Kanye The Tank Engine
let the groove wash over you, yeah?
Thanks to Doctor Shang for the video. (Not a real doctor in case you're wondering)
Blak Twang at the MOBO Awards, 1996.
Blak Twang accepting the award for 'Best Hip Hop Act' at the very first MOBO Awards (Official) in 1996.
Check our interview with him from Issue 10, now live online... Link in comments ⬇️
Abstract Orchestra at O2 Institute, Birmingham
SOUND ON 🔊 February is J Dilla month. Paying their respects in style is Abstract Orchestra. Shouts to Illa J too 🙌🏽
RZA drops in to ILLICIT at Miranda London.
You never know who might drop in.
Join us on the 29th. Last few ticks: http://bit.ly/2CFqD5b
Nashé xx - Everynight (Brownswood Basement Session)
WATCH: Picked up by Gilles Peterson's Future Bubblers programme, Nashe xx performs with a live band in the Brownswood basement.
Field Trips episode 2: Banger racing with Illum Sphere.
"It's absolute chaos!"
Watch episode 2 of Field Trips. A day at the bangers with Ninja Tune artist Illum Sphere
#madewithMOTIV
When TNM met Pav, Foreign Beggars.
A little while back our friends at TNM met Pav of Foreign Beggars. It was his most revealing interview to date.
E273 Premier. VAKLE x Bonafide Live from Copenhagen
BONAFIDE LIVE 001 x Vakle #e273 #bonafidelive
Mos Def recites DOOM’s ‘Beef Rap’ in the studio
Mos Def recites MF Doom's Beef Rap off the top. Sound 🆙
K Dot freestyle from Nickerson Gardens Projects, Watts California
FROM THE VAULTS: A teenage Kendrick Lamar schooling his classmates in the art of flow. Sound ON.
Marvin Gaye on depression, drugs and taming his ego from 1983.
On this day in 1990, Marvin Gaye gained a place on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A gifted but troubled musician - He candidly discussed his depression, drug use and egomania in this fascinating interview back in 1983.
Watch episode 1 of FieldTrips
What happens when you send the UK's finest beatmaker to the UK's most mysterious location?
Watch episode 1 of FieldTrips: Feat Paul White (R&S Records) #MadeWithMOTIV
FIELD TRIPS TRAILER
FIELD TRIPS. Coming this Friday. R&S Records Ninja Tune Paul White #MadeWithMOTIV
Kool Herc Describes his Early Block Parties (Rap City 1994)
Today in 1973, DJ Kool Herc threw his first party and hip-hop was born. Here he is talking about what went down..
How to do a Break Mix by Grandmaster Flash
A break mix tutorial from the creator, Grandmaster Flash in 1983.
Mobb Deep on Lil' Kim
Happy Birthday to Lil Kim - the seductive first lady of x-rated wordplay.
Havoc and the late Prodigy had some serious words to say about her back in 2013..
Tupac Talks Donald Trump & Greed in America in 1992 Interview ...
Tupac Shakur would have been 46 today. He had some eerily prophetic words on Trump and corporate greed for MTV News back in 92..
Air Max 1s x Hip-Hop Record Sleeves
We can't get enough of these hip-hop inspired sneaks by Sam Brandt ⚠️ IG: @hoekon
Joey Bada$$ Interview at Fresh Island Festival
Summer seems like a lifetime ago, but our interview with Joey Badass at Fresh Island Festival is doing a fine job of transporting us back to warmer times…
