iPoetry... George The Poet - I Need (BBC 1Xtra Live Lounge)

George The Poet joins Trevor Nelson live on BBC 1Xtra for the first ever Spoken Word Live Lounge. Enjoy the footage UP top...

#Peace.Love.INeed

iPoetry... Alysia Harris - American Idolatry (Video)

The Strivers Row's very own Alysia Harris unveils her latest Spoken Word offering titled "American Idolatry" and  its one helluva poignant piece but we wouldn't expect any less from King Alysia, watch it UP top!

#Peace.Love.AmericanIdolatry

iPoetry... Jasmine Mans + Samira Gibson - Tupac's Back

King Jasmine!!! That's all I can say at this point. Listen below...


Download: Jasmine Mans + Samira Gibson - Tupac's Back

#Peace.Love.TupacsBack

iPoetry... Hollie McNish - Cupcakes (Video)

The first reason I fell in love with Spoken Word again in my adult life, British performance poet and Spoken Word artist Hollie McNish recites her latest poetry piece titled "Cupcakes". Watch it UP top as Hollie McNish laments about rather being a woman...

#Peace.Love.Cupcakes

iPoetry... Deanna Rodger - Smoking Kills (Video)

London Spoken Word artist and performance poet Deanna Rodger debuts a brand new piece titled "Smoking Kills" over a really dope sounding Henry Wu production. The poetry piece comes with visuals released by StepSons TV. Check it out UP top...

#Peace.Love.SmokingKills

iPoetry... George The Poet - About It (SBTV A64)

London performance poet and Spoken Word artist George The Poet makes his debut on SBTV for a rousing performance of his poetry piece titled "About it", over an acoustic version of Tupac's "Thug Mansion". Check it out UP top...

#Peace.Love.AboutIt

iPoetry... Zora Howard - Before Bed (Live In London)

The Strivers Row's Zora Howard performs a rather resounding rendition of her poetry piece "Before Bed" live in London on the first night of the Strivers Row's recent UK tour The Exchange. Enjoy it UP top...

#Peace.Love.BeforeBed

iPoetry... Sophia Thakur - Drunk (Certified UK)

16-year old Poet and Spoken Word artist Sophia Thakur makes her debut on Certified UK with this rendition of her poetry piece titled "Drunk" for their Say Your Piece series. Check it out UP top and if you like what you hear, listen to more of her poetry here...

#Peace.Love.SayYourPiece

iPoetry... Alysia Harris + JP Cooper - The Happy Couple (Death Poem)

Merry Christmas everyone!

At the London leg of the Strivers Row's recent UK tour, Alysia Harris performed a heart-wrenching rendition of her spoken word piece titled "The Happy Couple (Death Poem) along with Manchester singer and songwriter J.P Cooper on guitar who also chimed in with parts of his excellent song "The Only Reason". This is pure magic, check it out UP top...

#Peace.Love.TheHappyCouple

iPoetry... Indigo Williams - Monarchy

"I was born a Pauper but I would rather die a King..."

British Spoken Word artist and poet Indigo Williams performs her original and hard-hitting piece "Monarchy" for Manorlogz' Black History Month 2012 special. Check it out UP top, I don't think I've heard her perform this live before but I'm a huge fan of Indigo Williams and I'm sure you will be too after listening.

#Peace.Love.Monarchy

iPoetry... Indigo Williams - Homegrown (Upshot TV)

The latest instalment of Upshot TV's Upshot Poetry series hosted by GREEds, sees British Spoken Word artist Indigo Williams  performing a piece titled "Homegrown"... Listen UP!

#Peace.Love.Homegrown

iVideo... Benin City + GREEds - Baby Part 1

"Baby Part 1" featuring British Nigerian Spoken Word artist GREEds is one of the stellar remixes of Benin City's latest single "Baby" which we shared with you a few weeks ago. Check out the short video accompaniment for this remix starring Alesha Pryce UP top...

Benin City's "Baby" is out now via iTunes

#Peace.Love.Baby

iPoetry... George The Poet - Blame Game (Link Up TV)

Fast-rising London poet George The Poet performs his rather poignant piece "Blame Game" with Emmanuel Stanleys on keyboards over Kanye West's "Blame Game" as the musical backdrop exclusively for Link Up TV. Check it out UP top...

#Peace.Love.BlameGame

iMusic... Benin City - Baby (LV Remix)

Unveiled literally 24 hours ago and only a few days after the excellent music video for the original was released, here's an equally sublime remix of Benin City's forthcoming single "Baby" by London-based producers LV. Listen below and don't forget, "Baby" is out on Audio Doughnuts on May 30.

 

#Peace.Love.Baby

iPoetry... Miles Hodges + Alysia Harris - Doing It Wrong

Striver's Row Spoken Word artists, former Youth Slam Poet champion Miles Hodges and two-time National spoken word champion Alysia Harris perform their collaborative piece titled "Doing It Wrong" with some help from Nick Hakim live at the recent Striver's Row showcase Dean's List 3. I so wish I was there, the footages from this showcase are all beyond amazing, this one included. Check it out UP top...

#Peace.Love.DoingItWrong

iPoetry... G.R.E.Ed.S - Confessions Of A Teenager

British Nigerian performance poet G.R.E.Ed.S performs "Confessions of a Teenager" for London Poetry showcase One Taste. Check out the footage captured by Lost Visions UP top...

#Peace.Love.ConfessionsOfATeenager

iPoetry... James Massiah - The Drums Of Reason

British Spoken Word artist and poet James Massiah performs a new poetry piece titled "The Drums Of Reason". Very poignant piece about religion and atheism and so much more from Massiah, check it out UP top...

#Peace.Love.TheDrumsOfReason

iPoetry... Sean Mahoney - TV Lights (Upshot Poetry)

London Spoken Word artist and Poet Sean Mahoney performs his spoken word piece titled "TV Lights" - about making that transition from being best friends to lovers - in the latest episode of Upshot Poetry. This one is tagged the #ValentinesEdition so definitely check it out UP top...

#Peace.Love.TVLights

iVideo... KeyWords (G.R.E.Ed.S & Yasmin Baker) - Funny Valentine

Here's the brand NEW visuals from KeyWords - made up of Spoken Word artist G.R.E.Ed.S and Singer, Songwriter and Pianist Yasmin Baker - for the collaborative piece "Funny Valentine" which is off of G.R.E.Ed.S' 2010 Valentine's-themed Sampler 3 mixtape. Check out the Bearphace-directed video UP top...

#Peace.Love.FunnyValentine

iPoetry... Joshua Bennett - Levi (Live at Dean's List 3)

Recorded live at the recent Strivers Row showcase, Dean's List 3, here is the amazing Spoken Word artist Joshua Bennett performing a very touching piece titled "Levi" dedicated to his 13-year old brother. Check the footage UP top...

#Peace.Love.Levi