welchiewelch

Soul Rebels & Sounds Like This Present Fri 15th Nov @ The Wardrobe // Leeds HARLEIGHBLU (Tru Thoughts) The UK's new soul vocal sensation hits Leeds for the first time for the official debut album launch party! + Pieces Of A Man support from Manchester's up-and-coming neo-soul boys + Soul Rebels DJs Harleighblu is Tru Thoughts Records' new signing and rising soul star who is getting lots of love at the moment from all the right places including Mista Jam (Radio 1Xtra), almost weekly plays on the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show on BBC Six Music and coverage on Radio Two via the Jo Wiley Show. Craig Charles personally requested her full live band for his Funk & Soul Fantasy Weekender over August Bank Holiday 2013 in Bristol. It is live where 21 year old Harleighblu shines, mesmerising audiences with her beautiful voice and a charisma that keeps the crowd in the palm of her hand all night long. With two singles in the bag already ("Play Me" and "Enough Now"), her debut album is out on 14th October entitled "Forget Me Not". She drops into The Wardrobe Leeds with her 6 piece live band as part of a major UK album promotional tour taking in over a dozen dates and cities. Watch out when this one takes off in the music press and the wider media and come down and see what all the fuss is about.....you won't be disappointed! Full biography here : http://www.tru-thoughts.co.uk/artists/harleighblu Harleighblu website : http://www.harleighblu.com/ Check her music here on the first two singles videos: "Play Me" - http://bit.ly/1e1TZw9 "Enough Now" - http://bit.ly/14sCNf5 Check this clever cover of the Eurythmics classic premiered by Craig Charles on Radio 2 when sitting in for Jo Wiley: 'Who's that girl' - http://bit.ly/17HWydq Support comes from Manchester's rising neo-soul stars Pieces Of A Man who are musically influenced in equal parts by 70s legends such as Gil Scott Heron and Donny Hathaway as much as they are by more recent soul stars like D'Angelo, Dwele, Bilal and Jose James. Check them out here : http://piecesofaman.org/ Keeping it nice and sweet before, between and after live sets are the Soul Rebels DJs Lubi Jovanovic and Chris Welch....you know how they do it.....from Syl Johnson to Angie Stone, Leroy Hutson to Sharon Jones, Dwele to Donny Hathaway...past, present and future deep soul music.... Doors : 8pm Support band : 8.30pm Headline band : 9.30pm Curfew : 12pm Tickets : £6 advance + bf available from : http://www.seetickets.com http://www.lunatickets,co.uk http://www.jumborecords.co.uk (0113 245 5570 & in-shop) http://www.crashrecords.co.uk (0113 243 6743 & in-shop) The Wardrobe Bar (£6 no booking fee) For all information : http://www.thewardrobe.co.uk – 0113 383 8800

Soul Rebels & Sounds Like This (93.2FM Sheffield Live) Present... OMAR : UK soul legend...live at The Wardrobe Leeds! Friday 11th October 2013 – 8pm-12pm – tickets £12 advance Support from Thabo & The Real Deal + Soul Rebels DJs Undisputed UK soul brother number one Omar is back with his first new album in 7 years! After 6 albums and numerous singles since 1993 for labels like Talkin Loud, Kongo, RCA, Blunt, Naive and Tru Thoughts, the singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist released his debut for UK funk/soul/beats label Freestyle Records this summer. Titled “The Man”, it’s been well recieved by critics and fans alike for it’s usual Omar mix of diverse musical influences and originality! “The Man” shifted over 10,000+ units in it’s first few weeks and with radio support from the likes of Gilles Peterson (BBC 6 Music), Jamie Cullum (BBC Radio 2) and Pete Young (Jazz FM), it looks like being one of his best selling albums ever! Also this year, Omar recieved an MBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace for services to British soul music, and quite rightly so......and this is what soul music royalty say about him : “When I grow up, I wanna be like Omar” Stevie Wonder "Omar is one of my favourite artists ever” Erykah Badu Omar drops into The Wardrobe with his full live band to promote the release and no doubt also feature some classic Omar anthems from past days.....this is no “solo show to backing tracks” affair but the full business with brass and rhythm sections, percussionists and backing vocalists! Last time Omar hit Leeds with the live band was over 4 years ago.... Support comes from Yorkshire’s much respected young acoustic soul band Thabo & The Real Deal who themselves have been notching up great reviews and finding new fans the last few years with a couple of self-released EPs, loads of gigs and support slots for contemporary and legendary soul artists such as Leon Ware, Dwele, Anthony Hamilton and Eric Roberson.... keeping the night moving between live sets are the Soul Rebels DJs (Lubi Jovanovic & Chris Welch). Doors : 8pm - Support band : 8.30pm - Headline band : 9.30pm Curfew : 12pm Tickets : £12 advance + bf available from : http://www.seetickets.com - http://www.lunatickets,co.uk - http://www.jumborecords.co.uk (0113 245 5570 & in-shop) - http://www.crashrecords.co.uk (0113 243 6743 & in-shop) - The Wardrobe bar For all information : http://www.thewardrobe.co.uk – 0113 383 8800

