Irish HipHop group Sons Phonetic have just announced a free gig in The Venue, Tramore, Co. Waterford on July 7th where they will be performing their upcoming set for the Benicassim Festival.
Sons Phonetic have had a very successful time since the release of their debut album, Twelve Labours, check the review here http://www.hiphop32.com/?p=500 Their placement on the lineup for Spain’s largest Festival, Benicassim, proves this and it’s the set they have prepared for that festival that they will be performing on the night.
Entry to the gig is free and guest on the night is 4Real of Urban Intelligence/Working Class. There is also a BBQ taking place which people can avail of if they wish. Doors open at 10pm.
Thats Saturday 7th July at The Venue, Tramore, Co. Waterford. Sons Phonetic with special guest 4Real. Doors at 10pm and its free.
Rappers Comp Ireland have been at the forefront of the Irish HipHop scene for a while now by promoting and pushing the movement here, offering showcases and creating nights to give the up and coming artists a stage.
It is ran by Dublin’s own Kim Boylan and was started about a year ago as a means to get newer artists a foot in the game and to connect with those already making moves. Rappers Comp have also ran junior nights to cater for the up and coming artists who cant make contact by regular gigs due to age and has seen some great success through this. They also make a viable network for artists who wouldn’t have normally known how to get out there and connect with the current movers. On this coming May 10th Rappers Comp Ireland is presenting Hip Hop 360.
The night will feature performances from ;
Veritas
Escape the Deadlights
Calvin Wade(Working Class)
Siyo
Streetwise
MTI(Michael Roc & Graciano G-Major)
and many more.
There will be four battles on the night ;
Deanie Vs Carl French
Yung Shay Vs Gaz
Jamie Vs Yaz
Indecency Vs Gwame
The night will also host a Cypher with some of Irelands freshest freestylers.
Music on the night will be held down by Dublin’s DJ Scorpio and Galway’s DJ Ozz.
This event Hip Hop 360 is taking place on Thursday May 10th in Lafayette on 22-25 Westmoreland Street, Dublin from 20.00 to 01.00.
Drinks Promotions will be in place for the night ;
E3.50 bottles of Carlsberg or Miller
E4 pints of Bavaria
E5 euro Cocktails
E10 Double Vodka Red Bull
E10 Double Jager Red Bull
Entry fee is only 8euro on the door and this is a strictly over 18s event.
The first single Young Apprentice featuring G.I. from Costello’s forthcoming solo album Illosophical, has been released accompanied by a video.
Costello, from Blanchardstown in Dublin has been putting in work on the scene here for a number of years, collaborating with the likes of Sons Phonetic, Veritas and Moschops. He’s been writing since his early teens and back in ’07 he hooked up with producer G.I., then in ’08 he linked with the late Lunitic and along with 4Real the four formed the group Street Literature. They eventually released the Products Of My Environment album mid last year after a long journey, including the loss of Lunitic which obviously left a big void for the group. But the lads have stayed focussed, working on their solo projects the first of which being Costello’s Illosophical.
The video was directed by Joe Dooney who has been delivering some other top work, notably the video’s he directed for Lethal Dialect including Keep It Real amongst others. The video is shot in and around the Northside of Dublin and follows Costello on a daily path from morning to night. The visual emphasises the theme of the track, showing the closeness kept to his crew and the realness that they keep to each other, always staying grounded in this music scene and paving the way for the next generation.
The track is produced by fellow Working Class member G.I. and begins with a spacey sample that filters into a peak delivering the drop, which comes with a soft but steady kick drum paired with a whippy snare hit and polished with a shiny clear hi-hat rhythm on top. The use of the spacey samples on this track creates the airy but yet dreamy feel to the track leaving the space ideal for Costello’s deep intricate self analysis of life and philosophical rhymes. On the second verse Costello drops a deep flow
Life is delicate so whats the truth at the end of it,
Searchin a book cos I love persons layin there derelict
Its only in our nature to question it, but I’m never a pessimist know there’s a heaven for definite
Chillin, cheesin it up, you get the smell of it, inspire dreamin for all you residents in council settlements,
For the hook, the first four bars are taken from the Wu-Tang Clan track Older Gods, paying homage both to those that inspired and put him on and also to those coming up to stay focussed and true
The older God put me on, on how to rock this, maintain three-sixty lord live prosperous
It only takes a lesson a day, just to analyse life, one time in the respectable mind.
Thats why we’re scriptin it to get yiz into it, we’re deep with this Hiphop the love affair is intimate
understand the energy is infinite, we still got your minds feeding off the light like photosynthesis
G.I. drops in for the final verse as the beat switches up and he seamlessly drops a lyrical, multi-syllable flow holding to the theme on keeping the listeners on the real path
But remember this my fellow apprentices, stay humble make use of your time follow the fellowship,
stay mellow don’t let these devils relive a genesis, dismemberin’ sediments of our planet for the pleasurin
Overall this track is perfect for the first release from the album, although Costello is no stranger to the scene, he still drops this track showing how truly grounded he is and how he and the crew push for the realness and love for the music. The production as always from G.I. is tops and perfectly suited to Costello’s deep, conscious and philosophical rhymes. This track is more than an outward listening experience, it’s also a subliminally introverted listening session that slows and paces our own self thoughts, creating a grounding that is very rare in modern times.
Costello’s debut solo album Illosophical is out this week and has features from 4Real, Lethal Dialect, Willa Lee, G.I., and Jambo. The official launch is taking place at The Twisted Pepper on the 15th March, with support from Lethal Dialect, G.I., Willa Lee, Gary O’Brien and DJ Moschops, no doubt it will be a night of top performances from some of Irelands premier Hiphop artists.
You can stream the album online on the Working Class Records site and on Bandcamp :
