GOOD FOOD RAP TWITTER GIVEAWAY, win a FREE mixtape & tshirt

When I reach 300 followers on twitter, I'm going to give away a FREE copy of my debut mixtape "Big Ben presents ... GOOD FOOD RAP" and a free "I LOVE GOOD FOOD" tshirt to one of my followers

So if you're on twitter, pass it on ... go to @YouLoveBigben for details

"RIDE WITH ME" video shoot ... trailer coming soon

Good Food Rap - The Leftovers

Its finally here people my first ever free download (I know i'm slippin), but Good Food Comes to those who ate I present the 'The Leftovers' a collection of songs I've made since or that didn't make my first mixtape Good Food Rap. a few exclusives, features and previews from my upcoming projects 'The Naked Soul of Big Ben EP' and 'Eastern Promises' somethin to burn the leaves away this autumn.

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Its got expensive heat from producers like Show n Prove,  Mkay Ultra, Big J, Tom Caruana, 184, Tony Mahoney, Bigga roadman, Dj Flip, Poppa Sprinkle and Sir- B. Street Surahs from Ndubz, Baker Trouble, Random Impulse, Spilla, Lullaby, Propane, Chany, Terawrizt,  Ragz Sweet Jones, Dash Gambino, SuparNovar, Bigga Roadman, Frank the Councillor, Ez Raw, Alicia Keys and Venicia.

The leftovers was mixed by Show n Prove on sum real Hip Hop shit our EP will drop in November look out for our single 'Scuff It Out' an watch dis space to see the trailers for the video.

The Greasiest cover in the game was designed by the Sultry Sugarlesque who also designed the covers to 'Good Food Rap' and 'Music for Miss Peaches' she goin hard on dem hood asthetics, but don't ask her to do yours coz dats not her job. She only hooks up real niggas period!

Shout to my girl Gloria she got barz

Finsbury Park Psalms - Pressure

been slippin on the bloggin lately, sorry people been puttin in a lot of work. I ain't even dropped no word on where the 'The Leftovers' been lurkin My bad. Its been ready for a while but I wanted to leave a lil gap n let you lot listen to the Danny Bones Mixtape and Ragz and Novars album some classic street surahs for the needy kidz.

Before all dat though heres a new video I did the otha day with ZeeTvd my favouritest video since 'I'm ready'



See how fuckin busy I been you lot should appreciate. Shouts to the the Zeetvd workout plan an the hundred miles of runnin I did for dis vid. Special shout out to Mkay Ultra who channelled dat sidney poitier, he ain't neva looked dat concerned bout my black ass, bout to start an actin class in the bits

Tupac Shakur and Mike Tyson loved each other (no homo)

Mickey Rourke was friends with Tupac and Mike Tyson dat makes me like all 3 of dem more

This is one of the hardest documentries I seen on Pacs murder, it centres on the friendship between Tupac and Tyson. The way they got poets and comics strips makes the whole ting kinda epic. If you don't know by now Tupac and Tyson are folk heroes of the have nots 4 real, you can't even dis these man around me I will take it personal. its around half and hour long but its worth it.

love in the ghetto - wag1tv

I know i'm probably late, but if you haven't seen this show its jokes sexy shout to Sugarlesque for the heads up.

This is the first episode I seen Salute to the yout who says 'Am I a dick in life blood' hes looks like Frank James Jones' lil bruva i'm post up some otha ones lata. The Interviewer guy keeps it icy he come like good cop bad cop in one man the amout he gets out of dese people he should get a job as a bailiff, but hes a bit of dick head really the way I see it.  These lot have it though, so they deserve it plus i'm always a fan of general disrespect

Tragedy Khadafi- "Cryin On The Inside"

Ramdamn Mubarak Lord be with all Muslims this Ramadan InshAllah

Carni Carnage

I'm still in recovery from the Carni Carnage had a bangin time, went down twizled lost Ragz got more twizled den ended up goin home wid the piffest ting at Carni. Missed the Dead Prez Show though so pissed heard it was crazy. next time they come i'm dere an dey best perfoorm dis song one of my favourite songs of all time