SOUL REBELS : DJ LUBI'S BIG FAT GLOBAL SOUL BIRTHDAY PARTY..... WARA (London), Fayth Hope (USA) & Homecut (First Word) plus DJs Chris Welch (Phuture Motion) & Lubi (Fania/Freestyle).....a night of Cuban jazz/funk meets underground soul, spoken word and hiphop freestyle! Friday 17th May - 9pm to 2am - £6 adv/more on the door Tickets available from The Wardrobe Bar or online via http://www.thewardrobe.co.uk or from Jumbo Records (http://www.jumborecords.co.uk - 0113 245 5570 or in the shop) Tonight’s Soul Rebels session is special as it's my birthday so I'm doing another monster bill of different but related genres including Cuban funk flavours from London's hottest Latin fusion band, a brand new soul diva from Augusa Georgia USA in the UK for the FIRST time plus Leeds' finest MC for the last decade and a half! WARA (London)....launching their debut album on Movimientos Records! Wara is an 10 piece explosion of Cuban timba-funk meets hiphop, jazz, soca and dubstep made up of musicians from across the globe and led by Latina keyboards wizard and singer Eliane Correa. They lead the new young London alternative Latin scene and have played big festivals like Glastonbury, WOMAD and Big Chill. Last in Leeds in 2011 at the Leeds Loves Latino Festival, they're back promoting their new album "Leave To Remain" on Movimientos Records. Check ther story here : http://www.movimientos.org.uk/index.php?section=22&artistid=9 Their live gigs are legend....to get a taste of them, check them out here: FAYTH HOPE (Augusta Georgia USA).....underground soul and spoken word from the birthplace of James Brown! Contemporary soul singer Fayth Hope is from the hometown of James Brown and Sharon Jones, Augusta Georgia. She wrote and produced a self-released six track EP "Out Of Obscurity Part 1 : From The Darkness" in 2012. The single "Truly, Madly, Deeply" Gilles Peterson played on his weekly BBC 6 Music show saying "a little bit Jill Scott, a little bit Marlena Shaw, a little bit Ursula Rucker...plus a lot of originality too!". Songwriter, singer, spoken word poet, Fayth is currently writing and producing tracks for "Out Of Obscurity Part 2" and Soul Rebels is proud to announce she is making her first ever UK appearance at The Wardrobe at this event! You can check Fayth's music and story out here: http://www.faythhope.com/ and http://faythhope.bandcamp.com/ For this gig (and only one more in the UK in London the next day), she is backed by three of Leeds' finest young jazz/soul/hiphop/beats musicians around right now - Aron Kyne (Thabo & The Real Deal/Stop Motion Trio) on keyboards, Sam Vicary (Ikestra) on bass and Matt Davies (Paper Tiger) on drums. Fayth and band onstage 10.30pm. HOMECUT aka TESTAMENT (FIRST WORD RECORDS).....solo live loops, samples & beatbox set! Leeds' premier rapper/MC and conscious wordsmith Andy Brooks aka Testament/Homecut, has been spitting lyrics worldwide for a decade and a half at gigs and on recordings. His debut album "No Freedom Without Sacrifice" (First Word 2009) featured collaborations with Corinne Bailey Rae, Soweto Kinch, J-Live and Andreya Treyana and was followed up in 2012 with the excellent remix project of the same album. Tonight, he showcases his amazing freestyle skills and improvisational talent via his one-man beatbox/live loops & samples show....get down early to catch this....you'll think there's a whole band onstage! Start time 9.45pm. You can check Testament here: http://homecut.bandcamp.com/ SOUL REBELS DJS : LUBI & CHRIS WELCH (PHUTURE MOTION) Birthday boy me, Lubi, will try and spin some heavy jazz, hiphop, deep soul, afrobeat, latin grooves, reggae rhythms and other assortedl black music and global beats gems whilst balancing glasses of Cuban rum in his other hand.....thankfully resident DJ partner in crime Chris Welch (Phuture Motion/Soundwave) will be on-hand to do most of the DJ set.....DJs before, between and after live band sets....clubnight rolls to 2.30am...or maybe even later! THIS IS THE LAST DJ LUBI/SOUL REBELS SESSION OF THE SUMMER!!! We take a break over the summer holidays and come back strong in the autumn with The Abstract Hiphop Orchestra, UK soul legend Omar (Freestyle Records), DJ Timber (Barcelona), The Fontanelles (First Word Records), Jungle Fire (Colemine Records, USA) and possibly but still to be confirmed either Haitus Kaiyote or US soul star Bilal.....or maybe even both!!

