Top Billin'

Jman & Gravity - 2 Sides Of The River (Produced By Pulsar) Video Teaser....

2011-12-01T00:02:00.003Z

So here's the preview.....

The Première is happening at the Top Billin' Takeover on Thursday night at Dappa Me, 96 North Hill. Plymouth.

OH IS IIIIIIT!

TOP BILLIN AND DAPPA ME ARE DOING LATE NIGHT SHOPPING WITH A HIP-HOP TWIST!

LATE NIGHT CHOPPIN'!!!

INCLUDING LIVE BEAT PRODUCTION, TURNATABLISM AND MC'S BRINGING YOU EXCLUSIVE HIPHOP EXPERIENCE TO DIGEST YOUR XMAS SHOPPING AT DAAPA ME.

FEATURING THE SKILLS OF;

* THE LEGENDARY.....DJ XL!!!

* DMC FINALIST AND RESIDENT TURNTABLE BADMAN....DJ PANDAMONIUM SHOWING YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO SMASH UP A DMC SET!!!!

* EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE OF JMAN, GRAVITY & PULSAR'S "2 SIDES OF THE RIVER" VIDEO!!!

* TOP BILLIN' FAMALAMA MASTERSTATUS!

* GV CLIK REPRESENTING THE MICROPHONES.....

+ SUPPORT FROM......YOU! - HIT US UP TO GET INVOLVED, OPEN MICS

THIS THURSDAY FROM 6PM - 9PM

BEERS DEALS ON PURCHASES
COFFEE'S, POOL AND FRIESH GARMS

http://www.topbillin.co.uk/
http://dappame.com/

Top Billin' Presents: Cyrus Malachi @ The White Rabbit!

2011-11-30T23:33:00.006Z

WHAT THE FUCK

TOP BILLIN GOES IN AGAIN FOR ANOTHER KILLER SHOW!!

**CYRUS MALACHI**

All the way from East London, CYRUS MALACHI will be bringing his show to Top Billin' Plymouth! Renowned on the underground for heavy hitting political lyrics and deep and powerful flows, this guy has worked with the best, from the days of the legendary Orphans of Cush to recent collaborations with M9 and Jehst. Not to be missed - this IS real hiphop!

Check some tracks here...
http://www.myspace.com/cyrusmalachi

And here..

**GREASY VINYL TAKEOVER**

The GV Clik will each be dropping fresh bars and material from their repertoire in exclusive solo sets -

* JMAN *Exclusive Hiphop set*
* BONEZ
* GRAMZ

**D.ARCHETYPES**
Featuring Don't Flop's Unanymous and the dnb mic-mystro Smallz Deep, D.Archetypes are a fresh duo with all the bars.

**THE TOP BILLIN' FAM**

* DJisGOD
* MASTERSTATUS
* DJ PANDAMONIUM (Exclusive DMC preview...)

**OPEN MIC SECTION**

**THE 'WORLD FAMOUS' TOP BILLIN' GRAF' GIRLS**

**LIVE GRAFFITI**

**MERCHANDISE BY GREASY VINYL, THE SNT, WHITE ELEPHANT, SIKA STUDIOS - CDS, TEES, EXCLUSIVE TOP BILLIN' FAM SPRAY CANS, FREE ZINES, STICKERS**

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**10PM TIL LATE**

£4 ENTRY ON THE DOOR

18+ I.D. REQUIRED

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http://www.topbillin.co.uk/
http://www.greasyvinyl.com/
http://sleazedadon.bandcamp.com/
http://www.whiterabbituk.com/

JEHST HITS TOP BILLIN' IN PLYMOUTH!!!!

2011-10-27T23:54:00.002+01:00

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

TOP BILLIN' PRESENTS 'THE DRAGON OF AN ORDINARY FAMILY' TOUR - JEHST'S BRAND NEW LIVE SHOW WITH A FULL LIVE BAND! Featuring JEHST & MICALL PARKNSUN, singer FAE SIMON, JAZZ T on the decks, LIVE DRUMS, BASS & KEYS !

WITH LIVE SUPPORT ACTS

THE SCRIBES

RAIN& ESKAPE

*HOSTED BY THE TOP BILLIN' FAM*

DJ Pandamonium [TBF/DMC FINALIST/REDBULL 'THE DROP' CHAMPION/]
MasterStatus [TBF/STK/SUBHEAVY]
DJisGod [TBF/GV CLIK]

JMan [TBF/GV CLIK/UNLEASHED/STK]
Gramz [TBF/GV CLIK]
Bonez [TBF/GV CLIK]
Gravity [UNLEASHED/STK]

**OPEN MIC SECTION**

**LIVE GRAFFITI - iCAN, KIETH SEMTEX, CHEX, VEKS, SHEVA, ERPH**

**THE 'WORLD FAMOUS' TOP BILLIN' GRAF' GIRLS**

**MERCHANDISE BY GREASY VINYL, THE SNT, WHITE ELEPHANT, SIKA STUDIOS - CDS, TEES, EXCLUSIVE TOP BILLIN' FAM SPRAY CANS, FREE ZINE, STICKERS**

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**10PM TIL LATE**

£7 ADVANCE TICKET

£9 ENTRY ON THE DOOR

ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

White Rabbit

We Got Tickets

HOW TO GET FREE ENTRY TO A TOP BILLIN'!?!?!

2011-10-18T10:23:00.002+01:00

So we wanted to make things a lil more interesting in regard on how to get into a Top Billin'! If ya go follow our Twitter and add up our profile on facebook then you will have access to our latest news and also pics of decorated spray cans which will be hidden in and around Plymouth City Centre! These pictures will be clues as to where the can is hidden,if you find it, its yours to keep! Even better than that, bring it down to the night and you will get in free!

WE'RE BACK!!!!

2011-10-18T10:14:00.003+01:00

So tomorrow night we have Top Billin' favourite Stig of the Dump comin' to the White Rabbit in Plymouth!!

Straight out of the place in your head that filters out the bad things, Stig of the Dump’s arrival to the UK scene is unprecedented, smashing stages with his frank and crude take on the world around him;
... 2xWorld EOW Challenge Champion of Champions, 2xUK EOW Challenge Champion, UK Battlescars Champion, Jump Off Tag Team Champion and with over 500,000 views of his notorious annihilation of So Solid’s Asher D, Stig is an artist with a huge reputation for no holds barred delivery.

