LATE - INNER CITY LIVIN - Produced by @TrickstaUK

Check out the new video from Late.
Hit the links below to.
http://officiallate.bandcamp.com/album/street-science
http://www.officiallate.net/

LATE - WRONG ATTITUDE (Produced By Tricksta)

New video from UK legend Late,produced by Tricksta as is Lates new album which you can check below.

LATE - LIVE FROM THE ENDS

Late drops this promo in anticipation of his next release

LATE Featuring Cuts by Jabba Tha Kut - Enter The Sector - (Produced By T...

3 UK Legends on this one,free download here http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/3r6wak

LATE - SCIENTIFIC WORDPLAY

LATE doesn't really need any introduction as he is one of the most consistent rappers in the UK! Now he returns with this brand new twelve track street album entitled www.officiallate.net produced by Tricksta. This collection of underground tracks, unreleased material, collaborations and exclusive remixes features Iron Braydz, Genesis Elijah, Supar Novar, Jai Boo, TBear, K9, Creamo, Streetz and Serocee. It sees LATE continue to talk on real life issues with his unique style of social commentary, as well as reminding us why his fanbase is so international. This project is released on the well respected UK Runnings brand and is available for a free download for a limited time until it is released on iTunes in July. Make sure you check out the You Tube promotional video to the track 'Scientific Wordplay'.

Tricksta Feat. Supar Novar, Cyclonious, LATE, Streetz & Deeze -- Out Of ...

The debut single from Tricksta's album 'Out Of Darkness Cometh Light' due out summer 2011.

Be on the look out for the single dropping soon on itunes in April which includes a drumstep remix by the legendary Juttla

Late - Street Product E.P. (Review)

Late is back with the Street Product ep following on from the UK Rapscallion album earlier this year. The difference between the two projects being the UK Rapscallion album was all uk guests where the street product ep is mainly american artists.
Packed with Trickstas trademark production it starts off with the brooding song Life, with Wolftowns very own Jai Boo on the hook Late spits some bars about where he was and where he is now.
The highlight for me had to be The Product featuring D.A. and Rapper K, Late actually sent me this song 6 monthes ago after a conversation about TV show The Wire,and the samples on it detail the Wolftown mentality towards their music perfectly. Its about product and Late is constantly pushing his.
Also movie buffs might recognize the bassline to.
Another favourite was There's no room featuring K-Rino and SPC.At 6 songs long it features Jai Boo,Gucci Mane,the Legendary K-Rino and more.
You can buy it here and keep up to date on facebook here

'I'm Still Here' - LATE (video)

'The Digital Revolution Vol. 4' - VA (free download)

I'm criminally late with this one and most of you will probably already have heard this but I've gotta show support for this so will post it up.

As usual Tricksta does his thing and features artists Skandal, LATE, TB, Iron Braydz, Mr. Drastick, Scorzayzee, Big Cakes, Reload, Deadly and more.

Big Cakes hosts and you should also know that he has a free to download mixtape out right now too called 'Money Talks... So Listen'. It features production from the likes of Rainmayqah, Morfius, Kilinikal, Grade, VLM, K Nite, Asaviour, Micall Parknsun, Tricksta and Del Boy as well as collaborations with Dalmighty Ego, Raggo Zulu Rebel, Cocotone and TB.

(for 'Digital Revolution Vol. 4')

'From London To Berlin' - Manny Moscow (free download)

Don't ask how he does it - just accept that he does. London's Manny Moscow, hot on the heels of 'Live From The Kremlin', has dropped 'From London To Berlin' - a 21 track mixtape from himself and Germany's DJ Easy.

The mixtape kicks off with two tracks from his ‘The Three Piece Exkursion’ EP before moving onto a selection of exclusives, produced tracks and freestyles featuring guest verses from LATE, Conman and Shepherd and production from Mr. Bills, Spectral, 9Lives, J Romes, Loko from Hill Productions and of course Tricksta who makes these things happen the way they do.

If I had to draw a comparison (and I'm not in the habit of doing this) then I'd say fans of Klashnekoff should grab a download to hear some serious, lyrical street observations.

