Hip-Hop
Track: Suspect – One Way ft. Skepta & Jesse James Solomon
Ahead of the release of his forthcoming album on Rinse, Suspect has released a new track ‘One Way’ featuring Mercury Prize winning MC Skepta, and young rapper Jesse James Solomon, someone he hea regularly contributed with in the past. After hearing the track in its early stages, Skepta penned the vocals for his verses. Slowed …
Track: Young Fathers – Toy, plus European Tour dates
Just ahead of the release of their third album Cocoa Sugar, Scottish hip-hop trio Young Fathers have released a new track, Toy. The band Alloysious Massaquoi, Graham ‘G’ Hastings and Kayus Bankole, have already released two tracks from the album, lead single Lord and, currently recieving heavy airplay, In my view, and Toy follows on …
See: Rat Boy releases music video for “Knock Knock pt.II”
Rat Boy has released the music video for “Knock Knock pt.II” from new seven-track release “Civil Disorder”. The video features rehearsal clips of Rat Boy and his band combined with clips of them driving around in a car customised with “SCUM” graffiti; a nod to Rat Boy’s debut album, and was edited and directed by …
Soundtrack of our lives: Stephen Jones / Babybird
If you think it all began and ended with You’re Gorgeous, a song which catapulted Stephen Jones into the mainstream 22 years ago (number 3 in the UK charts) , then you’d be mistaken. He’d already recorded a handful of records by that point, and since then, with the help of bandcamp he’s released nigh …
Soundtracks of our lives: Athens based rapper Linqua Franqa picks us her most important records
Athens based linguist/rapper Mariah Parker, aka Linqua Franqa, has her debut album The Model Minority released today via HHBTM Records. As expected from someone with a masters degree in linguistics, the record covers a range of topics includingemotional instability, self-harm, depression and the like with skill, insight and a poetic sense of the real life. …
Track: Dr Octagon – Octagon Octagon
It’s been a while coming, but after a couple of decades Kool Keith, Dan The Automator and DJ Qbert have reunited as Dr. Octagon to record the long awaited follow up to 1996 cult classic, Dr. Octagonecologyst. Called Moosebumps: an exploration into modern day horripilation, it drops on will April 6th, but can be preordered here …
Track: 808INK – Come Down
London rap collective 808INK, aka vocalist Mumblez BlackInk and instrumental lynchpin 808 Charmer, are following up last years impressive ‘Flexing (Side A)’, ‘When I’m About, You’ll Know’ EP, out March 2nd. From it they’ve released a second track, ‘Come Down’. It opens with these jabbing synth lines and buzzing bass lines, over which Mumblez lays …
Track: Nessly – Whohasit feat. Ski Mask The Slump God
Following on from last months ‘Back 2 Life’, Atlanta rapper Nessly has unveiled his new single ‘whohasit’ featuring Ski Mask The Slump God. it’s taken from his forthcoming project, Wildflower, which has as its executive producers hip-hop powerhouse TM88 [Travis Scott, Future] and Take A Daytrip [6lack, Raury]. Soaked in this uneasy, woozy background, Whoisit …
See: Drake breaks the internet with new video for God’s Plan
Drake has revealed a new video for his recent single God’s Plan, which along with another track Diplomatic Immunity was released as part of of his ongoing Scary Hours project. It’s pop/hip-hop at its best, with Drakes drawl backed with fizzing percussion and laid back grooves. It’s the video that’s really life-affirming. Charged with a …
See: Tom Misch reveals new video for Water Baby Feat. Loyle Carner
After being discovered by Soulection with his debut album Geography (at the tender age of sixteen), Tom Misch fast became a coveted writer and producer. With one of the smoothest voices in new music, it’s easy to see how he’s cemented his position in the industry. His new single “Water Baby”, featuring UK rapper Loyle …