Martin Zamora släppte i dagarna sitt mixtape “Skunk Fiction” via Street Fashion. Mixtapet innehåller 11 spår och gästas av Allyawan, Öris, Toffer, Hermanos Bernal, Queff och J Banner. För produktionerna står Lanntana, SB Productions Main I.N.G, Liah Productions, Soul Theory och Fox Beats.
Låtlista
01. Intro (prod. Lanntana) 02. Ingenting är gratis (prod. Lanntana) 03. Håller dig på avstånd med Allyawan & J Banner (prod. SB Productions) 04. Min skit é nice med Öris (prod. Main I.N.G) 05. Liah Freestyle (prod. Liah Productions) 06. Fin de samana med Hermanos Bernal (prod. SB Productions) 07. Vad gjorde jag igår med Toffer (prod. Soul Theory) 08. Lanntana Freestyle (prod. Lanntana) 09. Testamentet (prod. Fox Beats) 10. C’mon baby Freestyle (Bonusspår) 11. B.M.F med Toffer & Queff (Bonusspår)
Vi skrev om Ken Rings nya mixtape “Kiprono” igår, när han släppte video till låten “Min Bästa Vän”. Mixtapet har varit på gång sen september men idag släpptes det äntligen! Mixtapet gästas bl.a av både svenska och amerikanska storheter som MOP, Ayo, Allyawan, Saigon m.fl och innehåller produktioner från Tommy Tee, Collén & Webb, Stress m.fl. Mixtapet är mixat av Dj Black Moose.
01. Intro (prod. Tommy Tee) 02. Förort (prod. Stress) 03. Plocka han feat. MOP (prod.Tommy Tee) 04.Oro i min själ (prod. Stress) 05. Spring feat. Allyawan (prod. Pablo Paz) 06. Svart tid (prod. Tommy Tee) 07. Se dig omkring 2010 (prod. Stress) 08. Hon är död nu (prod. Tommy Tee) 09. Jag skriver för er feat. Jacob Alm (prod. Jesper Welander) 10. Min bästa vän (prod. Collén & Webb) 11. Oslo feat. Loud Mouf Choir (prod. Tommy Tee) 12. Vers Fresh feat. Kalamashaka & Saigon (prod. Collén & Webb och Tommy Tee) 13. %&/#”)/ feat. Ayo (prod. Tommy Tee) 14. Million Stylez – What’s Wrong 15. Outro
Allyawan håller vad han lovar och idag släpper han sitt nya mixtape “Stormen före lugnet”. Mixtapet är hans första som är helt på svenska och det lär inte göra någon besviken!
Alla låtar är mixade och mastrade av Kids on DMT och omslaget är designat av Carl Thomas King.
Låtlista
1. När Dagen Blir Till Natt [Producerad av Durimkid] 2. Vår Verklighet [Producerad av Main I.N.G] 3. Marionettmästaren [Producerad av Main I.N.G] 4. Drop Dat [Producerad av Kiano] 5. Aina Kommer [Producerad av Hurricane] 6. Asfalt [Producerad av Pursuit Sounds] 7. Kallblodig (med Medina) [Producerad av K.J] 8. Hört Talas Om Det (med Bigry Mac) [Producerad av Kiano] 9. Hundar [Producerad Toba Beats] 10. Skiter I (med J.Banner) [Producerad av LIAH]
Den 28/2 släpper Allyawan sitt nya mixtape “Stormen före lugnet”. Mixtapet kommer att släppas gratis och första låten från tapet är “Marionettmästaren”, som är en svensk version av hans låt “Puppet Master”från mixtapet“iChronicles”.
Låten är producerad av Main I.N.G
I maj släpps sedan “lugnet” i form av albumet “Välkomstcermonin”. Utöver det jobbar de dessutom med en dokumentär.
Rico Won är tillbaka! Efter att ha släppt två Ep’s (“Works of Wonder” och “Takin’ Over”), fullängdaren “Accept What You Can’t Change” samt ett stort antal gästinhopp på olika album och mixtapes bestämde sig Rico Won för att ta en paus från musiken.
