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.

Chip - More Money More Gyal feat. Mavado (prod. Dready)

Having dropped the "munk" and signed a deal with T.I., Chip buddies up with dancehall official Mavado for a summer sizzler crafted by former So Solid member and honorary Flipmode Squad affiliate Dready. The more cake you make, the bigger the gyalis you become.

Genesis Elijah - Father's Day (Video)

Make sure you pick up the phone and wish your pops a Happy Father's Day before the day's up.

Mic Righteous - Sack City (Westwood Diss)

Shots fired! Mic Righteous took umbrage at some comments Westwood made on his show about the Margate rapper, who had previously been rubbed up the wrong way by some choice words from Devlin. The BBC DJ is mocked for having recently lost his drive-time 1Xtra show, being the son of the Bishop of Peterborough and derided for being a shit-stirrer. Can't we all just get along?

Copywrite - Arachnaphobia feat. Killah Priest, Lord Basis & Melanin 9

Copywrite enlists Killah Priest, Lord Basis and Islington's Melanin 9 for the latest off his transatlantic album, God Save The King (Proper English Version). Jaguar Skills on the buttons.  

Rewd Adams & The Last Skeptik - Monster Things feat. Little Dee, Stylah, Ramson Badbonez & Awate

Oooooof! The Last Skeptik comes up trumps on this monster beat, led by a moaning bassline that's been EQ'd to sound like it's 20,000 leagues under the sea. Throw an unexpected collaboration between Little Dee, Stylah, Ramson Badbonez and Awate into the mix and you've got a winner. This set is quickly shaping up to one of 2012's finest.

Rewd Adams' and Skep's album, How Not To Make A Living, can be pre-ordered now and catch the pair and guests @YoYo on 28th June.

Oddisee & Metabeats - Freestyle

To whet appetites before his Caviar Crackle producer album, Metabeats has revealed this exclusive freestyle from Washington's Oddisee, who's been steadily earning his spurs behind the boards for years now. Here he fully flexes his vocal muscles.

Oddisee, Action Bronson, P.L.O., Ralph Rip Shit, Von Pea of Tanya Morgan, Elucid, Marvwon, Quelle, Che Grand, Zeroh and more Chuuwee will all feature. As will Dubbledge on the excellent lead, EyeSeeYou.

UK All Day Match.com

Unless you've been living under a very large rock, you will have noticed that New Orleans rapper Jay Electronica has been plastered all over the British press for philandering with Kate Rothschild, heiress to the infamous banking dynasty. Her husband's not happy and the two have taken the split online, duking it out on Twitter.

Hip hop heads must be up in arms, with their unwavering faith in wild conspiracy theories, believing that anyone capable of manipulating wealth distribution surely dons a hooded gown nightly, sacrifices virgins and drinks reptilian blood. The signs were there all along: “Lunch with the Rothschilds, dinner with the Carters…" quipped Electronica on Call Of Duty. We should've guessed it, although it's difficult to picture the rumoured secret meetings in haughty Fulham pubs.

Jay's true fans shouldn't give two hoots what the home wrecker does in his spare time, surely they'd just rather he spent some of his working hours finishing Act II before it's relegated to the footnotes of rap albums that never were (along with Detox and that Nas and Premo LP that someone once speculated on. Probably.) But whether the Roc Nation signee has been securing his seat in the illuminati's upper ranks, or simply getting his nob wet in some rich bird, the scandal just begs for a rapper-meets-heiress matchmaking service. So here we go.


Ghostface meets Allegra Beck Versace

If Biggie were still alive he'd no doubt want to freeload sunglasses off Allegra. But he's gone. And she would've been no older than 11 had they partaken in some behind-closed-doors hanky panky. But Ghostface loves a bit of Versace. He used to wear a 10” golden plate sporting the brand's sun face logo around his neck for Pete's sake. Miss Versace's roots may lie in Milan but, being a major shareholder in the couture fashion brand, she's flush enough to have an apartment in New York's trendy Soho district, just a short stop away from Staten Island. Luckily for Tony Starks, there's no husband in sight, but he will have to sweet-talk Allegra's mother to win this trophy wife. We suggest he avoids drawing attention to the fact her face looks like a well-worn handbag stapled to a head.


Nas meets Charlene de Carvalho Heineken

“True in the game, as long as blood is blue in my veins /  I pour my Heineken brew to my deceased crew on Memory Lane.” If we're to assume that by “crew” Nas meant “all friends and family” and that he'll stay committed to this heartfelt ceremony for life, then he's going to need a virtually limitless supply of this Dutch amber nectar. With a vast beer empire to her name, Charlene certainly has enough euros in the bank to keep this unlikely couple ticking over, a godsend now that Kelis has taken God's Son to the cleaners. Unfortunately she looks like one of the lads. Then again, old Nasir's standards have been slipping as he's matured, him even going as far as saying Michelle Obama is the most beautiful woman on the planet… Maybe this pairing has got some legs after all.


Q-Tip meets Petra Ecclestone

Q-Tip loves nothing more than kicking back and spending a leisurely afternoon watching Formula 1 on the box. Sure, the ATCQ frontman hardly wears the hobby on his sleeve but when he rapped, "See, lyrically I'm Mario Andretti on the MoMo / ludicrously speedy, or infectious with the slow-mo," we were offered a glimpse of this petrolhead's passion. With 81-year-old F1 billionaire Bernie for their pops, Tamara and Petra Ecclestone are both prime targets. Both too can cause a rush a blood to the pants, but platinum-blonde Petra has the edge for looks. This is a sordid liaison in the making.


Kanye West meets Delphine Arnault Gancia

Already a board member, Delphine is in line to inherit a serious stake in LVMH, the aspirational brand conglomerate formed through the 1987 merger between Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessey. Given the group's bulging portfolio, pretty much any rapper is fair game to snaggle this siren, but as the self-proclaimed Louis Vuitton Don, Kanye West is surely the perfect match. He's already designed a fugly shoe line for the feted fashion label; meanwhile his current hubby Kim Kardashian has an artificial arse that's prone to exploding. Delphine, Mr West, is au naturel – fivehead and all.

Jam Baxter - Who feat. Leaf Dog

High Focus stays pushing product, Jam Baxter's next set following hot on the heels of Fliptrix's Third Eye Of The Storm. His new album, The Gruesome Features, is up for pre-order at the label, while first single Who / Disco 3000 is on iTunes now.

The Quaranteam - The Scheme (Video)

B-movie horror tactics from The Quaranteam as they suit up for the opener off their eponymous debut. Make sure you get yourself a copy of that release and have a gander at what they did for Carnage. Now all we need is a video for Stow Boys.

Stig Of The Dump - Cannon Fodder EP (Competition)

Stig Of The Dump has an extended-player with Pete Cannon in the bank and is just about ready to give up the goods. The only problem, their Cannon Fodder EP doesn't have a cover yet. If you think you can design something better than this rubbish question mark and want to have your work plastered all over the place, get to Photoshopping. Find out the details over at Stig's site.

English Frank - 150 Names

English Frank packs 150 name checks into just two minutes, covering everyone from UKHH's pioneers all the way through to grime's elite and the new wave of rap up-and-comers.

Mac Miller - Loud feat. Benny Banks

Benny Banks hops on the official remix of Mac Miller's Loud. The Bada Bing rapper supported Miller on the UK leg of his tour recently and the rest, as they say, is history.

Copywrite - Starter Hats feat. Akala & Sonny Seeza

Ohio's finest is warming up for the June 13 release of his US-to-the-UK project, God Save The King (Proper English Version). Akala joins Copywrite and Onyx founding member Sonny Seeza, who comes out of the woodwork for an unanticipated feature.



See what the man did on his outing with Genesis Elijah, Mystro and Iron Braydz over here.

Ikes - The Game's Back feat J. Warner (Video)

The game's back like it never left. Ikes turns the swag juice up to a gazillion on one from his EP The Intermission: Last Call.

LDZ - Fuck Bars (Leak)

You're pretty much guaranteed this latest number from LDZ isn't going to be played on radio any time soon, unless it undergoes some heavy editing. Suck Bars? Who cares - suck a radio edit!

This sees the light of day 25 June.

Meyhem Lauren - Got The Fever (Lewis Parker Remix)

Not sure how this managed to slip through the net, but Lewis Parker's remix for Meyhem Lauren's homage to bombing the city is a must-listen. Boom bap by the numbers and all the better for it.

Watch out for Parker's The Glass Ceiling.

Caxton Press - The Breakout (Video)

Caxton Press take it to some European backwaters in this accompaniment to the harpsichord-led The Breakout. Their album Shame The Devil is in stores and you can see exactly where the LP gots its title from in this quickie interview with The Press.

Wiley - It's All Fun & Games Till (Vol.1)

To usher in ten years of grime, the genre's architect has rustled up a ten-track mixtape using his favourite recent works, nicking from Dark E Freaker all the way through to Z-Dot. Get a taster of the first five that leaked last week before committing to the whole shebang.

Wiley - It's All Fun & Games Till (Vol.1)

UPDATE: And as if that wasn't enough, Eskiboy has already put this mixtape firmly behind him by letting another one called Jagermeister 35% Vol go earlier today.

Ralph Rip Shit - Something

Holland's JeeJaa pre-empts the summer by crafting something breezy and sun-soaked for Ralph Rip Shit to make his own, taking everything in his stride. Associated Minds are giving this one away, perfect for all the skinflints out there.