'The Digital Revolution Vol. 3' - VA - Tricksta (free download)

Tricksta's back with his third volume of 'The Digital Revolution'. This time it's hosted by the beast from the east, TB aka Tuberculosis and it features a whole host of Hip Hop from the UK streets. TB, Manny Moscow, Skandal, LATE, Tricksta, Jay Full Stop V, Stylah, Yogi, Suparnovar, Wordsmith, Mr Drastick, Lowkey, London Zoo, S.A.S, Streetz, Kyza Smirnoff, The Last Skeptik, Tricksta, Show N Prove and Mr. Ti2bs all feature.

This is a great chance to get your hands on tracks like The Last Skeptik and Lowkey's latest BNP protest track 'We Don't Want Them' and Mr. Drastick's latest mixtape taster 'So Many Devils'. The track selection once again reflects the new age of UK music that is still Hip Hop.

'N.O.V.A.' - Supar Novar (free download)

The F.L.I.P. fam have got a new blog called Explosive Muzik. Home to artists Wordsmith, Supar Novar, Big Ben and Ragz its full of inside exlcusive such as these three tracks from Supar Novar:

'N.O.V.A.' is taken from Supar's forthcoming mixtape ‘N To Tha IZZO’ which will be 100% over Jay-Z instrumentals and will be available as a free download.

The other track is Supar Novar's version of Lil' Wayne's 'My Life' which is taken from Tricksta's latest and newest venture 'The Digital Revolution', which is a free to download mixtape hosted this time by LATE.

'Sweet 16' is taken from his mixtape with Tricksta 'Wordz From The Frontline' but there is a reggae version on Youtube and there will be an album version on his forthcoming album.

'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.

Wolftown Wednesdays #4 (The Return)

Late - 'Just Me' (produced by Tricksta)

Here's the video too:

On The Radar Artist Profile: LATE

Name: LATE

Age: Old Skool

From: Wolftown

Track on 'On The Radar': ‘The Villain Man’

Tell us the story behind the track: freestyle over Lil Wayne beat - taken from LATE’s mixtape ‘two thousand and late’

Record label: Wolftown Recordings

Who you roll with: Tricksta

Favourite album: Too many to list

Describe your style in three words: UK Reality Rap

Past/Present/Future projects:

Villains – Welcome to Wolftown 2000
Wolftown Committee – Legendary Status 2002
LATE – International Rhyme Spittin 2003
LATE – The Villainous One 2005
LATE & GEOLANI ‘Ceo’s Edition’ - 2006
LATE – An English Man in New York - 2007
LATE – 2 Thousand & LATE - 2008
LATE – Below Street Level – 2008

Plus 100's of mixtapes & mixtape appearances

'Certified Banger Presents On The Radar'

Download 'Certified Banger Presents On The Radar' here from Monday 1st December!

'Certified Banger Presents On The Radar' is a 20 track, free to download compilation of UK Hip Hop featuring JVF Clique, Revilo, Spee 69, Jay Large, Conman, Safron, Antmysta, Loudmouth, Manny Moscow, Queens English, Late, Skandal, Chemo, Truth and more!

'Certified Banger Presents On The Radar' - a collection of free Hip Hop tracks from UK artist.

Wolftown Wednesdays #1

The first in the Wolftown Wednesdays series sees Wolftown main man Tricksta picking out a tune from the vast back catalogue:

Late - 'So Serious' ft. Conman & Size8

This is taken from Late's excellent '2Thousand & Late' which was a mix CD released in the run up to the release of his latest album 'Below Street Level'. It features loads of Wolftown and SPC guests and is every bit as good as the album, if not better!

'100% Exclusive' - VA - Tricksta (compilation/mix CD review)

Back once again for the very third time; UK Runnings and The Urban Shop drop a bigger and better CD. This time every track is new and never heard before, hence the name: '100% Exclusive'. Now who else could do that? No-one, only Tricksta. To add to the largeness there’s a DVD that almost deserves a review of it own.

