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The RocCollective.com presents - Spoilers Strike Back 'the really bad movie review show' hosted by ROC & Robbie Daly - Coming May 8th on a podcast platform near you, there will be lots of bad language, movie trash talking and maybe some serious chat in there too (never) Yep! Another fucking podcast about movies, join us here May 8th! - Roc

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Ace X Ej TWTD (Today was the day) is the first release from Ace X Ej's much anticipated debut 'Barbra's House'. With myself on production, the lads created a nice summery anthem for the masses, it's the fresh sound that's completely their own with a very summery party vibe video to match. TWTD is available to buy now on iTunes an all online outlets and also available to stream from Spotify. https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/twtd-single/id897432319 -ROC

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MMXIII Deluxe New promotional music video 'Run these rats out' from Dublin artist/producer Bitter Rocc, for immediate release. 'Run these rats out' is an artistic visual outing from hip hop artist / producer Bitter Rocc aka Richard O'Connor, Based on the songs message the video shows a separation between the artist and the performer, Capturing a moment of loss between the two, Something that has never been done within the Irish music scene. Available 30.5.14 from iTunes only 'MMXIII Deluxe' will include both the MMXIII mini albums exclusively released via Hotpress Magazine last year. The deluxe iTunes edition will be fully re-mastered with additional bonus material including the newly released 'Run these rats out'. As always O'Connor will donate all the proceeds to Pieta House, the Suicide and Self-Harm Crisis Centre. This will be the last release from the Blanchardstown native as he starts work on his final offering 'Pines Trees' later this year. The revamped project will be released through Rocc's newly licensed imprint BR MUSIC, now home to rap duo Ace X EJ who's album is currently getting the Bitter Rocc treatment and due for release this summer. Bitter Rocc 'Run these rats out' promotional music video taken from MMXIII Deluxe. http://youtu.be/3KdyWJ6wTOw

Ace X EJ Ace X EJ performing at the Spring Break festival, Dublin. With the album almost complete Ace (Darrell) and EJ (Evan) got to test out their new material on a 1000+ teens last weekend, it is safe to say they made a huge impression on the teens having them jumping, screaming and dancing from start to finish throughout their set. -ROC

The Dream ft Chris Haze Here it is, my last video from MMXIII pt Deux thus ending my collaboration with the legendary HotPress Magazine. Also Project A Apparel who jumped on board for this album, It's been an amazing experience so far and I can't wait to start work on my last album (which is revealed at the end of The Dream video) until then keep a sharp eye out for Ace & EJ's debut album 'Barbra's House' which is fully produced by myself. Big thanks to all who starred and helped out with The Dream, Gavin Byrne, Ger Eaton, Ro Graham, Louis Copeland, Chris Haze, Darrell Long, Camara Ireland, Analogue Studios, The Waldorf Barbershop, MMXIII pt Deux is available FREE from http://www.hotpress.com/bitter-rocc-mmxiii/ -ROC

Chris Haze | World Outside 'World Outside' the duet album by Galway singer/songwriter Chris Haze has gone from strength to strength since it's release, tipped by HotPress Magazine as 'Hot for 2014' Chris shows off his incredible writing skills on this duet perfectly, songs like 'The Path' shows a fun upbeat side to Chris while 'Away She Flies' shows a much softer storytelling side, it's a nicely put together piece of work from a promising talent that I look forward to watching grow throughout his career. World Outside 'Live' @ The Village | June 27th buy tickets here http://thevillagevenue.com/chris-haze/ Buy 'World Outside by Chris Haze' now on iTunes https://itun.es/ie/Z8xMW Buy 'World Outside' on CD via Chrishazemusic.com -ROC