SOUL REBELS featuring TY (Tru Thoughts), Dr Syntax & The Mouse Outfit, JD73 ElecTrio & guest DJ Tony Green aka TBreaks (Fresh Jive)... Friday 26th April @ The Wardrobe St Peter's Square Leeds LS9 8AH 9pm-2.30am : £6 advance from http://www.thewardrobe.co.uk or The Wardrobe Bar - more on the door...tickets onsale now! After last autumn's kicking Rebel Soul sessions, the recent Soundwave Festival Croatia Leeds launch party and Jose James gig, I'm back at The Wardrobe in Leeds with my next "DJ Lubi Presents..." session on Friday 26th April.....SOUL REBELS! Another great triple bill of live acts plus DJs and this time it's a "hiphop loves soul, funk and jazz" special with one of the UK's finest rappers of the last decade and a half, the north's top hiphop band plus class MCs, a special live set of hiphop funk/soul/jazz breaks and beats and a Leeds hiphop/bboy breaks don on the decks as guest DJ! TY (Tru Thoughts)...new single and EP launch....live PA with DJ Big Ted on the decks and guest MC Breis...... UK/London don rapper, producer, streetpoet, vocalist and hiphop commentator TY is back after 3 years since his last release and also 3 years since his last Leeds appearance! With previous releases on Big Dada and BBE, past collaborations with De La Soul/Bahamadia/Speech (Arrested Development)/Tony Allen (afrobeat drum legend), he's launching his new EP in April 2013 (“A Kick, Snare and an Idea”) and new single ("Like You Never") for a new label (the always cool Tru Thoughts)….as always, quality music and raps saying something more than just the lyrical spam 90% of today’s MCs trot out! Tonight, he's doing a live PA with London hiphop DJ legend Big Ted (Kiss FM hiphop show with Shorty Blitz and Blak Twang gig DJ) and special guest and fellow London rapper Breis. Onstage around 10.45pm. Check the new single “Like You Never” here : http://www.tymusic.co.uk/ The Mouse Outfit.... Where hip hop and funk collide, that’s where the THE MOUSE OUTFIT live! One of the UK’s top hiphop bands, they’ve made waves out of their Manchester home the last few years supporting Speech Debelle, The Nextmen, Ben Westbeech (Brownswood), Gentlemen‘s Dub Club, DJ Vadim, Sugarhill Gang, The Herbalizer and Akil the MC (Jurassic 5)…that’s some heavyweight company! Also regulars at Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show clubnights, they slap the funk and soul back into hiphop with REAL musicians playing REAL instruments alongside proper MCs (Sparkz and Dr Syntax). Previewing their debut album "Escape Music" out soon. Pure block party mayhem guaranteed! Hitting the stage with Dr Syntax around 11.30pm. Dr Syntax.... One of the UK underground hiphop scene’s most talented MCs for over a decade now, Dr Syntax has been dropping intelligently crafted rhymes on his own releases and on collaborations with the likes of Foreign Beggars, Tom Caruana and The Mouse Outfit to great acclaim. He has supported Wu Tang Clan, The Pharcyde, Slum Village, KRS One, RA The Rugged and is much respected for his diverse rap skills, from holding it down old school hiphop style to the double-time rap attack of grime, as witnessed on his 2010 release “Benny Huge”. When he gets together with The Mouse Outfit, set the controls for 100% hiphop/funk party explosion…… JD73 ElecTrio..... Take 3 musicians who play/played with the likes of Incognito/Leon Ware/Corrine Bailey Rae/Haggis Horns/Eddie Roberts Roughneck/Morcheeba/Nightmares On Wax/New Mastersounds and you know it's gonna be funky! A touch of Herbie Hancock, a piece of Bob James, a little bit Ramsey Lewis....pure soul/funk fusion with a hint of jazz....but come down early….onstage 9.45pm! Soul Rebels DJs Resident DJ and promoter Lubi is joined again by good mate Chris Welch from Sheffield, (Phuture Motion/DIG DEEP/Adelante - Sheffield & Soundwave Festival Croatia). Very special guest DJ is Tony Green aka DJ TBreaks, original Leeds hiphop daddy since the 1990s at the legendary Fresh Jive night and keeping the flame alive for true hiphop and bboy culture in the city since back in the day to the present day…. Expect a big fat mix of all things block rocking…..tough funk, Latin beats, heavy soul, reggae niceness, afrobeat, a touch of jazz, and of course, great hiphop past, present and future…… SOUL REBELS……for those who want something a little deeper from their music……watch out for more great gigs coming soon in 2013!