Lori Perry Up against The Wind

I was watchin set if off the otherday dis song plays when Queen Latifah gets deaded I swear I give this to like 20 producers no ones ever come back wid what i've been lookin for, barz is hard doe have a listen

Big Pun & Cormega- Rhyme For Rhyme

Rip Big Pun We miss you my nigga

2PAC-BURY ME A G

Rip Tupac Shakur We miss you my nigga

Get Up Stand Up - Littleman @LOL Show - Harrow, September 08

Some up n comin London Talent littleman who hosted the welcome home Ragz Sweet Jones showcase, an co-host cut the chat with Damon. A real natural comedian, I was performin at his first show an hes hood funny 'If the hood love it the world gone love it'

Durty Dialogue - Aziz Ansari Talks About R. Kelly

Mkay Ultra showed me dis the otha day wen we was recording. Aziz Ansari is funny in a mad awkward way and R Kelly's just funny



This is the song they talk about in the interview I swear its bangin, R Kelly is a sly genius at making songs about sex using subjects dat just ain't got nothin to do wid it.

Solo Projects I got droppin this year

There seems to be nuff confusion bout what releases I got comin out this year, so I'ma break it down now so you can't fix it.

On the 3rd September 2010 I'm droppin my FIRST FREE DOWNLOAD 'Good Food Rap - The Leftovers'.

This is basically a collection of songs which didn't make my first mixtape for whatever reason but were still bangin. I made a lot of music during and since dat time so I threw on old collabs, freestyles and songs from between 2006 and 2009 all free. I also put some new shit on including all the songs I put videos out for this year and last. That should keep you occupied for a couple months.

 Straight After that I'll be dropping 'Good Food Rap - Reheated' A collection of the best remixes from the Good Food Rap acapella competition I did earlier in the year.

In November I'll be droppin 'The Naked Soul of Big Ben EP' produced entirely by Show n Prove 
couple previews can get found on 'The Leftovers'.  Some big singles comin of dat you lot ain't even heard yet 'Scuff it out' ft Genesis Elijah & Stylah and 'Can't Pay Won't Pay' ft Lullaby are the ones to watch for.

Finally me an Mkay Ultra have basically already almost done a whole album so watch this space for its release

All Girl Prep Choir Sings "B*tches Aint Sh*t"!

This is shit cracked me up these bitches go hard. I was just talkin bout the chronic album wid producer Mkay Ultra the otha day on how different it sounds even now to everything else you hear even now

BED INTRUDER SONG!!

LMAO Tthis song is so bangin till the white guy at the end

I was siftin thru the cut the chat launch Pics an found this guy and decided he deserves his own post (no homo).

Cut The Chat

Cut the Chat has been runnin for a lil while now its chat show set in a barbershop and has a bunch of celebrity hosts and guests.  H.N.I.C is  by my barber Damon (shout to Slider, and Rocky) co-hosted Femi Oyeniran, Kym Jay, DJ Ace and Little Man And introducing Christiana Mbakwehe’s always been a entertainer and the shows a good look, it happens everyday at the barbershop anyway they may as well film it an get some of dat adverstisin paper. I’ll postin episodes as they drop but subscribe peoples.

This video has Dj Spooney as the main guest he goes in on Tim Westwood for disrespect shown in a hilarious interview with Craig David so disrespectful. Damon hollered me out the blue to come down to the shop he asked me if i’m still spittin I said ‘yeah’ he said ‘come down to the shop at 7:00pm’ I was like cool. I got dere an he says ‘you gotta go head to head with this nex yout (who weren’t there yet) an we’ll judge whose best I thought ‘bless, but let me go yard an change’ he was like ‘theres no time’. Me not even knowing about the whole thing had arragned to meet up with Ukoverstood an hour later. Damon kidnapped me in that shop for over 3 hours of waiting an filming. Funny show though laughed the whole time. I was so twist  tryna act bless, but i think it affected my performance! still went hard though tell me what you think

I also heard on the grape vine (last time i got a trim) they’re expanding the whole project so keep an eye for updates. 

