[Birmingham / Manchester] GHOSTFACE KILLAH (WU-TANG CLAN) & GUESTS – Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th November

[Birmingham] GHOSTFACE KILLAH (WU-TANG CLAN) & GUESTS – Monday 7th November @ HMV Institute

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=264803936893848

This is Hip Hop Present:

The man of Iron, a myth amongst myths, a Legend of Legends The Ghostface Killah of The Wu Tang Clan is back like that in the UK with the Theodore Unit and J-Love for a series of KILLAH LIVE SPECTACLES. He will be kicking down doors in the spots with hip hop classics spanning over almost two decades worth of the purest form of Fishscale in existence and with anticipation high for upcoming projects Wu-Block, DOOMSTARKS and Supreme Clientele 2: Blue & Cream THIS IS NOT A TOUR TO BE MISSED.

Support from:

SONNYJIM / SHOTTY HORROH / FLEXPLICIT / BARATONE

AND SPECIAL GUEST DJs

Monday 7th November
HMV Institute, Birmingham
16+ show / tickets £15

TICKET LINKS –

Ticketline: http://bit.ly/nGGhyR

TicketWeb: http://bit.ly/nenDjN

SeeTickets: http://bit.ly/qnnhlO

Skiddle http://bit.ly/p8DNSz

See Tickets – 0871 220 0260

[Manchester] GHOSTFACE KILLAH (WU-TANG CLAN) & GUESTS – Tuesday 8th November @ Sound Control

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157694314322020

This is Hip Hop Present:-

GHOSTFACE KILLAH +
SPECIAL GUESTS J-LOVE & THEODORE UNIT

One of the first generals of Wu Tang Clan and successful solo rapper Ghostface Killah hits Manchester on 8th November for a full live show!

Supports from

JUICY DJS

SHOTTY HORROH

KARMIC EVOLUTION

D’LYFA REILLY

BARATONE

Monday 7th November
Sound Control, Manchester
16+ show / tickets £14

TICKET LINKS

https://www.ticketline.co.uk/order/tickets/13262407/ghostface-killah-sound-control-2011-11-08-19-00-00

http://www.seetickets.com/Event/GHOSTFACE-KILLAH/Sound-Control/585699

http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/Sound-Control/Ghostface-Killah-(Wu-Tang-Clan)–Guests/11523098/

See Tickets – 0871 220 0260

Ghostface Killah is critically acclaimed for his loud, fast-paced flow, and his emotional stream-of-consciousness narratives containing cryptic slang and non-sequiturs. In 2006, MTV included him on their honorable mention list of The Greatest MCs of All Time, while the editors of About.com placed him on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007), praising him as “one of the most imaginative storytellers of our time.” Ghostface’s storytelling abilities have widely been praised, with Q magazine calling him “rap’s finest storyteller.

[London] Sonny Jim – The Psychonaut EP Launch @ Plan B – Thursday 28th July

[London] Sonny Jim – The Psychonaut EP Launch @ Plan B – Thursday 28th July

Facebook event: Click here

End Of The Weak & Suspect Packages [in association with Eat Good Records, High Focus Records & Plan B Brixton] Presents..

SONNY JIM live
“The Psychonaut” LP Launch
Plus The EAT GOOD Records family.

Feature:
HIGH FOCUS RECORDS artists showcase…
Jam Baxter, Dirty Dike & more TBC soon.

DJS:
DISORDA [Suspect Packages]
& DJ SNUFF [Speakers Corner]

Host:
MYSTRO

more special guest TBA.

£5 all night.
THURSDAY JULY 28TH 8pm-2am

[Plymouth] TOP BILLIN’ Presents: SLEAZE & SONNYJIM Plymouth EP Release Party – Wednesday 27th April @ White Rabbit

[Plymouth] TOP BILLIN’ Presents: SLEAZE & SONNYJIM Plymouth EP Release Party – Wednesday 27th April @ White Rabbit

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198433596846581

Location: White Rabbit, Bretonside Bus Station, Plymouth

Information:

What the fuck. Top Billin’ returns with that raw hip hop flavour you’ve been fiending for! We’re keeping it local with this one but are being blessed with the mic fire of Sonnyjim!

Here’s the full line-up…..

Sleaze & Sonnyjim – Promoting their new release “Work In Mnemonics”

DJ Pandamonum – DMC Runner-up doing a special 1 hour set.

MasterStatus – Top Billin’ & SubHeavy Resident DJ/Producer

DJisGod – Top Billin’ Resident & GV Clik DJ/Producer

Staffy – Local Hip-Hop MC showcasing some of his work.

We will also be hosting the Top Billin’ battle competition so who’s got the boulders to go up against touring Top Billin’ Champion – Gramma K

Shits on till 2AM but get down early because the live music wraps up at 1AM

£2 ALL NIGHT SO MORE MONEY FOR BEER!

[Basingstoke] Holdin’ Court: Sonnyjim & Support / Donnie Propa / Freedom of Press – Saturday 2nd April @ Poison Bar

[Basingstoke] Holdin’ Court: Sonnyjim & Support / Donnie Propa / Freedom of Press – Saturday 2nd April @ Poison Bar

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151446031579896
Following the success of our February (Birthday) show, we are proud to confirm our next event will feature the following acts:

/ Sonnyjim (+ Support)

From Eatgood Records Press Release:

Hailing from Birmingham, this Jump Off and End Of The Weak veteran has demonstrated his relentless talent throughout the country and captivated crowds alongside THE STREETS and FOREIGN BEGGARS to name a few. SONNYJIM’S new mix-CD is entirely comprised of original material, and features a plethora of the country’s most talented emcees including Mercury Music Prize Nominee and MOBO Award Winning SOWETO KINCH, FOREIGN BEGGARS, JEHST, STIG OF THE DUMP and KASHMERE. It is a raucous, fiery long player, with unrelenting skill and technique on show, over slick production.

http://eastgoodrecords.com/
http://sonnyjim.bandcamp.com/

/ Donnie Propa

Dedicated vinyl enthusiast & mixmaster, Donnie Propa’s rep has grown following the release of several quality Mixtapes he’s created for some high profile artists in the UK Hip Hop scene including ‘The Best Of Scorzayzee’, ‘The Skillsmen Mixtape’ alongside Cappo and the soon to drop ‘Late Checkout Mixtape’ with Sonnyjim. As well as a mix for Son Records of tracks from their back catalogue and a mix of classic Nottingham Hip Hop tracks for http://www.getnottz.co.uk.
With a ‘Best Of Lee Ramsay’ mix also in the pipeline and nearly a decade’s experience in the scene expect a selection of the biggest headnod tracks from the UK to the US all tightly mixed by the midland’s mixtape king

http://myspace.com/undertonedjs
http://donniepropa.bandcamp.com/
http://donprops.blogspot.com/

/ Freedom of Press

Freedom Of Press are an up and coming hip hop group from the south west consisting of producer/dj HenryTha8th, rapper YTV, and newest member Blammer. Currently performing tracks from their acclaimed debut ep ‘Yet To Verify’ (availible for free download from the bandcamp now) and the forthcoming ‘Verified ep’ availible mid march. Bringing a mix of dark humour and social satire this raw brand of hip hop is guaranteed to leave an impression!

http://ytvmusic.bandcamp.com/

/ Resident DJ’s

DJ Shep / http://funk.ssradiouk.com/
DJ IVAN6 / http://soundcloud.com/djivan6
DJ Revolution

/ Open-Mic

Holdin’ Court’s Infamous Open-Mic Battle as well as a cipher session will start at 9pm sharp.

Want to perform in front of our crowd? – Get in touch as there are limited spaces available!

Venue: Poison Bar, Basingstoke (Hampshire)
Cost: £5 otd/ £4 Students

/ Directions

The venue’s postcode is: RG21 7JD

By Train: Basingstoke is 40mins south from London Waterloo. Southampton, Brighton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Reading are all easily accessible too.

By Car: Basingstoke is at Junction 6 and 7 of the M3 motorway, linking the town to London, Southampton and the Southwest. Follow signs for Town Centre then Basing View. The bar can be found at the top of a small hill on the left opposite a train station car park.

Parking! The venue has NO on-site parking. So…avoid getting fined in the station car park and use Festival Place shopping mall parking.

[Birmingham] Louis Den Beat Cypher 12 – Stig of the Dump, Pete Cannon & more – Thurs 21st October @ Unplug

[Birmingham] Louis Den Beat Cypher 12 – Thursday 21st October @ Unplug

Louis Den BeatCypher 12
Live Hiphop Production Showcase & Beat Jam

PETE CANNON | GIFTED MUSIC | ED STRONG | MAZZIE
+ open beats/DJ CRO
hosted by Kosyne, Redbeard & Sonnyjim

Thursday 21st October 2010
9pm – 2am
Downstairs @unPlug Digbeth
79 Digbeth High St
Birmingham
B5 6DY
9PM – LATE
£4.00 ENTRY BEFORE 10PM £5.00 AFTER

August saw a return to form with Beat Cypher 11 playing host to the talents of S-TYPE, JAISU, JON PHONICS, MR FIGZ and MUNESHINE all the way from Toronto Canda, beats were banging and there were vibes aplenty! Check the exclusive Round One (http://tinyurl.com/cypher11) and jokes/outtakes (http://vimeo.com/14589942) from Louis Den’s own Ab0181.

Back again for whats going to be the last Louis Den (BEAT CYPHER) of this year!, shed a tear!! This season has gone quick!, they’ll be some goodness coming your way in Winter but it’ll be a little different from what your used to, but rather than wishing away the rest of 2010 heres whats in store for our next joint!.

ON THE BOARDS

PETE CANNON – Back for the second time round, he did the first ever cipher back in October 2008 under the name MR DICK (which now just strictly raps); new name change; new grind since then he’s laid down beats for TORAE, SWAY, MILLION DAN, DR SYNTAX, STIG OF THE DUMP and more! another go at the cypher will really let him show heads where he’s at!
http://petecannon.bandcamp.com/

GIFTED MUSIC – A very talented and humble cat; we first met Gifted at the December Beat Cypher last year, since then he’s always shown love reppin with the open beats and playing plenty of bangers, Gifted has quite the resume having worked with WRETCH32, GIGGS, YOUNG MONEY and frequent collabs with SO SOLID CREW including the brand new comeback single for rapper SWISS, he’ll have some fresh sounds no doubt.
“search facebook for ‘gifted music’

ED STRONG of the mighty IRS CREW, Ed has been Louis Den fam since we started our online battles back in 2007; a longtime coming Ed is reaching this cypher to play some gems out of the catalogue, production highlights include the bulk of the IRS releases, SONNYJIM, SKANDAL and more!
http://theirs.bandcamp.com/

MAZZIE – King of the “busted beat cd’s” for the open beats; Mazzie (originally from Devon but now in Manchester) has been down with the fam for long time, bit of a sleeping giant as he’s never in the forefront with his beats but has always been keepin up with the big boys!! nows his chance to show you whats poppin, production credits include UK’s Truth and P.SO (formerly P.Casso) outta New York.
http://mazzie.bandcamp.com/

ON THE MIC

Stig Of The Dump, x2 World EOW champ, Battle Vet and drinker!!, You may know Stig from his infamous Jump Off battles, you may know him from his x2 EOW world titles, or you may have read his rantings in various magazines, at the core of this though is one of the countries top tier emcees!! Stig’s debut album “Mood Swings” drops 11th October and he’ll be blessing Birmingham give a sneak peek at some of his new material collaborator Pete Cannon (he produced 5 joints on there) is also in the building so expect fun!, Stig will be backed by Brighton vet and Dont Flop battler Enlish.
http://www.stigandsyntax.com/

THE I.R.S, On the verge of dropping their sophmore album “Speaks Volumes” and staedily leaking their free “Offcuts” LP the gang of strong rhymers will be performing (with their producer/mc Ed Strong taking the produciton line up), Indie group of the year winners for 2008 and larger than life mic characters Ed Strong, King Kaiow, Superb and DV will be in the building laying down some South London funk.
http://theirs.bandcamp.com/

SONNYJIM & Kelakovski, these two have been busy cooking up an EP of treats that’ll surface in the near future on Eat Good Records, both are keen to let the cypher hear some of the new material so seperate to the other performers they’ll be previewing some new bits for the beat cypher crowd (no Kelz isnt rapping!)
http://eatgoodrecords.com/

Finally, as usual we’ll have our very own DJ CRO providing the backdrop of hip-hop beats, breaks and treats inbetween the nights action.

*ARRIVE EARLY TO SIGN UP FOR OPEN BEATS, ONLY 3 BEATS MAX PER PRODUCER AND WE MAY HAVE TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER IF THERES A HUGE AMOUNT OF SIGN UPS (prefence is given to newer names)

* NO MP3 PLAYERS/PHONES/ DATA CD’s FOR OPEN BEATS, sorry but its an ache to get all this sorted and the cables/pc’s are for the showcased producers only…bring an audio CD or most likely its not happening!!.

* THERE IS NO GUESTLIST AT THE BEAT CYPHER, please don’t try it and blag it…respect the cypher and the other heads paying, the more heads supporting the more chance of us being able to keep the movement going, please dont be shy and dig in them pockets!.

Louis Den Blog Post: http://bit.ly/9Fmv3p
Facebook event link:http://bit.ly/a5XUWt
flyer front : http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp355/louisdenbeatbattles/beatcypheroct2010/louisdenbeatcypher12_front_web.jpg
flyer back : http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp355/louisdenbeatbattles/beatcypheroct2010/louisdenbeatcypher12_back_web.jpg
Twitter links: @louisden @petecannonbeats @gifted_music @mazworth @theirscrew @stigofthedumpuk @sonnyjim01 @kelakovski @redbeard00 @eatgoodrecords @djcro

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Louis Den Beat Cypher is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

[Birmingham] ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT LIVE @ HMV INSTITUTE, DIGBETH – Thurs 14th October

[Birmingham] ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT LIVE @ HMV INSTITUTE, DIGBETH

Facebook Event – click here

Doors: 7pm – 11pm

The legendary ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT are playing live @ the HMV Institute this Thursday.

Plus support from Sonnyjim, Kosyne, Redbeard and Kelakovski.
www.eatgoodrecords.com (BRAND NEW WEBSITE!!)

You can find out more about the gig here – http://venues.meanfiddler.com/hmv-institute/listings/featured-gigs/1726

We have kindly been given half price (£7.50) paying guestlists to pass on to you!

If you’d like to come down for half price, please just post your name on this event page and we’ll put your name(s) down on the door.

If you would prefer to pay online £7.50 tickets available here: Arrested Development discount tickets
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user?region=gb_midlands&query=detail&event=404438&referral_id=mamagroup&interface=hmvinstitute&REFID=hmvinstitute

Simply chose the ‘Promotion’ tickets and add AD1 as the Promotion Code.

Arrested Development:
The double Grammy-winning hip-hop legends who gave us the hits Mr. Wendal and Everyday People are back in the UK in support of their new album Strong, a potent concoction of funk, soul, jazz, folk and of course, hip hop.

