Before Us3, There Was NW1 When music fans think of Us3, they often picture the platinum-selling Hand on the Torch album and the global hit Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia).But before Us3 became a household name, producers Geoff Wilkinson and Mel Simpson were working under a different name – NW1. In 1991, that name was stamped on […]
From shaping the sound of NW1 and inspiring the birth of Us3 in the early ‘90s, to redefining jazz-hop for a new generation, Born 2 B has always been at the cutting edge of UK Hip-Hop. His latest release, Blue Notes, Beats & Rhymes, is a bold return – blending boom bap beats, soulful Blue […]
I remember the day well when I really caught the Hip-Hop bug. It was summer 1982 and I had not long started Woolwich Polytechnic Secondary School. These were the times when we would walk around our council estate with kitchen lino rolled up under our arms and a giant ghetto blaster looking for other breakdance […]
