PARKER: Where’s My Monkey? – free download

PARKER: Where’s My Monkey? – free download
Not just the cry of a porn actress who’s developed a beer belly, ‘where’s my monkey?’ is now also a dubstep remix of TC’s Where’s My Money? from Bristol-based DJ/Producer Parker. You can download Where’s My Monkey?…DOWNLOAD? WATCH VID./ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

UNKNOWN PROPHETS: Le System D – LP release details + tracklist

UNKNOWN PROPHETS: Le System D – LP release details + tracklist
(PRESS RELEASE) In the book “The Nasty Bits” the chef and writer Anthony Bourdain refers to System D – the MacGyverish, git-r-done, don’t look too closely at how many eggs got busted in pursuit of an omelet approach that professional cooks use to get dinner on the table, no matter what. The foundational Minneapolis hip-hop group Unknown Prophets took System D as their title for this album, their fourth album, and first since 2006’s The Road Less Traveled, and so present this 11 course prix-fixe meal designed to satisfy the deepest hungers. Like the hunger in rap for musicians who can play their own instruments – when Jay-Z called for hip- hop to pay attention to bands like Grizzly Bear he had no way of knowing that at that very moment MaD SoN was composing this album on guitar. And the hunger of Big Jess to use rap to address more than bling and shopping, to take on existential issues like the propensity of the universe to ignore us, or as he says in track 6, “Don’t you ever feel like screaming/at the top of your lungs for no reason/in the middle of a crowded place/and people stare at you like you’re from outer space…” In restaurants they call cooking that incorporates the influence of many cuisines Fusion; If Le System D was a meal you’d call if a Fusion of underground dance artists like the Avalanches (see track 5 for more on this), hard rock, and swift, playful elegant rhyme in the style of early Eminem, but in Big Jess,Willy Lose, and MaD SoN’s hands this fusion cooking is far more than the sum of its parts, it’s a new cuisine, an unforgettable meal, a satisfying repast that proves that it truly is far better to have a meal prepared by chefs who have been kicking around the kitchen enough to know their way around a knife. - Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl (Food Critic for MN Monthly/Editor-in-chief Real Food)

Hate Face, the lead single from LSD, features the Seattle-based rapper Grieves- recently featured as MySpace's Indie Artist to watch for. The song is a "love gone bad" break up song with a killer hook and a catchy melody. Doomtree powerhouse producer Lazerbeak and newcomer Chickenbone trade production licks with Big Jess on the instrumental cut "Tap Dance." The song "Forever" features Swedish MC Promoe of the Swede Grammy winning group Looptroop Rockers. "Fresh" is another warm weather anthem featuring South Minneapolis' own New MC and the beautiful vocals of Alicia Steele. Portland based rapper Braille lends his skills to "Explore". "What I Live For" set to be the second single from LSD, is another catchy track that lends it's inspiration from the long and cold winter months here in Minnesota.

Unknown Prophets will hold their CD Release Party at First Ave in the Mainroom on Thursday, December 3rd. Joining them will be the artists on the "Strange Journey" tour; Kentucky based hip hop wonders the CunninLynguists, Looptroop Rockers, and Grieves. With DJ Anton and DJ Espada on the tables to keep the night moving to a groove.

Made from scratch; a truly homemade album of natural freshness and awesomeness!!!

Album Release Date: 12-01-2009

Unknown Prophets - Le System D - tracklist
1.Bleeds & Sweats
2. Forgot You Were Human
3. No More Hell
4. Hate Face* (feat. Grieves)
5. Tap Dance (feat. Lazerbeak & Chickenbone)
6. Explore (feat. Braille)
7. Stand Our Ground (ft. Brent Snyder & Anneke Kampman)
8. Face The Storm
9. Fresh (feat. New MC & Alicia Steele)
10. Forever** (feat. Promoe)
11. What I Live For**
(hidden track #13 Dangerous)
*Lead Single
**Other suggested singles

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DEEP STREET SOUL: Deep Street Soul – 2009 – Album review

DEEP STREET SOUL: Deep Street Soul – 2009 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: Crate Diggin – Kick Out The Jams – Greenbacks – Papa Jumps – Red Raw
SOUNDBITE: “I know how you want it child/ Hot, quick and tight”
RATING: 5/5
At the risk of repeating comments made elsewhere about Melbourne’s Deep Street Soul, I’ll mention again that this LP is dirtier than a night with your favourite porn star. This is just as well, for while the deep funk scene is one that seems particularly crammed with technically gifted musicians they are not always as inspired as you might hope. In other words it’s also a scene weighed down by pastiche where the Meters cast a particularly long shadow and if this LP is one where yet again the influence of New Orleans’ favourite funky sons is very much in evidence, it’s…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

