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Medina – Varsågod de e gratis vol. 3

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After thethe success with “Varsågod de e gratis vol.1″ and vol.2 Medina, which consists of rappers Alibi and Sam-E, is releasing a third installment in the mixtape series. This mixtape, just like the previous ones and as the name suggests, is released as a free download. The mixtape consists of 17-tracks that span between everything from house, rap and ragga. As usual Medina’s music is a mix between different genres but this time they have chosen to leave the oriental sound out.

New for this installment is also that Medina has decided to work with other producers instead of producing everything themselves. “Varning för mig” is produced by Masse, “Dum ikväll” is produced by Howard Who and “Sherikan”, “Kisse Misse”, “Ojojoj”, “Inte nån som”, “Supernova”, “Ta dig upp” and “Maskerad” is Co-produced with K-One.

Tracklist

1.Sherikan (Prod Medina & K-one)
2.Kissemisse Ft Meemo Jacobs(Prod K-one)
3.Ojojoj (Prod K-one)
4.Tippa dom (Remix)
5.Varning för mig (Prod Masse) “Tagen från Evolution”
6.Dum ikväll (Prod Howard Who)
7.Inte nån som Ft Lowam Kidane (Prod Medina & K-one)
8.Supernova (Prod Medina & K-one)
9.Tar dig upp (Prod K-one)
10.Gentleman (Prod Medina)
11.Jag tror på lyx (Remix)
12. Flaj som få Ft Allyawan, Parham P & Sick Art (Remix)
13.Maskerad (Prod K-one)
14.Till min bror (Remix)
15. Starkaste mannen i världen (Prod Medina)
16.Throw ya hands up (Prod K.J)
17.100 bars (Aoutro) (Remix)

Varsågod De e gratis vol 3 can be downloaded from here.

The O-Zone vs Brooklyn 12/11 (Krischansta Nation)

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The O-Zone Battles arranged their first battle in April this year and is Swedens first battle-league. Since the start O-zone battle has arranged 2 more battles and  the response for the battles has so far been great and the interest for the battles just keeps growing. On November 12 it’s time for the 4th battle which will be held at Krischansta Nation in Lund.

The battle will feature both new and old contestants such as Allyawan, Henry Bowers, Mickelito and Crome. Dj More-10 will also be there and will play between the matches.

Right after the battle the  hiphop-/soul-/dancehallclub Brooklyn will start. Dj’s this evening will be Dj Amato and Beneaf & Rome. To get in to the club you need a student ID (which is not needed for the battle).

The O-Zone is a collaboration between S.T.I.C.S, Digital Dirt and Dubcnn.

When: November 12, 18:00-21:30 (22.30-02.00 for the club)
Where: Kristianstads Nation
Age: 18
Tickets: 40 kr (100 kr for both battle and club, OBS! you need a student ID to get in to the club)

For more information go to theozonebattles.com

Professor P & Dj Akilles – Do What’s On Your Mind feat. Timbuktu

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Professor P and Dj Akilles has been working together since 2005 and in 2007 they released Professor P’s debut album “Patience” through their label Loyalty. “Patience” was followed by the mixtapes “He’s the Dj i’m the rapper” and “Large Professor P”. Both mixtapes contained classic beats with new rap by Professor P, but now it’s finally time for some brand new material! On November 4 they will release a new EP called “Maintain EP”.

“Do What’s on your mind” is the first single from the Ep and it features a guest appearance from Timbuktu (always nice to hear him rap in English).

The EP will apart from Timbuktu  feature a guest appearance Dj Static and the whole EP is produced by Professor P and Dj Akilles. The EP will be released on a limited edition vinyl on November 3 and digitally on November 4 and will be available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. The vinyl will be limited to a 100 copies which will be numbered and signed.

You can listen to “Do What’s on your mind” on Youtube:

For more information and news about Professor P and Dj Akilles check out their blog!

Diversidad – The Experience

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In 2008 The European Music Office launched the Diversidad project as a part of the “European year of Intercultural Dialogue”. The goal of Diversidad was to promote collaborations within the urban music scene in Europe as well as to discuss the urban music industry and music industry in general. This led to the recording of a single as well as seminars and concerts. The first edition of Diversided was so successful that the European Music Office was allowed to do a second Edition of Diversidad.

The second edition of Diversidad will be a three-year project which will be dedicated to urban culture in all it’s forms. The Diversidad project will include a European tour, a digital platform, a documentary, an urban art exhibition and a collaborative album which will feature contributions from 20 rappers from all over Europe, beatmakers and DJ’s.

The First single from the Diversidad album is called “The Experience” and was released earlier this year. The single, just like the one from the first edition of Diversidad, is produced by Spike Miller and features Curse (Germany), Marcus Price (Sweden), Orelsan (France), Rival (Belgium), Luche from Co’ Sang (Italy), Frenkie (Bosnia), GMBisGeryMendes (Netherlands), Valete (Portugal), Pitcho (Belgium), Nach (Spain), Mariama (Germany) and MC Melodee from La M (Netherlands).

