Street Soul Productions

BASEMENT SESSIONS x HYPE DOG present THE HEADSPACE MIXTAPE volume 1 (Graphics designed by Soap Box / Release supported by Sensei FM)

2010-01-17T13:53:00.000-08:00

For those of you who are into UK Hip Hop, sometimes you need some Headspace from the below average tracks and throw away rhymes you so frequently hear. Well hear it is! nearly 2 hours of pure, unadulterated headspace!

The Headspace mixtape series is a collaboration of minds between the Basement Sessions podcasts and online Hip Hop community and the Hip Hop Hype Dog blog alongside Uk Hip Hop Mixtapes, Soap Box Clothing and Sensei FM. These four titans of the UK scene have created a mixtape that truly represents where the UK scene is right now.

If you need more convincing, the mixtape includes tracks from (and this really is just a tiny taste of what's to come):
Kashmere, Brotherman, Fallacy, DJ IQ, Lowkey, Mystro, Farma G and TY!!!!!

The Headspace mixtape is coming VERY soon so STAY TUNED!!!!!

BASEMENT SESSIONS PODCASTS: www.basementsessions.podomatic.com
BASEMENT SESSIONS BLOG: www.thebasementsessions.com

HIP HOP HYPE DOG: http://hiphophypedog.blogspot.com/
UK HIP HOP MIXTAPES: http://ukhiphopmixtapes.blogspot.com/

SOAP BOX CLOTHING: www.soapboxclothing.co.uk

SENSEI FM: www.sensei.fm

BIRMINGHAM BREAKFEST SPRING JAM

2010-01-13T13:27:00.000-08:00

Breakfest are back for arguably one of the best Breakin jam's in the country this time featuring a Live PA from Jack Flash, DJ Switch on the decks and Madflow / Swifty hosting:

Breakfest Spring Jam

Cap Centre
Windmill Lane
Smethwick
West Midlans
B663LX

its going off at the next Breakfest as we celebrate 4yrs since Mushroom founded the event at the Custard Factory on St Patricks Day 2006,so we are pulling out all the stops,lots of surprises and giveaways on the day

Live performance from one of the uks top MCs Jack Flash

2 x DMC World Mixing Champ Dj Switch will be spinning

Djs
Timber/Mighty Zulu Kings/BTC
Dj Aidan/Foundationz Crew

Hosts
Swifty
Madflow

Judges
Mouse
M-Phatic
Lamine

As a treat im inviting some of my fave bboys for a special invite only 7 to Smoke

1:Sky chief-Rugged Solutions/Holland
2:Wild Willy-Groove Kings/Holland
3:Reckless Lee-Soul Mavs/UK
4:Lady Boi-Floor Riderz/UK
5:Jesky-STO crew/China
6:Kolobok-Eastside Bboys Russia
7:
8:

in Record time the crew list filled before i even got the page up

4vs4 Crew Battle

1:Floor Riderz
2:Trinity Warriorz
3 Deep Heat
4:RBM
5:Bustin a Hump
6:Soul Mavs
7:S U P
8:Flava Squad
9:Vicious Spirits
10:under attack
11:KSK
12:Freefly Crew
13 Dirty Growlers
14:international allstars
15:MDK
16:Neo Angelos

Reserve List
Deep Heet 2

live Graf Expo from Members of Urban Fabric

support and sponsors

RedBull
www.redbull.com
Soapbox Clothing
www.soapboxclothing.co.uk

Su Lin Designs
www.su-lin.edicypages.com

The Melting Pot
Oasis Birmingham

contact djmushroom69@yahoo.co.uk

2010 its gonna be big

Basement Sessions Live with Brick City Boutique & Sensei FM

2009-07-16T18:19:00.000-07:00

Basement Sessions Live is here!

Coming to you in conjunction with the monthly Angel Islington based Hip Hop market Brick City Boutique and online London based station Sensei FM (created by the now defunct Itch FM radio team)

Location: Rainbow Warehouse, Birmingham
Date: 12th September
Time: 9pm – 3am

Tickets can be purchased from:

http://www.seetickets.com/see/price.asp?code=410605&userid={45E6F57A-B773-4AF0-B182-9738ACC04162}&filler1=see

The line up truly is incredible with acts from around the country performing throughout the night.

