hip hop Archives - Page 5 of 7

News: Ghanaian-Australia hip-hop and indie artist, BLESSED shares his visceral and evocative single ‘No Changes’, and announces signing to Matt Corby’s record label, Rainbow Valley Records.

Songwriter, producer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist BLESSED has just released a powerful track ‘No Change’ accompanied by a raw and enigmatic video filmed in Western Sydney, capturing the powerful messages of…

View Post

View Post

Droppin’ Knowledge: 03CAS, Hip Hop’s Monet, Creates Painterly, Impressionistic Music That Defies Easy Categorization

When the musician and experimental hip hop iconoclast 03CAS emigrated from South Africa to the United Kingdom, he landed at London’s Heathrow Airport with little more than the clothes on…

View Post

View Post

Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Baltimore’s Zen Master Of Sound, Shine

And we back…nah, nah, nah… Veteran Baltimore, Maryland producer Shine recently released his new album, As The Beauty Became, a lovely and luxuriant collection of mostly instrumental hip hop that…

View Post

View Post

EP Review: RedHook release the explosive and very therapeutic EP ‘Bad Decisions’ and announce tour

It is hard to classify Sydney band RedHook – there is an electronic buzzsaw blitz with thundering percussion and at times a blistering wall of noise, all wrapped up in…

View Post

View Post

Boston MC Billy Dean Thomas Reminds Us That “Hope Is A Song In A Weary Throat”

Last year seemed like the year that Billy Dean Thomas would finally break through. The Boston-based hip hop artist, poet and writer had accumulated a steady list of accomplishments. Thomas…

View Post

View Post

Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards with Boston’s Musical Polymath, Rilla Force

And we back… Boston music scene stalwart Rilla Force is a musical polymath and a man with a distinct sound and vibe to his art. He is equally at home…

View Post

View Post

Droppin’ Knowledge: Despite Life’s Ups & Downs, Virginia MC Chuck Dolo Is Doing “Aight”

Late last year, the rap artist Chuck Dolo released his first official music, the single “Late Nights,” and the EP Amnesia. Both are atmospheric slices of hip hop, with trauma…

View Post

View Post

Music
News

NEWS: EUGENIUS’ “MIDLIFE” ISSUED ON CASSETTE.

I’ve admittedly slept on Ohio experimental hip-hop artist Eugenius when his album, Midlife, dropped in late 2020. Which is criminal given my appreciation of Death Grips, the sorely missed MF…

View Post

View Post

Droppin’ Knowledge: Jay Cinema & WilfMerson Know “What You Need Ain’t What You Want!” – Album Review & Interview

A trans-Atlantic collaboration between the Harlem-based rapper and London producer WilfMerson yields an album of depth and beauty. The Internet and the portability of sound files can open up the…

View Post

View Post

Droppin’ Knowledge: Jiyu Purp Creates Spiritual, Life Affirming Hip Hop on His Album Earth is Ours – Interview & Review

Last month, Dallas, Texas based hip hop artist Jiyu Purp released his first long player, Earth is Ours, an album suffused with spirituality and positivity, but one that hits hard,…

View Post