After a sellout tour of the USA, one of the finest soul/jazz singers of the past 10 years arrives in Leeds as part of his European tour this Weds. Tickets are going fast but there are still some available online and a few at the Golden Harvest (Forum/Sheffield). If you are on facebook and share the flyer on the event thread - you can win a pair of tickets too..! https://www.facebook.com/events/574254282601440/?fref=ts MORE INFO: Jose James is undoubtedly one of the finest jazz and soul singers to emerge in the last decade and in February 2013, he releases his debut album "No Beginning, No End" on the legendary and iconic jazz label Blue Note Records. The American singer will be doing a handful of exclusive UK dates to promote the album release - London, Birmingham, Manchester and this Leeds concert at The Wardrobe. Jose James broke out worldwide at the end of the noughties with two critically acclaimed albums for Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings - "The Dreamer" (2008) and "Black Magic" (2010). They showcased his ability to move easily from jazz to soul to electronica, at home on scat vocal improvisations or post D'Angelo contemporary soul songs, collaborating with producer Flying Lotus, covering 90s hiphop classics by Freestyle Fellowship or appearing live onstage with jazz giants such as McCoy Tyner! Pigeonhole is one word not in this singer's vocabulary! The new album "No Beginning, No End" sees him move further into soul territory and particularly the 1970s soul feeling of many of his heroes such as Marvin Gaye, Leon Ware, Al Green and Donny Hathaway. As always, that surprise and improvisation of jazz is there but with the rhythmic pulse of soul and funk, always topped by the magic of that beautiful baritone voice! Collaborators on this album include label mate Robert Glasper on keyboards, UK boss bassist Pino Palladino, US r&b singer Emily King and Moroccan singer Hindi Zahra. Support comes from UK jazz-funk keyboard maestro Dan Goldman and his JD73 ElecTrio. Dan's credits over the last 15 years include recordings and gigs with The Haggis Horns, Nightmares On Wax, Morcheeba, Corinne Bailey Rae, Joey *****'s Sunburst Band, New Mastersounds as well as leading his own contemporary soul/jazz funk band JD73. The ElecTrio present a set of funk-fuelled jazz fusion recalling an earlier era (the 70s) when the Fender Rhodes was king! Tickets £12 advance + booking fee available at Jumbo Records (St John's Centre, Leeds - 0113 245 5570) Jumbo online tickets direct from : http://www.jumborecords.co.uk/tickets.asp?event_id=14888 Tickets also available in person at The Wardrobe Bar at £12 advance but no booking fee. With this new album being Jose's first in 3 years plus on Blue Note Records, a major push by the label worldwide ensures this gig will sell out! Try get tickets upfront to avoid missing probably the jazz/soul gig of the spring in Leeds/Yorkshire. This concert is a collaboration between DJ Lubi (Lubi Jovanovic), Sounds Like This Radio Show (weekly Sundays 5pm-7pm on Sheffield Live 93.2fm) and Band On The Wall (Manchester). Jose James website : http://www.josejamesmusic.com/ Full info on the new album, sound clips etc.... Venue info : http://www.thewardrobe.co.uk

