URBAN VAULT UK
Urban Vault caught up with Canadian Hip Hop duo Nameless & Piracy to ask them about their recently rereleased their track HAPPY NEW YEAR, produced by Detroit’s Marv Won and more… Toronto rap artists NameLess & Piracy present ‘Happy New Year’, the lead single from ‘Elevation’, the duo’s collaboration album with Detroit emcee/producer Marv Won, who…
Urban Vault caught up with UK based DJ Dirty Freud, to ask him some questions about his upcoming EP, collaborations, and the industry Dirty Freud has enjoyed multiple playlists on BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC 1Xtra, Manchester BBC Introducing and Rinse FM and the UK based artist and producer’s previous EP ‘Dirty Deeds’ reached top 10…
Urban Vault caught up with Birmingham, UK based songstress PhePhe to ask her about her music, collaborations, and inspirations Pheleba Akima Johnson, aka PhePhe, was born in Birmingham, the middle child of five in a talented musical and creative family. Her key musical influences including reggae, Afro-beat, Jazz and soul rhythms can be heard in her…
Urban Vault caught up with New York-based emcee/producer Darkim Be AllahChrist to ask him some questions about his latest release HYPOTHESIS and more… New York emcee/producer Darkim Be AllahChrist presents ‘Hypothesis’, the self-produced single from his forthcoming album ‘Chemical Burns’, featuring Master Kbar, Supreme Just, Venge Milz, AllahWise, AllahReal, 36Zero, Fresh 3 Emcees and AllahRhamel from…
Urban vault caught up with Detroit, Michigan based emcee & producer Nolan The Ninja, to ask him some questions about his music, collaborations, and inspirations Nolan Chapman, also known as Nolan The Ninja, is a 25-year old emcee & producer from Detroit, MI. Hailing from the hometown of likes such as J Dilla (Slum Village) & Eminem,…
Urban Vault caught up with Raleigh, North Carolina based Kooley High to ask them some questions about their music, inspirations, and collaborations Kooley High has seen many acts come and go since their inception in 2008. This perseverance has led to several acclaimed releases, and the opportunity to craft their newest album with the assistance of…
Urban Vault caught up with Norwich, UK based emcee/producer COLL to ask him some questions about his music, collaborations, and inspirations Influenced by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Wretch 32 & Timbaland to name a few. Norwich based MC/Producer COLL has been making his way up the ladder slowly but surely over the last few years. Having released…
Urban Vault caught up with Los Angeles, California based Jamo Gang who have just dropped their new self-titled EP, (Jamo Gang are El Gant & Ras Kass on the mic and J57 on the beat) to ask them some questions about the new EP and more… Jamo Gang started out as Ras Kass & El Gant writing and…
Urban Vault caught up with East London based recording artist Cianna Blaze, to ask her some questions about her new single ‘Booty Like Nicki, her inspirations, and collaborations Cianna Blaze is no music newbie. She has been building a loyal fanbase through her hard-edged vocals and unique style. Cianna is a strong-minded person who thrives on…
Urban Vault caught up with CELEBRATION OF LIFE some of the UK’s premier talents from the worlds of Jungle, Drum & Bass, Reggae, and Dance to ask them about their collective track CELEBRATE LIFE and more Celebration Of Life consists of producer Potential Badboy, Demolition Man, Jr. Dangerous, Navigator, Tippa Irie, General Levy, Alaska MC and Cowboy Ranger,…
Urban Vault caught up with Toronto, Canada based Hip Hop producer/emcee Klee Magor to ask him some questions about his new music, collaborations, and inspirations Klee Magor rose to prominence as a founding member of hardcore rap duo Riviera Regime, and after releasing two full-length albums ‘Thugz of War’ and ‘Cold Blooded’ through his own…
Urban Vault caught up with New York based emcee/producer Realio Sparkzwell to ask him some questions about his music, collaborations, and inspirations Known for his hard-bodied raps and collaborations with his Iron Galaxy Clik cohort, Cannibal Ox, New York’s Realio Sparkzwell showcases his producer chops and penchant for slick wordplay on his brand-new EP, ‘The…
South Philadelphia emcee Jazz Fresh presents his new visual for THE STREETS ARE TALKING, featuring King Magnetic, taken from his album, DON OF THE “D” LEAGUE. Urban Vault caught up with Jazz to ask him some question about the video and more… The track was produced By S’pply n D’mand Productions and the video was filmed…
Urban Vault caught up with Sicknature, (Hip Hop producer/emcee based in Copenhagen), of the Snowgoons to ask him some questions about his new music, inspirations, and collaborations Sicknature is mostly known for his productions for other artists (Vinnie Paz, Ill Bill, M.O.P., La Coka Nostra, Onyx, Slaine, Canibus, A.O.T.P. just to name a few) and…
Urban Vault caught up with Bronx, New York emcee MrE to ask him about his latest release, FAIRY TALE, his fans and more MrE calls his new single, “The ‘Children’s Story’ of today; Slick Rick fans should be pleased with this amusing story about a juvenile delinquent causing mayhem in his neighborhood, featuring notable characters we’ve all…
Urban Vault caught up with DJ Illegal of the Snowgoons, (Hip Hop producers based in Germany), to ask him some questions about his music, inspirations, and collaborations The Snowgoons are Hip Hop producers based in Germany. The Goons consists of DJ Illegal, Det Gunner, Sicknature & J.S.Kuster. Throughout the years, the buzz surrounding the Snowgoons…
Southern California emcee Loose Logic presents NO SHAME, the new single/video from REFLECTIONS, his forthcoming album featuring JL of B.Hood Loose is the recipient of the All Access Magazine Music Award ‘Best Hip Hop Artist of The Year’, the O.C. Music Awards’ ‘Best Urban Artist of the Year’, and was also named a ‘Top 100…