Stig’s effortless dexterity see’s him able to jump genres from straight up Hip Hop to Dubstep, Grime, Drum & Bass & Hardcore Rock, with features on impending releases with dubstep label Buygore & artists such as Barenoize & Southbound Hangers and a full length Album in works with UK legend Jehst, things are definitely looking “MAN SIZE” for the future!

*NOT TO MISSED - THIS SHOW WILL GO OFF!!!!!*

The Royal Wedding - King's Speech Ft. Stig of the Dump & Killa Kela

Stig of the Dump 1xtra Fire In The Booth

http://www.twitter.com/stigofthedumpuk
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stig-Of-The-Dump/164799863557459

**WITH SUPPORT FROM**

JACKIE CHAT

Hailing from Exeter, this underground artist will hold down the stage with eclectic beats and unique flows. Featuring Top Billin' DJ Pandamonium on the wheels of steel, this is a set well worth checking out!

**10PM TIL LATE**
**£4 ON THE DOOR**

*HOSTED BY THE TOP BILLIN' FAM*

- 1's&2's -

DJ Pandamonium [TBF/DMC FINALIST/REDBULL 'THE DROP' CHAMPION/]
MasterStatus [TBF/STK/SUBHEAVY
DJisGod [TBF/GV Clik]

- Mics -

JMan [TBF/GV CLIK/UNLEASHED/STK]
Gramz [TBF/GV CLIK]
Bonez [TBF/GV CLIK]
Gravity [UNLEASHED/STK]

**COME CHECK THE GRAFFITI GIRLS**

**OPEN MIC SECTION**

Greasy Vinyl all day...

2011-08-19T14:57:00.002+01:00

Its been a busy few months for The GV Clik and TopBillin' co-headhonch Sleaze. After the first EP release 'Itolism' - DJisGod, Bonez, GrammaK, Jman and Sleaze have been working hard in the studio, aswell as smashing up stages with their impressive live show. With GV festival performances at Relentless Nass and Boadmasters courtesy of Sika Studios, more upcoming shows and the long awaited 'Greasy Plates Vol.1' Mixtape just dropped, the Clik is running hot right now - check the work rate!

The Greasy Plates Vol.1 mixtape is available at links below - full of beats new and old, sharp cuts from DJisGod and, of course, off the chart lyricism from the men with mics.

http://sleazedadon.bandcamp.com/album/greasy-plates-vol-1

And if off the chart lyricism is your thing - man needs to check out the new album from Sleaze aka Hermes Trismegistus. Entitled ' Arkitectoniks ' this 16 track album features guests talents of Lee Scott, Jman, Sonnyjim, Kosyne just to name a few! The beats are ILLY - album is available for sale at links below.

http://sleazedadon.bandcamp.com/album/arkitectoniks

**Featured is the video for 'Kates Hill Movement/Winter Breeze feat Jman and Amy Hatswell' - a high quality production!

Watch this space for TBF news and upcoming shows

MS

Plymouth Hip Hop History!

2011-05-24T18:13:00.001+01:00

WHATTHEFUCK

Top Billin teams up with Battle Stations and local legend Dj XL to bring you another night of pure hip hop rawness, this time it's all about plymouth baby.

we love this city and we love hip hop. its all love tonight, open mic, open decks, open graf boards and some lino. So if you love this city and you love hip-hop bring ya element and come rep. everyone gets a chance. thats why we've lowered the minimum age to 16 top give them yoots a chance.MCs and PRODUCERS bring your tracks in mp3 or wav on a stick there will be a chance for you to perform. DJ's bring your vinyl and breakers if you got a routine you wanna perform then this is your chance.

We'll hopefully be having some past Plymouth heads pass through
Only a QUID ya know and remember its all love so whatever level ya talents at come n show us your skills.

Hosted by Sleaze

With the Top Billin' residents:

DJisGOD

MasterStatus

DJ Pandamonium

Top Billin' Presents: Jehst Live Instore @ Dappa Me Plymouth

2011-05-24T18:00:00.004+01:00

So Jehst is playing Dynamite down in Penzance on Friday (shouts to them!) and he was gonna pass through Plymouth and come say hello to the Top Billin' Fam. We decided we best let all you lovely people of Plymouth get a chance to say hello too!

So promoting his new album "The Dragon Of An Ordinary Family" he will be performing a lil preview with Micall Parknsun and there will be an interview! All of which is being recorded for the TBF Radio show on www.urbankings.fm, to be broadcast in a couple of weeks! Hosted by G V Clik's Sleaze.

We will also be having some live art from Sheva going on outside!

SO MAKE SURE YOU TURN UP EARLY AS THIS IS GOING TO BE A ROAD BLOCK EVENT AND THE PERFECT WAY TO WARM UP FOR THE SUMMER BALL!!!!!!

WE'LL BE STARTING EARLIER THAN THE EVENT WITH THE TOP BILLIN' RESIDENTS (PANDAMONIUM/DJISGOD/MASTERSTATUS) PLAYIN SOME DOPE HIP-HOP TO KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED!
ONCE JEHST AND PARKNSUN HAVE FINISHED DARKO & UNLEASHED RESIDENTS WILL BE PLAYING SOME DUBSTEP AND THE LIKE TO KEEP YOU GOING!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FACEBOOK EVENT!

TBF Radio on www.urbankings.fm

2011-05-18T11:35:00.003+01:00

WHATTHEFUCK

The Top Billin' Fam are back again for our fortnightly radio show on www.urbankings.fm!

Broadcasting live from Dappa Me on North Hill.

SWING IN AND 'AVE A BEER/COFFEE AND PICK UP SOME FRESH GARMS AT THE SAME TIME!

NO PANDAMONIUM THIS TIME, ALTHOUGH HE WILL BE BACK FOR THE NEXT ONE, SO DJISGOD AND MASTERSTATUS WILL BE HOLDIN ISH DOWN!

POW!

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FACEBOOK EVENT.

Tenchoo - Scary Movie.......... ft DJisGOD!