Long time musical collaborators danny mager, chris welch and levi bussue - operating under the name Phuture Motion release their debut album "The Thief" - May 2010 via the internationally international record label Freestyle Recordings http://www.freestylerecords.co.uk/ 2 years in the making and featuring a host of musical styles and guests from London to NYC to Bogota the album is preceded by a 12"/ download. It's an all-sheffield affair on this one with The Colonel providing a rolling garage remix of the baile-ragga cut "Shape & Size", Mr Dubz givin it that dubstep rinse on the Colombian reggaeton cut "Dimelo Ya" and an extended version of the wonky house number "Glide" and geo from the Hantu Collective on the design! Check out some of the tracks here - including a free download. or here http://www.myspace.com/phuturemotion 12" / download available from April. PhuMot Mixtape coming soon on Soundcloud for some download action - album launch giggggggs coming soon too!!!

Oh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Woooohah this is today. Don't miss....

Yep about 3 or 4 years ago. Really good dj - doesn't just take the easy route... Less than a week to go..should be verily verily good

its goin to be big one. And check out Sounds Like This 93.2FM Sheffield Live http://www.sheffieldlive.org this sunday 5pm for a 30 minute celebration of Quantic's music; for the unitiated and for the fan!

QUANTIC DJ SET @ THE FORUM / Devonshire St THURS 10th DECEMBER FREE ENTRY...thru til 2am Support PHUTURE MOTION (Freestyle Recordings) S****S & JAM http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sheffield-United-Kingdom/Forum-Sheffield/96679732501?v=app_2344061033&ref=nf#/event.php?eid=194026744560&index=1 The legendary Quantic from the Tru Thoughts record label is coming along to The Forum to DJ for FREE!! For all of those that don't know a little bit about what to expect.... Jazz sensibility with future dancefloor orientated grooves, deep funk, tough drums and tropical rhythms. Will Holland is one of the most talented and prolific artists in the world of alternative dance music today. Recording under various guises, Will first found acclaim as Quantic. As well as Quantic and the Quantic Soul Orchestra Will is one half of The Limp Twins, a duo he formed with Russell Porter. Initially a deejay partnership, it wasn’t long before they started recording, with Russell taking on the vocal duties and Will adding the magic with his savvy production. He has enjoyed consistent success with his Quantic moniker, releasing his first album, The 5th Exotic in the summer of 2001. It was picked up on by some of the most respected names in underground music. Richard Dorfmiester, Mr Scruff and LTJ Bukem all rated it very highly, not surprising when tunes like “Common Knowledge” and the near classic “Life in the Rain” had blazed across dance floors all over Europe. With elements of Jazz, Funk and Afro blended with tight breaks and Will’s distinctive production, ‘The 5th Exotic’ proved irresistible and won him many plaudits. A truely inspiring man for anyone who loves music...so come on down and party with Quantic and The Forum. In support, sheffield's own PHUTURE MOTION (Freestyle Recordings) ahead of their debut album "The Thief" being released in 2010.

Next tuesday - don't miss it... Both artists have collaborated with Phuture Motion on their forthcoming album on Freestyle Recordings... MAGiCO & FLOWRIAN have collaborated with BASEMENT JAXX as well as regularly tearing it up at latin music events all over the UK. And as for ALFONSO DE JESUS - world class salsa singer and percussionist!...

