New Master Sounds Tonight! Kidderminster Tomorrow

Thanks to the DAILY DIGGERS for playing at the Hare and Hounds last Saturday, another busy weekend ahead with The NEW MASTER SOUNDS performing at FUNKBOX @ The Yardbird tonight with the additional vocal talents of DIONNE CHARLES who you may know from the excellent BABY CHARLES. Support from FUNKBOX dj's and I believe all online tickets have sold out but there are limited tickets on the door...

Tomorrow I'm playing in Kidderminster @ OUR CORNER at the Tap House with Mr Chill Fingers, FREE IN 9pm - 1am

Have a great weekend whatever you do

peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeas

Cro

MI Playlist & Download 14-04-08, Funkbox Update etc...

Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings were absolutely incredible on Sunday night, it was a pleasure to support them along with the rest of Funkbox, don't miss them if they play at a town near you! Funkbox Residents 45 only session on Friday night at the Yardbird will see us all digging a little deeper into our crates. Heres last nights show, I was pretty tired so not much talking (always a good thing!) enjoy

Cro

Main Ingredient 14-04-08
Download Link
http://sharebee.com/fa1cda23

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings > What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes (Daptone)
The Roots > Get Busy (Def Jam)
Vast Aire feat Vordul > Mecca and The Ox
SImon S > J.Dillalude (Soul Clap)
Black Milk feat Kardinal Offishall > Everything (Music House)
Nas > Chisel '07 (J-Love)
BIG feat Sadat X > Come On (Soundtable)
Skyzoo > The Necessary Evils
J.Dilla > Stop (Stonesthrow)
P Brothers feat Boss Money > New Religion (Heavy Bronx)
Natural Elements > Paper Chase (Dolo)
Finsta Bundy > Feel The High (Tape Kingz)
Ed209 feat Imam Thug >Karma 360 (VRD)
Muneshine feat Sean Price & Termanology > What Now (Mumbles)
Fat Ray & Black Milk feat Guilty Simpson > Bad Man (Fat Beats)
Heralds Of Change > Stay Cool (All City)
Bullion > Get Familiar (One Handed Music)
KMD > Trial and Error (Elektra)
Nubian Crackers feat Artifacts > Do You Wanna Hear It? (Big Beat)
A Tribe Called Quest > Show Business (Jive)
Dark Quartz feat Ravage > Shakacentral (Exclusive)
Parker feat Rasco > Western Soul (Rocstar)
Black Grass feat J-Live > Set It Straight
Kashmere > Dawn Of The Darkness (YNR)
Dr Syntax > Dickhead Dub (Exclusive)
Torae > Something To See
MMR & ADM > 1ne (Red Vinyl Thingy with No Info Whatsoever!)

Xmas Cypher Show, Gigs and things...

Cypher show last night so no real playlist, I've written one anyway and thanks to all the emcees who made it, repeat shows next week and on New Years day cause I'm DJ'ing at the Yardbird with the rest of Funkbox and the Foundation Collective, details here. The station have promised to play the show with Pneumatic, Arkaic and Eurgh that they couldn't find?!? from a few weeks back. I'll be back in the New Year with a best of 2007 show. Natural Self is playing for us at the Yardbird on Friday for Funkbox last few have been rammed so try and get down early.

Fatlace have posted some great stuff recently including interviews with Greg Nice and Tuff City's Aaron Fuchs. Robbies continued his sterling work at Unkut with interviews with Show(biz), NYG'z, Percee P and some nice posts about Royal Flush who the majority of you won't be remotely interested in but I think is very slept on, in fact I'm going to Ice Down some Medallions now. A great festive mix is available for free download from Beat Street here. What else is the internet good for?

have a great Christmas and New Year

Cro

Main Ingredient Playlist 17/12/2007
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www.mainingredientradio.blogspot.com for downloads
Mon Nights / Tues Morning 12 - 2am
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Xmas Cypher Show http://sharebee.com/723a7a4d

Xmas Hard Call > My Christmas Balls (Stones Throw)
P Brothers & Boss Money > New Religion (Heavy Bronx Exclusive)
Looooooooooong Freestyle
Biz Markie & Big Daddy Kane > XXXmas Live

Another "Classic" show, LDBB, Funkbox and more...

I've had to give you another classic show as the studio still isn't working, I'm not sure if I can actually call it classic as it's from this year (19-02-07) but it's the most fun I'd had in ages with Leicesters very own Bomb Squad, Ed209 in the building and self described "Shiny Metal Man", Chrome from Def Tex. Some of the chat was bananas, some very dope records were played and we got Chrome to do some live rhyming, I'll have a hunt for the playlist if anyone actually wants to know what was played (ask in the rarely used comment section below!) To be extra nice I'm using sharebee so rapidshare, zshare etc are all covered...

Part 1
Part 2

Next up I'll be using some of the Louies Den Beat Battle beats, any one who wants to get involved check the myspaz for the lowdown, homework 10 is up so get making some beats. I'm going to use a selection of the beats as music beds before they get turned into finished tracks. Seriously theres some incredible beats being made! This video's the flipping kids tv themes...

Louis Den Beat Battles The Real Episode 8


Starting on Wednesday 14th November from 8pm – Late FUNKBOX present all the way from Israel…



LIVE at The Yardbird, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HJ
£6 entry… plus FUNKBOX DJs

AND THEN…


On Friday 16th November FUNKBOX returns with…Tufkut...One time resident of Breakin’ Bread and Hip-Hop production maestro TufKut travels up from the big smoke to show off his extensive knowledge of breaks and beats from deep in his crates.



Again at The Yardbird, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HJ, £2 entry. I wish I had been able to do the show on Monday as I had a few of his tracks ready to hand, he makes hip-hop how it's supposed to sound, full of dope samples and heavy drums, I think he probably introduced me to some devil worshiper by the name of Kashmere too...



Phill Most Chill has one of the best blogs on the net and a record collection that makes even the most hardened digger salivate. Recently he's done some posts on the mysterious Baritone Tiplove a few of you might be aware of. Heres the direct link for those too lazy to look at my links bar on the right (they're all dope links by the way, don't front!)

Next week Pneumatic & Sloth live in the studio and feel free to leave a comment. Be sure to check back too as I should be posting again tomorrow with another show.