Author: Frank Andrews

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    ‘The UK is my favourite place to battle at the moment’: An interview with 100 Bulletz

    Frank Andrews talks to rap battler 100 Bulletz about his upcoming plans and his love of UK shows.

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    ‘I compose ecstatic poetry and then burn it and write battle bars’. An interview with Ogmios

    The Edge talks to up-and-coming Hackney-based rapper Ogmios about the origins of his stage name, his writing process and who he wants to battle next. Why did you choose the name Ogmios? Ogmios is a Celtic god of eloquence and persuasion. I found him in a book of mythological characters I used to have and […]

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    ‘I’ll keep going until everyone’s properly bored of me’. An interview with Shuffle-T

    In the past few weeks 2 battles have been released onto YouTube which have proved incredibly popular; Shuffle-T and Marlo’s ‘bad bars’ battle has over 100,000 views, and their latest 2- on- 2 against Big J and Lefty is set to do the same. I’ve spoken to Shuffle a few times at different Don’t Flop […]

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    Don’t Flop Checkpoint, London (28/04/13)

    For Eurgh’s 24th birthday DF put on their biggest event yet; with 4 main events and 5 international battlers flown over the day was full of mouth-watering clashes. As none of the battles have been released online yet I won’t give too much away. The line-up for the day was: Mark Grist & Mixy vs. […]

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    Nicki Minaj- ‘Freedom’

    ‘Freedom’ – the new single from Nicki Minaj – is unlike her other recent songs. With a more stripped back sound and lyrics which ponder her success and position in the public eye, her latest release is less commercial sounding than the likes of ‘Starship’ and ‘Pound The Alarm’, but I’m not buying this supposedly […]

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    Immortal Technique at The Cellar (22/10/12)

    Born in Lima, Peru, raised on the streets of Harlem during the rise of hip-hop and now…playing in Southampton? Last week, Felipe Andres Cornel aka Immortal Technique, one of the most successful independent hip-hop artists in the world, played to a packed out crowd at The Cellar. Refusing to ever sign to a label, Technique […]

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    Ke$ha – ‘Die Young’

    Kesha’s latest single ‘Die Young’ is about partying, getting drunk and living for the moment… A change from her usual politically astute, philosophical stuff, right?

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    Mosca at Roxx (12/10/12)

    Mosca at Roxx was the first night I had been genuinely excited about since moving to Southampton 3 weeks ago. Freshers was cool, but there’s only so much JLS one can take before becoming irrationally angry. I knew things were going to be different this particular Friday though; we prelashed to Craig David, nothing could […]

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    Willis Earl Beal – Principles Of A Protagonist

    Principles Of A Protagonist, a free EP recently released by Chicago born Willis Earl Beal, is beautiful and gloriously imperfect.