hip-hop/rap tracks
See: The Knux reveal new video for “Mirage”
You might remember New Orleans alt-rappers The Knux from the late noughties sharing management with Eminem and releasing a couple of albums, Remind me in three days…, and Eraser, and working with rap heavyweights such as Common, Nas, Kid Cudi and Q-Tip. Now the brothers – Kentrell “Krispy” Lindsey and Alvin “Joey” Lindsey, are back …
Track: Mercury nominee’s Young Fathers release new single, Soon Come Soon
When this year’s Mercury nominations were announced, I don’t think anybody would have picked Young Fathers out as the winner. But that’s the beauty of the Mercurys. They don’t always pick the obvious choice, and often go for something a little more innovative and leftfield. But win they did with album ‘DEAD’. It brought the …
Track: Ceiling Demons – Amputated Spirit
It’s maybe not the most obvious of places but Richmond in North Yorkshire is home to underground hip-hop collective Ceiling Demons, aka Psy Ceiling, Dan Demon and Beat Demon. Out last month was the Tom Robinson supported Amputated Spirit, backed by a previously unreleased b-side For The Love feat. Acts. Amputated State lays down this …
Track: Frankenstein feat. Luminous release The Roughtalk from reissue – “The Science of Sound”
Taken from the golden era of hip-hop, Hillside, New Jersey label Ill Adrenaline Recordshas jumped on possibly Canada‘s finest Rapper Frankenstein back catalogue. for their new release ‘The Science Of Sound’. First stepping into the underground scene with his partner AZ, and known as the Delphi Oracle in 1994 with the release of …
Track: Eyezon – Rubies and Raindrops
Saying goodbye is always hard. The baseball broadcaster Ernie Harwell found a good way around it. ‘It’s time to say goodbye’ he said ‘but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure’. Eyezon, the South African native and Northern California resident is also saying goodby to hip-hop …
Track: Rodney P – Success feat. Harleighblu & Renegade Brass Band
There’s something about the vibe of Success, this earthy brass-laden soul show-stopper that has goaded me off the sofa, and filled me with the urge to write about it and, ultimately, share it. Rodney P is in the middle of something of a renaissance at the moment. fresh from the release this Summer of ‘Gangster …
Track: Raashan Ahmad releases new single Music feat. Ty, Sarsha Simone
I almost totally impractical. I can’t change a plug, although I vaguely remember being show how to in my science lessons at school. I can’t put shelves up, and as far as I can try to use power tools (without causing myself significant injury) I seem to have they have this mind of their own …
New Music: Wretch 32 – Doing Ok Featuring Jacob Banks
Ok, I admit it. I didn’t like Wretch 32. He seemed to come from nowhere, have these huge hits and everything seemed a bit too easy for him, and to me it was a bit, you know, charty. That was until I heard his new track Doing OK featuring Jacob Banks. Now I feel like …
New Music: Iggy Azalea – Bounce (green lantern remix)
You all know Iggy Azalea, right? She shot out of New South Wales in Australia to become one of the leading hip-hop artists in the world today, signed to legendary Def Jam. In 2012 as well as releasing controversial but brilliant Pu$$y and Two Times on YouTube that immediately went viral, she’s released a couple …