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Guestlist Recommends Louis Hammock
Wednesday 24th April 2013 | Annalisa
This is the story of Louis Hammock, Aka Yung Dawg Food. Born in North London as Conrad Louis Brooks, Hammock moved to Tanzania at three years old. It was from there on that Louis spent the rest of his life moving between Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, London, and then back to Tanzania.
Starting out in 2011, the 18-Year-Old started to put his own spin on the beats of MF Doom, Madlib, Knxwledge, and one of Guestlist’s previous recommendations ‘Burnstein’. With this eclectic taste, and obvious hunger for the game - Louis started going places
It was at that time that Louis also began to explore into the Tanzanian hip hop scene, hanging out with local MC’s and beginning to understand a market that is more dedicated to the ‘as real as it gets’ style of the 90s.
"The first American rappers to perform out here were the Lost Boys, and I think shortly after Naughty by Nature came down, so I suppose that’s what a lot of people looked at here as 'real' shit".
His first record ‘Deluxe’ was a collaborative effort between himself and his long time friend Burnstein. The mixtape combined traditional but sometimes off the wall rap lyrics with dreamy, electronic hip hop beats.
Vegetables, off of his untitled second mix tape with a sweet Kev Brown instrumental.
“When I made this tape, I really chose such a variety of different shit that was on offer to me to go over, not only is there quite a diverse range of sounds available but unlike before where I just showed I could rap, I think now I’m just getting onto that level where I’m trying to show that I cant be fucked with! That’s it really.”
Check out his newest release ‘Lobotomy’ with label mate Anto’neyo and production coming from Darsh Pandit.
Louis Hammock is set to release ‘HAMMOCK’ late May.
https://soundcloud.com/louishammock
https://www.facebook.com/LouisHammock
http://waneneentertainment.com/
http://antoneyo.com/
Joe Kennedy
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