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It has come to that infamous time of the football calendar where legends are made, and history is written, "Squeaky Bum Time" as Sir Alex Ferguson so aptly described it. In what has been one of the most unpredictable campaigns since the Premier League's inception, we are not going to concentrate on the relegation battle or the title race, instead we will look a little further ahead to the European Championships. The Summer tournament see Europe's top 24 nations compete in what is for me personally the most entertaining cup competition. With the addition of 8 extra teams it will be interesting to see if the new layout will will detract or add to the excitement levels. In previous years all 16 teams turn up to the party actively trying to go all the way. Unlike The World Cup, which is seen as more of a celebration/festival of international football where teams are happy to make up the numbers. Teams are willing to defend for their lives hoping not to be on the wrong ...

Hip Hop, despite being a relatively young genre has spread all over the world. Its reach and impact only 30 years into its explosion no longer dwells in the parks and projects dotted across New York City. Within the regional breakdown of North America Hip Hop has diversified, and a multitude of distinctive styles have derived from the art form commonly known as Rap. The Mid-west has always had a wide range of hip Hop to choose from stylistically including; Chopper which is displayed by Bone Thugs and Twista, to the heavy Soul sample influences of J Dilla/Kanye West and more recently Chicago Drill Music. The West Coast offered us G-Funk, with artists such as Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg cultivating the sound and bringing that strand of Hip Hop to masses in the early 90’s. Alongside G-Funk there was always the more underground Hyphy movement in San Francisco’s Bay Area. Pioneers E-40, Mistah F.A.B. and the deceased Mac Dre demonstrated this West Coast mix between, what we now recognis...