Urban Vault caught up with PMD of the legendary EPMD to ask him some questions about his music, inspirations, and collaborations Parrish Smith (PMD of EPMD) has been building a solo career for more than 22 years. Three albums, starting 1994’s ‘Shade Business’ showed just what PMD was able to do on his own, both as…
Urban Vault caught up with Hollywood, Florida based emcee Hex One, to ask him some questions about his music, inspirations, and collaborations Hex One was born in Barranquilla, Colombia on April 7th, 1989. He spent most of his childhood and adolescence in Queens, New York after he and his family moved there when he was 6…
Urban Vault caught up with Toronto based, Native American recording artist, producer, and activist, David Strickland to ask him questions about his music, collaborations, and Inspirations David Strickland is one of the few Indigenous Audio Engineers in North America. He owns and operates ‘Aboriginal Audio’ in Toronto and was just recently featured in a VICE…
Urban Vault caught up with East London based production duo II>Dimensionz to ask them some questions about their music, inspirations, and collaborations II>Dimensionz are cousins Nathan and Jermaine Williams, born and raised in East London. Their dads played with the likes of Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Chaka Khan and LL Cool J, so the boys…
Fresh off the release of his critically acclaimed sophomore album #BARZONDECK, ILL Gordon wastes no time hitting his fans with a loosie in the form of the JABRONI FREESTYLE video “These bars are heat seekers/in the clip of a street sweeper”. Gordo hops on the Alchemist track and spits with the intensity of a hurricane…
Urban Vault caught up with Chicago, Illinois based emcee ILL Gordon to ask him some questions about his music, inspirations, and collaborations Ill Gordon is known for his lyrical prowess and has always expressed creativity over gimmicks with consistency over the span of his career, both as a solo artist and as part of the group…
Urban Vault caught up with London, UK based emcee TAYFUN to ask him some questions about his music and inspirations Growing up in a family that was well known for crime, Tayfun slipped in to a number of situations that made him question which path to choose. Biding his time, he made the decision to…
Urban Vault caught up with Johannesburg, South Afica based producer/emcee ROSS JACK, to ask him some questions about his music, collaborations and inspirations Born in Johannesburg, Ross Jack made a name for himself in his home country as a prodigious beat-maker for up & coming Hip Hop acts, soon progressing to full producer credits for…
Urban Vault caught up with South Yorkshire, UK based production duo STICKY BLOOD, to ask them some questions about their music, inspirations and collaborations Sticky Blood are a music production duo from the UK. In 2013, Andy Nicholson (Andulus) and Jamie Shield (MNKN) came together to form something new and fresh, on the back of…
Urban Vault caught up with Essex, UK based producer DUSTY OHMS, to ask him some questions about his music, inspirations and collaborations Dusty Ohms is Hip Hop outlaw, straddling the no mans land of electronic music. Unrestricted and doing him ya pesky varmints. He’s worked with/Produced for/Remixed under various guises, with artists such as Redman,…
Urban Vault caught up with Dorset, UK based emcee ISAIAH DREADS to ask him some questions about his music, collaborations and inspirations Representing Dorchester, eloquent emcee Isaiah Dreads definitely puts the South Coast on the map! Isaiah has recently torn it down at the Link Up stage at the Great Escape festival and performed at Glastonbury…
Toronto rapper VNCHY presents ‘Hold Me Down’, his new Bijan Amir-produced single from ‘EMINENT’, his forthcoming mixtape which will also feature production from Jordon Manswell and Jason Amos. Noisey premiered another Bijan Amir collaboration ‘Owens’ (read) as well as ‘Godlevel’ (read), and The Source premiered his ‘NEVERLAND’ EP in 2015 (listen). VNCHY recently made Hip…
Urban Vault caught up with Brooklyn, NY based emcee NAPOLEON DA LEGEND to ask him some questions about his music, collaborations and inspirations Since the ‘Golden Era’ of Hip Hop, true school lyricists have come very few and far between. The combination of passion, flair on the mic, urban poetry mixed with torrential, jigsaw-like wordplay…
Urban Vault caught up with London based Dancehall royalty LADY CHANN to ask her some questions about her music, inspirations and collaborations, prior to the release of latest single ‘Not Me’ featuring Rage, out December 13th… From The Worlds End (estate in Chelsea), to Dancehall royalty; Chanelle Williams aka Lady Chann is a formidable female presence in…
Urban Vault caught up with Dutch producer SAYS WHO? to ask him some questions about his music, collaborations and inspirations, prior to the release of his new EP ‘Directions’ out today (11/10/2015)… Says Who? is a producer from Middelburg, The Netherlands. His passion for music already started as a young child when he was playing drums. He…
Urban Vault caught up with Dutch songstress SAAL to ask her some questions about her music, inspirations and collaborations, prior to the release of her debut release ‘Signs’ out October 9th… Of Dutch and Indian descent with a proportion of her family residing in South America, SAAL needn’t look far for styles to influence her sound.…
Urban Vault Academy caught up with U.S. Hip Hop artist A.D. WEIGHS via our campaign with international music platform Reverbnation, to ask him some questions about his music, school and more… Hailing from Detroit, USA, A.D. Weighs is a charismatic, spontaneous and direct Hip Hop artist who set out to create music with an honest…
Urban Vault Academy caught up with UK Hip Hop producer INSANE MACBETH to ask him some questions about his music, inspirations and collaborations Insane Macbeth the beatmeister hailing from South Londons Brixton SW9, has worked with/produced for Kinetic Effect, The Icepick, Huntkillbury Finn (katch 22), crazy Noddy (The Sindecut), Malarchi, Ruffstylz, Reveal (Poisonous Poets), Karl…