Not only has Tricksta orchestrated the whole thing, he’s also produced exactly half of the tracks on here, recorded most of it and then released it on his own label: the famous, 50+ release deep, Wolftown Recordings. Anyone who’s ever listened to any of the UK Runnings releases knows what to expect from ‘100% Exclusive’ and they wont be disappointed.

Featuring UK wide artists as well as the home grown Wolftown talents this CD is chock full of bangers. I’m not going to list the artists involved but you can click this link to see the full track listing. If you’re into discovering new music then listening to this wouldn’t be a bad thing, many of the acts here are of a high quality but as yet are not too well known – once more, Tricksta is one step ahead.

The DVD features videos from Million Dan, Supar Novar, 10Shott, Conman and more. It features interviews with Late, 10Shott, Kid Rad, Jai Boo and more. You also get a tour of the HHB.com radio headquarters and Tricksta’s crib. It’s an entertaining documentary about the UK’s hardest working; it had me hooked. It also features some art and some snowboarding. Here’s to more DVD’s like this.

All in all: buy this and you’ll get your money’s worth. 30 great tracks that you won’t find anywhere else and an hour’s worth of visual entertainment. Can’t say fairer than that.

Check out some of the tracks from this CD in the player to the right.

'Street Karma' - Dap-C & Dirty Sweet (album review)

Armed with a plethora of guests Dap-C alongside producer Dirty Sweet brings you ‘Street Karma’ on NGU records. This could be an album but apparently it’s not - it’s a mixtape.

After the intro (which features real scratching - yay) proceedings proceed with Blak Twang featuring ‘Music Game’ which is good. Then his NGU compadres drop in on the well produced but just a little bit silly our crew is the best boasting track. The reason why it’s silly is that following this you get tracks featuring Lewis Parker, Fallacy, Sir Smurf Lil, Stylah, Mr. Drastick, Late, Tricksta and Conman and I don’t need to tell you that their crews are actually better.

Dap-C, in my opinion, is pretty nice with his on most outings and the more established guests here complement his concepts well. There are a nice range of sounds here; Dirty Sweet is more than just competent behind the boards as he harmonizes with the emcees and their content.

The version of ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ on offer here (featuring Skinnyman, Supar Novar, Emceekilla, Karisma and S.Kalibre) is nowhere near as good as the one on the video included on the DVD, it’s disappointing that the album cut makes it boring. ‘Passing Me By’ sees Dap-C take on a track alone with slightly less effective results than when backed up by guests of ilk.

On the whole ‘Street Karma’ is worth picking up and you can get it now at most of the usual places.

'Below Street Level' - LATE (album review)

Due out on October 20th, LATE’s new album ‘Below Street Level’ is entirely produced by fellow Wolftownian Tricksta. On his latest LP, LATE bridges the UK/US divide with dexterity; the Atlantic Ocean needs to fall back, nothing stops this man from building bridges!

With his methodically clear flow and straightforward lyrics LATE isn’t the most lyrical rapper but his strength is in his ability to communicate – a skill that has got him many, many places. His other chief talent is making a positive message sound so hardcore – much needed by the fans of the MC’s he makes moves with.

West Coast, Dirty South, Ohio and Wolverhampton are well represented across the 14 tracks of gully, US sounding production. Stand out track ‘It’s Nothin’’ features the awesome drawl of Willie D of The Geto Boys over a slow burning West Coast beat. Geezy and JT The Bigga Figga take time out of their Thizz/Hyphy duties to sound threatening over Tricksta’s moody track.

‘Below Street Level’ is a brooding outing from one of Wolftown’s hardest working although ‘Supply & Demand’ is a wispily mellow tale of a life spent hustling rap music – chill to that one! ‘I Need To Get Away’ follows and has a holiday vibe -‘Couple of hours on the motorway and I reach//It’s not sunny Spain but at least it’s a beach’ – LATE praises the simple pleasures of a British holiday resort.

‘Below Street Level’ is an innovative take on rap music, one that is beginning to be replicated by other MC’s reaching out over seas for collaborations. Remember who did it first!