Zulu Nation Boxing Day Blog

Greetings Rap Fans and Hip Hop heads,

I hope you’re all having a grand festive season. My Christmas Day was punctuated by a number of Hip Hop artist’s calling me in varied states of inebriation either rapping or beatboxing down the phone to me whilst others called just to wish me well for  Christmas! It sure did make me smile!!

It’s been a highly productive year for UK Hip Hop which didn’t worry or pander to the charts or chase popularity. This was the year  that Hip Hop from the UK just got on with it. As a result we saw some amazing returns from our top homegrown established acts  such as Blak Twang and Roots Manuva. We saw our rising stars like Bashy and Estelle take it to another level and we also saw  some highly impressive debuts from a plethora of new rappers, MC’s and producers.

Join me Monday night as we look back at what was great in 2008! If you missed out it’ll be a good time to catch up! And you do  want to catch up as you do not want to get left behind in 2009!

Big shout to those last week who locked in from Australia and Holland! Send an e-mail to your crew and spread the word.

Zulu Nation Rap Show Playlist from 22nd December 2008

Remember, if you are an artist and you recognise your peers in the playlist then you need to get at me with your material.

If you’re a listener then feel free to go through the playlist and research some of these artists and their music.

Keep supporting the show, keep supporting the music and keep supporting BANG Radio!!

Peace and blessings

TJ Chill Zulu Nation Rap Show, Mondays 10pm - Midnight

Hello from New York

Hi Guys,

Sorry for my lack of recent blogging! I’m currently in New York and have been checking out the music scene out here. Oh yeah, and the food!

I thought it was cold in London, I was wrong. It’s minus five in NYC and there’s a snow storm at the moment. Now don’t get me wrong i’m all for snow giving you that special Christmas feeling, but when it gets to the point where you can’t feel your toes, I tend to turn into the Christmas Grinch!

Here’s me walking the streets of NYC with my unsuitable new haircut:

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A few weeks back DJ Nephu came onto my Sunday Showcase Sessions Show and played a sick set! He’s signed to NYC based Milkcrate Records, which is run by DJ/Promoter/Producer extraordinaire Aaaron La Crate.  I hooked up with Aaron the other day and he invited me to his and Mark Ronson’s party that they were both djing at in NYC. Talk about putting on a show! Apart from making the crowd go wild with their sets, the combination of acrobats and clips of old movies playing on big screens gave the finishing touch to the night. Check it out:

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Will keep you updated on my travels. Hope you’re all having a good break!

Steve

Another Sick Show!

Another sick show from IronBraydz and Dj Bruce Wayne.

This week they had Nathan “Flutebox” Lee in the studio and they talked about they’re favourite RnB ladies like Left Eye, Christina Millian, Mel B, Aliyah, Alica Keys and Da Brat.

They played new tracks from the likes of Common, Jay-Z, Redman & Oh No, Rich boy, Jake One feat Royce da 59 and Elzhi.

With an amazing display of Nathan’s talent, Dj Bruce Wayne was left speechless.

Catch them next week playing the best of 90’s Hip-Hop and more interesting topics.

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