The Hip Hop Chronicle UK

  Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 in stores September 11th (14th for the UK)

Jay-Z performed at the All Points West Festival. He replaced the Beastie Boys following sad news that MCA of the Beastie’s was diagnoised with cancer. To open the show, Jay-Z paid tribute to the group. Elliott Wilson over at Rap Radar said, In a stirring opener on par with his Oasis shocker at Glastonbury, Hov paid tribute to MCA and the Beastie Boys (who he replaced on this show) with   Read More ...

I caught up with Caktuz during his trip to the UK recently. Born in North Carolina but now residing in Brooklyn, Caktuz continues to do his thing. Caktuz was imprisoned for 8 years at a young age. Since his release he’s been on his grind. He is now emcee, a published author, a graphic designer and a businessman. He has done work for Ecko, Sean Jean, LRG. As a music artist,   Read More ...

What an amazing event went down last night @ Southpaw in Brooklyn. Duck Down Records presented, “Tribute To The Classics,” where Marco Polo & Torae opened up performing cuts off “Double Barrel,” and then Black Moon & Smif-N-Wessun traded joints off “Enta Da Stage,” and “Da Shinin.” The homie, J-Hatch, hosted the night & Da Beatminerz held it down providing music on the 1s & 2s. There were guest verses   Read More ...

Talib Kweli and his group Idle Warship will be performing at London’s Camden Centre this coming June. As reported earlier on The Hip Hop Chronicle UK, the Brooklyn MC and the female duo will take to the stage on June 10th. Tickets cost £27.50 and you can purchase them from www.seetickets.com or www.ticketweb.co.uk.   I was fortunate to see Talib and Idle Warship at SOB’s in New York back in February.   Read More ...

Peep this new video from Planet Asia’s new bicoastal crew Gold Chain Military (Planet Asia, Tristate, Killer Ben, Turbin, Killa Kali & Sav Killz). This track is taken from GCM’s Post War mixtape hosted by DJ J-Ronin. Video directed by Jason Steck and Phillip Abrams. And if you havent already, you can download Gold Chain Military’s mixtape “Post War” HERE Thanks to Tunji and J-Ronin

The Misconception Of Maino Jermaine Coleman aka Maino opened up to Gyantunplugged.com about an erray of topics from our sitdown last week. The NYC MC talked to me about his album, the misconception about his stage antics versus his music and who the real MAINO is. Alot of people hear the fun records and immediately dismiss Maino as simply a ringtone rapper. However,to let Maino tell it and we all   Read More ...

Uncle Murda – So What You Saying