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NINJA TUNE XX double cd contains the following stuff which is 100% exclusive to the box-set and unavailable anywhere else…
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Famed for his seamless fusing of soul, jazz, funk and pop flavours, veteran keyboard wizard GEORGE DUKE has a new album out called 'Déjà Vu.' As he explains to Black Sheep's Charles Waring, it's an eclectic set whose source of inspiration is Duke's own rich and varied musical past.
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What’s up, fuckoes? Read anything good in the news lately? No, I didn’t think so. Well, here’s the real, hot-off-the-press and warm-out-the-ass sheep shizzle, freshly scooped.
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Chicago's Verbal Kent might not be first on the lips of Blacksheepmag.com readers, but he's been steadily maintaining a career that has seen dramas, successes and disappointments. None more so than the tragic attempted murder on his life, where he had his throat slashed in an alley near his home.…
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Black Sheep heads to Lounge 31, Manchester
By Mark Devlin | 24 August 2010
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Black Sheep Hotspots
There's a good reason why Manchester's Lounge 31 has earned a reputation as one of the city's liveliest party spots with one of the most hard-hitting musical programmes. Rather than being run by corporate investors in suits who are clueless when it comes to music, this venue is owned and…
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'Method to the Madness' is already been hailed by those privy to a preview, as being possibly Kano's most accomplished offering yet. Aside from his collaborative projects, notably with The Gorillaz, the East London MC's fourth Studio album, due for release on 30th August, comes after almost a two-year absence…
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After a slightly nerve-wracking wait, Black Sheep among others, finally gets to sit down with the legendary Janet Jackson and groundbreaking filmmaker Tyler Perry. The duo are in town to promote their new film, 'Why Did I Get Married Too?' a follow up to the first instalment which was released…
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Naomi Campbell - the shit stinks and so does the attitude
By Shaun Shearer | 05 August 2010
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Hoof to the Head
What the ..., what the fuck is that smell? Oh, it's Naomi Campbell's shit. Yes, you ignorant, arrogant, self-important, vacuous, 40-year-old irrelevant clothes horse, it does stink. It stinks to high heaven.
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Pulling the wool from your eyes on the world of celebs
By Ewen Ramsbottom | 02 August 2010
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Sheep Sh*t
In a new feature, Black Sheep Ewen Ramsbottom gets low down, dirty, and downright disrespectful on the celebs we love to hate ... or is it the other way round? Here's what's been getting under his fleece this week.
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Legendary UK band, Level 42, celebrate their 30th anniversary this year and to coincide with the band's fourth decade together, Universal has released a retrospective 4-CD box set, 'Living It Up,' which includes all their singles – 29 of which were UK chart entries - along with previously unheard studio…
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Slum Village is a group which continues to inspire a whole generation of hip-hop heads. Fast approaching their 20th anniversary, it's a collective that's had more than its fair share of misfortune, with the recent passing of original members J Dilla and Baatin.
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