hip-hop/rap
Track: Nayana Iz – Walking / Final Hour
19 year old Nayana Iz announced her arrival with last years ‘How We Do’, and ahead of the release of her debut EP “Smoke & Fire”, out 26th June via Different Recordings, she’s released a couple of tracks, ‘Walking’ and ‘Final Hour’. Of the former, Iz -who professes to have been born in London but …
Droppin’ knowledge: Track: Nappy Nina – Freak it
Brooklyn emcee, by way of Oakland, California, Nappy Nina drops a new single, Freak It, from her upcoming EP, 30 Bag, set to be released on May 8th. The track was produced by Unjust. Nappy Nina released two excellent albums in 2019, marking the beginning and the ending of the year. The Tree Act dropped …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Nostalgia Ultra: Scarface – The Fix (2002)
Scarface’s Magnum Opus from 2002. He slays dragons, real and imagined. Freshness Quotient: Fresh as a spring daisy. A stone-cold classic. The Skinny: Face takes a walk around the old neighborhood. Along for the perambulation, pre-mogul Jay and pre-Kardashian Ye, and Beanie (not Feldstein). Also linking arms, Nas, Faith Evans and Kelly Price. The star …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Unsung Hero – Fred The Godson
Frederick Thomas, known in the hip hop world as Fred The Godson, passed away last week from complications related to COVID-19. The Godson, who was a member of XXL’s Freshman class of 2009, along with Kendrick Lamar and Mac Miller, was a rapper’s rapper. Big Bronx always had an ache in his voice because his …
Droppin’ Knowledge: See: Medhane releases new video for Allegedly
Brooklynite Medhane looks out his window and doesn’t like what he sees. Medhane pulls in Chuck Strangers on the beats, which sees the Brooklyn emcee lay down his inventive verses and rhymes with his usual skill and sense of cool, over a glitchy, deep soul backing. Medhane is a man to watch. His album from …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Track: Earl Sweatshirt – Whole World
Earl Sweatshirt and his LA buddy Maxo get existential on a new track for Earl’s Feet of Clay, “Whole World.” Fellow Los Angeleno The Alchemist works his magic on the boards. Taken from the deluxe edition of the EP, released last year it’s one of two new songs to appear on the expanded edition, both …
Album Review: R.A. The Rugged Man – All my heroes are dead
R.A. The Rugged Man, the rap moniker and alter-ego of Long Island, New York native R.A. Thorburn, is the kind of guy who arrives early to a party, and leaves late. He drinks too much and pukes in the bathroom. When no one is looking, he jerks off in the punch and then giggles in …
Track: Bishop Nehru – Meathead (feat. MF DOOM)
‘Meathead’ is the final single from Bishop Nehru’s upcoming album, ‘Nehruvia: My Disregarded Thoughts’ out May 8th 2020. ‘Meathead’ is produced and featuring MF DOOM and due for release April 17th. Meathead is classic hiphop. Nehru needs no auto-tuned chorus or hook line to display his talent. His lyrical genius over a soulful sample of horns and …
See: The Hempolics release new video for Gotta Thing
Although the album ‘Kiss, Cuddle & Torture Vol. 2’ has been postponed until June 12th, British mash-up reggae group The Hempolics have released a new video for ‘Gotta Thing’, taken from it. According to GrippaLaybourne, the bands mainman and producer, Gotta Thing is “…“a fast hip-hop house track laced with classic Hempolics’ reggae flavours, the …
See: Yizzy reveals new animated video for Freeze ft. Devilman
Lewisham MC is becoming something of a grime torchbearer, talking up the scene to just about anyone of influence that will listen. More than that this ugh, he’s also becoming one of its most important protagonists as new single Freeze demonstrates, taken from his forthcoming Grime Street EP, out on June 7th via DMY Of …