Overlord X

Overlord X (Benjamin Balogun) is a hip hop artist from Hackney, London UK. Overlord X started off as a two-man group for their first released track ("Let There Be Rock" which featured a second MC who would release a track as Dark Heart two years later) but went solo after the first 12". He got a record deal with Island Records who then also created a sublabel for Overlord X and other X-Possee members, Mango Street. A third album, called “Mind Of A Menace” was recorded but remained unreleased when Island dropped the Mango Street sublabel in 1992 and Benjamin Balogun decided to end his career as Overlord X.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel first came to attention of Overlord X in 1987, when he invited him to do a session for his show later in the year. He returned to the show to do another session in 1988, by now having joined Sir Preme T to record four further tracks. Due to the attention he received on the show, Mango record label under the sub-label of Island signed him on and started to release his records, which also got played on Peel's programmes. Listeners on Peel's show also voted the track 14 Days In May at number 28 in the 1988 Festive Fifty.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
* 1988 Festive Fifty: 14 Days In May #28
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1987-11-24. Broadcast: 01 December 1987. Repeated: 30 December 1987, 12 January 1988
*I'm Deaf / X In Effect / Lyrical Content
2. Recorded: 1988-08-02. Broadcast: 15 August 1988. Repeated: 31 August 1988, 27 December 1988
*The Hard Core / X Posse / The Dedication / Bax The Place
== Other Shows Played ==
;1987
*16 September 1987: Let There Be Rock (v/a LP - Hard As Hell! Rap's Next Generation) Music Of Life
;1988
*thumb|330x330px01 March 1988: 14 Days In May (v/a LP - Street Sounds Hip Hop 20) Street Sounds
*02 March 1988: 14 Days In May (v/a LP - Street Sounds Hip Hop 20) Street Sounds
*08 March 1988: 14 Days In May (v/a LP - Street Sounds Hip Hop 20) Street Sounds
*12 March 1988 (BFBS): 14 Days In May (v/a LP - Street Sounds Hip Hop 20) Street Sounds
*15 March 1988: 14 Days In May (v/a LP - Street Sounds Hip Hop 20) Street Sounds
*26 March 1988 (BFBS): 14 Days In May (v/a LP - Street Sounds Hip Hop 20) Street Sounds
*03 May 1988: 14 Days In May (7") Hardcore
*10 May 1988: 14 Days In May (Trauma Mix) (12") Hardcore
*23 May 1988: 14 Days In May (Trauma Mix) (single) Hardcore
*08 June 1988: The Earth Is Moving (12") Mango Street
*13 June 1988: Rough In Hackney (7" - The Earth Is Moving) Mango Street
*21 June 1988: Rough In Hackney (12" - The Earth Is Moving) Mango Street
*04 July 1988: Rough In Hackney (12" - The Earth Is Moving) Mango Street
*04 October 1988: Brutal Bass (LP - Weapon Is My Lyric) Mango Street
*29 October 1988 (BFBS): 2 Bad (12”) Mango
*02 November 1988: 2 Bad (12”) Mango
*26 December 1988: '14 Days In May (12 inch)' (Hardcore) FF #28
;1989
*thumb|330x330px18 January 1989: Go! It's Like World War 3 (CD - Weapon Is My Lyric) Mango Street
*18 January 1989: Weapon Is My Lyric (CD - Weapon Is My Lyric) Mango Street
*24 January 1989: Kickbag (CD - Weapon Is My Lyric) Mango Street
*25 January 1989: 2 Bad (CD - Weapon Is My Lyric) Mango Street
*30 January 1989: Visa To Rock (LP - Weapon Is My Lyric) Mango Street
*01 February 1989: Go! It's Like World War 3 (CD - Weapon Is My Lyric) Mango Street
*04 February 1989 (BFBS): Kickbag (LP - Weapon Is My Lyric) Mango Street
*08 February 1989: Kickbag (LP - Weapon Is My Lyric) Mango Street
*30 May 1989 (Radio Bremen): Radical Kickbag (12") Mango Street
*07 June 1989 (BFBS): Radical Kickbag (single) Mango
*19 June 1989: Radical Kickbag (7" version of 12") Mango
*07 August 1989 (BBC World Service): The X And The V (v/a LP - X-Possee ‎– Project X) Mango Street
*12 August 1989 ( BFBS): The X And The V (v/a LP - X-Possee ‎– Project X) Mango Street
;2000
*19 December 2000: 14 Days In May
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists