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Contact play

Contact Play are an underground hip-hop act from Brighton and Cambridge,UK. The group is made up of 5 friends; Dirty Dike, Mr Key, Ronnie Bosh, EDWARD SCISSORTONGUE and Jam Baxter who have been playing clubs and pubs for many years, but only recently released their first recorded album 'Champion Fraff'. Jam Baxter and Dirty Dike, along with Jay Rap form SMB crew and have a mixtape called SMB proudly presents, which features most of Contact Play. www.myspace.com/contactplay

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Scorcher

Scorcher (real name Tayo Jarrett) is a grime MC and producer from North London. He began his career in Cold Blooded where he became known for his 'shank' bars, and would regularly attend pirate radio and work his way up through the North London grime circuit. Scorcher had to serve a prison sentence for a short period of time in 2006, and while in jail his mixtape Simply The Best dropped and was greeted with good reviews from the grime scene. Many believe 2005 to mid 2006 was when Scorcher was at the peak of his ability as a grime MC, his bars from that time can be heard on Rinse Sessions.

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Klashnekoff

Darren Kandler, also known as Ricochet Klashnekoff or just Klashnekoff (pronounced K-Lash-Nek-Off), is a British rapper who was born in Hornsey, North London, and later moved to Hackney, East London. He was the founding member of the Terra Firma Crew along side Skriblah, D.Ablo, Diamond Ruff and Smasher (www.last.fm/music/Terra+Firma). Klashnekoff is one of the freshest talents on the UK Hip Hop scene at the moment and is on his way to the top of the game.

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Fingathing

Fingathing are an instrumental jazz / hip-hop band from Manchester, UK, comprising classically trained Double bass player Sneaky and DJ / turntablist Peter Parker. The duo first performed together as part of the backing band for Rae & Christian before teaming up. Over the course of the years, they have released several full length albums ; 'The Main Event' (2000), 'Superhero Music' (2002) and 'Fingathing and the Big Red Nebula Band' (2004), with a best of compilation following the year after.

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Cappo

Growing up in Nottingham, Cappo originally started out as a graffiti writer, but soon his love of hip hop culture led him to take on the challenge of MCing.

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Asher D

1)Asher D (reggae/hip hop) artist from the late 80s and early 90s. 2)Asher D (born 1983, real name Ashley Walters) is a British rapper and actor, who is known for his work within the group So Solid Crew. After the group split up, he went on to focus on other projects. in 2002 the rapper got an 18 month prison sentance for gun posession but got out after serving 9 months. He shares a name with another British rapper who released records on the Music of Life label in the late 1980s and early 1990s, often alongside Daddy Freddy.

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Marvin Hagglar

Zimbabwean born artist who lives in South London (SW1). Moved to the UK as a young teenager and has been on the UK underground scene for a while! Frequenting open mics and doing shows all over the UK (mainly in London).
'Marvelous' has a distinguished style that is quite surreal and abstract, fusing with organic beats and sounds,he is able to project a message or 'interact' with the listener!

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Foreign Beggars

Voted "Best Group" and winners of "Best single" at the Lyric Pad Hip hop awards 2005, Foreign Beggars are a 5 man crew comprising of rappers Orifice Vulgatron and Metropolis, Dj NoNames, Beat Boxer Shlomo and Producer Dag Nabbit.
The crew have released a slew of 12"s and Ep's and really made their mark after independently releasing their critically acclaimed, debut LP 'Asylum Speakers'. Foreign Beggars have collaborated and toured with the cream of UK's Hip Hop movement, with Shlomo appearing on Bjork's album Medulla and NoNames having done cuts for Damon Albarn's Gorillaz project.

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