the espy

(vid) Acapella's episode 6 - Poison Pen

Episode 6 sees us visit with Poison Pen, the head honcho of Grind Time East Coast, Grind Time New York and also a member of Rebel Armz. Pen dropped this verse, went right back inside, signed some shit and then jumped on stage. Read more

(vid) Immortal Technique, Poison Pen, Akir, Southpaw, DJ Static - NZ tour drop & Espy footage

Immortal Technique, Poison Pen, Akir, SouthPaw and DJ Static came, they saw, they conquered.

The Melbourne show last night was amazing. I’ve filmed a lot of shows by some of the most well-known artists in hiphop and Tech had more presence on stage than 99% of them. In this, he is the 1%. Read more

(vid) Dead Prez - 'HipHop' live at The Espy

Dead Prez formed in 1996 and have forever left their mark on hip hop with their aptly titled anthemic track ‘Hip Hop’. I don’t know a single hiphop fan who doesn’t know this track word for word, and in this clip you can see the enthusiasm in the crowd.  Read more

Black Milk ft. Daru Jones - 'Losing Out' & 'Sound The Alarm'

One of Detroit’s finest rappers and one of my favourite live performances… Black Milk has an imposing stage presence and commands his live band to perfection on beat. In this show his band included Daru Jones on drums, one of the best hiphop drummers on the planet. Read more

Chino XL - Wordsmith live at the Espy

Chino XL has been in the game a long time, long enough to pay more than his share of dues and master the true artform of wordplay. He came to Australia as a guest of local rapper Surreal and tore up every stage he hit with tour mate Bobby Bout-It. Read more

(vid) Talib Kweli & Jean Grae - Say Something live at the Espy

Clip 7.2.1… just a bonus end to my 7 days of live music…

Talib Kweli and Jean Grae live at the Espy performing their banger track ‘Say Something’. This track is dope and had the crowd pumped… Read more

(vid) Jean Grae & Mela Machinko - live at the Espy

Clip 7.2 of my 7 days of live music. I first heard Jean Grae when she performed (as What What) on a track called ‘The Blend’ on the iconic Herbaliser album ‘Blow Your Headphones’. That track is still one of my favourite hiphop tracks of all time (although I do have hundreds…) Read more

(vid) Talib Kweli - 'Raw Shit', 'Strangers (Paranoid)', 'Never Been In Love' & 'Respiration' live at the Espy

Clip 7.1 of my 7 days of live music! Anyone who knows me is well aware that my love of hiphop goes back to the 80′s when I was a young basketball player living in a town not known for it’s basketball. In the town I grew up if you listened to hiphop (back then at least) you were an outcast… Read more