The single "Da Pain" by Big.D stands out as a powerful hip-hop collaboration bringing together several respected emcees from the scene. On this track, Big.D is joined by notable artists including Mr. Cheeks, Craig G, Smooth B, and Ras Kass. The production is handled by legendary producer Easy Mo Bee, with cuts & scratches by DJ Ace "The Cut Lieutenant".
Here is an album that deserves to be released on vinyl in my opinion !! With "Guardians of the Boom Bap", Brooklyn-based producer Amadeus360 and Kentucky-based MC Devine Carama deliver a powerful and cohesive project that pays homage to hip-hop's foundations with sharp lyrics and boom bap productions. The album is an ode to the golden era and a call for a conscious rap revival in today's often watered-down musical landscape. The album wouldn't be complete without a host of seasoned MCs : Blaq Poet, Sadat X, Craig G, Termanology, Reks, King Sun & Mikey D'Struction.
It came out in June, but I've totally forgotten to blog something about it...but it's better late than never, enjoy !
" Prince Po, Chubb Rock, El da Sensei and Craig G drop heavy tracks each one after another on this limited edition single sided 12". Golden Era Giants lace the vocals with Tufkut producing the backing tracks including remixes of tracks previously released on BIP012 and BIP014. " - courtesy of BeatsinProgress
"Anyone familiar with hip hop’s golden era will undoubtedly recognize Craig G from the legendary Juice Crew. Still going strong and rocking at his best since 1988’s The Symphony, Craig G partnered with Wisconsin-based Taiyamo Denku to deliver 11 boom bap tracks that bridge Queens and Milwaukee with bars and beats that take no prisoners and include features from Sadat-X, Rambunxious and Urban Legend." - courtesy of Black Buffalo Records
Visuals for "Let Me know" dropped by Craig G & DJ VR from Switzerland, off the album "Uncut Raw Gems Vol. 1: The Expedition".
Montener The Menace is back with the video of his third single "Take It Back" featuring Craig G and Edo. G, off his forthcoming album "Anyone Home?" available to pre order now on Vinyl & CD. "Take It Back" is produced by Roccwell with cuts by Jabba Tha Kut. Video by Hausriot Studios.
Music video of Nivek Bogeezi & MC Craig G's single "Get Involved" produced by Tone Spliff, off their "The Assignment" EP.
1. Hypnosis (Intro)
2. Jerz To The Jugular feat. El Da Sensei (of The Artifacts)
3. Travelling Man
4. My Way feat. Masta Ace & Phantasm (of Cella Dwellas)
5. Memories feat. Craig G
6. Respect
7. Won't Miss It feat. Lord Tariq
8. We Major feat. Ali Vegas
9. True Colors feat. Melinda Camille
10. Higher Degree
11. Illest Mic Pros feat. Keith Murray
12. Mind Over Matter feat. Ras Kass
13. Let's Go
14. To The People feat. AG (of D.I.T.C.)
15. 718 feat. Chubb Rock
16. Mad Scientists feat. Wordsworth, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Queen Herawin (of Juggaknots) & Truth Enola
Pre-Order : 2xLP white/violet/black splatter vinyl / 2xLP Black vinyl / 2xLP exclusive opaque violet vinyl / CD Digipak
Release Date : April 23rd 2021
"After setting up BeatsinProgress in 1997 with Rob Life many moons ago, Tufkut with his trusty Akais950 and stack of breaks, thought for the 20th anniversary it’d be worth making something special. So with a delay due to adding the extra ingredients, here is the ‘Keep on Diggin’ EP.
Alongside accomplished MC Chrome (DefTex, Chrome & Ill Inspired) for the title track, with a certified Remix by Producer extraordinaire SirBeansOBE (Parlour Talk, Transcript Carriers, MC Kelz) we have some auditory feasts for our music family.
Craig G (Juice Crew, Queensbridge Finest) laces ‘Kill the Nonsense’ rhyming with deadly intent; with an instant flip with a BIP remix too, in case you didn’t catch it the first time.
Percee P (Legendary Lyricist, Rhyme Inspector) fires off ‘Beastin’with his trademark delivery at battle speed and keyboards by Simon Vincent (DefTex, The Occasional Trio) to bring a flair to an rhythmic track designed to get the heads bopping.
A extra bonus track, is the unreleased ‘I Will Not Stop’ from Kashmere (KingKashmere, Strange U, the Iguana man) recorded at the time of his ‘Raw Styles’ records. Performed live with the Receptor records artists but never released on vinyl until now!
All of these tracks plus some select instrumentals are finally available through Burning Anger on beautiful vinyl.
The Artwork is also celebratory of BeatsinProgress reaching 20years.
Tufkut wanted something special and collaborative, so he asked Design friends to do their own versions of the BeatsinProgress logo.
Dan Lish designed the full colour front cover, using his signature style of intricate pen work.
The rear cover has Mark Bode with his characteristic style boldly above the artist credits.
To add the broadly talented Paul Subtwo, with his beautiful version of the logo on the label.
The whole package of Production, Musicians and design Artistry, we hope will be high on your list of collectables and provide some inflections of more to come.
All on limited vinyl released by Burning Anger it’s a timeless record – it won’t be around for long, so buy a copy …or two!. A celebration of our culture and Tufkuts devotion in bringing you something you’ll remember." - courtesy of Britcore Romance / Burning Anger
Available on Black vinyl (100 copies), Green vinyl (100 copies) and Test Press copies (25 copies) handnumbered with stickered labels and alternative cover artwork.
Orders : Black vinyl / Green vinyl