The Experience” can be downloaded for free from here!

On November 7 Diversidad will also be launching a video series of 15 videos that will show the whole process behind the recording of the Diversidad album!

For more information about Diversidad go to their homepage!


Petter – Älskar din stil feat. Timbuktu

Petter, who right now can be seen on TV4′s “Så mycket bättre”, released his 8th studio album “En Räddare i Nöden” earlier this year. Earlier this year videos has been released to the tracks “Fast för evigt”“Gör min dag”, “Längesen” and “U & Me”. Now the turn has come to the track “Älskar din stil” wich  features Timbuktu. The video is basically a summer day with barbecue, skateboarding and swimming with Petter, Timbuktu and a lot of friends.

Petter also recently recorded a track to the producer Stress upcoming album which will feature contributions from Ken, Timbuktu, Chapee n Chess, Lazee, Ison & Fille, Adam Tensta, Dida, Eboi, Sebbe (Kartellen), Labyrinten, Medina, Näääk & Nimo and many others.

To receive the latest news about Petter check out his blog or follow him on twitter!

Labyrint – Kärleken

Labyrint is a hip-hop/reggae group from Uppsala, in july this year they released “Trakterna” which was their contribution to the Swedish hiphop compilation “Evolution”.

Now they are back with a new single called “Kärleken”. The song you can hear in the end of the video is the b-side to the single and is called “Hat”.The video is directed by  Mas Loco and Daniel Larsson. The track is produced by Mr Sloap.

The full single can be bought through iTunes and listened to through Spotify

Stor – Allt Vi Gjort ft. Danjah (Video)

Stor, who recently won the “P3 Guld”-award for best Hiphop/Soul, just released the video to “Allt Vi Gjort”. The Dope video is directed by Jay Veesualz and was recorded in August last year in Rålambshovsparken in Stockholm.

“Allt Vi Gjort” is taken from Stor’s album “Nya Skolans Ledare” which can be downloaded from the Whoa-blog.

Promoe & Timbuktu winners at the Grammis award ceremony.

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The “Grammis 2010” award ceremony is over for this year. The award for “Club/Hiphop of the year” went to Promoe for his album Kråksången and the award for “Music video of the year” went to Timbuktu for his video “Välj Mej” ,from the album “En High 5 & 1 Falafel“, directed by Daniel Wirtberg & Jonas Rudström for Daemon Films.

Petter inks a record deal with Pope Records and releases a new single

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Petter, who’s been without a record deal since last year when he chose not to renew his deal with Universal Music recently signed a deal with Pope Records. Pope Records will release his upcoming album “En Räddare I Nöden” which will be released sometime this spring. Pope Records are excited about the deal and says that:

“Petter has recorded his strongest and best material yet, and this phase two of his career is going to be something extra!”

The first single from the album is called “Fast För Evigt” and is produced by Collén & Webb who’s also going to produce the whole album. “Fast För Evigt” is available for listening on Petters Blog and will be available through Spotify Premium from Monday and trough iTunes Music Store, Spotify Free and other digital music stores from Wednesday.

Click here to go to Petters Blog and listen to “Fast För Evigt”.

Interview with Ja’Da

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Ja’Da (consisting of Jamal Ryback and Daniel da Costa)  is the latest group to emerge from the very creative Ayla Crew. Last year they released the track “G5″ through Ametist Blog. They have been collaboration for three years, but this was the first time I ever heard a track from them. We decided to do an interview to get some more info about them.

What got you interested in rap?
- We’ve been interested in music since we were kids, Hip-hop became a part of our lives so it felt right to start rapping.

You’ve been collaboration for three years, did you rap before you formed Ja’Da?
- Yes, Jamal was rapping with the group UKN (now Mohammed Ali) and Daniel was part of the group Panetoz. We both lived in the same suburb so we decided joined forces and form Ja’Da.

Maybe I’m just missed it, but before “G5” I had never heard any track from you, why have you waited for so long to release anything?
- We felt that we didn’t want to release anything that didn’t meet our standards so we decided to work creatively and release our music when it felt right.

When reading your blog there’s very much humor in your posts, will that be reflected in your songs?
- Yes, partly. There will be humor on the album, which we’re recording right now, but it will be on a more serious level. Since we’re recording the album right now the blog hasn’t been updated in a while but it will soon be up and running again.

How will you release your album? Will it be released for free like the other records from Ayla?
- Yes, it will be released for free. Internet is the way to go!

What do you think of the status of the Swedish hip-hop scene?
- It’s been getting better these last years and we expect to top it with our upcoming album.

What artist are you currently listening to right now?
- Daniel is listening to Ayla and everything else I think sound good, Jamal is currently listening to Lupe Fiasco’s new mixtape.

What are you currently working on?
- The album, the album, the album and then the next album!

For more information visit their blog!