2011-05-18T01:31:00.002+01:00

Here are a couple of sick tracks taken from Tenchoo's new album Scary Movie.Both of these tracks feature Top Billin's resident DJisGOD on the cuts!

The album can be purchased from http://firstson.bandcamp.com/album/scary-movie

<p>&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://firstson.bandcamp.com/track/olda-god-cypher-feat-omerta-and-menace"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Olda God Cypher feat. Omerta and Menace by firstson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;</p>

<p>&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://firstson.bandcamp.com/track/2003"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;2003 by firstson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;</p>

New Realness From Sleaze Da Don!

2011-05-18T01:23:00.000+01:00

Check out the sick new track from Top Billin' Host,Fellow G V Clik member and Greasy Vinyl head honcho Sleaze.
Produced by Wizard and taken from his forthcoming album 'Arkitectoniks'.
http://www.greasyvinyl.com/

SIKA STUDIOS @ NASS FESTIVAL! TOO BIG TOO MISS

2011-05-13T17:36:00.009+01:00

So Sika Studios are doin their usual ting of smashin' up festivals and usually supplyin' a better place to hang out than the rest of the festival, especially if your a UK Hip Hop fan!

After last years success at Nass Festival, they have been brought back to do it again and have outdone themselves again.

Let's 'ave a lil look at the line-up shall we............

A High Focus Showcase (All doin' separate sets! POW!)
Dirty Dike
Fliptrix
Jam Baxter
3 Amigos

And thats not all......
Dr Syntax
LDZ
Milestone 145 + Guests
Pete Cannon
Mowgli
Suave Deboniare
Bill Shakes
Assa
Mr Wheelz
Ricta & Idyllic
Flash Harry
T-Cutt
DJ Insite
and Top Billin' badman DJisGOD

And then for the evening SKANKIN'
Devilman/D-E-Velopment and Skinzman
JMan
Flash Harry
Neon
Brookie
NK
Jack The Repper
Live O

Not only are Sika puttin' all this ish on but they even got sika deals on weekend tickets. Hit up tickets@sikastudios.co.uk for more info!

BOOM! SEE YA THERE!

New ish from LEAF!

2011-05-11T14:54:00.003+01:00

Fresh from illy beatsmith and mc Leaf Dog. This vid just dropped for the superb track 'Some People Say', the first single taken from the forthcoming album 'From A Scarecrows Perspective' out on HighFocusRecords June 13th 2011. Expect big things! Biggups from the whole TBF!

New Vid from Sleaze & Sonnyjim (DUBSTEP)

2011-04-22T13:42:00.003+01:00

New video for the Kelatron remix of "The Long Road" (Single available now) of the EP "Work in Mnemonics" (EP available now).

Directed by Redbeard

UK STAND UP!!!! NEW ILLNESS FROM SOME OF THE BEST IN THE UK!

2011-04-22T13:11:00.002+01:00

Too many ILL names to mention! Just go check this video and realise how dope the uk scene is right now!

TOP BILLIN' Presents: SLEAZE & SONNYJIM Plymouth EP Release Party

2011-04-18T15:31:00.000+01:00

What the fuck. Top Billin' returns with that raw hip hop flavour you've been fiending for! We're keeping it local with this one but are being blessed with the mic fire of Sonnyjim!

Here's the full line-up.....

Sleaze & Sonnyjim - Promoting their new release "Work In Mnemonics"

DJ Pandamonum - Top Billin' Resident & DMC Runner-up doing a special 1 hour set.

MasterStatus - Top Billin' & SubHeavy Resident DJ/Producer

DJisGod - Top Billin' Resident & GV Clik DJ/Producer

Staffy - Local Hip-Hop MC showcasing some of his work.

We will also be hosting the Top Billin' battle competition so who's got the boulders to go up against touring Top Billin' Champion - Gramma K

Shits on till 2AM but get down early because the live music wraps up at 1AM

£2 ALL NIGHT SO MORE MONEY FOR BEER!

Scorzayzee is back!

2011-04-16T15:31:00.011+01:00

Scorzayzee is back with a top track and heavy hitting video.Check this!

Plymouth heads! Easter Event from the fam @ Battlestations!

2011-04-07T12:19:00.005+01:00

MAKE SURE YOU REACH THIS!!!!

Hiphop and Funk night at Jack Chams Featuring....

On the Mic:-

Reb Max (From RDP)

The Dough Brothers (Jodojo & Nickendo)

On the 1s and 2s:-

Pandamonium (D.M.C UK Finalist)

DJ Sharp
Blakeatron
Fu-Stylz
Kitastrophe

Plus!

A showcase Bboy battle!

FREE Entry, and no work the day after!

Postman Jehst...... ILL

2011-04-06T12:06:00.001+01:00

Genius marketing idea! Jehst is back!

The GV Clik - Itolism

2011-04-06T11:09:00.002+01:00

NEW ILLNESS FROM THE GV CLIK!!!!

Go cop the Itolism EP HERE

TOP BILLIN' FAM on WWW.URBANKINGS.FM

2011-04-06T10:24:00.002+01:00

WHATTHEFUCK. More ish comin from the TBF!

The Top Billin' Fam are gettin' ready to smash up www.urbankings.fm every other Sunday LIVE from Dappa Me on North Hill!

We are kickin' this shit off on Sunday 10th April and makin' a lil event outta it!

We have the resident Top Billin' Dj's murkin' the turntables while the GV Clik's very own Gramma K hosts the shit outta this!

For our debut show they will be joined by the rest of the GV Clik for a lil cypher session and we will also be havin' an open mic session, so if you think you've got the boulders to step up then make sure your there.

Meanwhile, in Dappa Me we will have some live art from the illness that is SHEVA.

SO ON SUNDAY MAKE SURE YOU LOCK IN TO NURSE YOUR HANGOVER WITH SOME ILL HIP-HOP.

IF YOUR IN PLYMOUTH BOWL ON DOWN TO DAPPA ME AND NURSE SAID HANGOVER WITH A COFFEE (OR A BEER)

EXPECT SOME ILL SHIT

$$$ BEATS FOR SALE $$$

2011-04-03T16:18:00.002+01:00

Hey Everybody!!

