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On our latest episode we catch up with UK Hip Hop legend Blade.
Hailing from Iran, Blade moved to New Cross, London at the tender age of 7. During his formative years in the capital he would discover Hip Hop and become one with the definition of the word hustler. Boasting the innate hypothetical ability to hustle from one end of one high road to the other while simultaneously ignoring back to back naked females...until all wax was shifted.

Blade has been prolific since his first release in 1988. A year later he dropped his standout banger "Lyrical Maniac". Which fused together timeless raw lyricism and dope production becoming a benchmark of UK Hip Hop at that time. After setting the bar, Blade would go on to drop singles in the early 90s like “Mind of an Ordinary Citizen” and “Rough it Up”. Along with three LPs, the most notably “The Lion Goes from Strength to Strength”.

Then came “The Unknown” with the late great Mark B. The album is an absolute classic marrying old school and new succinctly into one body of work while Blade tirelessly fights the music industry in order to come out on top. Utilising such legends as Rodney P, Skinnyman and Chester P to pepper Mark Bs production with the flavour of what was to come in UK Hip Hop.

Nowadays, Blade has put the mic on the back burner (but not necessarily the pen) to champion his media channel @0521official. The ethos of the channel is to work together and build a scene through positive relationships in order to showcase good music without ego (in our humble opinion).

05:21 is going from strength to strength, interviewing legends such as Chester P, Mercury from Gunshot, Jonzi D, with live performances from Prospects, Joker Starr, Gee Bag and many more to come.

UK Hip Hop needs people like Blade, UK Hip Hop needs MORE people like Blade. For knowledge, humour and most importantly, unity.
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On this episode (audio grab from IG live) we catch up with Boom Bap supergroup Write 2 Speak comprising of rapper and producer duo C.o.N-Vers and C. Facts.
Go check out their absolute banger of a double album "The C.V" out now on the usual platforms. Physicals also available via www.dissfiguredrecords.com

On this episode we catch up with rapper/producer duo Reign MC and Sxndshrxw to chat about their banging debut album "The Black Paintings" inspired by Francisco Goya, supporting the Wu Tang Clan, features from The Game, dark subject matter amongst other wild tangents.
The Black Paintings is out everywhere now:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2fIeWSUKqcwXwW5JylMt2a?si=1FUDJIKfR4mDTEOdX3NtEw
Follow Reign MC on IG: @hippiejumphombre
Follow Sxndshrxw on IG: @sxndshrxw
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Aidan, Jake and Tom introduce themselves and their Podcast. They talk about music and streetwear whilst giving an expectation of what's to come.

On this episode we catch up again with @genesiselijah for his insights on navigating around the music industry as an independent artist.
This time round we focus on money matters i.e. what is the most important aspect when investing in your art. Where should the money be spent? How much risk should you take? How important is social media when it comes to promoting yourself as an artist?
Aspiring and established artists take note. The man speaks nothings but facts!
Hosted by @cosmsuper & @c.facts_the_evil_genius