LISTEN AGAIN - Catch Melanin Nine on the Hip Hop Show - Tuesday 7-10pm

Don’t miss M9 on The Hip Hop Show with Mr.13, Tuesday 7-10pm on BANG 103.6FM

Melanin 9’s less doubtful journey into the path of hip hop started from a young age of 14, from which stemmed from a big inspiration of various legendary emcees and producers such as Mobb Deep, Nas, Onyx, Ras Kass, The Ummah, Lord Finesse, Pete Rock, and Wu-Tang to say the least. His ardent ambition to study further into the mechanisms of emcing would land him into his first appearance on the mic with a group known as “Anarchy” at the age of 15 from which was formed from a close school friend known as propaganda. The team consisted of six members M9 being the last member to be embraced. “I would check Ty (Propaganda) and we would freestyle for hours from the beats he made on his ejay, I was blown away by talent he had, just to hear a person I knew make beats on that level was a big insipration for me, we would then find the right lyrics and we would start to record until a track was made”.

M9 would religiously attend a local youth club, who were relentlessly focused on getting teenagers of the streets and into music, the lessons taught by the music engineers would familiarise him with the production side of hip hop and he would go on to produce his first track “Maintain” with another group of boys known as “Illite 13”. From this track blossomed a spiritual bond with this group and was soon initiated as part of them, the members being “Mayhem and Ozeeks”. “ I knew mayhem from school his brother was my brothers age group, we would always show each other love, until one day I went to check him and I would find out we shared the same love for the rap game, we would freestyle for days in his brothers yard to some I’ll new york beats, he showed me a lot of what i know today about emcing”. M9’s name was now beginning to have a local buzz, but the struggle to deal with the hardships of being a teenager was ever so prominent, from dropping in and out of college, to observing his local surroundings had him reflecting what he saw on his lyric pad and viciously transending his lyrical ability.

At the age of 21 M9 found himself anxious to let the world hear his material but with no avenues to put it out left him frustrated, eventually he would uncannily stumble upon a very skilled rapper known as skriblah dan gogh, from coincidenlty living next door to each other at a foyer. At that point skriblah was well known from being a member of a group known as “terra firma”. Skriblah was determined to let the world know about m9 through any avenue he thought was possible, they then began to realte to each others struggle on a track known as “Cold” which was a big turning point for m9, from this point he would become friends with another well known producer called chemo. His relationship with skriblah also had him gravitating towards two hackney emcees known at the time as “phalanx heresy”. “I remember being in skriblah’s room and these two guys came to check him, we started to politik on the game and how its changed and what we can individually offer to it, we began to form a cypher. I remember being very impressed with the duo’s lyrical abilities and wanting to engage in future collaborations”.
The plot began to thicken as m9 found himself recording a track with phalanx heresy called “Politikin” from this track formed two other tracks known as “Pyramid Warz” and “Children of the Matrix”. At this point a decision was made to consolidate talents into one group which will stop at nothing to deliver a message of the mental, physical and spiritual barriers their nation faces on a daily basis, the groups name would be “Triple Darkness”. By March 2007 Melanin 9’s first official solo offering “Hi Fidelity” was presented to the world. His dream of always wanting to sell a product from himself in major stores became a reality. Even though it was seen as an album it was only a mixtape, which received very positive feedback to say the least, from major magazine article writers such as Hip Hop connection, Blues & Souls and DJ mag. His singles “4 Souls” and “Cold” received very heavy rotation on radio stations such as BBC1 Xtra”, BBC Asian, Itch FM and many more. His solo offering had major promoters intriged and was given a chance to open shows for artists such as Styles P, Saigon, Immortal Technique, Redman and Method Man.

Check out M9’s blog:
http://melanin9.blogspot.com/

Cyrus Malachi joins Mr 13 on The Hip Hop Show - Tuesday 7pm - 10pm

Don’t miss Cyrus on the Hip Hop Show with Mr 13, Tuesday 7pm - 10pm on BANG 103.6FM

Cyrus Malachi burst onto the uk hip hop scene with his Triple Darkness crews 2008 release and debut album ‘Anathema’, an L.P which has become known as a uk classic, it brought one of the most unique, distinctive sounds ever heard on these shores, it was a dark, bone chilling epic, a harrowing journey through the neighbourhoods they grew up in, one of the vividest, most cinematic street narratives ever offered this side of the pond, infused with nuwaupic teachings and spiritual knowledge attained by the crews pusuit of wisdom, sparked by early hip hop influences, Cyrus Malachi had some of the most memorable verses on this project and it was clear to the listener he and his clique were no ordinary emcees, He then made another assault on the uk game in the same year as a heavy feature on the M9 solo project 144,000, his cameo’s on this body of work were monumental to say the least, one of the best was the cameo alongside M9 and Wu Tang Swordsmen Bronze Nazereth on the Beat Butcha produced soul windows where the three emcees flowed effortlessly to create a dusty loop, organic sample based soundscape riddled with the highest callibre of lyricsm In 2009 he became part of argueably the most talented group ever put together in Britain, The Orphans of Cush the group consisted of Kyza Smirnoff, Cyrus Malachi, Melanin 9, and Masikah, deemed by everyone as a certified supergroup unparralled in the scene, fans eagerly awaited the collosul mixtape ‘White Noize’ all year, it finally dropped in October 2009 to rave reveiws and the mixtape is always likened to an album beacause the sheer quality of work and the adept architecture of the songs warrents this credence. His most recent work to drop has been on Endemics ‘Terminal Illness’ album, and the combined Cappo and Endemic E.P ‘Needle Drop’ where he stamped his signature flow alongside emcees like Ruste Juxx, Iron Braydz, Scorzayzee and Cappo, over the break your neck, hard body production of the transatlatic Beatsmith Endemic, during these first two years of his career he has worked with emcees like Kyza, Jehst, Skribblah, Ruste Juxx, Ill Bill, Sav Killz, Leathaface, Njeri Earth, Bronze Nazareth, M9, Iron Braydz, Mohammed Yahya, Cappo, 9 Planets, Blasphemy, he has also supported live world renowned artists like GZA/Genius of the Wu Tang Clan, Saigon, Immortal Technique, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Redman and has worked with producers like Beat Butcha, Chemo, Endemic, Anatomy, LG, Jon Phonics… Now in 2010 Cyrus Malachi is due to release his long awaited solo L.P on No Cure Records, still untitled this promises to be a breathtaking album from one of the most intricate, emotive, thought provoking and vivid lyricists ever to come from the U.K, possible features include TD, M9, Jehst, Kyza Smirnoff, Cipher Jewelz, Darkim be Allah, Timbo King, Ruste Juxx,Iron Braydz, Kevlar 7 and Shabazz the Disciple with production from Beat Butcha, Chemo, Anatomy, jon Phonics, Seventh Dan, Diplamat and Endemic, many fans of the game and of Triple Darkness will be salivating anticipating this debut set to be a potential classic and definate masterpiece from a master sketcher who never comprimises his style, always hard, always authentic Cyrus Malachi is a true breath of life in this dieying art form we call hip hop

LISTEN AGAIN - Mr 13’s Rap Up - Every Wednesday 10am-1pm on The Morning Show

Catch Mr 13 on The Morning Show every Wednesday 10-1pm on BANG 103.6FM

You might know Mr 13 from his exploits on the Breakfast Show alongside co host Tamara. You may have even seen him perform a P.A. or at an open mic in various venues around London. Well now you can catch him at his new time here on BANG 103.6FM every Wednesday from 10am-1pm. As well as giving you the very best in RnB, Hip Hop,Funky and Bashment new and old, he gives you the ‘Hot Topic’ of the day and his “Oh No You Didn’t” feature. This is a light hearted segment where 13 highlights a news story of some ‘not so smart’ behaviour by an individual. A recent “Oh No You Didn’t” featured a man who won 10,000 Euros on a scratch card during a Ryan Air flight. Upon discovering he couldn’t claim his prize immediately, he threw what will surely be his most expensive tantrum ever and decided to swallow the winning scratch card forfeiting his 10,000 Euros prize! Mr 13’s most memorable feature though is his ‘WEDNESDAY RAP UP’ in which he rounds up the weeks entertainment news and gossip in a 1 minute rap. You can hear this every single Wednesday at 12.15pm.

Hear the Second in the series:
YouTube - Mr 13 Weekly Rap Up - 2nd

Hear the first in the series:
YouTube - Mr 13 Weekly Rap Up - 1st

At the end of every month Mr 13 (firts to his friends) is going to put the 4 weekly rap ups together and make a track that wraps up the hole month. This track will then become a competition prize and one or two lucky competition winners will get to take a copy home with them. Every new month the instrumental he raps on will change, and he is holding a competition for producers to be part of the next months rap up.

If you are a producer and you want your beat to be used as the ‘WEDNESDAY RAP UP‘ for April, receiving airplay on BANG 103.6FM and online on www.bangradio.fm, then send your instrumental to mr13@bangradio.fm The current rap up beat is provided by 7th Dan and he will be doing a live on air interview where he will be given a chance to tell us more about himself and plug whatever project he has out or is currently working on.

So if you want a chance to get your music played on fm radio and on the world wide web, as well as having a live interview then don’t hesitate to get in contact!

You can also hear an see more from Mr 13 at:

www.myspace.com/that13brair
YouTube - Mr 13 Weekly Rap Up

Here is Mr13 Latest Wednesday rap up

 

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