Just to let all you MC's / Vocalists out there know, Top Billin' Resident DJ Pandamonium has a catalouge of beats for sale and will be putting together a promo CD of beats available to purchase real soon!! But in the mean time, here's one he made earlier.

It's entitled "Bring The Funk Back" and it's just a wee snippet of what Pandamonium has been working on production wise. So if your an MC or Vocalist then get at him on djpandamonium@hotmail.com

UNLEASHED PRESENTS: AKIL MC (JURASSIC 5) LIVE AT JACK CHAMS, PLYMOUTH 30/03/11 REVIEW

2011-04-02T16:05:00.000+01:00

Today I was asked by Top Billin' guvnor Si to knock up a review of the Akil gig at Jack Chams last Wednesday (30/03/11) as he is too busy spamming everyone and there dog with his Blackberry! ha ha! So here goes!!

Good ol' DJ Darko (Unleashed, Plymouth) had teamed up with my boy Tom (1 Step from The Krate Krusadas) to once again bring the legend that is Akil MC (famously known for being one of the Jurassic 5) down to Plymouth. The original venue was set to be the infamous White Rabbit (Plymouth's finest live music venue) which is standard for an event of this caliber!!

Unfortunately, due the abundance of rain on that day, the venue lost electrical power, so the event had to migrate to White Rabbit's little brother Jack Chams (Ebrington St, Plymouth). My first thoughts were "this is place is gonna be rammed to the rafters!!" but later, as I will explain in due course, this proved to not be the case (in a positive way).

So I arrived under the care of Tower Cabs at around 10pm joined by my entourage consisting of Reem, Vic and newly found chum Josh (big up's for the tickets!) and headed in to find Battlestations resident DJ Fu Styles gracing the one's and two's (repped it as always breadbin!! dope joint after dope joint!!)

The usual crew were in the house, Kit (getting his Sam Malone on behind the bar), Mr and Mrs Blakeatron, the White Rabbit / Jack Chams gang and of course the warm up act, local hip-hop heroes, The Scribes.

As Fu Styles set drew to a close, it was of course time for The Scribes to grace the stage, and from what I heard Lacey saying, this was their first time back in Plymouth for a long time, so was interesting to see what they been up to since the last time I saw them! All I can say about the The Scribes on this evening, even though there were no monitor speakers, is that there stage presence is exceptional!! They seriously get better and better every time I see them! And of of course my man DJ Blakeatron held down the turntable fort extremely well!! Thumbs up performance! Good job lads!!

After The Scribes did their thing, it was indeed the moment everyone was waiting for, time for the mighty Akil MC to take to the stage along with his best friend since kid's and original DJ before Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist, DJ T-Minus!!

Now, I think it's time to come back to what I was saying earlier about exactly how many people reached this. As I mentioned before, I was anticipating a "tin of sardines" type evening seeing as Jack Chams is about three times the size of the White Rabbit! But, to my surprise, there must have been around 20 - 30 people (rough guess) in the building when it came time for Akil. But, personally for me, this was just the right amount of people because it made it all the more intimate! Of course with someone like Akil from one of the most famous and well respected hip-hop crews in the world ever, Jurassic 5, you would picture a massive venue with hundreds of people and lights etc. This was more like going to a pub with live music, but instead of a crappy cover band, you had one of the most legendary hip-hop artist of all time!! I loved it!!

Rather than doing the usual performance on stage with the DJ behind him, Akil spent the entire set in the middle of the dance floor whilst surrounded by everybody in the club and basically fed off the audience! It was like everyone that was there was Akil's friend. He would be chatting in amongst songs to people, being funny, taking pictures and even offered the mic around to any MC's in the place for a bit of a freestyle session!!

I would reel off what songs he performed etc, but i was buzzed off the sheer atmosphere of the evening to remember to be honest! The set basically consisted of some new Akil joints, some old J5 tunes, some straight spitting over instrumentals (T-Minus dropping that unreleased Dilla beat had to be my personal favourite!) and DJ T-Minus performing a rather impressive scratch routine which involved everyone opening and closing there fingers (that was a sight! ha ha!).

All in all I had one of the best evenings out in a long time!! Akil, you the man!! ;)

Shouts go out to Vic, Reem, Josh, Si, Kit, Blake, Hannah, Fu Styles, Ben and all the Chams crew, The Scribes, J Man, Darko, Steve Strong, everyone else in the crowd who made it the night it was, and last but not least the birthday boy Tom aka 1 Step who was responsible for all of this happening (really cool to catch up with you again sir! Really proud of the moves your making!! Credit were credit is due!).

And on that note, let's end with Akil's new joint "One 4 the $$$", peace!!!

DJ Pandamonium 2011

Top Billin' Smashes it again!

2010-11-01T11:10:00.004Z

That's right! Top Billin' is BACK in BRISTOL!!!

Top Billin' doing it again, this time at the livest club in Bristol - Lakota. Three rooms of skanking underground madness from some of the best in the UK. We've got the Ambush crew & Riddim Up taking over 2 rooms with Top Billin's usual UK Hip-Hop smashing up the other room where Sleaze & Sonnyjim will be showcasing their new EP "Work in Mnemonics"

Check out who's playing:

**DRUM & BASS/DUBSTEP HOSTED BY AMBUSH**

DJ'S

LOGAN D[LOW DOWN DEEP RECORDINGS]
MUTATED FORMS [ESTONIA/GRID RECORDINGS]
STANZA [HOSPITAL/AMBUSH]
PHANTOM [AMBUSH]
DARKO AND D LUX [UNLEASHED]
RANSOM [APERTURE]
KRIS BISCUIT [AMBUSH]
FIREMANSAM [BRISTOL]

MC'S

MC FOXY [NEW BREED CREW]
CARASEL[AMBUSH]
KAYDAN [AMBUSH]
J MAN [GREASY VINYL/TOP BILLIN'/UNLEASHED]
AKESIE [AMBUSH]
GRAVITY [UNLEASHED/TOP BILLIN]

**HIP-HOP**

SLEAZE [GREASY VINYL/TOP BILLIN'] & SONNYJIM [EAT GOOD] -
"Work In Mnemonics" Ep Launch ft members from Eat Good & G.V.
KYZA [DENTED]
MICALL PARKNSUN [YNR],
DUBBLEDGE [HIDDEN AGENDA/DENTED],
TOUGH TOUCH [TOUGH TOUCH PRODUCTIONS]
DJISGOD [TOP BILLIN']

