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Amy Winehouse Statue Gets Go Ahead

Plans for the statue at the site where she made her last public performance were backed despite objections from conservationists

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Southport Weekender 49

The Southport Weekender took its trademark M.O. of merging the old with the new to even greater levels for this, its 49th outing, and its third at the collossally-sized Butlins…

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Dame Dash close to being evicted from home

Dame Dash is close to being evicted from his Carmel, New York home and is in mountains of debt.

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Treach And Kay Gee Of Naughty By Nature Discuss Estranged Member Vinnie

Vinnie sucker punched Treach during a Naughty By Nature business meeting, Treach maintained in an interview with Power 105?s Breakfast Club.

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Black Sheep at The Big Screen

Black Sheep's resident cinemaphile Andrew Kay gives us the lowdown on everything you need to know about the movies currently doing the rounds, and coming to a Blockbuster and dodgy…

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Dame Dash close to being evicted from home Dame Dash is close to being evicted from his Carmel, New York home and is in mountains of debt. Continue>

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Amy Winehouse Statue Gets Green Light Plans for the statue at the site where she made her last public performance were backed despite objections from conservationists. Continue>

Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly's funeral held Chris Kelly of 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, who died last week at the age of 34, has been laid to rest in his home town of Atlanta, Georgia. Continue>

Clubbing...

Aura, Manchester - hot sounds and smart surrounds Though you might think otherwise upon visiting certain swanky 'celeb' venues, an upmarket clubbing experience in a premium venue doesn't have to mean a compromise in music quality. It's a maxim that's borne out by the team behind the cool and classy Aura Bar and Lounge in Central Manchester. Continue>

OK, to be clear, this Hoof is not aimed entirely at Lauryn Hill, an artist we've always been rather fond of here at Black Sheep - not least from the way she broke free of the all-consuming, predatory corporation that is Sony.  She can share the burden with the IRS, the U.S extortion agency charged with enforcing the legalised robbery that is tax. Continue>
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Southport Weekender 49
Butlins, Minehead, 10th-12th May 2013

Southport Weekender 49 The Southport Weekender took its trademark M.O. of merging the old with the new to even greater levels for this, its 49th outing, and its third at the collossally-sized Butlins venue in Minehead. A host of new rooms and indoor domes ensured even more music flowed in addition to the… Continue>



Stressed Out (A Tribe Called Quest Feat. Faith Evans, 1997)
By Clyde Mason

Look up consistency in the hip hop dictionary and you'll find A.T.C.Q. Time and time again the Queens collective showed how to really put together a hip hop album. Standout joints like 'Jam', 'The Hop', '1ince Again', and this, the simply awesome 'Stressed out' showed how Tribe had blazed a path that very few could follow. Hip hop the way it should be. Pure!! Continue>

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