Smasher - No Sleep feat. Wretch 32, Maverick Sabre, Loudmouth Melvin & Black The Ripper (Video)

Smasher lines up the first single off his forthcoming EP, Set The Record Straight, going all first-person for the video. Looks like Wretch 32 and Maverick Sabre had other business to tend to on the day of the shoot.

Bashy - Heart of Stone feat. Dot Rotten, Black The Ripper & Lady Leshurr (Video)

A marger looking Bashy appoints Dot Rotten, Lady Leshurr and Black The Ripper for one off his upcoming EP, The Great Escape. Freebie mp3 below.

Bashy - Heart of Stone feat. Dot Rotten, Black The Ripper & Lady Leshurr

Faith SFX - Swim Good feat. Black The Ripper (Rework)

Faith SFX knocks it out the park once again, aping the beat from Nas's Affirmative Action, throwing in a synth fill from Still Dre and combining it with the vocals off Odd Future Golf Wang crooner Frank Ocean's Swim Good. Tack Black The Ripper on the end and you've got a bootleg winner. Faith has hands down got the best vocal beats around.

Black The Ripper - Do It Like Me (Video)

The latest from Samson sees him try his hand at a dubstep number while letting you know how you don't do it like him. There certainly aren't that many as prolific as him.

Swiss - Bad Boys feat. Blak Twang, Klashnekoff, Black The Ripper, Akala, Lowkey & Aks (Remix Pt.1)

Former So Solid MC Swiss is pushing a street-activist angle with the track Bad Boys, which he put out at the end of last year. He's embarking on an awareness campaign called Bars & Bars to let the youth know their rights when stopped by the police - and this is part of that. Fair cop.

This remix has a really strong line-up, but it's not even possible to make out whether it's any good or not since the sound quality is terrible. I can only assume Swiss isn't responsible for putting this copy out, because there is never good reason to release a 128kbps mp3. Ever.

Rewd Adams - Drift Away feat. Black The Ripper

Rewd Adams (I'm not going to call him Skandal anymore, as it looks like he's sticking with this moniker) displays his knack for sung hooks on Drift Away, on which Black The Ripper sounds as determined and unforgiving as ever.

The new year will see a Rewd Awakening from Adams.

Charlie Sloth & Black The Ripper - Where Did It Go? (Video)

I can't work out whether this is ironic or not. I understand the sentiment, even if it is one of the most hackneyed in hip hop. What I don't understand is if the backdrop is supposed to be aping the music it's throwing potshots at, or whether everyone on board agreed that this is sonically a good song. It's not.

The best way to show that music has become stale and formulaic is by being original, not complaining that music has become stale and formulaic. Otherwise you're just being... yeah, you guessed it.

No shots (or whatever it is that hip hop bloggers are supposed to say).

This is off a compilation that DJ Gone is working on.

Soul Power Cypher w/ Sarah Love feat. Remus, Kyza, Scorzayzee and Black The Ripper

Remus, Kyza, Scorzayzee and Black The Ripper "going in!" at the Carhartt store round Covent Garden ways for Sarah Love's show on SpineTV.

Unfortunately I'm deskbound, so can't watch this right now. I'm sure they all bum it to pieces though.

Skandal - Everyday feat. Black The Ripper (Video)

Jon Phonics laces Skandal with a thumper for Everyday, featuring Black The Ripper.

His stomach's still rumbling after Hunger Pains - so the second volume will be served up on the table shortly.

Black The Ripper & DJ Gone - Flooding The Industry (Mixtape)

The Edmonton Dream and DJ Gone colloborate for new mixtape Flooding The Industry.

This guy's prolific.

Black The Ripper & DJ Gone - Flooding The Industry (Mixtape)

SB.TV

I admit, I was slipping a little by not checking for SB.TV. It's not as hip hop-oriented as DJ Gone's channel, with more of a focus on grime MCs - which is not necessarily a bad thing, depending on what you're after.

A lot of rappers really bring it for these videos. Here are a couple I scoped last night that are doing it.



If I was an MC chatting a lot of hot air and vanity, I would be afraid of this dude. Black The Ripper is creating a strong buzz around himself and it's not based off of nothing.



If the word "swagger" hadn't become as big a hip hop cliche as "bling" I might use it to describe Wretch. Too many people try and play cool and do so by emulating others; this guy does it on his own terms.



You'd be forgiven for thinking Chipmunk was created by a record label despot with sterling signs in his eyes. Here Chips reminds you that he got the attention from the majors for a reason and is still capable of showing you why his peers championed him in the first place.

Check the SB.TV channel for yourselves.

Charlie Sloth feat. Farma G And Black The Ripper - Not Like You (Video)

Off free download The Black Book, which will be with you next Monday.

Black The Ripper - Words Of Wisdom (Video)

Edmonton Dream is out now.

Black The Ripper & Random Impulse On DJ Gone.TV

Edmonton's finest with DJ Gone.

Faith SFX In The Studio With Black The Ripper

Faith kills it as always. I understand he's got something in the works with Wretch 32 and Kyza - EXXXZZZACCCKLLEEEEE! "KABOOM!!!". Should be good.

Samson Ft Pierre & Loudmouth - Just A Dream

Taken off Black The Ripper's forthcoming mixtape Black Is Beautiful Volume 2. These guys are making moves right now. Loudmouth is consistently on point and I'm loving the beats he's spitting on. I'm not too clued up - it seems that Black The Ripper, Mentalist, Loudmouth and Skillit are family. Keeps your eyes on these names and watch out for an EP that Loudmouth's sitting on, as it's sure to be bigger than the BFG.

Check their MySpaces:

Black The Ripper

Loudmouth Melvin

Mentalist

Skillit

Black The Ripper - Last of a Dying Breed

I'm not familiar with this guy, but I do know Terror Danjah (who did the beat) from his work with Sway and others. This is a pretty nice headnodder. What's up with the video, though? This is some proper bruk pocket bizness. I mean, they don't even leave the living room. I wanted a tour of the place at least...Damn.

Mind you, he has just put out a mixtape that you can download for absolutely nothing...

You dun know the MySpace