Chef Raekwon is set to perform his classic album ‘Only Built For Cuban Linx’ this week in The Button Factory as ChoiceCuts celebrate our 10 year anniversary as promoters. Ahead of his Dublin show he tells Siobhan…

read Raekwon Interview

We sure do love a good hip-hop documentary. Check our favorite ones to date right here. This year we are set to see at least 4 more big movies drop from some of our favorite hip hop stars. Check out the trailers below…

read Hip Hop Documentaries

EDAN is known for his unlikely take on hip-hop culture, where traditional rap songs are often skewed by 60’s rock samples, tape echoes, and foreign language choruses, not to mention the
off-beat humor and…

read EDAN with Paten Locke

Pal Joey (aka Joseph Longo) came up in the heady days of New York street culture, amidst B-boying, boom boxes and an unusually entrepreneurial spirit of beat-making. Beginning with crude “pause tapes,” he was soon…

read Pal Joey (Soho, NYC)

One third of the alternative Hip Hop super group A Tribe Called Quest joins us for a DJ set in advance of the release of his upcoming album. With an arsenal of skills, Ali is happy to play keys, bass, microphone, mpc but is of course at his most comfortable and natural on the turntables.

read Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest, New York)

We had a great start to 2008 with one of our all time favourite DJs playing in The Sugarclub in Dublin.  DJ Krush has been a firm ChoiceCuts favourite ever since the A Whim 12″ release in 1995 on MoWax (MWCD033).  We…

read DJ Krush Live At ChoiceCuts

Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Im Still Here’ is due to hit screens shortly. It’s a documentary that will shed light on the alleged attempt for Phoenix to become a hip hop artist. Entirely shot and produced by Casey Affleck who…

read Joaquin Phonenix – Im Still Here

One for the Hip Hop heads. We have dug out this mixtape archive from none other than Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito from back in 1995. It features the group ‘True to This’ with Stretch holding down things on the…

read Stretch & Bobbito September (1995)

We mentioned Ghostpoet some weeks ago in our Bonafide Skills section, well he’s back again, this time with his sidekick Rox to do some unofficial remixing on Four Tet’s ‘She Just Likes To Fight’’ from his most…

read Ghostpoet featuring Rox / To Something

Jay Electronica speaks with BBC’s Dj Semtex about his forthcoming and highly anticipated Hip Hop album entitled ‘Act II’ which is due for release this September (the19th to be precise – which is his own birthday). Check…

read Jay Electronica – Act II

In just over thirty years Hip Hop has established global influence. Creativity and passion for hip hop comes out though a rich variety of means of expression. This makes capturing it on film all the more difficult. Here is a selection of the best hip hop films, in no particular order.

read Hip-Hop culture on film – 10 of the best

The Rub have finally finished the History of Hip-Hop series! 1979 – 2009 featuring all your favorite hip hop cuts and rap records. All mixes are downloadable, tracklists are available and are pretty dope! Check out…

read The Rub – History of Hip Hop 1979 – 2009

The extraordinarily talented and prolific Daniel Dumile pka Zev Love X and nka Doom has finally announced an Irish date on his forthcoming European tour in October. Tickets will go on sale with ticketmaster.ie and…

read Doom announces ChoiceCuts show in Button Factory

Now this is certainly interesting news. Dr. Dre – Yes the Hip Hop super producer has publicly stated that he’s currently working on an instrumental hip hop album about the solar system! Here’s what Dre said about it to…

read Dr Dre – The Planets

Heads up on this forthcoming DVD release ‘Rappin With The Rickster’.  Started way back in August 1990 by Rickey Powell, a man many refer to as the ‘fourth Beastie Boy’, he is also one of Hip Hops most famous …

read Rappin With Rickster!

Mark B. interviews some of the stalwarts of the NYC Hip Hop community back in 2002 for a radio documentary.

Sampling and Hip Hop go hand in hand – classic breakbeats, holy grail samples, vocal snippets,…

read Black Market Breaks

The 'Each One Teach One' series of articles dissect classic HipHop albums to and wax a little about the original tunes that were sampled so beautifully for these seminal classics.

read Black Sheep – Each One Teach One Part 1

Yes sir! Now this is what we been waiting for…EPMD, crazy mother fucker named Ice Cube, Krs-One, Ice T, Souls of Mischief, Malcolm McLaren, GURU, Easy Moe Bee and many more of Hip Hop cultures favourite artists…

read Hip Hop Issue – Wax Poetics

Score! Totally killer top 50 best samples of all time chosen by the dynamic duo that is Kon & Amir. As all collectors, producers, and DJs will proclaim, nothing beats finding a forgotten gem or sample, the rush…

read 50 greatest samples in Hip Hop

We are delighted to present to you an exclusive mix by legendary cut and paste wizard and remixer orginator Steinski. He is probably one of the most influential remix artists in Hip-Hop's vibrant history.

read Steinski – ChoiceCuts.Com Relaunch Mix