TOP BILLIN' BATTLE COMPETITION
HOSTED BY SLEAZE, JACKIE CHAT & BONES

**JUNGLE HOSTED BY RIDDIM UP**

ARIES [PURE VIBES/COLAB/ROOTS]
MAXXI P [CUE RECS/REFORM/RINSEOUT]
TUSKAN [RIDDIM UP/UNLEASHED]
FLASH HARRY [SIKA STUDIOS]
STEPPIN RAZOR [RIDDIM UP]
RELIK [OLD SCHOOL]

BENNY C [RIDDIM UP]

We have got live grafitti on the night and if you think you have got skills to beat the Top Billin' Battle Champion.
then let us know on the door and put your name down to stand a chance of winning £50. The format is 8 bar for 8 bar continuous over 3 beats. Ill. All hosted by Sleaze with DJisGod, our resident on the wheels.
You will be able to cop Sika garms throughout the night!

There is only a limited amount of early bird tickets left, available by clicking here:
For only £7 each and with a line-up as heavy as this expect these tickets to fly out so grab yours now!

Normal Tickets are @ £9 + BF from Bristol Ticket Shop
http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/

Here's how to find Lakota

This night is bound to pop off and its one not to miss!

Resident DJisGod has a beat up for an award!

2010-09-27T13:36:00.008+01:00

For producing this beat:

So check it then go leave comments!

Finally make sure you catch him spinning at the Top Billin' debut in Bristol which you can find more details by clicking here!

Top Billin' is coming to Bristol!

2010-09-20T22:53:00.004+01:00

So it's been a slow summer for Top Billin', at least as far as the website goes, because we have been hitting far too many festivals with Sika Studios who smashed it everytime! So big up to Chris and the Sika famalam!

So now on to news:

1st off we will have a new website within the next few months that we will be keeping updated and have a more indepth look at what Top Billin' do.

2nd is this:

Taken from the Facebook event! Go confirm!

The premier Hip-Hop night in the South West is moving to the livest city in the South West; Bristol. Bringing the finest underground Hip-Hop from around the world to your eardrums. We have got loads of live shows planned for the coming future, starting with this bad boy at The Tunnels.

Check out whos playing at our launch night:

Stig of the Dump & Dr Syntax

Grandeurs of Delusion

The Bastard Sunz

G V Clik

A-KID and Mista Switch

Master Status

DJisGod

Top Billin' Battle Competition

Hosted by Sleaze

Where it is:

The Tunnels, Arches31-31, Lower Approach Road, Temple Meads, Bristol BS1 6QS

Heres a map

Get ya tickets from Here

£5 before 10.30 £7 after

We love Hip-Hop.
So we try to get as many elements involved as possible. We have got live grafitti by Skillmatik from HGT Collective and Veks. Also if you think you have got skills to beat the Top Billin' Battle Champion then let us know on the door and put your name down to stand a chance of winning £50. The format is 8 bar for 8 bar continuous over 3 beats. Ill. All hosted by Sleaze with DJisGod, our resident on the wheels. You will be able to cop sika garms throughout the night!

Stig and Syntax

Top Billin' and Bristol favourites Stig and Synners return promoting their new solo albums...

Grandeurs of Delusion

Rippin up the decks are these two DJ's from Brighton, renowned for their skills, ability and their crazy live performances.

GV Clik

Sleaze, Gramma K, J Man, Unanymous, Bones, five ill emcees hailing fromall over the UK, but based in Plymouth. These boys rip up stages for a living.

The Bastard Sunz

The first proper Brstol show for these boys on the eve of the release of their debut album; "Le Discotheque' Martyrdom". Consisting of B'Tol, Milestone, DJ Rogue and Rolla.

A-KID and Mista Switch

After establishing performing throughout Bristol and South West with Project 13, A-KID and Mista Switch team up to dispaly new solo material. They are currently promoting Mista Switch's Erb'n'Sider EP, out soon, keep em peeled!

Master Status

Hailing from Wales this DJ has been honing his skills and is ready to impress.

DJisGod

Welcoming DJisGod as the new resident DJ for Top Billin', he has been working with emcees from all around the world and he is ill.

Flyer designed by Skillmatik of HGT Collective

Finally, look out for a few reviews coming over the next few days, hopefully including Hock Tu Down "Something Strange" & LDZ's new ish!

Top Billin' & Carhartt Present... SOULS OF MISCHIEF & CONTACT PLAY (S.M.B.)

2010-01-13T12:13:00.004Z

Yeah! You read it right!

You might wanna go get ya tickets from www.southwestunderground.net now!!!!!

TOP BILLIN' & SIKA STUDIOS HAVE STANDARDLY DONE IT AGAIN! THIS TIME TEAMING UP WITH CARHARTT & 1STEP TO BRING YOU THE WORLD FAMOUS LEGENDS OF HIP HOP.........

SOULS OF MISCHIEF!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT AS SUPPORT! WE HAVE.....

CONTACT PLAY (S.M.B.)

We also have 2 very special guests on the decks for the rest of the night!

DJ XL [FLAVA]
DJ KITASTROPHE [BATTLESTIATIONS]

HOSTED BY SLEAZE & T-BONE

THIS WILL SELLOUT QUICK SO GET YA TIX QUICK!

Tickets available from

Online:
Southwest Underground:http://www.southwestunderground.net/tickets/buyTickets/event_schedule_id/167/

Plymouth:
Bigga Records TBC
Jack Chams TBC

Totnes:
TBC

Exeter:
TBC

Only £8 in advance! £10 on the door!!!!!

Souls of Mischief
Souls of Miischief are touring with thier new album Montezuma's Revenge. These legends of US hip hop are blessing us with a date at the White Rabbit!!!!