ADELANTE @ THE FORUM - EVERY TUESDAY - 9.30-1am The best in latin music since 2003 Djs Chris Welch (Phuture Motion) & Mario Rivas 13th OCTOBER - LIVE SALSA AND REGGAETON !!!!!! ALFONSO DE JESUS (Vocals & Percussionist) vs MAGICO & FLOWRIAN Aka SONIDO CALLEJERO (Live MCs) FREE How often do you get latin acts of this pedigree in Sheffield? Yeah exactly... ALFONSO DE JESUS from Colombia but now based in London was leading singer for ALEX WILSON's SALSA ORQUESTRA and loads more besides. Alfonso possesses one of those voices that shows salsa's true roots - from the streets - what's more he is an absolute DON percussionist!! Recently completing a couple of recordings with Sheffield's PHUTURE MOTION, on this night he collaborates with two of the best reggaeton artists around at the moment MAGICO (who has collaborated with Basement Jaxx amongst others) and FLOWRIAN for a special live salsa/reggaeton show!!! And its FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

PHUTURE MOTION ALBUM "THE THIEF" FORTHCOMING ON FREESTYLE RECORDS http://www.freestylerecords.co.uk Check out some teasers from the album posted up over the coming weeks! http://www.myspace.co.uk/phuturemotion feedback of good and abusive nature always good... Comin in from the latin wing but taking influence from many a dancin music sub-genre (this-a-step, that-a-beat, them-a-hop) along the way and sticking it all thru the especially built phuture motion machine shot thru with that Sheffield sound...yeh that one.... Stand back. Hold onto your hat. Something is comin.......

THE FURIOUS FIVE & KURTIS BLOW........Legend To Legend World Tour! Live @ The Wardrobe, St Peter's Square, Leeds LS9 8AH Saturday 26th September 2009 - 9.30pm until late.... Plus support from Testament (Homecut) and DJs Kid Kanevil (First Word) and Martin Reynolds (Shoesoul) plus more tbc Tickets: £14 advance (plus booking fee) The orginal rap/hiphop "Legend To Legend" world tour rolls into Leeds for an exclusive North East/Yorkshire date at the Wardrobe! The Furious Five (Melle Mel, Rahiem, Scorpio, Kid Creole and the late Cowboy) were the devastating MCs who rocked the mic with pioneering DJ Grandmaster Flash back in the mid-late 1970s at block parties around the Bronx and then went on to star on vinyl hits such "Freedom", "Superrappin", "Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel", "Its Nasty","Scorpio" and the groundbreaking social commentary of "The Message". After this, in 1983, the group split, with Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five going on to record hits such as "White Lines (Dont' Do It") and "Beat Street Anthem", as well as Mel recording with Chaka Khan and Quincy Jones. In 2007, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first hiphop outfit to be given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum! Kurtis Blow was one of the first New York rappers to break into the mainstream in the late 1970s, managed by Russell Simmons (later of Def Jam Records), and backed by DJ Run (of Run-DMC fame). His first release "Christmas Rappin" was a minor hit but it was his second release "The Breaks" which reached the charts and had him appearing on US TV on "Soul Train" as well as opening shows in New York for Bob Marley and The Clash. In 1985, his track "If I Ruled The World" was used in the hiphop movie "Krush Groove", and the melody would be used later in 1996 by NAS (with Lauryn Hill) on his own multi-million selling track of the same name..... Tonight, the original legends of rap and hiphop take to the stage to rock the party with all their greatest hits plus some hiphop classics by other artists. All the Furious Five original line up except Cowboy (who sadly passed away in 1989) will be onstage - Melle Mel, Mr Ness/Scorpio, Rahiem, Kid Creole - plus the one and only Kurtis Blow...... Support from Leeds' finest MC Testament (Homecut), whose new single featuring Corinne Bailey Rae and Soweto Kinch is getting serious rave reviews and airplay! DJs on the night are the hiphop kung-fu maestro Kid Kanevil (First Word Records), and Martin Reynolds (Shoesoul), mixing up classic and old school hiphop with the funk, soul and boogie breaks! Doors: 9.30pm Tickets : £14 advance (plus booking fee) From: The Wardrobe (in the bar) - further info from http://www.thewardrobe.co.uk or 0113 383 8800 Jumbo Records (St John's Centre Leeds) - 0113 245 5570 or http://www.jumborecords.co.uk Crash Records (The Headrow Leeds) - 0113 243 6743 or http://www.crashrecords.co.uk The biggest hiphop jam to hit Leeds/Yorkshire in a longtime, come and check the real roots of rap and hiphop music......without these guys, there would be no MTV Base, Eminem, G-Unit, Dizzy Rascal and a thousand other rap crews and MC across the world!!!!!