So Long, Mixed Bizness

So... Nine years of parties and it's drawing to a close, with some of the promotions mainstay performers turning up to rock it one last time. The poster says all you need to know. Goodbye and thanks.

Profisee - Diggin' In The Crates

Profisee is one of the most important people in the Edinburgh and Scottish hip-hop scenes: a founder member of the legendary Scotland Yard Emcees, over the years he has worked with big-name producers such as Starkey and Hexstatic, and was the vocal half of epic electro-bass duo Great Ezcape.

Whether dropping a guest verse, producing his own beats with partner M as Cloak X Dagger, or collaborating with local Edinburgh heads like Nasty P or Yush2K, or in new collabs with producers such as Dam Mantle, the legendary 'weatherman' has an incredible command of words, dropping deep philosophy and prescient politics with a flare and style all his own. Live, he's an old-school performer, fiixated on making a crowd move, always full of energy.

Prof's just dropped a set of old, rare and lost tracks on his Soundcloud, as a crowd-hyper for his new album project, 'From All Angles.' It features collabs with old Yard playmate Jinx, among others. Jump on these downloads like the proverbial hot cakes they are: devour them. This is a wicked collection of beats and rhymes from an intelligent, street-smart emcee who has been a vital part of the Scottish hip-hop scene since its inception.

Diggin' In The Crates by Profisee

Profisee - Logan's Run EP (Phuturelabs)

Profisee - Logan's Run EP (Phuturelabs)

Oh hells yes, Phuturelabs, by far one of the finest blogs / netlabels around drops this cheeky slice of awesome from the unstoppable force that is Profisee. Featuring intellectual, spiritual flows backed by production from Poirer, Scharkz, Process Rebel and S-Type, this is five tracks of seriously high-quality hip-hop. Despite his popularity with dubstep acts like Akira Kiteshi, DFRNT and Starkey, there's a breadth of production styles that offer something for everyone, from grime to dancehall, via dubstep and crunk, showcasing Profisee's refusal to be pigeonholed by any genre.

As with other collabs, such as Dam Mantle's Magical, Profisee tends not to spit in recognisable 16s, circling back on rhymes, returning to refrains and losing himself in a whirlwind of repetition and reference. Despite this abstract, loose style, Prof still delivers powerful messages of self-belief, enlightenment and spirituality, referencing archaic mythology, apocalyptic imagery and pure kitchen sink realism. It's seriously good work from one of Scotland's finest MCs, with a collective of producers that ticks all the right boxes.

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PL004 - Profisee - Logans Run EP (wavs) - free download by Phuturelabs

DFRNT and Profisee

How You (Deal With It) by Profisee

LARGENESS.

New Morphamish tracks

Here's some more Black Lantern Music-related business for folks to check out.



The Edinburgh-based producer Morphamish (who dropped the wicked Urge Mode EP on Black Lantern a few months back) has put a couple of new tracks up on his Soundcloud page.

Both tracks feature MCs, and the first to step up to the gauntlet is the well know Edi rapper Profisee (who recently took over Vic Galloway's New Music Scotland BBC slot for a show) with a remix of his track "Movin'". It's great to see these guys together, and the track is a wicked uptempo, slightly glitchy, double-time groover that will do as it says on the tin.

Profisee-Movin(Morphamish remix) by morphamish

The other track gets a big shout out from us featuring as it does Black Lantern/Weaponizer's Texture but also Shallow Rave's very own Kid Ritalin! It's more downtempo and even more glitchy, with a head nod feel helped by raps that reference the Invisibles (surprise!), Dark City and a general dystopia. It's called "Silver Age".

Silver Age-feat.Texture+Kid Ritalin by morphamish