ALBUM REVIEW: slowthai – TYRON
The funny thing about TYRON is how clearly slowthai intends towards something, but never quite approaches it. Nothing Great About Britain was excellent – not to mention very clear in…
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SEE: PUBLIC ENEMY RELEASES NEW ANIMATED VIDEO – ‘PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER WON’
Hip Hop’s original champions of change are back with a new track and album. ‘Public Enemy Number Won’ from the album, ‘What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?’,…
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News: New permanent mural in Brixton pays homage to lost rapper Ty
Here at Backseat Mafia we were upset when we heard that London rapper Ty had died, a man we had written about quite a bit on the site, and interviewed…
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Track: John Dole – Collective Thoughts
Mixing up hip-hop and smooth R&B beats, John Dole is becoming a real player in the North East hip-hop scene and beyond. The Newcastle MC describes his sound as ‘alternative…
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Track: Boardgame James – Daydream EP
Boardgame James has announced the release of his debut, ‘Daydream’, a four-track EP of string-led instrumental grime released via 1000Doors on May 1. Part of grime’s great radio resurgence in 2015…
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Track: Thundercat – Fair Chance
Thundercat has released a new track, ‘Fair Chance’, taken from his forthcoming album ‘It is what it is’, out on Brainfeeder on April 3rd. It’s produced by Sounwave (Kendrick Lamar…
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See: Apollo Brown releases new video for 365
Taken from Apollo Brown’s ‘Sincerely, Dertroit’ album, which brought together over 50 artists from the area to make a true celebration of motor city, ‘365’, featuring Ro Spit, NameTag &…
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Track: TTY – Buttercream
TTY are our sort of band. Ahead of the release of their EP this coming Friday on the ever brilliant Young Turks label, they’ve shared a track, Buttercream. But it…
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See: Pauli the PSM reveals new video for Buss Case
Sometime Sampha drummer and rapper/producer has released a new video for the track Buss Case. It’s accompanied by a new video that sees Pauli as an astronaut out in space…
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See: Taze releases video for Head Shoulders
Even if I met him, I wouldn’t mess with Taze. The drill rapper has released a new video to go with recent single ‘Head Shoulders’, and ticks the boxes to…
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