Efter att ha varit borta från musiken i nästan 3 år började inspirationen och lusten för musikskapande och skrivandet att komma tillbaka. Resultatet blev den 17 spår långa skivan “Ricks Caliber” .
“Det fanns en känsla av att svenska rappare figurerade i stora sammanhang utan att nå upp till den där riktiga kalibern. Det fanns ett sug efter den gamla, hårda, originella ljudbild som jag alltid tyckt så mycket om själv. Den nya skivan har skapats ur stunden, helt spontant och utan några förväntningar, press, tidsramar, regler eller begränsningar. Det var min revansch på mig själv. Att få känna att det var roligt att göra musik igen, utan massa krav.”
Skivan är inspelad under april-oktober i år och innehåller gästinhopp från Obnoxiuz, Roffe Ruff, Organismen, PST/Q, Prop Dylan, Promoe, Alyawan mfl.
Låtlista:
01. Intro
02. Rick Is In The House
03. Keep On Pushin’
04. Rick Rock Feat. OBX – [*Produced by: Hard2Handle]
05. (Jake) Won
06. Family Business
07. Majorna (Interlude)
08. Majcrophone Feat. Promoe – [*Produced by: Hofmästarn]
09. Keep Doin’ It Feat. OBX
10. Squeeky Wheel
11. Letter To Rick
12. Fatmilk Reminisce (Interlude)
13. 1, 2, 3, 4 Feat. Roffe Ruff, Prop Dylan & Organismen
14. How You Wan It Feat. Allyawan
15. Stay Feat. True of Serengeti
16. Taurus
17. Lite Som En Jätte Feat. PST/Q (Sv. Bonus Track)
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)
Earlier this year Promoe released “Kråksången” which was his first album in Swedish and even if you haven’t hear the whole album I’m guessing you’ve heard the hit single “Svennebanan“. It seems that he enjoyed rapping in Swedish and the recently released mixtape “Bondfångeri”is completely in Swedish (apart from a track by “Per Vers” which is in Danish). The mixtape is available in digital form through iTunes Store, Spotify or for free from Looptroop Rockers homepageand the CD will only be sold at shows. “Bondfångeri” features guest appearances from Allyawan, Afasi, Cosmic, Embee(Yes you read right!), Organismen, Per Vers, Sam-e, Supreme and Timbuktu. The amazing artwork (which continues in the same line as “Kråksången”) is designed byInk Graphix.
On top of this the video to the second single from “Kråksången”, called “Mammas Gata”was released 2 days ago. The video (and track) features guest appearances from Andreas Grega, Supreme and Timbuktu. The video is directed by kamisol
The group Trainspotters, consisting of George Kaplan and Rewind, has made quite a reputation for themselves through gigs in cities such as New York, Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki, as well as major festivals. Even though music distribution today is mainly handled digitally the group has still managed to sell over 5000 12″ vinyls as well as DVDs, CDs and cassettes through stores in cities such as Berlin, Boston, London and Tokyo.
A couple of days ago they released a new mixtape called “The Grip Tape”. The mixtape is a tribute to skateboarding and is put together by Chefen and presented by Random Bastards. The mixtape contains 18 tracks with features from artists such as Academics, Allyawan,Mr. Noun(Supersci), Mofeta,Kashal-TeeandProp Dylan.
1. Intro (produced by Chefen)
2. Ain’t My Style feat. Prop Dylan (produced by Academics)
3. Take A Hit feat. Palabras & Leelo (produced by Tom 12″)
4. Laid Back (produced by Academics)
5. Growin Up (produced by Flinta)
6. Growin Up remix (produced by Academics)
7. Bullshit Rap feat. Allyawan, Mr Noun (Supersci), Sci-Fi, Kashal-Tee, Prop Dylan & Mufakka (produced by Hands Funky 5ingers)
8. Skitsnack Rap feat. Mickelito, Marke, Gimpladesh, Academics, Mofeta, Queff & Toffer (produced by Hands Funky 5ingers)
9. I Tid feat. Bobbo, Marke, Max & Niklas
10. Don’t You Know feat. JXP (produced by Academics)
11. That’s How (produced by Academics)
12. Boards & Beats feat. Mr Noun (Supersci) King Chris & Vernon (produced by Chefen)
13. City Streets feat. Incks & Chiara Bombieri-Morales (produced by Academics)
14. World Wide (produced by Academics)
15. Kaplan live at Ametist (SR Metropol)
16. Still The Kids (produced by Academics)
17. Still The Kids remix (produced by Phunk2)
18. Outro (produced by Academics)
The group Medina, which consists of rappers Alibi andSam-E, is lunching their new homepage and to celebrate that they’re releasing a new mixtape called “Varsågod De E Gratis Vol.2″. It seems like they’ve got big plans for 2009 and according to Whoas excellent list of releases for 2009 it looks like their going to release one solo album each as well as a full lenght Medina album.
