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(idm) Fwd: < new release update > / [ jazz fudge ]
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Lot's of info in this press-kit from Dutch East that i think you will like to read..
quoted 99 lines PHI-LIFE CYPHER>PHI-LIFE CYPHER >Earth Rulers >JFR020 (12") > >"Precision mic mechanics & sick-twisted beats- checthe Cypher, Phi-Life is >here...." > >They're the b-boys from Bedford with the hypnotic flow and stone-cold >killer beats. They're the latest & quite possibly greatest crew to emerge >from Jazz Fudge's underground hip hop laboratories. They're three-man crew >Phi-Life Cypher and suffice to say they're making a lot of noise. > >First up is the title track, not included on the sampler, so as much of a >welcome surprise for you as it was for us. Trademark super-bionic mic >skills and mind-boggling rhyme-play are very much in effect, as Life and Si >let loose to a backdrop of swooping strings, cut-up brass and crackling >effects. Next, its time to Drop Bomb's and the Cypher duly >oblige, busting it freestyle over an effortlessly phat rolling jazz break. >To round things off, there's the epic Phi-Life Is Here, a hip hop anthem if >ever we heard one, with DJ Knappa dropping awesome strings and fiendishly >programmed beats while the two MCs blow hedz like a smoking Magnum. > >Jazz Fudge enters the new millennium by picking up from where they left off >in the last by releasing the most cutting edge dance music in the world. >There is no relenting as Jazz Fudge continues to bring the noise to today's >youth culture. This time around Jazz Fudge prepare to launch the careers of >the undisputed champions of UK based Hip Hop a group known as PHI-LIFE >CYPHER. Nurtured by those great Hip-Hop alchemist's the CREATORS, PHI-LIFE >CYPHER have created a quality driven unique sound which is all ready to set >the scene alight and is surely destined to bring the UK scene into line >with the rest of EUROPE. > >This first single EARTH RULERS is a 3 track 12" none of which are B sides >and sets the tone for the forthcoming LP MILLENIUM METAPHORS due out later >in the year around April. PHI-LIFE will however be no strangers to the >success they can no doubt achieve in the coming year. > >Phi Life originally shined when they became finalists in the Talent 2000 >competition run by RADIO ONE and DEF JAM back in the summer of 1997 after >this the group became united and their career paths were decided. It was >Hip-Hop or bust. > >After this accolade the group cemented their lyrical skills on the seminal >DJ SKITZ produced FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS along side ROOTS MANUVA, World >Champion SCRATCH PERVERT and UNKLE member TONY VEGAS which was released to >much acclaim on the independent RONIN label. Which received a 10/10 in DJ >Magazine and appeared at NO. 1 in ECHOES hip-hop chart for over a month >after its release in October of 1998. > >After a independent releases funded by themselves such as the "Baddest Man" >EP. They were championed by the current darlings of Hip Hop from these >shores the CREATORS who are set to release their LP later in the year with >the heavily backed WALL OF SOUND subsidiary BAD MAGIC. The CREATORS were >amazed with the quality of the group and immediately gave them studio time >in which they could polish their skills and concentrate on recording an LP >with a degree of excellence that cannot be ignored. After recorded PHI- > >LIFE looked for a label which could best handle the product they had to >give there was obviously only one home, the home of JAZZ FUDGE RECORDINGS >recently voted the FOURTH BEST HIP HOP LABEL in the world by readers of HHC. > >PHI LIFE CYPHER Hail from Bedfordshire, which in a way has helped them not >get sucked into the politically driven LONDON scene. They have kept >themselves at an arm's length from the somewhat incestual nature of the >said "scene". No doubt their music has benefited they have made a 12" and >for that matter an LP that cannot be compared to any other from the same >genre. As LIFE proclaims: > >"We are not afraid to say what we think about the Government, the police, >racism and other important subjects, we kick reality and positivity and >endeavor to spread a conscious vibe to the youth" > > >SIDE A. SIDE B >1. Earth Rulers 1. Earth Rulers (Instrumental) >2. Drop Bombs 2. Drop Bombs (Instrumental) >3. Phi Life is Here 3. Phi Life is Here (Instrumental) > >======================================================================= >MR. THING & KELLA >Anti Static Mouthwash >JFRT002 (cassette) >UPC: 1753-32720-4 > >Formerly integral members of the SCRATCH PERVERTS the two are currently in >the midst of a world tour with JAZZ FUDGE talisman DJ VADIM. The RUSSIAN >PERCUSSION TOUR has spanned 4 continents EUROPE / N AMERICA / ASIA / >AUSTRALASIA, and they are currently on the last Euro leg. > >The two have created a mix tape of the highest order featuring turntabalism >/ beatboxing / freestyling and numerous comic interruptions. > >Freestyles come from BLU RUM 13 and the ARSONISTS. > >The tape also features new material from MARK B and BLADE / DJ VADIM / PHI >LIFE CYPHER as well as beat box interpretations of PHAROAH MONCHE's - SIMON >SAYS and RAKIMS - When I be on tha Mic. > >You will love it so check it.
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