SOULS OF MISCHIEF, a group that has built a notoriously strong global fan base, since the 1993 release of their first certified hip hop classic Jive Records album ’93 TILL INFINITY’, return with hip hop royalty and producer extraordinaire PRINCE PAUL [DE LA SOUL / GRAVEDIGGAZ / HANDSOME BOY MODELLING SCHOOL / STETASONIC].
The new album, to be released in Spring 2010, comes off the back of a massive US & European tour that took in all the major countries / states including Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin & a roadblock instore at the CARHARTT STORE in London’s Covent Garden. Joining the fab four on the road where PRINCE PAUL himself and TAJAI’S latest signing to his own imprint, CLEAR LABEL, DEEPROOTED.

For those not in the know SOULS OF MISCHIEF are an alternative hip-hop group hailing from Oakland, CA. Also part of the hip-hop collective HIEROGLYPHICS. THE SOULS OF MISCHIEF formed in 1991 and are comprised of emcees A-PLUS, OPIO, PHESTO, and TAJAI. As a group, SOM have released 4 critically acclaimed albums and have been certified Gold by the RIAA. Their newest long awaited release MONTEZUMA’S REVENGE will be dropping on their very own HIERO IMPERIUM RECORDS. Having left the Jive Record situation they set up on their own and changed the game forming a fresh blueprint for many Independent hip hop labels of the last fifteen years.

“I remember meeting EL-P [ex Company Flow member and founder of Def Jux Records], Tajai explains…”and he was like”…‘when I first was thinking about setting up the label it was your template that I looked to, you guys where the ones I thought had that sh*t locked’

The label enabled them to promote and market themselves on their own terms, Phesto Adds “With the Jive situation they where a pop label that had like Brittney, Backstreet Boys and all that, they wanted us to come out on a mad commercial tip, like some kind of boy band!”….”We wasn’t having it so we broke out!”

MONTEZUMA’S REVENGE is definitely a product of such creative freedom and legendary producer PRINCE PAUL only added fuel to the four emcee’s melting pot as Opio recalls…”working with Paul was a dream…he’s just so talented it was a real buzz, we knew we had to be on point!” with most sessions being done remotely these days he continues to spread light on their process “Paul just came down to the Montezuma House our spot in Oakland…we just locked ourselves in and boom! This is was what came out!”

PRINCE PAUL’S involvement with the new album isn’t the only collaborative effort worth mentioning. The crew reached out to artist Steven Lopez to paint a portrait of the group and album producer PAUL. Lopez is perhaps best known for his street art and work with ERYKAH BADU.

Lopez, being a fan of SOM himself since their debut album, 93 'til Infinity gladly accepted. "When you work with other artists of the same caliber, there is no need to convince or walk them through. They are legit and it didn't take us long to have faith in each other. The icing on the cake was the fact that these cats are die-hard b-boys. This has always been my attitude in life and it was great to share it with them," stated Lopez when asked about his experience working with SOM.
MONTEZUMA’S REVENGE is out on the 8th Feb 2010….

http://hieroglyphics.com/

Contact Play (S.M.B.)
CONTACT PLAY is basically some wastemen who occasionally wrench their faces out of the pile of filth and powder they are slumped in and rags it up propah.They are often safe. They rinse out tunes a bit but mainly juice continental fruits using juicers. They are a menace. They have a soggy album dripping in rinse, which you may buy!
http://www.contactplay.co.uk

On the turntables:

DJ XL -Plymouth veteran & Hip Hop scholar. Also founder of the Hip Hop History in plymouth group. Go check it here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=236509003804&ref=nf

Kitastrophe - One of Battlestations founding fathers, respected b-boy and top dj!

Sha Stimuli & Dj Victorious/Dubbledge/Kingpin/DJ Snuff/Mr Wheelz/Flash Harry

2010-01-05T03:28:00.005Z

So the next Top Billin' is fast approaching and we have something extra special in-store for you lucky peeps!!!

This line-up is huge! Big thanks goes to End of the Weak for teaming up with us on this one!

SHA STIMULI & DJ VICTORIOUS

I've been onto Sha Stimuli for a minute now (admittedly i should have been on this ish a long time ago) and this man has BARS!!!!! Him and DJ Victorious are coming over from Brooklyn with the End of the Weak team and we are lucky enough to be getting him at the Rabbit! I have no doubt in my mind this man is gonna kill it!

As if Sha Stimuli wasn't enough we have even more on the line-up!

DUBBLEDGE!!!

On Facebook I asked who peeps wanted to see and Dubbledge is who you wanted, so our friends at End of the Weak said then he shall come to Plymouth!!!! I've seen this man live once before and is one of the best live acts i've seen! Be ready Top Billin' peeps! Dubbledge takes no prisoners!!!

KINGPIN

Kingpin is on it at the moment! He's releasing his debut LP "The Initiative" the night before in London and it features a lot of UK heavyweights!!!! This guy can freestyle like a m**********r and is one to be watching this year!!

DJ SNUFF

Founder of the notorious 'Speakers Corner' event in London and a major player in one of the worlds biggest hip-hop movements End Of The Weak. This man reps everything that is real about hip-hop!!!

Sika Studios has also called on some its fam to come down with some extra support...

Mr Wheelz killed it when he supported Skinnyman back at Novembers Top Billin' so we had to get him down again to show ya how its done!

Flash Harry's set smashed it last time and he will certainly do the same again this time... playing a mash-up set of everything its one to be looking forward to.....

Sleaze will be hosting as usual but with Mr Wheelz lending him a hand as co-host for this one!

Click here for the Facebook Event

Peace!

The End of a wasteman.......

2010-01-05T02:13:00.003Z

So 2009 is over, the beard has gone and a new beginning for Top Billin'! Too many things in the pipeline to be talking about but just know we be doin' it BIG in 2010!

We've got more things in the pipeline than a blocked sewage system this year! Expect major re-hauls of everything. Our venue has undergone some major changes, including increasing its capacity to 600!

2010 is bringing new friends, new bigger things and of course just good old sick hip-hop!

As a footnote I wanna shout out all the peeps who have shown love this year! Also wanna apologise to a few peeps for being a wasteman!