Tracklist
01. Vet Ni Vad (Intro)
02. Patriot
03. Bättre Deal
04. Min Publik
05. Gustav Vasa
06. Rulla Upp Veva Ner feat. Dell
07. Anarki
08. Sagoland
09. Stulen Själ
10. Jul Igen
11. Nu När Du Inte Finns feat. Ken Ring
12. Beväpnar Mig
13. Så Dom Gör De feat. Allyawan, Palestine & Aida
14. Snabba Liv feat. Sebb
It’s been a while since we updated The Salad days and it’s probably going to be a little while until we can start to update it frequently again. The reason for this is because “Niklas”, who I run this blog with, is currently in the middle of moving and I’ve been stuck at work so I haven’t had time or energy to update. After the Holidays I hopefully won’t be stuck at work as much as I’ve been lately and Niklas will be seteled in so that we can start with the frequent updating again.
Since our last post much has happened. I’ve started to write and update Chords homepage (which was once a fan-page that I started when i was 15-16) and I recently joined the hiphop-comunity Whoa’s blog as a writer, which I feel very honored about I just hope that I’ll be able to reach up to the high standards that the writers today manage to keep. Right now I’ve only written the second comment on the review of “Petter – X” but hopefully you’ll see more of me there in the future.
But this blog isn’t supposed to be about me, then nobody would read it. It’s about Swedish hiphop and since our last post so much has happened on the Swedish hiphop-scene that it’s impossible for me to even be able to sum it up! So I’ll just try to give you some of the highlights.
Allyawan (who we’ve written about earlier) has finally released his mixtape “Blu Duk Tales Vol.2″ and it’s smoking! The mixtape is released as a free download on whoa!
Recently Swedish producer Masse released his mixtape “Gott & Blandat #2“ which features some of Swedens greatest MCs right now and Masse really proves why he’s considered one of Swedens best producers. The mixtape is avalible for free through Whoa and as if that wasn’t enough he is, in collaboration with whoa, giving you an early christmas present in the form of “Gott & Blandat #1“. This mixtape was released in 2001 and this is the first time it’s avalible in digital form.
But Masse and Whoa aren’t the only ones giving away early christmas presents! DJ/Blogger/Hip-Hop connaisseur DJ Sleepy is giving away a special Petter X-mas mixtape. The mixtape contains freestyles, rare tracks, remixes, blends and some tracks that didn’t make it to his last full lenght album, “Goddamnit”.
Another early Christmas present comes from Prop Dylan and producer Logophobia in the form of “The Morning After EP”. The EP is released through Kingsize Magazine and Prop Dylan keeps showing why he is one of the most promising MC’s right now! He also recently released a video to the track “Top of the top” which features guest appearances from Promoe and Caribinghi
While I’m on the subject of videos I thought I just post one last thing that’s happened since our last post. The group Movits! who released their debut album “Äppelknyckarjazz” earlier this year (I feel a bit embarassed that I haven’t written about them earlier) just released the video to their third single called “Fel del av gården” and I really dig their jazzy-organic sound! The video is directed by Axel Söderlund
Well I think that’s all I can manage to write in one post, hopefully you didn’t fall asleep while reading it. TSD will take a break (yeah I know we haven’t updated the site anyways, but now it’s officially a break) but we will return after the holidays. We have some ideas that we’ll hopefully realise in 2009 and we’re working on a project together with the very secret blogger Majestic Flow which will hopefully be finished during the first quarter of 2009!
Until then TSD wishes you a Merry christmas and a Happy New year!
