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UNDER THE GRID LP – A Journey Through MK Hip Hop

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In 2025 Breaktothebeat began working with MK Living archive on a project to raise the awareness of, and further document Milton Keynes Hip Hop Culture. The project was supported and funded by Arts Council England and Milton Keynes City Council. As part of the project MK Living Archive commissioned several recordings by local artists which were collated with other existing unreleased recordings to produce a 10 track vinyl album entitled “Under The Grid – A Journey Through MK Hip Hop“.

“Under The Grid – A Journey Through MK Hip Hop“

The idea was to start the compilation with a selection of recordings by current MK based artists and gradually go back through time concluding in the 1980s which represent the founding years of Milton Keynes Hip Hop culture. The below video entitled “Calling my name” by Saje Mode features on side A of the record and is an example of one of the recordings created by the current generation of Milton Keynes Hip Hop artists. Also featured on “Under The Grid” are recordings by Seek Wiz-Dum, Isle of CC, Seven Sentinels, and Captin Krunch.

Saje Mode “Calling my name” Official Video 2025.

After listening to through the selection of recordings created in the 2020s “Under The Grid” progresses back through the decades, highlighting a selection of Hip Hop music created by Milton Keynes artists from each generation. In 2012 producer Zaheer master minded a recording entitled “Assemble” that features vocal contributions from Abiade, Rukus, Swami Baracus, Genesis Elijah, and ShaoDow all of which were active during the 2010s. The official video of “Assemble” by Zaheer can be viewed in the below insert.

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Mr Lusta

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Mr Lusta discovered Hip Hop music and culture during the 1980s and became a participant in several of its elements throughout the 1990s. in 1991 while attending Buckingham secondary school Mr Lusta (then known as Escape) joined Buckingham Hip Hop collective UnderCover Prophecy (UCP). As the 1990s progressed Mr Lusta studied sound recording and co wrote\produced music for local Hip Hop crews Phase 4, Crazy Options and True Element.

“Lusta” by Mr Lusta – Buckingham, 1994.

By the early 1990s Mr Lusta who at the time was using the name tag Escape had already begun experimenting with graffiti art, street dancing and rapping. Kraze One approached Mr Lusta shortly after UCP formed and invited him to contribute to the project. UCP were primarily a street dance and graffiti collective that evolved to incorporate the creation of Hip Hop music. Mr Lusta contributed to the establishment of UCP as a local Hip Hop crew. Continue reading →

DJ Delta

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DJ Delta discovered Hip Hop music and culture during the 1980s while growing up in the north of England. At the start of the 1990s he relocated to Buckingham on the outskirts of Milton Keynes, and shortly after formed Hip Hop collective UnderCover Prophecy (UCP) with DJ Trail One and Kraze One. During the early to mid 1990s DJ Delta participated in several of Hip Hop cultures elements and in 1994 he co wrote and produced a recording entitled “Positive freestylin’” with Hip Hop crew Phase 4.

“Delta” by DJ Delta – Buckingham, 1991.

UnderCover Prophecy (UCP) formed during the summer of 1991 by which time DJ Delta and DJ Trail One had begun piecing together sound equipment for recording purposes. In order to establish their name on the local Hip Hop scene the founding members began experimenting with graffiti art and created several murals at locations in and around Buckingham. UCP quickly expanded to incorporate several other writers, taggers and vocalist all of which attended Buckingham secondary school during 1991. Continue reading →