Sonnyjim - Tall Poppy Syndrome (video)

Is Sonnyjim the UK's hardest working? I know I've given that title to Verb T in the past, but Jim is pretty relentless with his releases these days... Fresh on the heels of The Psychonaut remix project is the Tall Poppy Syndrome EP, which drops on the 25/11. Here is a video to the title track from that release. It's on a zoned out vibe, with a slurrier delivery than you'd usually hear from Jim, but as ever, his verses are always worth at least a couple of spins.

"Rappers nowadays? No penmanship. You liked how I kept it real? Don't mention it."

J-Live - The Authentic (video)

All 3 J-Lives (MC, Producer & DJ) feature in this new video for the Marco Polo produced track, The Authentic. I've not yet got round to checking his latest album, S.P.T.A, and I will need to rectify this situation soon...

Demigodaz Is Back!

I know you been missin them Demigodz dry your little peepers babies cos the DGZ collective is back. The most prolific and longest standing members Apathy and Celph Titled call on regular collaborator Ryu and roll heat over a dope flip of the Rocky theme (courtesy of Ap) on The Demigodz Is Back. Apathy also tweeted an album will be out next year and will feature the whole crew including Esoteric, Blacastan and Motive expect features from other AOTP affiliates and more. With the success and acclaim of Honkey Kong and Celphs Buckwild collab you can bet this project will be worth the wait.

The Four Owls - Not Like Before (video)

Ok, this is now starting to make some sense... If you had clocked some the hype for a crew called "The Owls", who have an album upcoming on High Focus records, and like me were thinking something like "who the fuck are these nobodies I've never heard of?"... then you should check out this lead video for the album. It turns out that The Four Owls is in fact High Focus representatives Fliptrix, Leaf Dog, BVA MC and the omnipresent Verb T. So now you, and I, know...

The album, dropping soon, will surely be sick. Not convinced by the masks though...

Genesis Elijah - Reign of Fire (video)

Another video here from Genesis Elijah. This is taken from his free EP 'I Ain't Even Charging Bruv', that dropped earlier this year (and can be downloaded here: http://www.mediafire.com/?c6fff97bxacd5t5 )

I've always liked Genesis Elijah, and thought he was a bit slept on. Always seems to spit from the heart, and is pretty skilled with it as well. The free EP is not his best work, but is still worth a listen (being free and all that...).

Murs - S-K-I-B-E-A-T-Z feat. Locksmith (Video)

Here's a third video from Murs' recent Love & Rockets Vol. 1 album. Solid, of course. Possibly Skibeatz' dopest production of the whole LP as well...

"Rap is easy, career - that's the hard part/N!ggas starting out this year, and think they're Mozart"

Lewis Parker - SHARK

Ya man with the golden sound is back with a new 12 The Puzzle episode 2 The Glass Ceiling. Shark is the usual SP dustyness you'd expect from Parker complete with cuts and that irrepressable delivery. Keep locked on King Underground for pre-orders of the new vinyl available in 2 forms one limited version on blue vinyl with a free EP poster and the other as standard black vinyl.

Common - Blue Sky (video)

The news that Common's next album (The Dreamer, The Believer) was going to feature exclusively No ID production could help to get any fan of his old work excited. This single seems to suggest that he is over whatever brain-fart produced Universal Mind Control, so the signs are that the LP (which is scheduled to drop in December) could see a welcome return to top form for Common.

Prose - Real Talk (Video)

Prose are set to drop their second album, The Dark Side Of The Boom, in a couple of weeks. I'm definitely looking forward to that, as last 2010's Force of Habit was excellent. This first single/video shows they haven't slowed down, so expect the new LP to be a late contender for UK album of the year...

Jack Flash & Wizard - Four Letter F Word (Video)

New Jack Flash video right here, from his forthcoming collaborative album with Wizard. Flash goes in for 3 minutes without a chorus, using a pretty original concept lyrically... Niceness, as usual.

Rapper Tag UK - Mystro ---> Ramson ---> Tony D?...

Mystro's imported 3hree6ixty's Austrailian born 'Rapper Tag' concept to the UKs shores. Personally I wasnt aware of the phenomenon till I saw Mystro's video that kick starts the a virtual game of tag between MCs. The concept is (as Mys-diggy explains in the 1st video) a MC spits a verse or freestyle to camera and ends their bars by calling out another MC who intern responds with their bars and calls out the next name and so on. Mystro calls on fellow london stalwart Ransom Badbonez who calls out Tony D. As viewers we're encouraged to pester the next MC to up his video so go get your troll on at if you got Tony Ds fb or twitter ( I cant find one :( ) Both editions have been good so far and with the support of the community this series has the potential to bulid into a showcase for the UK heads and give the aussies a run for their money. Check out part one above and part 2 below hopefully Tony D will be through with part 3 soon....where you at? Keep updated at the officail site brought to you by Hoochinoo HERE

Three Kings High - Tell Em Lies (video)

Something a little different now... Here's a vid from a band fronted by Chattabox of Dialect. The hip-hop/funk/soul band is probably nearer a cliche than a novelty by now, but if you can nod your head to the tunes, then so what...

Murs - Remember To Forget (Video)

Here's the first single of Murs' upcoming album Love & Rockets. He gets his emo love song on again, but Murs does that better than most. The whole album is produced by Ski Beatz, so it should be one not to overlook.

Stop What Your Doin - Apathy feat. Celph Titled prod. by Premo

Apathy adds visuals to his Premier produced, Celph Titled featuring track Stop What Ya Doin. The videos good from the kids party to the bridge jumping and hot tattooed chicks. Classic Hip-Hop from the whole crew you can cop Apathys new album Honkey Kong right now from your favourite music site/store. The albums sounding pretty good and features a wide range of guests and producers.

Phat Kat & Iron Braydz - Dobermans

Iron Brayds teams up with OG Detroit MC Phat Kat for more cross pond collaboration. As you'd expect from the title both MCs deliver agressive bars over Agors stuttering beat. If you like ts and sweats in the crisp video you can support Iron and cop them HERE.

Doc Brown - Blighty feat. Natalie Williams (Video)

This was a bit unexpected... After suddenly quitting the rap game a few years back (leaving an unreleased album behind), Doc Brown has gone onto bigger and better things in comedy. This was one of the tracks from that unreleased album, and appeared on a couple of mixtapes. About 4 years later, a video appears... I don't know whether this means that the album will also be surfacing at some point, or not. Either way, it's good to this soulful joint get a bit more exposure.

Apathy - Check To Check (Video)

Featuring a classic Outkast sample and production from Evidence of Dilated Peoples, Apathy makes a very strong comeback with Check to Check, the first single from his forthcoming Honkey Kong album.

I'm certainly looking forward to this one, as I had his highly slept-on Eastern Philosophy set from a few years back on heavy rotation when it dropped. Ap is very under-rated, maybe this time people will realise...

Lazy Habits - Starting Fires (Video)

One of many hip-hop bands who have emerged in the last few years, Lazy Habits come through with another up-tempo, sax driven track. Not sure it's possible not to nod your head to this one...

Styly Cee & Cappo - Fallout/Crazy Freaks (Video)

Here's a video for 2 of the strongest tracks off The Fallout LP. A step in budget from some of Cap's previous vids, nice to see.

"What I'm throwing down is them crow-bars"

Chris Leese - Everybody Hates Chris coming soon....

Chris Leese of Innit Records just uploaded this funny video as a trailer to his upcoming album Everybody Hates Chris. Look out for the giant chicken!...Having been impressed by the few bits Ive heard from Chris Leese and seeing this curious trailer Im looking forward to hearing what the album has to offer it will be available soon...