Hip-Hop
Album: Public Enemy – Live from the Metropolis Studios
Remember the Public Enemy Gig at the Metropolis studios last year? Me neither, that’s probably because there were only 125 tickets given to lucky fans, giving them a ring side seat to see one of hip hops most legendary acts up close and personal for a one off rare performance. Well, every cloud has a …
Live Review: Tramlines 2015: Main Stage – 24.7.15 including Charlatans gallery
Tramlines 2015 style kicked off on Friday 24th July this year, and we took a stroll down to the new Main Stage, now situated in Ponderosa Park, a little out of the centre and away from its home of the last six years, Devonshire Green. As it was, the ten minute stroll from the city …
Album Review: Dr Dre – Compton
Dr Dre is without doubt one of the all time biggest players in the hip-hop game, both as an artist and a producer. As a solo artist he has had slayed us with huge anthems such as ‘Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang,’ and ‘Still Dre.’ As a producer and label boss he has launched the careers …
Track: Mongrels – Low Budget/ High Concept
You only have to turn the corner in Kid Acne’s hometown of Sheffield to come across another of his street art masterpieces. His unique style has taken him from his northern home, to displaying his work all around the world. But whilst his steel as an artist in indisputable, have you ever stopped to consider …
Not Forgotten: Snoop Dogg – Doggystyle
Okay, let’s just forget for a moment that Snoop was the comedy dad character in reality TV show Father Hood. Try and forget his terrible commercial dance track ‘Sweat’ with ubiquitous producer of the moment David Guetta. And if you can, try to wipe from your memory his collaboration with Katy Perry on airhead anthem …
See: Female hip-hop crew Heresy release video for “Da Call Out”
Taken from their self titled debut EP comes a new track and video, Da Call Out, from all-female hip-hop group Heresy. With Grammy nominee Monie Love at the helm, the band have signed to J Rawls Polar Entertainment imprint, and have engaged the services of another legendary figure, Mista Lawnge of Black Sheep on production …
Album Review: Czarface – Every Hero Needs a Villain
It’s two years since Czarface released their first album, to some surprise from the hip-hop listening public. The three piece, Wu-Tang Clan’s Inspectoh Deck and Boston duo 7L and Esoteric got together to produce something that played to both their collective and individual strengths, and compares with some of the more familiar work from their …
Not Forgotten: Ice-T – Original Gangster
By 1991, although my roots were still embedded in Hip Hop, the rest of me was leaning ever more towards the ends of indie rock and the birth of britpop. I had just moved to Cirencester from Loughborough and was still getting to grips with the shift in culture when, one lazy and hungover Saturday …
Track: Obie Trice – Good Girls
After a three year gap since his last album, Bottom’s Up, Detroit rapper Obie Trice is back with a new long player, The Hangover, which drops on August 7th through his own Black Market Entertainment label. He’s drafted in the likes of Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Estelle and G-Unit’s Young Buck, along with production from …
See: Meridian Dan reveals video for The Bits
Meridian Dan scored a huge hit with last years grime crossover, ‘German Whip’, picking up fans, attention and multiple 2014 MOBO Awards nominations along the way. Now he’s back with a new track, ‘The Bits’, produced by Two Inch Punch and Noah Breakfast. Splashed in pads and rippling percussive beats, this bassline drops on the …