Founded in the late ‘80s by leader/rapper Speech, Arrested Development has been devoted to nudging folks in the direction of freedom and evolution for over 19 years. Many members have remained based in the countryside’s of the south using dirty & gritty sounds while mixing samples & B-3 organs, with wailing vocals and soulful southern choirs.Download their new single ‘Bloody’ for FREE from http://www.vagabondmusiconline.com/fr_musicdownloads.cfm

[Bristol] Top Billin – Logan D, Taxman, Micall Parknsun/Dubbledge/Kyza, Sonnyjim & Sleaze @ Lakota Fri 12th November

Top Billin – Logan D, Taxman, Micall Parknsun/Dubbledge/Kyza, Sonnyjim & Sleaze @ Lakota Fri 12th November

Facebook Event (Click Here)

Location:-
Lakota
6 Upper York Street,
Stokes Croft
Bristol
Buy Tickets: http://www.southwestunderground.net/events/index/events_schedule/366/

Top Billin’ doing it again, this time at the livest club in Bristol – Lakota. Three rooms of skanking underground madness from some of the best in the UK. We’ve got the Ambush crew & Riddim Up taking over 2 rooms with Top Billin’s usual UK Hip-Hop smashing up the other room where Sleaze & Sonnyjim will be showcasing their new EP “Work in Mnemonics”

Check out who’s playing:…

**DRUM & BASS/DUBSTEP HOSTED BY AMBUSH**

DJ’S

LOGAN D B2B TAXMAN – 90 MIN SET [LOW DOWN DEEP RECORDINGS/TRUE PLAYAZ/GANGA RECORDINGS]
MUTATED FORMS [ESTONIA/GRID RECORDINGS]
STANZA [HOSPITAL/AMBUSH]
PHANTOM [AMBUSH]
DARKO AND D LUX [UNLEASHED]
RANSOM [APERTURE]
KRIS BISCUIT [AMBUSH]
FIREMANSAM [BRISTOL]

MC’S

CARASEL[AMBUSH]
KAYDAN [AMBUSH]
J MAN [GREASY VINYL/TOP BILLIN’/UNLEASHED]
AKESIE [AMBUSH]

**HIP-HOP**

SLEAZE [GREASY VINYL/TOP BILLIN’] & SONNYJIM [EAT GOOD] –
“Work In Mnemonics” Ep Launch ft members from Eat Good & G.V.
KYZA [DENTED]
MICALL PARKNSUN [YNR],
DUBBLEDGE [HIDDEN AGENDA/DENTED],
TOUGH TOUCH [TOUGH TOUCH PRODUCTIONS]
DJISGOD [TOP BILLIN’]

TOP BILLIN’ BATTLE COMPETITION
HOSTED BY SLEAZE, JACKIE CHAT & BONES

**JUNGLE HOSTED BY RIDDIM UP**

ARIES [PURE VIBES/COLAB/ROOTS]
MAXXI P [CUE RECS/REFORM/RINSEOUT]
TUSKAN [RIDDIM UP/UNLEASHED]
STEPPIN RAZOR [RIDDIM UP]
RELIK [OLD SCHOOL]
FLASH HARRY [SIKA STUDIOS]

BENNY C [RIDDIM UP]

We have got live grafitti on the night and if you think you have got skills to beat the Top Billin’ Battle Champion, which will be decided from this vet:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159052357443808
then let us know on the door and put your name down to stand a chance of winning £50. The format is 8 bar for 8 bar continuous over 3 beats. Ill. All hosted by Sleaze with DJisGod, our resident on the wheels.
You will be able to cop Sika garms throughout the night!

There is only a limited amount of early bird tickets available from here:
http://www.southwestunderground.net/events/index/events_schedule/366/
For only £7 each and with a line-up as heavy as this expect these tickets to fly out so grab yours now!

Normal tickets will be available soon.

Here’s how to find Lakota
http://www.lakota.co.uk/find-us

This night is bound to pop off and its one not to miss!