Jehst

Jehst - 1979

I thought it only proper to make my third post dedicated to Jehst, one of the most prolyphic and talented British Emcee's. His style is influenced by mid-90's East Coast Hip-Hop, to which he adds his own rugged English twist. I tracked down his discopraphy for ya'll. But first here's some more info in the guy.

Born in Kent in the summer of '79, Jehst spent his childhood in Sussex before moving to Huddersfield, West Yorkshire as a teenager. Fueled by the bleak reality of smack infested post-industrial North he re-located to London, making his vinyl debut in 1999 with the highly acclaimed "Premonitions" EP, launching the self-financed YNR Productions label from his University halls of residence. From this point on there was no turning back.Jehst began collaborated with other artists on the label, contributing both production and guest vocals to subsequent releases. His profile was further raised when he put in an appearance on Task Force's "Voice of the Great Outdoors" EP released on Low Life records in 2000, before dropping his second solo outing on the same label the following year. Entitled "The High Plains Drifter", this four track (plus skits & instrumentals) EP delivered a range of music moods and lyrical content. Jehst followed this up with a couple of Harry Love produced bangers:"Staircase 2 Stage" which teamed him up with NYC underground hero J-Zone, and the autobiographical "Alcoholic Author" (marking his welcome return to YNR Productions) in 2002. Throughout this time Jehst was a pivotal member of the legendary "Champions of Nature", the 7 man super-group who released 2 EP's and the classic summer jam "Salsa Smurf" on their own C.O.N Artists label before licensing the 12" to Wordplay/Source as the lead single from the "WordLab2" compilation.After a lot of hard graft and hollow promises the crew officially disbanded. Restless as ever, Jehst switched his focus back to solo material, rounding off the year with the club smash "People Under The Weather" (feat. Asaviour) on Low Life, accompanied with a full length CD of his collected works "The Return Of The Drifter". With all of this under his belt, not to mention contributions to the classic albums "Biro Funk" by Braintax and the long-awaited "It's All Happening Now" from Lewis Parker, Jehst has established himself among the lyrical elite.With live performances as strong as his discography Jehst has torn-up shows all over the UK and abroad along side the likes of Non Phixion, Q-Bert, Atmosphere, J-Zone, Mr Lif, De La Soul, More Fire Crew and Big Brovaz. His on-stage A-Team consists of label mate (and long-time bredren) Asaviour and UK under-18's DMC Champion DJ IQ.

What follows is Jehst's Discoraphy, some of my personal favorites from his solo stuff are: Staircase II Stage, Return of the Drifter, China Shop Taurus, Falling Down, Trilogy (Remix), Fist of the North Star, Life Imitating Art, Bluebells, and People Under the Weather.

Premonitions EP (1999)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NM2EX2E8

Return of the Drifter (2001)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NM2EX2E8

Falling Down (2003)

http://rapidshare.com/#!download243306148445Jehst_-_Falling_Down.zip70905

Falling Down Instrumentals (2003)

 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3RNMJLHP

Jehst Presents: Underworld Epics (2006)

http://rapidshare.com/files/17262508/VA-Jehst_Presents_Underworld_Epics-2006-MRH.rar

Mengi Bus Mixtape (2007)

http://mediafire.com/?1035xrbmn1n

Asaviour

Asaviour is one of the top producers from the UK. He's also a dope emcee.

http://rapidshare.com/files/129628414/Asaviour_-_Borrowed_Ladder__2006__EAC_.rar

http://rapidshare.com/#!download34386649277Asaviour_Play_To_Win_The_Mixtape_Vol_1.zip47264

Asaviour is a Huddersfield born Emcee /Producer Asaviour aka Savvy has single handily cemented himself as one of the strongest artists within the UK Hip Hop scene today. Know for old and future classics like People Under The Weather, Money in the Bank, The Homecoming, Monotony, So Northern, and most recently Sucker or Savvy.Asaviour has gained a huge following since his emergence onto the Hip-Hop scene . A regular collaborator with the YNR, Lowlife and Dented Labels he branched out in 2007 with his own label “Saving Grace Music” to showcase "the future sounds" that were progressing from his stable.Following the success of his most recently release Play To Win Vol 2 CD. Asaviour resides at the forefront of the UK Hip Hop scene. Receiving a huge amount of support from DJ's Nationally, across europe and as far a field as Australia & Japan inc - BBC Radio 1, BBC 1xtra, Galaxy Fm, Rock Fm, Xfm, Kiss FM, BBC Asian network, BBC Humberside, Pyro Radio, Solar Radio, HHB Radio, Diesel UMusic Radio and The Selector, a show put together to showcase new British music which is then syndicated worldwide. as well as numerous internet stations across the globe.With a fresh original approach to rhyming, untouchable flow and twist on content and how its delivered sets him apart from most of his more "traditional" counterparts.He has a formidable reputation when it comes to live performance. His Experience through touring with artists like Jehst, DJ IQ and Ghost (to name a few) have developed Asaviour into and extremely entertaining performer, With a stage presence that is paralleled by very few Artists with in the scene. He has played alongside & supported numerous National/International artists (too many to mention here)and has played every major city in the UK and pretty much every other large town or city, His Skills have taken him out of the UK and into Europe and is currently making plans to tour Australia, New Zealand & Japan.

London Posse - Hows Life In London

The only way I could think of to start off the blog is with what started the whole UK underground scene in my opinion, London Posse's first and only full length LP, Gangster Chronicle. Originally released in 1990 by Mango Records.
In this blog I'm gonna try and make sure I point out my favorite songs on each album, but in this case I really can't, I honestly think every song is great. But anyways, my personal favorites are Livin' Pancoot, Money Mad, and Jump Around

1. Money Mad - 6:49
2. Livin' Pancoot - 6:24
3. Original London Style - 3:11
4. Remedy for the Black Ash Blues - 0:47
5. Jump Around - 6:11
6. Sexy Gal - 5:32
7. Gangster Chronical - 3:49
8. Live Like The Other Half Do - 5:53
9. Oversized Idiot - 4:19
10. Tell Me Something - 5:48
11. Jump Around (Censored Mix) - 5:37
12. How's Life In London? - 3:45
13. Funky Rhyme, Funky Style - 5:28
14. Pass Me the Rizla - 5:14

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XDVVI3TJ
http://rapidshare.com/files/159022380/London_Posse_-_Gangster_Chronicle_-_1990_-_by_sovielhabichnicht_-_pure_kbs_MPC_-_Software_inc.rar

Torrent:
http://btjunkie.org/torrent/London-Posse-Best-Of-London-Posse-Gangster-Chronicle/800995b58a522344874ab008582c8f64855ad84626e2


London Posse was a hip-hop group from London, England. The group originally consisted of Rodney P, Bionic MC, Sipho the Human Beatbox and DJ Biznizz. This foursome was assembled specifically to tour the US supporting Mick Jones of The Clash.

They had some initial success with their eponymous first single, produced by radio DJ Tim Westwood, which told the story of their trip to New York. Following this Sipho and DJ Biznizz left the group, but Rodney P and Bionic perservered.

The duo went on to release an all-time classic UK hip-hop album in the form of 'Gangster Chronicle'. After releasing a slew of great singles Bionic left the group in the late-90's to supposedly pursue a career as a jungle MC.

Rodney P continued as a solo artist, hooking up with DJ Skitz, The Nextmen, Dobie and others to great success. Rodney P and Skitz now have a national hip-hop radio show on BBC 1Xtra.

These guys were like the British Wu-Tang...