#UP2US Up2Us is a spoken word piece I did with http://www.watchyourspace.ie to help tackle the issue surrounding Cyber bullying, please show support by sharing this video, speak out and act if you see somebody in harm of cyber bullying, Facebook, Twitter and ask fm don't bully people it's the person behind the screen, only we can put a stop to it, It's Up To Us! It's up to us, as a friend, as brother, as person, as someone that witness's harm to another, is it not our time to shine, to watch out for each another, stop the all the hear say whispers using the internet to spread rumors, how many familiar faces do we need to see in the papers, facebook statues in remembrance of all these tragic cases, knowing that we stood back, tight lipped, its not our problem, not my responsibility to get involved with em, ___________ it's up to us, to change our view, it's up to us, change the way we can help one another, let those that are suffering know that were here too, people bully people, it ain't schools, facebook, comments online that ruin lives, its the person behind the screen that's typing in those lies, See to me death inst the greatest loss in life, the greatest loss is what dies inside us while we try live our life, its up to us to stop this, to take action to act against the torment of watching another person we know or know of live through a life of online torment, no law is change this, no rules and regulations, only we can change this, you and me, him and her, them, those people that we know to use their voice to say NO We need to stand together were not gonna take it anymore, we need to empower ourselves, push ourselves to put a stop to it all, We can make it better With a simple act, a word, a hand. It’s up to us, up to me, up to you. -ROC

Chris Haze - World Outside Singer / songwriter Chris Haze is set to release his debut album World Outside later next month, I had my hand in the making this album so I hope you all will support a great IRISH talent, World Outsideis now available to pre-order on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/world-outside/id815365939 - so go get it! Check out his promo video above to some of its sounds -ROC

DMC prints The mega bearded and talented DMC who's work you can not miss on the walls of Dublin City, Has released a new print just I'm time for Valentines Day, get your meat hooks on one of these bad boys before there gone! You buy them directly from his website http://www.manchini.co.uk also while your there check out his work, it's amazing!! -ROC

Boss Level Bits As producer, friend and mastermind Alan Newman lets us all stew over the new BL2 video, he has let us in behind the series with a couple of really cool edited videos of artists who feature throughout the series, check out the Boss Level Series Facebook page for all the Bossy goodness! And don't forget to press LIKE.. https://www.facebook.com/BossLevelIre -ROC

Shark Sinatra - O.M.D (official music video) Shot and edited by my good friend and long time collaborator Silence DemAll, 'O.M.D' is a brilliant concept based short film / music video set to Bay Area artist Shark Sinatra's song. The story revolves around a young girl on her way to school and the challenges she faces from the time she wakes up in the morning. The piece is inspired by the millions of children living under tumultuous conditions and the subsequent loss of innocence. "OMD" was shot on location in East Oakland, California- a background that is no stranger to the struggle illustrated in the film. I could go on about how good this short and track is but you really have to let it speak for itself, Enjoy! -ROC

The Dream The Dream will unleash it's old school vibes this March, It will boast a classic look with a different take on a typical performance video within the hip hop scene here in Ireland, There will be cameos from Chris Haze, Ger Eaton, Gavin Byrne and more, Keep an weathered eye out for it soon -ROC

Bad Romance Bad Romance (link below) is the first release from Sean Walsh, a very talented 17 year old singer songwriter from Skibbereen, Co Cork. Walsh originally recorded the track to a 'Free Beat Friday' instrumental found here on TheRocCollective.com. Walsh sent me the track as and I instantly fell in love with it, after asking for the acapella I re-produced the beat to fit his style and tone of voice more, with added production and re-mastering the vocals we came out with a fresher sound, Walsh's Sam Sparro-esque vocals and style fit the beat perfect, he's a very talented young man, after hearing what he did to my instrumental I signed myself up to produce more songs with Sean. I learned a lot from recording the vocals for Chris Haze's project 'World Outside' so I put myself up to the challenge of taking on Sean's project aswell as Blanchardstown rappers Ace & EJ's untitled album, 2014 is looking to be a busy one!! Keep an ear and eye out for Sean Walsh, He has kindly put Bad Romance online for FREE!! So be sound an go get it.. @seanwalshskibb https://www.facebook.com/SeanWalshMusic https://seanwalsh.bandcamp.com/track/bad-romance https://seanwalsh.bandcamp.com/track/bad-romance -ROC

New site design coming soon! Loads of interviews, music, art and more hitting The Roc Collective soon -ROC