I just want to express gratitude to all that came before me and laid the paving stones that I walk on. The so often underappreciated, yet the crucial architects of our monumental structure that we all gain shelter from. The reason we are where we are.
Whether still with us, or transitioned to the next, your presence is still felt over here.
I also want to give thanks to the present and the future of Hip Hop culture. The people I connect with through this movement are not of one particular age, gender, nationality, skin colour, religion, sexuality or even musical taste, but they are of one common purpose and have a myriad of similarities that interconnect and cross pollinate.
I salute you all.
May we keep taking the sample, and flipping it.
UK label Def Pressé taps legendary New York hip-hop producer Blockhead for the fifth installment of their KPM Crate Diggers series. Bandcamp New & Notable May 5, 2024