5th Floor is a hip-hop outfit consisting of eleven members and originally hail from Cape Town. The team performs and produces hip-hop music, as well as providing platforms for other forms of urban-art expression within their immediate community. They will be releasing their EP “Attention To Detail” in November 2003 and this will be followed by their full length in Easter 2004. Read on for more information.

Biz Markie has gone from being the beatbox “Clown Prince of Hip Hop” to platinum selling rapper, legal landmark and now one of the most in-demand black DJs in the world, backing Will Smith, spinning at the Super Bowl, the NBA All-Star Game & The Grammy’s.  His first single “Let Me See You Bounce” is out now!

Interviewing PVT MILITANT produces a little more than the average interview, hence the links to PVT’s recorded responses to the questions. It’s in the content where the real interesting stuff happens though.

DJ WAlly’s blunted world is a place where hip-hop meets drum and bass, twisted illbient soundscapes are given a dub treatment, and Cheech and Chong lie comfortably next to Simon and Garfunkel.

About a year ago I was in Cape town and I got hold of this magazine called AWOL.  I then got in touch with a brother named Kevin Ramirez and he hit me up with a few more copies.  The magazine itself declares war against the injustice that’s occurring against people of color and oppressed people in general.  Here’s the discussion I recently had with him.

Stick Eight Entertainment hosts it’s second hip hop event this year called “Locked & Loaded” after only being established in June 2003, and with their first hip hop event called “From Tha Beatz 2 Tha Streetz” which took place at The Barn, UWC on the 19 July 2003 already behind them. This proved to be a very successful event, which boasted live performances by Ready D and Jozi hip hop group Cashless Society.

Posting from Sensai Tate at Grahamstown, Rhodes University. Check out this link for an internet only release from Rhodes University’s (South Africa) crew ‘Innovators’.

The first time I popped in this disc I was nodding my head like a pigeon walking through Grand Parade. I got in touch with Soul Plasma just the other day to ask him a couple of questions about his first solo release “Simply Soul” on the Pitch Control label. Expect to hear more from Soul as this powerful release explodes. Check it.

Whether on stage or in the studio, DJ T-Rock emphatically grabs hold of the 1200’s and demands the spotlight. Voted “Best Goddamn DJ of 2003” by San Francisco’s legendary independent label Hip Hop Slam, T-Rock has kept his fans happy with two solo albums, numerous mix CD’s, and various appearances on albums and compilations.