Below are some pics from the launch bout a month back the website has the latest webisode guest starring Natalie from floetry who addresses her problems wid Marsha and is kinda funny herself  all the episodes are good though.

Cut the Chat Launch

 

Damon the Barber an friend

A love like this - Tajie ft Big Ben

This is a song a jumped on couple months back for upcoming singer Tajie. Its on his new 'Commercialz mixtape'. I'll put the download link soon as I find it, but its a very good look anyway I go hard as usual av a gander, eargasims for the lady listeners.

Durty Dialogue Dennis Brown 1982

Dennis Brown been one of my favorite regge artist of all time him an Peter Tosh. this interview is him talkin bout his influences mostly the music that inspired him, when he sings Nat KING Coles 'Autumn leaves' his voice is like warm gravel melting snow



shouts to Uncs who was droppin nuff knowledge for the mind, body and soul

Durty Dialogue - SHARDINAY

This is the 1st Interview I seen wid the infamous 'oh boy' Shardinay, she takes the blows like a champ but the interviewer keeps it icy Funny interview

Onion booty Anthem

 See this the otha day I was thinkin dere ain't even been a bumpa anthem in a while I'm always willing to give my support to a big arse

Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (Official Video)

This is my Anthem right now Aloe Blacc is definately one to watch this video is crazy aswell

I'm not a kid anymore but sometimes I sit n wish I was a kid again

I just got sent this by my elder family Kwame Kwaten. This was his group D-Influence who were huge in the 90's with hits like midnight, magic, hypnotise and No illusions which I'm in the video for.

I did this back 92 when I was a propa lil man. This day was mad fun (apart from gettin a fish bone stuck in my tounge) it was a good vibe and a good song from early in their career. They went on to write and produce for some of the biggest acts in game like Seal, Jay Z, Mick Jagger, Mark Morrison, Shola Ama, Lighthouse family, Changing faces, Tom Jones (Reload),Heather Headley, Ultra nate and Diana Ross

Shows you the potential of talent that doesn't know limits no matter where your from, these lots put in a lot of work and crossed borders

Pimps don't cry

My boy Cee-lo Green keepin the message alive

Pimps Don't Cry ft. Cee-Lo Green & Eva Mendes from Eva Mendes

BIG BEN x Tokyo Grindhouse = Future, Present and Past

Post taken from the Tokyo Grindhouse blog

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Greetings and salutations peoples this is my first Tokyo Grindhouse post (i’m new to dis
blogging ting anyway, so be gentle wid me) I thought I’d hit you wid some history on how far
we go back and what we working on so here’s a little Past, present, future breakdown...

Future



This dropped today we caught mad jokes on dis trip. Looks like Fliplifetv is gonna be putting
in a lot of work this year.

Present



This dropped couple weeks back me n Ragz going back to back in Andover estate shouts
to Djgone, it was a funny day, a bunch of preteens on peddle bikes came and ambushed the
shoot started a big cipher hope he uses the footage.

Past



This is a video off Zeetvd of my mixtape launch way back in 2007 which was Dj’d by Brassfoot
and Dj 24/7 good night in all, more love than any one man needs. Bruva Brassfoot came out
last minute and helped me put everything together.

Ragz Sweet Jones and Dash Gambino shot some fresh Ukoverstood videos the other night,
the tracks are super hard so I’ll be posting them as soon as they drop in the next couple days .

Oh and on a last note as you lot will soon learn I am a connoisseur of the bums
and breasteses so i’ll be keepin my eye out for the new grind queen spot fashioned by Sugarlesque

Shout the whole Grind house Family!

GOOD FOOD RAP - The Leftovers .. COMING SOON !

 

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SOON COME ...