Props to Sleaze, Sika Studios, Certified Banger, Hip-Hop Hype Dog, The White Rabbit, Sonnyjim & The whole EatGood crew, 1 Step (and the rest of Krate Krusaders and affiliates), 3 Amigos, Tactical Thinking, Verb T & Kashmere, Harry Love, TPS FAM, HGT, Taskforce, Skandal, Ramson Badbonez, DJ Gone, Carpet Face & Audible, D Gritty & First Aid, Stig & Syntax, Blacksmith, Diversion Tactics, Contact Play, LDZ, Mystro, All the Associated Minds fam, Skinnyman & The Mud Fam, The Delusionists, Truth and anyone else who has shown love to Top Billin'! (I'm sorry if I forgot anyone but it's 2:40am and i'm a lil drunk!)

Oh and a special big up to all the peeps who come to the shows!

Keep ya eyes peeled!!!

2009-12-08T14:45:00.002Z

Re-vamp of the blog comin up!!!!

Also a stupid amount of reviews that should have been put up about a week ago.....

This coming Friday at The White Rabbit....

2009-10-04T14:22:00.005+01:00

So it's time for Top Billin' Live nights to get going again! This coming friday we have a sick line-up, Verb T & Kashmere with Harry Love on the decks for them. We also have TPS FAM coming down to support.

This night is gonna go off! Get there early as Verb T & Kashmere will be hitting the stage at 10PM. The live night finishes at Midnight at which point the Crisis dj's take over starting with a special set from Blakeatron [BATTLESTATIONS]

Click HERE for the Facebook event.

See you there!

DJ Thor Seize The Moment Vol 2 (Hosted By Mystro)

2009-10-04T13:40:00.009+01:00

Big up to DJ Thor & Mystro for this VERY heavy mixtape! Some heavyweight US & UK on this ting, very happy to hear Black Mags remix by Badbonez on here as i've been on that track for a minute now and still loving it. Also a fucking heavy track from Skandal which you can see him doing live at a Top Billin' night here. DJ Thor proves he's a master of his trade and brings Mystro in to host which is always a good thing, they showed that on Vol 1 (which if you ain't copped yet click here).

This mixtape should be on your constant rinse list, the fact its free is crazy.

Cop it here.

So our good freinds at the White Rabbit...

2009-10-03T11:11:00.012+01:00

have another venue!

White Rabbit @ Jack Cham's. This is a lovely lil bar on Ebrington Street in Plymouth and if your in this city you should be checkin it. It has a different thing on every night. Here's the line-up...

Here's a lil blurb from the facebook group...

The new Jack Cham's provides you with a more relaxed, cleaner, and comfortable bar environment to contrast the messy club nights and sweaty live shows at White Rabbit.

We're gonna be open 7 days a week from 2pm 'til 1.30am, and will be entirely staffed by your familiar friendly 'rabbit crew .

Expect White Rabbit resident DJ's, Live acts and ever-increasing range of quality tunes in abundance each night, with warm-up sessions for each of the bigger White Rabbit club nights and events.

To take it to the next level we'll be providing a premium drinks selection, tasteful cocktails and shooters, and some EXCELLENT coffee. ...We might even trust you with a real glass!! ;)

...And we're even getting the kitchen up and running to provide reasonable priced but excellent quality food, and will dedicate half of the menu to all of you Vegetarians/Vegans out there with no where else to go.
Watch this space!!

BEER GARDEN, COVERED SMOKING AREA & BBQ COMING SOON#!!

Big up to all the Rabbit management and staff for opening a damn good bar down in these ends!

All you Plymouth hip-hop heads I expect to see all y'all there every saturday for the Battlestations DJ's spinnin the dopeness......

Click here to go join the group...

A lil vid from Aeon....

2009-10-03T10:08:00.003+01:00

Had the pleasure of meeting Kulez while at Aeon, been a fan since his jump off days, he had a lil something to say....

This is the tee he's talking about.....

So go check this vid then go cop a tee @ Sika Studios

King Of Plymouth....

2009-10-03T09:35:00.007+01:00

was a day of seriously funky beats and some fuckin' amazing breakin'. Vid's will be comin but its gonna be a big edit, lots of battles with multiple angles!

Here's some pics to keep y'all goin till i get round to some editing...

K!tastrophe, the host.....

The King of Plymouth:
A few of the guys behind it....

For the rest of the pics go check the facebook event by clicking here.

So yeah....

2009-10-03T09:12:00.006+01:00

Nice little redesign of the blog was done last night, big up to the Top Billin' graphics man ben for that!

So with the re-design I'm hoping to be a lil more active when it comes to this blog ting. Today I'll think I'll start with a quick summary of wha gwan over the last month since my last blog post.

Starting with the Sika Studios tent @ Aeon Festival.....

Well to be honest what can I say about the Sika Stage at Aeon other than oh my fucking god, it was HEAVY!!!! Sika Chris did a top job of keepin shit together and makin sure it ran smoothly, all the acts were fucking live-o!

Got plenty of really good footage which you all can expect to see comin over the next few months, live sets from a few peeps, a campside cipher by the TPS boys, a late-night cipher from the delegates of culture and the S.M.B boys. I am on this shit but we got soooooo much footage to go through its gonna take time!!!

For a quick lil summary check this lil vid.....

Gonna be writing a few blog posts over the next few days so keep ya eyes peeled!

PEACE!!!!

Check this shit out......

2009-10-02T21:50:00.002+01:00

we gone and changed our shit up!

Keep checking, more coming soon!!!

Off to Aeon

2009-08-27T09:35:00.003+01:00

Just a short one to say we are off to Aeon festival shortly to see a fuckin heavy line-up! It's gonna be huge! I will be trying to update twitters as often as poss but it all depends on mobile signal!

Just to keep ya going here are a couple of new vids.....

T-Bone droppin a verse outside Battlestations.

Ramson Badbonez droppin his Cartoon Verse @ a Top Billin night back in June.

Anyways, I gotta bust it!

Peace!

King Of Plymouth 1v1 B-Boy Competition

2009-08-16T13:02:00.005+01:00

King Of Plymouth is a 1 on 1 B-Boy competition happening in Plymouth on Saturday, September 5th at Mutley Baptist Church on Mutley Plain, Plymouth.

