BOOT Vinyl & CDs

Review: Gee Bag and Jazz T have hooked up for this one courtesy of T's own Boot Records. he's the beat maker who serve sup smooth, sweet breaks while Gee Bag (a three times EOW Champion) compliments that with some lucid storytelling. Warm pianos, beautiful live maracas and jazzy bass complete the picture. The video for this is also worth finding - it offers a look into the world of young lovers in their pursuit of happiness, but from an underground street level perspective. The full instrumental on the flip will also find favour with hip hop heads.

Review: Since making his vinyl debut a few years ago, Nottingham MC, producer and sometime chef Juga Naut has cooked up some killer collaborations, including joint releases created in cahoots with Micall Parknsun and Giallo Point. He's in a collaborative mode here, too, joining forces with long-serving UK hip-hop producer and Boot Productions main man Jazz T. On 'Marble & Granite', Juaga Nut's heavily accented East Midlands raps work beautifully with the accompanying beat, a lightly jazzy head-nodder full of sampled orchestration, spy-funk instrumentation, warm bass and dusty drums. You'll find the fill instrumental version, shorn of flows, on side B.

Review: Leaf Dog & BVA (who is known as part of the Four Owls) are fierce lyricists and leaders of the UK school of rap. They both drop some real heat here over a compelling hip hop rhythm produced by DJ Jazz T. The three artists have all spent years laying it down in electric fashion at live shows and now come together to drop what is an instant modern classic. 'Da Tru Skool' has off-grid jazz chords and classic boom-bap drums with the vocal flows up top the icing on the cake. Artwork by Don Stilts makes this even more essential to pick up.