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“Here With Me” is Jakwob‘s first release on his label Boom Ting Recordings. The single is to be released on the 13th September and the official video for it landed yesterday.

Labrinth’s new single gets the remix treatment with Wretch 32 and Mac. 1.

Cracking little video to Hervé‘s latest release, “Together”, which should be making itself known in your hard drive on the 18th October. Taking the chorus of “Come Together” by Primal Scream, this pure electro track will also be featured on Cheap Thrills Vol. 2, which is forthcoming! So, you know what to do: ears to the ground!

This is the official video to Aeroplane‘s new single “Superstar”, set to be released on the 13th September. The purchase comes with a remix from The Krays and another from Chromeo. You’ve got to appreciate some of the extreme fashions in this video…

Also catch this August mix by the guys, which features 10 absolute belters!
Aeroplane August 2010 Mix by Aeroplane (Official)

I was completely unaware of The Paxtons until I inadvertently came across their video for “Theme Music” off their album Work, released last year. A quick Google and I found out that these guys were dropping a mixtape named The Manhattan Project very soon. Very soon has become today and it only seems right that I tell you about these guys, if you don’t already know them.

The Paxtons are essentially two rappers by the names of Chris and Dave, raised in southside Chicago but now spending their days in New York. Their first release came in 2008 named Members Only, which soon led to their debut album Work in 2009, with the help of Ubiq, Atmos and The Smoking Section. The Manhattan Project comes as their third release and is their second free mixtape.

Here’s what they have to say about The Manhattan Project…

Hip Hop was built on the foundation of double meanings. While the title of The Paxtons’ new mixtape, The Manhattan Project, is an obvious reference to their relocation to NYC and adoption of the New York state-of-mind, there is a deeper inspiration driving it.

The Manhattan Project is also the codename for a WWII project whose mission was to develop the first atomic bomb. In musical terms, The Paxtons are taking the same approach by building a mixtape that will annihilate the competition with beats and rhymes that clearly show an unseen hunger and level of progression and creativity from the Chicago-bred MC and production team.

If their last opus, Work, was safe and constrained, The Manhattan Project is its freer and riskier big brother. Featuring their own production as well as beats from Diplo, Chuck Inglish & Dam Funk and guest appearances from X.O. of Diamond District (Living a Movie) and Chicago’s Sulaiman and Skech185 (Bang With Us), The Manhattan Project is guaranteed to make music lovers take notice.

If you build it they will come? It’s been built and it impacts on September 7.

LISTEN / DOWNLOAD: The Paxtons – The Manhattan Project

Lupe hit his home town, Chicago, and made the first live performance of his recent track “Go To Sleep”. If only Lupe could throw out a couple of copies of his album in the process…

DJ Nonames rolls up his sleeves, dons the apron and cranks up the heat for Cakemix!

Whipping together joints from the cutting edge of the new generation of producers, Foreign Beggars plate technician bakes up something as carefully constructed as 2007’s Beggars Brew.

Stepping away from the grime/dubstep mood of last years ‘Strictly Grizzness’, Cakemix starts out in the vein of recent Foreign Beggars EP, ‘Beggattron Remixed pt 2′, with productions from Onra, Om Unit and Blue Daisy, sifting through bangers from Kid Kanevil, Mux Mool, Flako and Metabeats. Using the finest ingredients, timing combined with healthy lashings of accapellas and cuts, Chef Nonames serves up a slice of some of the freshest food out the kitchen.

Cakemix will be available on a very limited run direct from www.dentedrecords.com Oct 18th, meanwhile here’s a morsel to wet your appetite.

Beatrock Music, the imprint created by San Fran producer Fatgums, is putting out a collective album of Fatgums instrumentals on the 7th September. Gumstrumentals Volume 1 brings together 25 hip hop beats, used by the likes of Power Struggle, The CounterParts and longtime collaborator with Fatgums, Bambu. There are also a couple of unreleased beats on there. Despite the fact there are a good 2 days left before you can actually get your hands on a copy of this album, you have the opportunity to stream it in all its entirety…

The tracklisting is below and the link to which you can stream and/or pre-order the album is below that.

TRACKLIST:
1) Box Beat Intro (Unreleased)
2) Air Out My Lungs Inst. (Power Struggle)
3) What We Do Inst. (The CounterParts)
4) Words From JOMA Inst. (FATGUMS X BAMBU)
5) Wash It Away Inst. (Power Struggle)
6) The Queen Is Dead Inst. (Bambu)
7) Good Clothes Inst. (FATGUMS X BAMBU)
New LB Sound Inst. (Niko Pag-Asa)
9) Childhood Inst. (The Committee)
10) Novel Scratching Inst. (Novelists)
11) The Rundown Inst. (Rocky Rivera)
12) Breaking Point Inst. (The CounterParts)
13) Re: Act Inst. (The CounterParts)
14) Strapped Inst. (FATGUMS X BAMBU)
15) Kill The Vultures Inst. (Power Struggle)
16) Until Inst. (The CounterParts)
17) Seven Months Inst. (Bambu)
18) Blood Of My Heart Inst. (Power Struggle)
19) Never There Inst. (Novelists)
20) Pilgrimage Song Inst. (Bambu)
21) Gunslinger II Inst. (FATGUMS X BAMBU)
22) Iron Bam Inst. (Bambu)
23) Lyricist Saga Beat (Unreleased)
24) Exact Change (Original) Inst. (Bambu)
25) The Queen Is Dead (CA Remix) Inst. (Bambu)

BUY / STREAM: Fatgums – Gumstrumentals Volume 1

Proper chilled out summer tune by Wizzy. Video directed by Bill Paladino.

Merky Ace, Kozzie and Shif Man jump on this beat by Faze Miyake to create what could well be one of the raviest grime tunes of recent times. This is a true hype tune and needs to get big, props to everyone involved!