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Genre/Style: UK Hip-Hop
Format: mp3

Tommy Evans is based in London but was born and grew up in Leeds. Tommy was introduced to hip hop in 1984 through Run DMC's "Walk This Way" and Roland Rat's "Rat Rappin’". After spells of casually breaking and graf writing, Tommy started rapping seriously in 1995 and linked with various crews on the Leeds scene. In ‘96 he formed the duo of Junkyard Tactics; their career highlight supporting De La Soul in ‘97. Tommy went solo in ‘98 linking with the then Huddersfield based YNR crew making his recording debut in 1999 on Jehst’s "DeadlyCombination" on the "Premonitions" EP.

Since then Tommy's released 2 eps and 3 singles on his own label YNR (run with Jehst and Cee-Why). Tommy’s collaborated with some of the top producers and MCs in the country on material that's out there or in the pipeline: Task Force, Lewis Parker, Jehst, Harry Love, Mark B, Braintax, Karl Hinds, Apollo, Mr. Wiz (Krispy), Bone Idols, Beyond There, Ayaman (The Planets), Foreign Beggars, Dark Circle, Ricochet, Dupa Styles, Doc Brown, LG & Lopez, and of course, all his YNR bredrins like Usmaan, Asaviour, Evil Ed and Cee-Why.

Tommy has also been tearing up shows with long time collaborator Yungun and new recruit DJ Blakey (DMC Team Champ 2003) around the UK from Penzance to Edinburgh and everywhere in between, headlining venues, playing big bashes (Kung Fu and Itch FM’s 2nd Birthday Jams) or supporting international acts such as Junior Reid, Non Phixion, El Da Sensei, Bobbito Garcia, Peanut Butter Wolf, Freestyle (The Arsonists) and DJ Noize. Plus music lovers worldwide have been getting accustomed to Tommy's unique lyricism with performances in Europe and the USA, including Philidelphia’s legendary Black Lilly night! Tommy even made history alongside Jehst by being the first rappers to perform in the Channel Islands!

Tommy Evans last single for YNR "Me/You" B/W "Silent Mobius” was released in summer 2002 and been his most successful yet, selling as far afield as the USA, Europe, Japan and Australia. It was playlisted on 1Xtra and lead to appearances on Itch FM, XFM and Westwood (Radio 1), the UKs number 1 hip hop radio show.

At the moment Tommy’s in the lab working on a hot debut album with contributions from some of the UK's most talented musicians. He’s also contributed to the “Virgin Souls” project with Neneh Cherry & Cameron McVee (Massive Attack, SugaBabes) and collaborated with artists from round the globe: The Are from K-otix (USA), Nookie (Sweden), Equicez (Norway) and Fat Daddy (Switzerland). In the meantime you can find him guesting on other numerous 12s, mixtapes and setting dancefloors ablaze with his latest single for YNR: “Who Am I?”

Genre/Style: French Rap
Format: mp3

French hip-hop crew from Cannes. Founded in 1992, and consisting of rapper Sako, and producer Hal (his name a reference to the film 2001: A Space Odyssey). Of Beninois and Italian origin, the group broke national ground on the soundtrack for the movie "Taxi".

New Thing! tells the story of Deep Jazz in the USA. Post-Civil Rights, Post- Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, Post-John Coltrane, this album shows how radical musicians developed musically, politically and spiritually at this time.

New Thing! shows how these musicians redefined themselves and their music to present a new Black American music that encompassed Jazz with Eastern music and philosophies, space travel, classical music, ballet and African music alongside other American musics such as Gospel, Funk, Soul and Blues.

The period of music covered on New Thing is from 1970-1985. (One exception and a forerunner to much of this music, the Sun Ra track "Angels and Demons at Play" is from 1957! and clearly shows a man ahead of his time in his music and ideas).
New Thing! features heavyweight Jazz artists such as Alice Coltrane, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra and Archie Shepp alongside many other less-well known, but equally important artists such as Rashied Ali (who played alongside John Coltrane) and Stanley Cowell (who started one of the first independent labels for this music, Strata-East Records, along with Charles Tolliver).
The music on New Thing! ranges from the deep street funk of "Street Rap" and "Funky AECO" to hypnotic eastern-influenced tracks such as "Tibetan Serenity" and radical left-field tracks such as Rashied Ali and Frank Lowe’s "Duo Exchange".(Soul Jazz Records)

Frank — дебютный студийный альбом британской певицы Эми Уайнхаус, выпущенный 20 октября 2003 года на Island Records. Работа над пластинкой велась в течение 2002 и 2003 годов, её продюсированием занимались сама Уайнхаус, Коммишнер Гордон, Джимми Хогарт и Мэтт Роу. В поддержку альбома были выпущены синглы «Stronger Than Me», «Take the Box», «In My Bed»/«You Sent Me Flying» и «Fuck Me Pumps»/«Help Yourself».

Этот мини-альбом — очень личный. Очередная доля жизненных переживаний, событий за последние полгода и просто рассказы от всей души. Видение ситуаций собственным взглядом. Ничего более. Без приукрасок и лжи.

На музыкальной составляющей релиза отметились такие известные битмейкеры как Nuttkase, Shadowville и более мелко-плавающие Magouro и Tony Stels.