The Best of Leon

I wanna be like Larry David when I grow up - he is my role model

I spotted dis a while back, this show is genius. When they bought "the blacks" in it was nuthin but tears n stiches

BIG BEN OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER - july 2010

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Cormega - Fallen Soldiers

RIP Raoul Moat

Big Ben & Ragz Sweet Jones - Exclusive

This is just before the young'uns come thru still, shout out to Dj Gone but I bet Ragz is gonna be pissed about him keepin the mistake in. 

I like the way he edits the spittin like a real video - i'll post up some Epic Bars classics lata

 

Wu-tang-clan Cribs

I know the blog is on a bit of a Wu overdose right now, but here's some throwback shit. Raekwon is the fuckin man 'If you just look at the whole colour contrast right here you can tell this is the thinkin room"




Catch man tryna use the runnin machine, remember he don't know how an give up - all the while holdin an ice cream - dats my nigga

Ragz Sweet Jones - Epic Barz

Went wid Ragz to shoot wid Dj Gone the other day, was not in the mood den these young'uns from the ends rolled up on a million bikes an jumped in the cypher, gave man bare jokes made the whole thing worth while I hope Gone puts the footage up - shit would be classic

Jason Lewis - Sniggers With Attitude - Big Ben State of Mind

Big Ben State of mind you know KMT

Andre 3000 - A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre

I see my boy Ragz put up some Andre 3000 on his blog and it reminded me of this shit - my friend Mutsa sent me dis album on tape wen I went away on holiday.

Andre is one of the most slept on as a rapper 4 real

Get Up Stand Up

Yesterday Everyone was complaing bout the gay festival slowin down dere day reminded me of this fat white boy Ralphie May who drops some jewelz on the issue

Shawalin - DEDICATED (To Sam's Chicken)

This young'un is side splitter 4 real, he got couple otha tunes out i seen one about shoppin at Primark but this is his best doe. More talent from the ends shout out to the man in sams, I was up in dere the otha day my guys a hood celeb dis video bout to make him global

PROTECT YA NECK - BUSKER VERSION (Lewis Floyd Henry)

Dis guy is nuts how come deres less buskers than dere used to be? anyway shout out to Dj Gone I'ma have to get an Epic Barz dropped asap

Critical Commentary

I swear down I love the comments I get on my youtube videos - the niggas dat feel my shit should be comedians.

Dere was actually a comment debate on whether my T shirt was dirty or not, I ain't even gonna correct no one let the people decide.

A lot of people say Ice cube looks like me but I fink its just coz he looks South African.
Fuk it real talk no one got harder fans than me




Heres a link to my youtube page I ain't fixed it up proppa yet but check it for some live exclusives.

link to big ben youtube channel !!!!!!!!!!!

DURTY DIALOGUE - NICKI MINAJ

Nicki droppin some Jewelz for ladies dat want to keep dere man



I heard she likes english accents too - I would definitely split some personalities wid her

Infamous Mobb ft. Prodigy of Mobb Deep - We Work for This

This song remind me of summer evenings in the 90's red eyes n red skies

The Reason Why Tupac Shot The 2 Off Duty Police Officers (Morpreme Inter...

This is why Tupac is my favourite rapper of all time
niggas need to start givin a fuck when it ain't they turn to

KITH AND TOKYO GRINDHOUSE

Tokyo Grindhouse Mafia are my Ugandan, Grenadian, Zimbabwean,  Japanese niggas.

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Brassfoot aka Carnage and MrTikini aka Slim Pickins used to live in the bits and moved out to Japan a few years back.  We go way back (more on the history anotha time you can’t have it all) n Brassfoot just moved back to London so we should be hookin up soon. Dere blog  is arrd! Make sure you check it in my links they just put a post up on me and Ragz. Planning to make a run out to Tokyo To check Tikini real soon.

 Heres a link to the facbook group I need a grind Queen right about now
link to facebook group

link to tokyo grindhouse blog