Here are some details from the Facebook group

1 v 1 b-boy battle
1st Prize: £200
2nd Prize: £50
3rd Prize: £25

In association with Break youth project and Battle Stations

Host:
Kitastrophe (YML)

Judges:
Racy
Bboy Parks
Mr Splendid

DJs:
Blakeatron (Battlestations)
DJ Sharp (Battlestations)
Skank Marvin (Phonic FM)
Phat Chex (Scratch Club)
Fu-Styles (BattleStations)

Bboys:
1. Splinter - Just4Funk (Exeter)
2. SugaRush - Just4Funk (Exeter)
3. Mowgli - 3C's (Cornwall)
4. Dangermouse - Just4Funk (Exeter)
5. Spin (London)
6. Fase - La familia/BreakStation (London)
7. Gaz - Freestyle Council (Plymouth)
8. Manny - La Familia/Breakstation (London)
9. J-Raff - Just4Funk (Exeter)
10. Chamos
11. Memo - Earthquake Crew and FTC (London)
12. Hype - BeatBreakers (Plymouth)
13. China - Street Factory (Plymouth)
14. Gumpy Knuckz - Ghetlow Pirates (Leeds)
15. Rotten Bugz1 - Just4funk & Disorderly (Exeter)
16. Ion - Under Construction (Barcelona)
17. Finn - YML (Plymouth)
18. Kid Rusty - Bad Habitz Crew (Glasgow)
19. Dirtee Dave - Squirrels of The Nut Tree (Bristol)
20. Bboy Deen - Familia Loca (Denmark)
21. Mahsun - Earthquake Crew (London)
22. Gravedigger - Just4Funk (Exeter)
23. Cake
24. Elv - Just4Funk (Exeter)
25. Prince - RAWcrew
26. DIDGE - united kingz (Leeds/Hereford)
27. Znamir- Freestyle Council (Cornwall/Poland)
28. Honorata - Polish Tricky Playaaz (Poland)
29. Shingo
30. Kaz-kid
31. Khanage
32. Razzle

Reserve List:
Gilchrist - Beat Breakers (Plymouth)
Rach (Cheltenham)

Baha - Freestyle Council (Launceston/Turkey)

Of course the Top Billin' crew shall be there filming for Top Billin' TV and so should all of you!

It's gonna be a day of serious breakin'!

Peace!

A lil update on Aeon Festival

2009-08-16T12:15:00.003+01:00

It's less than 2 weeks away! Who else is going? Who's missing one of the best (if not THE best) UK Hip-Hop line-up I have ever seen?

The Top Billin' boys are preppin hard for this, it's going to be a lot of work and a lot of fun. Looks like we are going to have our own lil interview dome.

If your going to Aeon and see any of us walking around carrying a camera come grab us and and tell us how much you are enjoying the festival!

Big up to SIKA Chris for hooking us up with the whole thing.

To say thanks for us I think y'all shoud go buy some tee's

Sika Studios

A Couple more new vids

2009-08-16T11:48:00.003+01:00

You lucky lucky people! Well mainly for the fact I'm a slack mofo and ain't uploaded anything in time due to bare PC problems. New pc, new soundmixer and the set-up of the Top Billin' Lounge means many new vids on the way....

Last night Dainjamouth dropped in and spat some beats, check him out....

And back from the vaults of my PC here is a lil vid of Carpetface dropping a lil verse after the No Sleep Till Bude Skinnyman gig down at Rogue Nightclub in Bude a couple of months ago.

New videos from the Stig Of The Dump & Dr Syntax night at the White Rabbit coming soon!

You can check peeps pages here:

PEAS! Keep 'em mushy!

Jeez I've been slack....

2009-08-12T14:18:00.008+01:00

I needed some time off so it has been taken and now I'm back! (Even tho I was hectic all the way through my time off)

So a few lil things to mention.

1. Verb T & Kashmere on the 9th October @ The White Rabbit, Plymouth

2. Taskforce on the 27th of October @ The White Rabbit, Plymouth

3. Two new vids up on the youtube.....

Keep an eye out for more upcoming dates, more videos from the Ramson Badbonez night and the Stig & Synners night and of course various other videos from the Top Billin fam!

Peace!

Sika Studios Stage At The Aeon Festival

2009-07-17T11:59:00.004+01:00

It's a lil while away but I figure I should mention it now so peeps can go get tickets before they sell out (which they will). Chris from Sika Studios has been hard at work putting together what is possibly the biggest UK hip-hop lineup i've seen in time! You can find more info by clicking here. Check the link, follow the trail from there to get tickets! This is gonna be sick and I will be around filming so come say hello!

Sleaze AKA Hermes Trismegistus : Theolovision

2009-07-15T11:54:00.003+01:00

Now my opinion of this will be slightly biased as Sleaze is the host of Top Billin', BUT this album is sick! I mean with beats from Ghost, Beatbutcher, Endemic, Hey!Zeus, Reklwes and Wizard and with guest mc's like Illmystic, T-Bone, Lee Scott, Super Dertie, Ruffstyles and more, how could this album be anything other than FIRE!

Whether its Sleaze's off-beat flow spitting about what's really going on in the world or his choice in beats and guest mc's that makes you love this album, you will love it!

Go cop it from various places like
Suspect Packages
Associated Minds
CD Baby

Sleaze's Myspace

Big up to Sika Studios!

2009-07-14T13:29:00.002+01:00

Ez peeps!

Just a quick post to say everyone should be checkin Sika Studios. Go cop some of their Tee's and just have a lil look round the site. Got some sick stuff on there!

Top Billin' Presents: Stig Of The Dump & Dr Syntax, Champ Vs. The League & Blacksmith

2009-07-14T12:36:00.005+01:00

This is next Top Billin' night. Sleaze is back as host and hungry for the mic as usual! This is gonna be pure fire! There are no tickets in advance so its a 1st come 1st in kinda deal!

Also keep your eyes and ears open for Top Billin' unplugged, something that your favourite Plymouth hip-hop heads are working on!

One love peeps!

Welcome to the Top Billin' Blog

2009-07-14T12:10:00.006+01:00

Top Billin' is Plymouth's only live hip-hop night. We aim to bring you the best in both UK and US hip-hop (and anywhere else we find some good ish). We hold our events at The White Rabbit . Our 1st night was Ramson Badbonez, Skandal & DJ Gone as part of the 9-5 Tour. It was a night of pure fire! They killed it and put on one of the best hiphop shows Plymouth has seen in a while!

Here's a lil clip: