day Mixtape Vol. 1' and it features tracks from Mal, Jay Madden, Tai, Wizard, Scizzahz, Antidote, Stickman, Naive and Simple Samples.

JVF Clique have just dropped a rather rudely titled track concerning a particular racist party leader - check it, I'm with them on the sentiment.

That's all for now but I've got some more free-to-download mixtapes to vet for ya, so keep your ears peeled.