The line up includes:
Jack Flash (Huddersfield)
Invisible Inc: Ghost, Kashmere & Verb T (London)
Prose (London)
Unkle Festa & Case Closed
Brotherman & DJ Flipz
Soweto Kinch & The Live Box Band

DJ’s include:
DJ Cro (Birmingham)
Tuf Kut
J’da Kut (Sensei FM)
Disorda (Suspect Packages)
Iron Fingaz (Sensei FM)
DJ Matmann

In addition there will be:
- Louis Den Live Beat Cypher hosted by Kosyne and Sonny Jim & including a beat battle sponsored by King Apparel(so bring your best beats on CD to compete)
- A 3 round rhyming competition sponsored by Soap Box Clothing & CMAT Studios
- Live illustration by 3 top graffiti artists
- Live breakdancing supported by Breakfest

Alongside all of this, Brick City Boutique will be running a Hip Hop market similar to the monthly event they run in Angel Islington. The market will feature the leaders in independent clothing and accessory design so make sure you bring some spare change for a chance to look super fresh!

To buy your tickets please go to:
http://www.seetickets.com/see/price.asp?code=410605&userid={45E6F57A-B773-4AF0-B182-9738ACC04162}&filler1=see

And if for any reason that doesn’t work, just go to www.seetickets.com and search for ‘Basement”

This going to be a massive event, so please spread the word, and we look forward to seeing you!!!!

Stilts Artwork

2009-04-03T05:29:00.000-07:00

Afternoon all!

For those of you who are regulars the site you may have seen some changes in the Artists section courtesy of the infinitely talented Stilts.

Matt Brown aka Stilts is a Guildford (UK) based illustrator / DJ who has designed artwork for artists including Jazz T, Kashmere and DJ Cro to name but a few.

This time round he has created 5 caricatures of the key Street Soul artists:
Vice
REP
Halo
Venom
d. C.

including a group picture.

Slowly but surely the new images are being incorporated into the site, including some updated bios for the artists.

Stay tuned for more info, and also look out for Stilts in the coming months in the Basement Sessions roster.
Peace and blessings
The SSP Team

Musicology - Sample Sessions (2009)

2009-02-01T07:55:00.000-08:00

Musiology started out as a mail only project where a track would be sent around a select bunch of music heads each Sunday, and slowly it eveolved.

Now, Musicology offers up the sample sessions in association with This Is Hip Hop.

Every 2 weeks a new link will be put up for download in the Musicology discussion board.

So far the downloads (which are still available) have included the orginal samples from artists's incliuding A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, C n' N, Blu & Exile and many more.

This will be the 10th session, and we would like to invite you this Sunday to download the new bunch of samples. They come with a full track list, and also include tracks that have used the samples to give you some inspirtaion!

We look forward to hearing your thoughts, and most importantly ENJOY THE MUSIC!

Street Soul Productions presents: Basement Sessions

2009-01-11T06:56:00.000-08:00

Good Afternoon and Happy New Year to you all.

Today Street Soul launches an exclusive 30 minute podcast available every 2 weeks entitled Basement Sessions.

Hosted by Vice, the show contains guest mixes, competitions, interviews and reviews, and of course the freshest music from the UK and beyond.

The show is completely free to download, and a full track listing will be made available alongside the shows link.

All you have to do, is click the link, go to z-share and follow the instructions.

We hope you enjoy the show and please keep in touch,
Peace
The SSP Team

Free Musical Goodness For Your Eardrums

2008-11-08T06:50:00.000-08:00

Afternoon people!
To celebrate Obama's incredible victory this week we thought we would give you lucky bunch a free track!

Why?!

Because this track was recorded a few months back during the debates and we decided that the election was a relevant tie in to R.E.P.s uplifting and postive track called "Changes".

The track is taken from R.E.P.'s forthcoming LP entitled The Distant Traveller, due for release early 2009 on Street Soul Productions

We hope you enjoy it, please give us some feedback, and most of all, sit back and enjoy!

