That Pretty Motherf*ka Party

Trapstar x Bump throwing a party? Its Nate and Piff Gang on the bill? And a special guest from Harlem??? You should get there A$AP.

Suede Jones: Smooth Material (EP)

And there we have it folks, ItsNate dropped his new tape for lunchtime as promised. Suede Jones: Smooth Material has the North Londoner on his velvet ish providing those bedroom bars on spacey and galaxy zoning beats. Production duties handled by talents such as Budgie Fire Beats & Crank La-Dank. The EP features Super Dertie & Young Skout from Piff Gang as well as Chockz The Rapper.

Had the pleasure of hearing an advanced rough copy over the weekend. Do Yourself a favour and download this quality 6 track offering here

Check the first single below, if you haven't already.

Lacoste L!VE x Breaks of 10- Selector Sessions Party

Last week at their Soho store, Lacoste L!VE threw a collaborative party with blog site, Breaks Of 10 showcasing some of the freshest and talented artists and DJ's in the London hip-hop scene. Last Japan and DJ Motive committed some crimes on the decks, playing the biggest tracks new and old, from this side of the pond and Stateside. The kid, ItsNate was the main performer on the night, the North Londoner doing no harm to his increasing buzz and rep as a talented wordsmith. Nate also invited TR Fernandez to join him, and the two peformed a new number, that had several heads knocking. Free 'juice' was supplied on the night by Koppaberg, and with many attendants in good spirits in the packed store, the night could definitely be seen as a success. 

Above is a video of the said event and yours truly can be seen towards the end of the video.

Slondon

Intro off ItsNate mixtape, Never Ask Take Everything. Tape drops 30th September. 

 Slondon by ItsNate 

Bars aplenty as usual.

Dam

The homie TR Fernandez drops his debut track , which was filmed out in Amsterdam, where a lot of us were for the Wiz concert, in May. Directed by Henry Houdini of PHD-LDN, quality stuff all around.

Shouts to whole Slobbervorst-Gang movment!

Betty

New video from two guys defo doing their thing, Ash Catch'Em and Its Nate. Directed by Morgan Keyz of SBTV. Dopeness.

The Life and Times of Albert Heijn

Myself and a bunch of others went to Amsterdam not too long ago, to see Young Khalifa perform. DJ Motive was on the bill that night and there was bunch of us out there. 3/4 of the Trapstar Collective were present, Skits, Shadez The Misfit and Its Nate- Henry Houdini, JC Adams, Jack Cannon and countless others. The concert was alright, and Amber Rose is something else. Good times were had. And then some. Pics below.

Turn Off The Radio

Nate will be there, so will I, you can be there if you want. Simples

Trapstar YoYo Mixtape

Last Thursday, the Trapstar and YoYo showcase popped off. I wasn't present because at that time, I was paying my phone bill (at work), however these pics and personal reports confirm to me I should have pulled a sickie. Pics and the serious showcase mix provided by DJ Motive is below.

Trapstar X YoYo Mix by DJ Motive by TrapstarLDN

Pics courtesy of the Trapstar blog.

G-Shock East Sessions (Feb 18th)

Keeping to my promise, I am now sharing some images of the G-Shock East Session at the flagship store in Brick Lane. This was easily the most attended session I have been to. Space was few and far between and I saw performances by Fearless and the boys from the Trapstar Cypher, Nate, Shadez, Ash and Skits. Fearless had a few heads rocking with that 'Duku Man' tune, and new material offered by the guys from the Cypher was well received. Pics above and below, excuse the quality, check the tags if baffled.

G-Shock East Sessions

Another G-Shock event, the likes of Bashy, new Parlaphone signee G FrSh and the Trapstar Cypher boys will be present. Not one for geo-tagging, and there will be no need on Friday night, because I will be at this event. Expect pics from the session.

Blog out.

JC Adams iPad Illustration

Please, just watch this. The talent displayed in this short vid is a lot of stuff. If you listen closely, you can hear myself and Nate in the background. Major shouts to the artist, JC Adams and the director Henry Houdini.

Nate x Tim and Barry

The boy Nate showcasing his skills for TimAndBarryTV, at the Wholesome store in Shoreditch. Bars aplenty, peep the vid.

J'Aime Mon Carre! Launch Party

The other night, French high fashion house Hermes, hosted a launch party in the celebration of their campaign J'aime Mon Carre, which translates into 'I Love My Scarf' coming to East and West London. In East London at the Rochelle School of Arts, from the 18th to 21st November. In West London, the festivities will begin on Ledbury Road from the 25th November onwards.

Myself and some of the other Likely Lads, were present at the launch party. There were scarves elaborately placed everywhere, over tables, hanging from the walls, you name it, it was done. War Paint, an experimental rock group from LA, provided the evening's entertainment and there were delightful fancy fingerfoods on hand and as well as free drinks. Good times were had, photos below.

Shouts to Mister Lego.

NSW - Destroy To Create

Nike Sportswear recently held an event at 1948, in celebration of a new series of the Destroyer Jacket. On display, were previous jackets from older collections, work by the likes of Mike Cavendish x Duffy and I Have Pop to name a few names. There was free booze, a boxing ring, for some surreal boxing match with two female boxers. It wasn't weird because the brawlers were females but because it had just followed a mental moshpit in the ring, minutes before. Ohio native, Stalley performed as well. Nate and Blackstar were in attendance with me on this occasion.

Peep the pics below.

A Weekend in Amsterdam

A couple of days ago, myself and Nate (Its The Leak) went on a Amsterdam weekender. We were staying out there with a good friend of ours, Dr Lemon. Aside from the cold weather, and the amount of dangers faced when crossing the road, Amsterdam for the most part was live. We went to one, two coffee shops, hit some cool shops like Patta and Acht, and went to the Ajax ArenA Football Musuem, that was a lot of stuff for me, because of my love for the beautiful game. Lookout for another Hey Nu Leak Euro trip, fees have to be examined and money needs to stack.  Sidenote-the trams/cars/bicycle/bus threat is not a joke and cyclists think they own the road out there.

 Here are some pics from the trip below.