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Pre – empting all other beat eclectics, Urban Species ,with their unique approach to making music and their engaging live shows offer a tangent of blues, funk , jazz and reggae combining live playing and samples to create their own definitive sound and feel . They deliver incisive and worthwhile lyrics addressing universal issues relevant to all.

Promoting Peace, Love and Unity and having fun doing it. Urban Species are one of the UK’s most innovative Black music groups and remain one of UK Raps most successful exports to date.

The story so far ………….

Urban Species hail from Tottenham in North London. Growing up amidst the backdrop of diverse cultural heritage, founders, Mintos and Renegade had known each other for most of there young lives attending the same infant, primary and secondary schools together. In the 80s, as teenagers, they embraced an emerging Hip Hop culture; however their musical environment was not solely limited to Electro and Rap Music.

They were just as likely to be found at a sound system (Reggae Dancehall) as they were at a Hip-Hop jam, Blues or the occasional Rave. The connecting factor of such diversity was the underground nature of them.

It was in 88 when” Renegade (Winston Small) and Mintos (Peter Akinrinlola) first realised that they shared the same love of music and set about writing together.

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acid jazz, trip-hop, downtempo, rap, hip-hop
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Top Tracks

1	Blanket	451
2	Spiritual Love	107
3	Predictably Unpredictable	97
4	Blanket (four tet remix)	56
5	Destructive	43
6	I Wonder	34
6	Listen	34
8	Brother	33
9	Woman	32
10	Hide And Seek	28
11	No Particular Title	15
11	Changing of the Guard	15
13	Just A Matter Of Time	14
13	Rockstar	14
15	The Ropes	13

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molesscent wrote:
July 2009

vote on new fotos

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luckystoned wrote:
June 2009

groovy, jazzy, funky that's the stuff for me and my ears.

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Dkm1966 wrote:
May 2009

Predictably Unpredictable is great! <3 How come these guys aren't more popular?

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uppis5 wrote:
May 2009

Musikism <3

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dj-soulution wrote:
May 2009

thats Black Music !

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laikath wrote:
April 2009

LISTEN!!!!!......<<<<<~~~~~~~~~~<<<>>>><<<<>>>><<<<~~~~~~+++++

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Lushhollow wrote:
April 2009

This blanket is the only one that keeps me warm

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netwey34 wrote:
April 2009

adoro esta canción!!

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rosiruze wrote:
February 2009

is blanket the only song with imogen heap?i heard it a few days ago on an austrian radio station..i love it!

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solsamurai wrote:
February 2009

sick stuff. love it.

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kaptankorkut wrote:
September 2008

"blanket" is a legend. And a BIG one!

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neanderthalis wrote:
August 2008

shame they only have 2 albums

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carbonara72 wrote:
June 2008

The alternative version of 'Listen' featuring french rapper MC Solaar is particularly good ...

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choonmonger wrote:
June 2008

Hi o thought you might like to know I've opened an Urban Species group on LastFM http://www.last.fm/group/Urban%2520Species

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BooyakaA wrote:
May 2008

'The Ropes' on 'Listen' is amazing.

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Urban_Species wrote:
February 2008

Where they are ended?

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neanderthalis wrote:
November 2007

i have looked aound in stores but it seems to have never arrived in my country (Chile),not even the first album. Although i'll try amazon now. thanx.

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neanderthalis wrote:
November 2007

anyone know ehere i can download the second album Blanket?? Can't seem to find it anywhere. thanx.

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ztlane wrote:
September 2007

Sweet Zombie Christ, this is amazing.

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awhite87 wrote:
June 2007

Loving the Masters At Work mixes of 'Listen'.

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cahare, jandularadio, catinabag and 8 other people added Urban Species to their libraries. yesterday morning
Hexoctahedron tagged Urban Species with ‘hip-hop’. last month
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Sepia64 shared Urban Species with JetBlackOnyx. October 2009
VickyBN1 tagged Urban Species with ‘trip-hop’. October 2009
proger260693 tagged Urban Species with the ropes, species and urban. October 2009