The massive 1xtra Hip Hop Weekend continued in style when the cream of the UK's MCing talent were rammed into 1Xtra towers for a two hour freestyle blitz hosted by Rodney P, with the unmistakable sounds of Skitz on the decks. To say things went off would be an understatement, so listen back to the show now for a phenomenal two hours of world-beating homegrown freestyle spitting.
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Here's who was representing:
MCs (in photo above)
from left to right: First row: Genesis Elijah, DRS (Broke N English), Yung Gun, Stylah, Dynamite MC.
Second row: Strategy (Broke N English), Rodney P, Skitz, Reveal.
Front row: Chester P (Taskforce), Farma (Taskforce), Rukus, TB, Shameless (just out of shot)
The full rosta- Genesis Elijah
MC, hip hop Activist, Brixton born, repping for North West London. - DRS
Producer and MC for Manchester's Broke N English, also MC for Marcus Intalex and Calibre. - Yungun
MC and lyricist from North London.
- Stylah
South East London, handome, part of Poisonous Poets. - Dynamite MC
Hip hop, junglist, brandy specialist, styles galore! - Strategy
Part of Broke N English / Microdisiacs, MC / Producer Estate Recordings. - Reveal
Spitter from West London, aka Prince of Persia. - Chester P
Legendary lyricist, another part of TaskForce.
- Farma
Pretty boy reppin from South London the other half of TaskForce. - Rukus
Midlands' finest! Birmingham born and now from Derby - Bad Boy MC. - TB
aka Tuberculosis, East London, Manor Enterprises, aka T Bear. - Shameless
L'Stone, East London, repping DAT Sound, aka Paddy Raggaman.
- Pariz 1
A female MC straight out of Nottingham. Part of the Street Dreams collective.
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