Author: Micky Roots

Interviews
Interview: Speech Therapy with Speech Debelle...
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In 2009 Speech Debelle ruffled a lot of feath­ers when she won the Mer­cury Music Prize. 
Reviews
Review: shortMAN (@shortman_spoken) ‘Jokesville...
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All too often hip-hop is con­sidered a solely Amer­ic­an sport, an under­stand­able con­sid­er­a­tion giv­en...
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Interview With The Legendary Boots Riley...
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Boots Riley is what we would label a hip-hop legend.  As lead vocal­ist of The Coup
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Review: Hustlers Convention With Jalal Of The...
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Pho­to­graphy By: Rae Smith  Chuck D once described the ground break­ing and genre-cre­at­ing but largely...
Interviews
Interview With Jalal Of The Last Poets!
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(Photo cred­it: Malik Al Nas­ir) If you’re a fan of hip-hop, wheth­er you know it or
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@YOSHI_RIOT Gets Ready To Release ‘Contrast’
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Yoshi Riot is put­ting Manchester on the Hip-Hop map. Since releas­ing debut EP ‘Smoke Me I’m
Interviews
Exclusive Interview With Brother Ali
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  Socially aware hip hop heavy­weight Broth­er Ali was in Lon­don 22nd Novem­ber as part of
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Review: Jean Grae (@JeanGrae) ‘Gotham Down:...
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It is fit­ting that Jean Grae, the super-heroine fem­cee also known as Tsidi Ibrahim, takes her
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Review: Speech Debelle (@speechdebelle) Live At...
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Thursday 26th June saw the ‘pre-launch’ show­case of excit­ing new com­pany Booka­Beat.  Foun­ded by...
Interviews
Interview With The Legendary @LordFinesseDITC!
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Ori­gin­at­ing from the birth­place of Hip-Hop; The Bronx, New York, pro­du­cer and rap­per Lord Fin­esse...
Reviews
Review: Ciaran Mac (@CiaranMac2014) ‘Took Your...
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There’s an unfor­tu­nate opin­ion that’s far to com­mon on the hip-hop scene that rap is only
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Review: DUKE01 (@TherealDuke01) ‘STEROID...
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As a hip-hop pur­ist, I feel it’s always pos­sible to dif­fer­en­ti­ate between artists that rap because