{"id":16001,"date":"2022-08-26T08:27:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T08:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.high-focus.com\/home\/?p=16001"},"modified":"2022-08-26T08:31:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T08:31:22","slug":"verbz-mr-slipz-bring-it-home-on-where-it-started-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.high-focus.com\/home\/verbz-mr-slipz-bring-it-home-on-where-it-started-out-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Verbz &#038; Mr Slipz Bring it Home on &#8216;Where It Started&#8217; &#8211; OUT NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Verbz &amp; Mr Slipz return with \u2018Where It Started\u2019, the official follow-up to their runaway \u2018Radio Waves\u2019 LP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Setting things off with \u2018For My Peeps\u2019, followed by \u2018Music Banging Like\u2019 and now, to celebrate release day with the OFFICIAL video for the title track, V&amp;S recruit their nearest and dearest to celebrate the underlying message of the project in style.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Shimmering with nostalgia, but with one eye firmly on the next motive, \u2018Where It Started\u2019 offers a front row seat to the trials and tribulations of Verbz &amp; co. doing what they did (and still do) to thrive and survive on the streets of Croydon, expertly scored by the meditative swing of Slipz\u2019 100% sample-free production.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Think classic hip hop aesthetics, beautifully reincarnated; chunky MPC drums, deeply personal multi-syllables, tales of loss, heartache, learning the hard way but coming back stronger. 5 x vocals and 5 x Instrumentals, Where It Started\u2019 is a 50\/50 deep dive into the hearts and minds of Verbz &amp; Mr Slipz; perfectly poised as a duo, the EP is an unmissable trip down memory lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.high-focus.com\/collections\/vinyl\/products\/verbz-mr-slipz-where-it-started-limited-edition-black-12-ep-pre-order\">\u2018Where It Started\u2019 is OUT NOW across the WWW and on EXTREMELY LIMITED black vinyl 12&#8221; (LIMITED TO 200 COPIES).<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.high-focus.com\/collections\/vinyl\/products\/verbz-mr-slipz-where-it-started-limited-edition-black-12-ep\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-15976 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271440%27%20height%3D%271440%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201440%201440%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271440%27%20height%3D%271440%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.high-focus.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WhereItStarted-Front-Black.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.high-focus.com\/collections\/vinyl\/products\/verbz-mr-slipz-where-it-started-limited-edition-black-12-ep\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-15975 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271440%27%20height%3D%271440%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201440%201440%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271440%27%20height%3D%271440%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.high-focus.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WhereItStarted-Back-Black.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verbz &amp; Mr Slipz return with \u2018Where It Started\u2019, the official follow-up to their runaway \u2018Radio Waves\u2019 LP. 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