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More from this. Fucking awesome.

— By Akira The Don on Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Balls out crazy time.

Today: Make Whole Mixtape.

Record song for EP.

Mix EP.

CAN HE DO IT?!?!?!?!?!?!

— Thursday, October 29th, 2009

It's The T!

Damn, the amount of websites around these days that straight copy paste press releases is crazy! Everybody thinks they’re the BBC or something. Ho ho. Anyway. Wanna see mine?

Akira The Don “I Am Not Dead (Yeah!)”
EP Mini-Movie Party – October 31st 2009

London. Autumn, 2009. The music industry lies in ruins. Dead-eyed zombies lurch and drool where once stood pop stars we loved and admired. The airwaves are dominated by the reanimated howls of soulless rotting husks: dead music for a dead culture.

But one man is ready to change all this. One living, breathing, bona fide pop star has come to say “enough is enough”; Akira The Don is not dead.

To celebrate, we bring you the “I Am Not Dead (Yeah!) EP”, his first official release for two years: and it’s out this Halloween.

The EP showcases five brand new ATD tracks, including “I Am Not Dead (Yeah!)”, taken from Akira’s forthcoming album, The Life Equation: co-produced by Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Robbie Williams) and featuring Gruff Rhys (SFA, Neon Neon) on backing vocals.

The EP is accompanied by a zombie apocalypse mini-movie music video that has been a year in the making, had no budget, and stars a whole host of friends, enemies, collaborators, extras and passers by.

Yeah. That’s me. Shout out my lil’ brother TheSvenhunter on the righteous hyperbole. Get at my homegirl Giovanna at Sure Shot PR with all your press enquiries. I’m rendering that video today. Trying to work out how to get those wavey lines out of the thing. Joey and James are round tonight. We’re rehearsing this awesome new ish and laying some interludes for the EP. The EP is pretty high concept. Don’t worry about it going over your head. Worry about it taking your head off.

Yeah!

Hey, the main figga Gonz got a new website. Check it out here. And don’t forget, I will be his special guest at The Pagalle, London, on November 11th. Get your tickets here.

Oh, and ‘fore I forget, that up there’s the new T-Shirt design. Art by me, logo by Zef. It’s a family affair. These are gonna be on FRIDAY, no lie! Big up my Mum for sorting that out. Sadly no tripple XL this time – the quality on those sizes was “promotional”. Never mind that ish. We want GOOD QUALITY, cos you deserve it. So we’ll keep looking. In the meanwhile, if you’re S – XXL, get your now!

PAX!

ATD, October 2009

Photo by Charlotte Whewell

— Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

This was supposed to drop Saturday, but those NMC swine seem to have, ahem, “liberated” it. I actually had a little think about waiting till Saturday, and the artwork… but I was weak. And I have my own thing to deal with Saturday anyway. So here it is.

Here’s the official version. Extra tracks! They’re grayte!

DOWNLOAD: Lil Wayne – No Ceilings (Mixtape)

STREAM: Lil Wayne – Run This Town

— By Akira The Don on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

This is the best 50 Cent interview I’ve seen in years. The questions are thorough, and he remains entirely articulate. Props Radio 4, my morning wake up e’rday! Here, 50 talks about how fear can eff you up in a staff meeting, “killing” the competition, why saying “bitch” on a record shouldn’t be offensive to most women, and what it is with rappers and calling each other gay.

— By Akira The Don on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

New shit from my guy! Dude got the greatest bass, e’rday. Does this mean his album’s actually coming out. DARE TO DREAM!

STREAM: B.o.B. – I Feed These Streets

— By Akira The Don on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009