Hip-Hop
See: Ghostpoet shares new video for ‘Be right back, moving house’
Its been quite a year for Ghostpoet. His album Shedding Skin, as well as being one of the albums of the year, was nominated for a mercury prize, though – aren’t all of his albums? He’s released a new video for the track ‘Be right back, moving house’, a wistful, pondering track ‘I sit right …
Win: 2 Tickets for Akua Naru @ Rich Mix
If you missed Akua Narus debut album “…the journey aflame”, you missed out on not only someone with a sense of poetry and drama in her rhymes and story telling, or someone who’s jazz/funk infused hip-hop brings to mind the likes of the Roots, Erykah Badu and Lauren Hill, but someone who is right now …
Feature: Top 20 Hip-Hop Tracks of 2015
2015 has been a great year for hip-hop music. With the so many legends returning to the game, it was inevitable this was going to be a strong list. But it’s not just the older players that make things up. New and emerging acts have also come along to put their own twist on things. …
See: Marco Pavé releases video for Black Tux
Memphis rapper / social activist Marco Pavé has released a new video to accompany the track Black Tux, taken from his new EP, Perception. Already a hero in his locality as he campaigns for literacy for at risk youth and other good causes, he continues to spread his political messages through his music. The track, …
See: LNDN DRGS release video for Aktive
LNDN DRGS, aka production duo Jay Worthy and Sean House released a 6-track album, Aktive, for free last week. Not only did it show off their R&B filled G-Funk, but it featured some collaborations with artists at the top of their game right now, including ReTCH, Krayzie Bone and one of the last things the …
Track: Pusha T – Untouchable
Pusha T has mastered the art of not becoming satirized. This is something he cites in the opening of his new track “Untouchable”. He states, “ I drops every blue moon/ to separate myself from the kings of the Youtube.” “Untouchable” is Pusha T’s first Timberland beat featuring a Notorious B.I.G sample. Although the affiliation …
Track: Raury – Devil’s Whisper
Raury is new age rap. At just 19, Atlanta Georgia’s Raury, is miles beyond his years. “Devil’s Whisper” conceptualizes just this. It is a song identifying everyone’s struggle between good and bad in the 21st Century. Raury begins with the prose “You better run, run from the devil” over the top of a boom clap …
Live Review: Sleaford Mods – Brussels Ancienne Belgique 20.10.2015
Much has been written about Sleaford Mods; the non-musicality jibes, the faux-chav accusations, the lazy comparisons. Serendipity allowed me to sit in on the “An audience with…” in the AB’s adjoining bar a few hours before the show, and the strokes of misperception are bolder if anything from a non-UK perspective. The host began by …
Track: Benjamin A.D. – Come My Way
South London rapper and self-proclaimed rhythmic philosopher Benjamin A.D is back following the success of ‘Monsters Ball’, with a new single, Come My Way, which drops on November 6th, and is the first of a monthly series of singles designed to showcase his skills. Producer Junia-T (Little SImz) lays down this downtempo groove, all misty …
News: Soundcrash and DJ Yoda announce Halloween night at Rich Mix, 31.10.15
This Halloween, get ready for the scariest (and possibly grooviest – do people still say groovy?) party around as Soundcloud and celebrated DJ, DJ Yoda take over the performance space Rich Mix for a monumental party, including hair-raising audio and spine-chilling visuals. As ever with Yoda, aka London turntablist Duncan Beiny, expect the unexpected – …