Lockdown Project
Encyclopedia
Lockdown Project is an alternative hip hop
group hailing from southern England. Most commonly known simply as Lockdown or LDP is a group of young rappers and musicians.
or garage
style based, fusing "old school" hip hop with electronica
and ambient
beats to create a laid back sound. Most of Lockdown are musicians, performing onstage in a variety of local bands who record instrumental tracks for their own use.
The lyrics of founding MC's Prophet of Rage and H Bomb are on the most part either politically motivated or G Funk based, and delivered more in the style of American rather than UK hip hop.
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
group hailing from southern England. Most commonly known simply as Lockdown or LDP is a group of young rappers and musicians.
Music
Lockdown Project are not grimeGrime (music)
Grime is a style of music that emerged from Bow, East London, England in the early 2000s, primarily as a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop...
or garage
UK garage
UK garage is a genre of electronic dance music originating from the United Kingdom in the early-1990s. UK garage is a descendant of house music which originated in Chicago and New York, United States. UK garage usually features a distinctive syncopated 4/4 percussive rhythm with 'shuffling'...
style based, fusing "old school" hip hop with electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
and ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
beats to create a laid back sound. Most of Lockdown are musicians, performing onstage in a variety of local bands who record instrumental tracks for their own use.
The lyrics of founding MC's Prophet of Rage and H Bomb are on the most part either politically motivated or G Funk based, and delivered more in the style of American rather than UK hip hop.
External links
- Gronland Records Band Page
- Lockdown Project at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....