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HHC Digital’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Photography by Kristina Hill
Get money! Ras Kass asked fans to cough up a collective $3,800 for the financing of his new album. A $15 dollar donation gets you, um, a copy of the CD, but for $1000 you also get some scribbled ‘Nature Of The Threat’ lyrics, a couple of [...]

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Every year the Village Voice poll a huge range of music writers and critics for their top ten favourite albums and singles of the year and then tally the votes up into one mammoth list. This time around, Animal Collective’s ‘Merriweather Post Pavillion’ took the top long-playing spot and Jay-Z’s ‘Empire State Of Mind’ nabbed [...]

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HHC’s rap round-up…
By Richard Watson
Photography by Kristina Hill
Send in the clones! This week, MF Doom once again found himself accused of getting an imposter to do his metal-faced bidding at a live show. When HHC Digital reached out to Dumile for a comment, he strenuously denied the allegations − but in a thick Geordie accent, [...]

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MR CHOP
‘FOR PETE’S SAKE’
(NOW-AGAIN)
Mr Chop says: “A unique take [on Pete Rock covers] has lead to an album that ‘the heads’ will recognize by the Tom Scott sax-line Pete poached for ‘T.R.O.Y.’ or a host of other sample-based calls and response deconstructed into their component parts and reassembled again.”
We say: After holding down a chunk [...]

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JAY ARE
‘THE 1960S JAZZ REVOLUTION AGAIN’
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They say: “The incomparable hip-hop producer J Rawls is back with another instalment of jazz-hop excitement, this time teaming up with the extraordinary talent of John Robinson aka Lil Sci. Together they are Jay Are!”

We say: Even if you thought you’d had your fill of mid-tempo Lone Catalysts style tracks [...]

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HHC Digital’s launch issue is now available to download by clicking here!
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Photography by Kristina Hill
What’s the story behind the song ‘Costume Foolery’ (re-named ‘Batty Boyz’) on the new album?
“That’s the most retarded song on the whole shit! I think that was the first record I recorded for the whole thing. The way that shit came about, it still touches on how hip-hop kinda is with the [...]

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Photography by Kristina Hill
“That’s King Jorge! We call him Davie Bowie, ‘cos he’s the star of our crew. That’s Rockstar Jorge! I met him the same time I met Bobbito, both of them were working up at Def Jam. Jorge was working in the mail department. I think Bob got him the job, and he [...]