CTRL Z: Ruffneck ’09 remix masterclass video

CTRL Z: Ruffneck ’09 remix masterclass video
Interested in how breaks bandits Ctrl Z remixed Freestylers’ Ruffenck? Now’s your chance to find out with young Tommy Dash. Bear in mind that the video below is only Part 1 so should that not sate your appetite for vicarious knob-twiddling…WATCH VID/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

COMPETITION: THE HEAVY live @ The Garage 26/11 WIN free entry and CD LP

COMPETITION: THE HEAVY live @ The Garage 26/11 WIN free entry and CD LP
Garage-rock/ soul crossover kings The Heavy released their second LP The House That Dirt Built last month and you know you want a piece of that action. Well, here’s your chance: the first two correct answers to the question that follows will WIN:…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

FLIP SKATEBOARDS: ‘Extremely Sorry’ Soundtrack

FLIP SKATEBOARDS: ‘Extremely Sorry’ Soundtrack
The last track on this sees Warren G gives old Nate a pass and hook up instead with another Dogg – Snoop by name – you might have heard of him. Also, if you’ve ever wondered what Motorhead’s Lemmy sounds like singing on anything other than Ace Of Spades now’s your chance to find out as he does a totally un-ironic cover of Stand By Me with his two lovely assistants: L.A. based ‘alternative/ thrash/ electronica’ producer (according to his myspace) Baron (the lynchpin behind this soundtrack) and pro-skater Geoff Rowley who now (according to wikipedia) resides in Huntington Beach, Orange County. I stayed in Huntington Beach once. I didn’t see Rowley People but I did see a couple nearly get arrested for dancing in a bar that didn’t have a ‘licence’ for dancing.

(PRESS RELEASE) THE SOUNDTRACK TO FLIP’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW FILM:
‘EXTREMELY SORRY’
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DJ ANGELO: Dizzee Rascal vs. Monie Love – Fix Up, Look Sharp (Shameless remix) – Free download + video

DJ ANGELO: Dizzee Rascal vs. Monie Love – Fix Up, Look Sharp (Shameless remix) – Free download + video
It’s a fact plain and simple that the remix/ mash-up/ bootleg crowd have a far better idea of what a dancefloor beat should be than many of those who whose beats actually chart and DJ Angelo is no exception. Was he inspired by Nice Up’s year or two old rerub of Old School, the use of The Adventures of Stevie V’s Dirty Cash on Dirtee Cash or just moved to pity by the sorry ass shit that was Bonkers? I don’t fucking know. I DO know that you can download this topically retro mash-up…DOWNLOAD? WATCH VID/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

NOUVELLAS: Nouvellas – 2009 – Album review

NOUVELLAS: Nouvellas – 2009 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: Baby You Change Your Mind – Satisfied - I Can’t Take It – These Days Are Gone - Reputation
SOUNDBITE: “I’m not your dirty little secret/ I’m not around just when you need it”
RATING: 5/5
Hot damn! I’ve been waiting on this since I first heard Nouvellas a couple of years back with what was to become their first single Satisfied and, indeed, the driving Stax rhythms-meets-60s garage-rock approach of that track (the second on this album) is utterly representative of the sound of a band who rose from the ashes of more conventional New York soul/funk outfit The Dansettes. Nouvellas stand out from the rest of the retro soul-influenced crowd for three main reasons
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CTRL Z vs FREESTYLERS: Ruffneck ’09 video

CTRL Z vs FREESTYLERS: Ruffneck ’09 video
I haven’t got the energy for this though you might have - it’s the vid for those free Ruffneck mixes posted up last week. If your club nights involve huge quantities of man-made mood enhancers and if you didn’t already – you can cop them…WATCH VID./ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

SWOLLEN MEMBERS: 'Bollywood Chick' Video

SWOLLEN MEMBERS: 'Bollywood Chick' Video
The ‘Members use a bhangra sample as an excuse to get some fit Asian birds into a video. Or maybe they used some fit Asian birds in a video as an excuse to get a bhangra loop on one of their tracks. Either way this one involves a bhangra loop and some fit Asian birds. Trashy but I kinda like it. And it’s got dancefloor smash written in intricate hena designs all over it.…WATCH VID/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM