23.6.10

Skandal feat Black The Ripper - Everyday single July 19th



I'm a firm fan of man like Skandal - here's a previous post on him and a couple of reviews of his Hunger Pains mixtape for Metro and The Independent:

Metro review:

Skandal: Hunger Pains
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South London rapper Skandal’s rapidly making his mark on home-grown hip-hop and Hunger Pains reveals why: he’s a versatile, fluent lyricist whose stock in trade is smart, punchy rap. Stand out track 72 Bars sees Skandal reference Van Gogh and Salvador Dali and effortlessly connect roast dinners, boxing, football, Greek mythology and Kenyan long distance runners. Home Economics breaks down the art of rapping into a cookery lesson, and reflects Skandal’s unusual ability to explore the abstract in an accessible, witty manner. Fast-rising grime MCs P Money and Little Dee also appear, suggesting the hip hop and grime scenes are slowly but surely coming together and we’re witnessing the formation of a powerful coalition of varied, British MC culture. Exciting times. Roll on 2010.


Independent Review (which resulted in nuff messages from Skandal - that's another reason to like him, he's a polite, gracious soul too)

Skandal: Hunger Pains
Halal Beats

Brit-hop has been left in the shade by grime’s blossoming. However south Londoner Skandal’s Hunger Pains mixtape shows there’s plenty of life in the old dog: his busy, calm flow brims with intricate wordplay, quirky references (Van Gogh, Kenyan athletes), humour and melancholy moments too. Grime pin up Little Dee guests, suggesting that grime and hip-hop are converging and building a bullish, feisty, homegrown rap scene.


Here's some more info on this track:

LABEL: INFINITY RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: 19th JULY
ONLINE: WWW.TWITTER.COM/SKANDALMUSIC


Tipped by everyone from BBC 1XTRA, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, TIME OUT, THE METRO, DJ MK & SHORTEE BLITZ, DJ 279, CHARLIE SLOTH and many of his peers as one to watch for 2010, SKANDAL delivers this his first single from forthcoming mixtape ‘HUNGER PAINS VOL 2’.

Not one to sit about, actually he literally can’t, SKANDAL soon followed up the first ‘Hunger Pains’ mixtape with the monstrous ‘Kill Em With The Flow’ Remix that brought two giants of their realms together, P-MONEY and KLASHNEKOFF. The track didn’t just tear the roof off, it blew it away soon after it was given it’s first play on MISTA JAM’S RADIO 1 show!!

‘EVERYDAY’ produced by JON PHONICS and featuring SB.TV F64 champ BLACK THE RIPPER, will be released on 19TH JULY on iTUNES, AMAZON, 7 DIGITAL and all other good digital retailers.

HUNGER PAINS VOL 2 is out SUMMER 2010!!!!