The Baltic Room has a new hip-hop weekly that’s worthy of your attention (pre-Flammable of course). Dubbed The Beatdown, DJs Kutz and Leopold Bloom played a mix of golden era hip-hop their inaugural night, with tracks from A Tribe Called Quest and Pharcyde sticking out in my memory. The night faltered a little when they stopped the music for some spoken word, but luckily that didn’t last long and the energy picked back up with freestyles from MCs in the crowd. I haven’t been back since, but I found the night to be a welcome addition to the hip-hop landscape.

And a world away from our own scene, check out this trailer for a documentary on Ugandan hip-hop. Looks interesting as another testament to “the life-changing power of music.”