Here's the link -
http://www.zshare.net/audio/51057743d0d7483e/

Peace and love
The SSP Team

Street Soul and Sketch Clothing

2008-09-22T14:35:00.000-07:00

Sketch Clothing, a hot new brand bringing a unique twist on retro and hip hop fashion are joining forces with Street Soul Productions to create a limited edition range of Street Soul clothing.

This is an exciting new area for Street Soul Productions to be involved with, and as we say, we are always ready to Move Forward and diversify.

We will keep you posted with updates and news on when the designs will be available for sale through streetsoulproductions.com alongside a variety of online stores.

Vice on DJ Cro's Main Ingredient Show - PODCAST - DOWNLOAD HERE!!!

2008-09-19T16:10:00.000-07:00

On Monday night (01/09/08) Vice paid a visit to DJ Cro's legendary Main Ingredient show on New Style Radio (www.newstyleradio.co.uk).

DOWNLOAD HERE -
http://mainingredientradio.blogspot.com/

The show includes -
Just to entise you a little bit, here is the playlist (a serious must have for all you hip hop heads -
Ill Bill > Society Is Brainwashed
Madlib > Go! feat Guilty Simpson (BBE)
Elzhi > Motown 25 feat Royce Da 5'9
Jake One > Trap Door feat MF Doom (Rhymesayers)
The LOX > It's Like That
Vice > Rock The Show (Street Soul Productions)
The Roots > What They Do (Geffen)
Venom > So Far (Street Soul Productions)
R.E.P. > Relax (Street Soul Productions)
Slum Village > Fall In Love (Word Play)
Halo > The Elements (Street Soul Productions)
Vice & Panacea > Momentary Emotions (Street Soul Productions)
Roots Manuva > Dreamy Days (Big Dada)
TY > Closer feat Maseo (Big Dada)
Vice & D.C. > Pictures feat Carvalho & Venom (Street Soul Productions)
Dubble & Halo > E=MC2 Dub Illa J > We Here (Delicious Vinyl)
Evil Ed & Conspicuous > The Ill Out feat ... (Ottomanelf)
Skillz > Hold Tight feat Black Thought (Koch)
Oliver Day Soul > You (4Lux)
The Peceptionists > 5 O'Clock feat Phonte (Def Jux)
Venom > New Rapper (Street Soul Productions)

We hope you enjoy the show and be sure to listen live every other Monday.
Peace and love
The Street Soul Productions team

Vice - Let's Flow Competition - Please Vote

2008-09-04T16:14:00.000-07:00

Vice recently entered a rhyming competition called Let's Flow.

He is the only UK entrant to make it to the final 6 and now the public votes are being taken we would really appreciate your support.

Please go to - http://kevinnottingham.com/myblog/2008/09/01/lets-flow-contest-cast-your-vote/

and pick Vice out of the 6 acts.
The competition ends soon, and we need to catch up. Please help Street Soul and support your local scene

d.C. to join labels with Street Soul

2008-06-01T17:00:00.000-07:00

The incredibly talented California based producer, d.C, is set to join Street Soul as an official in house producer.

As with all Street Soul artists d.C. will be merging his US based Soul+Mind Records with SSP to form an international link and stronger force for both promotion and musical connections.

Currently d.C. is working with Vice on an LP entitled The Trans-Atlantic Connection, due for release at the beginning of 2009, and he has recently started work with the underground New York heavyweight emcee Fokis.

Sonny Jim & SSP

2008-04-17T06:11:00.000-07:00

The legendary UK rhyme heavyweight Sonny Jim is set to start work with Vice.

Vice is due to be his new engineer for Sonny's forthcoming project, and is also planned to be involved in the production and mixing process too, offering up a few beats for the project.

Sonny is set to release his new mixtape soon, so we will keep you posted on that front.

In the meantime check out www.karlrdixon.com to see some truely superb photographs of Sonny in the studio, alongside artists including Soweto Kinch, Reggimental, Kosyne, Vice, Venom, REP and many more.