Manga - Obzokey Wranglings Out Now [Free Download]

Manga finally drops the long awaited mixtape 'Obzokey Wranglings' featuring a blend of 14 grime and rap tracks, with appearances from Luton based Young Kye and Nafe Smallz, JME, Opium, Rival and a solid selection of instrumentals from S-X, Wiley, G Tank and more.

If your wondering what 'Obzokey Wranglings' means, the Roll Deep member recently answered the question in an interview.
"Obzokey is a word I made up that means,just doing a normal thing in a next way. With the project I recorded it all by myself. Pressing record and then running in the booth,trying to do it in one take. Wranglings is just a word for doing your normal day to day stuff. so…yeah ‘Obzokey Wranglings."

Although this release is not purely grime, Manga proves that he can spit just as well over slower tempo's as he can 140bpm. Although if raps not your thing, the quality of the grime tracks on this release more than make up for that. Make sure you look out for '48 Hours' featuring Opium, Rival and Young Kye.

Aside from this mixtape, Manga has also recently released the single 'No Mc', produced by Preditah, featuring fellow Roll Deep pals Scratchy & J2K which you can purchase from iTunes here http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/no-mc-single/id467681780

Download the mixtape 'Obzokey Wranglings' for free by visiting his website http://www.rolldeepmanga.com/ and clicking the artwork.

Watch the video for '48 Hours' feat. Opium, Rival and Young Kye below.

J Beatz - 8 Bar Mucktion [Audio]

This year so far in 2011, we've seen decent grime tracks being released one after the after, including Spartan, Lock Off The Rave and many many more. Well this trend shows no sign of stopping, as we start to approach the end of the year, after Logan premiered a track last Monday, which is already creating a massive buzz around it.

The track I'm talking about is from North London producer J-Beatz, entitled '8 Bar Mucktion', which features an all-star cast of grimes top mc's. The track I'm sure will be remembered as the 'Grime All-Star Track Of The Year', featuring an epic lineup including, 9 Milli Major, Big H, Kwam, Big Narstie, Sharky Majoy, Blay, MIK, Typah, Dimples, Jammin, Rival and Tre Mission.

Look out for a video for the track coming soon.

Follow J-Beatz on twitter here www.twitter.com/jbeatzmusic

Rival - Talk That Official Video x Kids Of Grime Interview [Video]

The hardest working mc in grime is back yet again with new material, this time with an official video, filmed and edited by Lockdown Records, for the track 'Talk That'. We all know Rival as an mc who's bars are filled full of violence and rage, but this track takes a different approach to what we've been used to hearing and instead explains the reasons behind his lyrics.

Just lately I've heard a lot of people saying that Rival is one of the best in the scene right now. Well in my opinion versatility is one of the things that separates you from the rest and puts you in the top mc category and with tracks like this Rival is doing exactly that.

You can hear Rival talk more in depth about this in the interview below, that he recently had with Remel for Kids Of Grime TV and also talk of upcoming releases.

Photography By Verena Stefanie (KidsOfGrime)

Roachee - Roach Material Vol.1 Out Now [Free Download]

The long awaited mixtape is finally here from the 'When I'm Ere' mc and it certainly doesn't disappoint either. After recently seeing the video for 'Sith Lord', which was dropped a few days before the release, it was clear to see that Roachee was back, this time with a arsenal of new bars but delivered in the same gritty way from his former Roll Deep days.

The ten track release features a wide range of styles, from the dark gritty tracks were used to hearing Roach on, like 'Filthy Rich', which is produced by myself, and Sith Lord, we also see some deep tracks expressing emotion that may surprise some people to hear, with tracks like 'Why' and 'Life'.

Features on the release include mc's Dirty Danger, Stutta, Fuda Guy, Rapid and Rival, with productions from Teddy, Dirty Danger, myself and more.

Download the mixtape for free here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/fzw1kr

Rival - Music Is My Life (Prod. By Rude Kid) [Free Download]

The 'Hardest Working' mc in grime is back with another track this week entitled 'Music Is My Life' and this time it's up for free download. The track, produced by Rude Kid, is a much deeper track than what we're used to hearing from the 'Gun Reload' mc and certainly shows how versatile Rival can be. This is now the second time we've heard Rival, team up with Rude Kid to express his views on the music scene, after the recent track entitled 'Why' which also features Roachee & Stutta.

Download the track here Rival - Music Is My Life (Prod. By Rude Kid)

Photography By Verena Stefanie (Kids Of Grime)

Rival Freestyle-Trending Topic TV [Video]

The 'Lock Off The Rave' star Rival must be the single most hard working mc this year, it seems every week we see him feature on a new track or new video or appear on a new freestyle. Well yet again we get to see Rival on a brand new freestyle video, filmed by Trending Topic TV, and again he shows us the high levels he's at right now.

Photography by Verena Stefanie (Kids Of Grime)

Rival-Gangster Freestyle [Video]

After the recent success with Z Dot's 'Gangster' instrumental and the currently released EP which contains features from a dozen different mc's on the track, there's one mc we didn't hear over this beat and to be honest I think it surprised people that they didn't.....that mc is Rival.

Well what a shame it is that Rival didn't feature on the EP, because this has to be one of the best (if not the best) version there is to date. Rival absolutely murders this freestlye, using the sample from the beat in conjunction with the hook and even sending for Z Dot himself, which we can only assume is to do with not being featured on the track in the first place. Having a mc send for you on your own instrumental, surely that takes the definition of par to a next level?

Watch the video below which was filmed and edited by Trending Topic TV

Photography by Verena Stefanie (Kids Of Grime)

Deja Vu FM Set- DJ Shox + Diesel,Rival,Jammin,Jamakabi,Jammer+More [Audio]

Just lately we've seen Grime Veteran Diesel bring back grime to our airwaves with Deja Vu Fm with their new monday night sessions filled full of grime. On this weeks show we saw a massive line up of mc's including Diesel,Jamakabi,Jammin,Big Narstie,Discarda,Rival,Sharky Major,Badness and more, whilst DJ Shox span the best in grime from 8-10 pm.

Download the set here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NB5L4G2T

Z Dot-Route To Success Part.3 Official Mixtape [Free Download]

Producer Z Dot releases the official mixtape 'Route To Success Part 3' for free download as part of the latest in the mixtape series. The mixtape features vocals from Wiley, Rival,Merky Ace, Doller and more and productions from Z Dot himself and Dan Dare , co-member of The Elite. One of the UK's top producers having worked with every big name in the scene, has certainly earned himself the title of the work rate king after only just releasing the highly acclaimed 'Gangsters' EP.

Download the official mixtape here

Roachee,Stutta & Rival-WHY [Video]

The start of the week sees a brand new video from Roachee,Stutta & Rival entitled 'Why' taken from Roachee's forthcoming project. Each mc gives their view on the music scene and its current state over Rude Kid's deep production.

This is certainly a certified hit and its good to hear a track expressing the opinions of mc's over the music scene these days, which is something we haven't seen much from before. The video filmed and edited by Danny Streetz is also very fitting which let's the track do most the work, while also helping to catch the anger expressed.

Mixclique Vision-Rival,Styler,Sicx & Nee-Hi Freestyle [Video]

Mixclique , which consists of DJ Ethic and DJ/Producer Neon Beats, have really been putting the work in lately with their latest videos series known as Mixclique Vision. After already airing two episodes, which feature interviews from DJ Spooky and Elijah from the Butterz Label , they bring you the third installment. The latest episode is the first freestyle video they've done so far which features Rival, Styler, Sicx and Nee-Hi.

I have to admit that this was the first time I've really heard anything from Ipswich mc Nee-Hi but I was impressed, he certainly goes in on this freestyle as do the rest of them.

Moeshin Pictures Caught A Moesh With Rival & Jammin [Video] [Freestyle]

Just lately we've seen a lot of video's from Moeshin Pictures, including freestyles from Nico Lindsay, Kwam and 9 Milli Major to name a few. Well the other day , whilst at producer G-Tank's studio, Moeshin Pictures caught up with two mc's with a big buzz around their name in the scene right now.

Here's the latest edition to the 'Caught a moesh' series from mc's Rival and Jammin.

Rival proves in this freestyle why he's so highly rated in the scene right now,

Jammin goes in 110% on this freestyle with his catchy sing-along bars.

Manga Ft. Opium,Rival & Young Kye - 48 Hours (Video)

Brand new track from Manga taken from the forthcoming mixtape entitled " Obzokey Wranglings".
48 hours features a heavy line up consisting of Manga,Opium,Rival & Young Kye over a brass driven ZDot beat, with the video being filmed by Capone. Every Mc on the track delivers as expected and its good to hear Opium on something again. Watch out for the mixtape coming very soon.