Two hours of UK Hip-Hop, new and old. Celebrating the incredible producer and MC; Micall Parknsun. I was first introduced to his work randomly buying a Skriblah 12” in MSM, on which he was just called Parky. But I think for me I really took notice with his debut album Working Class Dad, which is just an beautiful album from start to finish with tracks produced by LG, Beatbutcher, Apa-Tight (sick producer) and himself. If you follow him on IG, you’ll see he is constantly banging out proper lovely beats on the regular, so I just wanted to big up his production which is consistently sick but also an selection of proper decent MC features. Hope you enjoy it

Broadcast on Itch.FM 09/02/20

Producer Special, Itch FMJames Trice15 April 2020Micall Parknsun, UK Hip-Hop, Homegrown Hip-HopComment

SAMPLE NATION 033 // SUPA T // SUNDRAGON

SAMPLE NATION 033 // SUPA T // SUNDRAGON //

I’m a huge fan of Supa T, from his work with Champions of Nature to his solo stuff and his many features, his body of work is relatively small but it’s hugely influential and massively consistent. This is show is a celebration of his work, from the group stuff to mix tape freestyles. Sadly he retired and we never got a full album, I heard he now works doing graphic design, but couldn’t find him online.. What’s weird about Supa T is how little information there is online, no interview and barely any pictures, hence the strange looking image I made. To kick the show off a couple new tracks from the likes of Vice Beats with his tribute to Dilla, something from Badbonez new album which is so, so lovely. There’s a new track from Tenchoo off his new album, which features a load of MCs and a few other new bits for you to check out..

Hope you enjoy because Supa T is the don

Broadcast 02/02/20

Artist Special, Itch FMJames Trice12 February 2020UK Hip-Hop, Homegrown Hip-Hop, Supa T, Sundragon Comment

SAMPLE NATION 031 // UK HIP-HOP CLASSICS

Two hours of classic UK Hip-Hop from London to Liverpool, almost entirely early 2000 era, all bangers

Broadcast 12/01/20

Itch FM, World of Hip-Hop, UK ClassicsJames Trice10 February 2020UK Hip-Hop, Homegrown Hip-HopComment

SAMPLE NATION 030 // JOE BUHDHA

Joe Buhdha’s work with Kyza, Klashnekoff and Rodney P in the early 2000s created sounds and styles that have continued to be imitated throughout the UK scene. Despite releasing very few songs, his work really has changed the UK sound and he’s created artist defining music that hasn’t been equaled since. I look forward to much more music from the man, but in the meantime here is two hours of his best work and a selection of new UK Hip-Hop for additional enjoyment

Broadcast 05/01/20

Itch FM, Producer SpecialJames Trice9 February 2020Joe Buhdha, UK Hip-Hop, Homegrown Hip-Hop, Original Samples, REUP, SN030Comment

SAMPLE NATION 012 // MYSDIGGI FKA MYSTRO

Sample Nation 012: Broadcast Live 04/08/19

A selection of new and classic Home Grown UK Hip-Hop from the likes of Asaviour, Micall Parknsun, Roots Manuva, Jehst, Supar Novar and many more

Unsung Hero: Mystro aka Mysdiggi you might know him from the Sainsburys adverts, but I think most would have been introduced to him as the incredible Lowlife Records MC and host of the genre defining night KungFu

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SAMPLE NATION 011 // JESTER JACOBS // MAIN SOURCE

Sample Nation 011: Broadcast Live 28/07/19

A selection of new and classic Home Grown UK Hip-Hop from the likes of Task Force, Cappo, Champions of Nature, Black Josh, Nah Eeto, Luca Brazi, Jam Baxter and Micall Parknsun

Unsung Hero: Jester Jacobs of Moose Funk, a retrospective of some of his best work; B-sides, features and album cuts

Sample Selection: Some incredible Originals Samples for Main Source and the US Hip-Hop to go along with it

SAMPLE NATION 010 // SKINNYMAN // BLACKALICOUS

Sample Nation 010: Broadcast Live 21/06/19

A selection of new and classic Home Grown UK Hip-Hop as standard

Unsung Hero: Skinnyman, a retrospective of some of his best work; B-sides, features and album cuts

Sample Selection: Some incredible Originals Samples for Blackalicous and the US Hip-Hop to go along with it

Itch FM, Artist SpecialJames Trice26 July 2019Skinnyman, blackalicous, UK Hip-Hop, Original Samples, Homegrown Hip-Hop, US Hip-Hop, SN010, REUPComment

SAMPLE NATION 007 // MADLIB SPECIAL

Sample Nation 007: Broadcast Live 30/06/19

A selection of new and classic Home Grown UK Hip-Hop as standard

Unsung Hero: Madlib, a retrospective of some of his best production, some of it, he rapped over. All bangers

Sample Selection: Originals Samples from Madlib’s work spanning MF Doom to the more recent Freddie Gibbs colabs

Producer Special, Itch FMJames Trice1 July 2019Madlib, Homegrown Hip-Hop, UK Hip-Hop, US Hip-Hop, Original Samples, SN007Comment

SAMPLE NATION 004 // P.U.T.S. // HARRY LOVE

Sample Nation 004: Broadcast Live 09/06/2019

A selection of new and classic Home Grown UK Hip-Hop as standard

Unsung Hero: Harry Love, a retrospective of some of his best work and celebration of the diversity of his production

Sample Selection: People Under The Stairs, celebrating 19 year since the release of “Question in the Form of an Answer” and 17 years since OST, you get to hear all the classic original sample and how they were flipped