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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
I’m out for presidents to represent me: This week, Jay-Z and the missus popped round Barack’s crib, a cultural convergence that represented either the incredible power of hip-hop in smashing social barriers, or the incredible power of cardigans in rehabilitating the image of a man who once stabbed a peer [...]

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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Hard to believe that life could throw up any more cruel surprises for the kids orphaned in the Haiti earthquake tragedy, but it emerged this week that one of them could be getting Trina for a mother. Meanwhile, Russell Simmons defended Wyclef’s much-scrutinised Yele for Haiti charity and there [...]

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Their name and image may have all the trappings of another hipster doofus project to skip quickly over, but Bossasaurus’ recently released ‘Shove These Fossils Up Your Magnificent Creationist Ass’ is a top slice of sophisticated rap remix action. Whether flipping mid-’90s classics from the Wu and Tribe, or adding a new sheen to tracks [...]

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HHC’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Proving that today’s rappers aren’t oblivious to the big issues, Wale posed the question, ‘What if Tupac had a Twitter account?’ Next week, Wale speculates on how the advent of TiVo recording technology combined with the explosion of cookery shows would have impacted Biggie’s life, and what Big Pun would have [...]

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“You’re talking to a man that has like 50,000 records in his collection!” laughs the venerable DJ Spinna when asked to name-check a few classic and recent favourite albums. With his own ‘Sonic Smash’ set promising a return to the “straight boom-bap” side of his production, here’s his cornerstones…
STEVIE WONDER ‘SONGS IN THE KEY OF [...]

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Full rummage through his crates coming in HHC Digital 003, but as a teaser here’s DJ Spinna’s favourite rap picks in the album stakes…
DIAMOND DISTRICT ‘IN THE RUFF’
“This is Oddisee and it’s an incredible record. To me, this is really defining what hip-hop from New York should be – and they’re from Baltimore! They represent [...]