Nutcracker was a Brighton based label releasing three records by Deliverance between 1994 and 1996.

Rep Dat Sound records. These guys claim to be, 'the most innovative creative pioneers to come out of SE13'. They are, 'Real UK Hip Hop from people who have know about the gritty and grimey ways of the streets'.

San Francisco's Bomb Hip Hop started as a magazine and expanded into being a record label.

It’s 6:00pm on a sunny May evening and I’m waiting in Waterloo Train Station for one of the most active contributors to British hip hop culture. Jonzi D...

The Homegrown Entourage (T.H.E.) is an organisation that was founded by a group of friends four years ago with the aim of promoting the rap music that was being produced in the UK...

The original incarnation of the Out Da Ville label.

Fans of hip hop often find themselves having to decipher the Ebonics, ghetto grammar and street slang that’s contained in rappers’ lyrics. However, it’s more unusual to have to reach for a dictionary in order to understand the meaning behind an emcee’s moniker...

Shotcallers are a UK based collaboration of DJ's and Artists... the reason the crew is named Shotcallers is because we don't want anyone else trying to water us down or make us compromise our love of our music...

Compiled by Crate Digger, here is a list of dope wax to look out for...
 

For those of you who picked up a copy of the April Issue of Hip Hop Connection magazine, you will also have been treated to the ‘Straight from the Underground’ cover CD. Compiled by Dave VJ...