Chester P and Inja unleash a razor-sharp off-the-top freestyle on Kiss100‘s Shortee Blitz show back on 13th April 2006, demonstrating why the UK underground still reveres their lyrical prowess. The session was broadcast live on London’s legendary Kiss100, a station that has long championed British Hip Hop. Both MCs were already respected – Chester P as a founding member of Task Force and a solo…

In a rare televised moment, two pillars of UK Hip Hop – Strange U (Kashmere and Zygote) and Jehst – converge for a nine-minute live set on Kiss FM in December 2014, and the energy is palpable. The session, hosted by veteran DJs DJ MK and Shortee Blitz, showcases the lyrical dexterity that cemented both artists as underground stalwarts. Over a stripped-back boom-bap beat, Kashmere delivers his…

Mick Jenkins x Freestyle.

Early last week, Flavour spent time with the rather beautiful DJ NEEV at the KISS FM headquarters and what a day. We had a personal tour of the studios where we saw the institution that is SHORTEE BLITZ with DJ MK blazing up an afternoon show, before watching NEEV drop her hugely popular morning show from 9-12pm Monday to Friday.

After that, I sat down with NEEV where we chatted about her…