Dirty Dike never steps far away from the UK Hip Hop scene, recently dropping verses on fellow High Focus member’s albums for example, but it’s been a little while since his last solo release (Constant Dikestar way back in early 2011) so news of a new EP from the laughter loving, piss taking Cambridge MC [...]
To put it bluntly, I couldn’t be more hyped for Ed Scissortongue’s forthcoming album Better.Luck.Next.Life. A real lyricists lyricist, the Contact Play member is a wordsmith in all of it’s forms, from side splitting Facebook statuses through insightful album reviews and twisted press releases all the way to his poetically apocalyptic imagery on tracks. He’s [...]
Jam Baxter, of SMB, High Focus and Contact Play, has been one of my favourite UK rappers for a while now. With a gritty, nasal voice he delves deep into abstract trains of thought, in a way reminiscent of Chester P (someone who I’ve also seen champion Baxter as one of the UK’s greatest at [...]
Contact Play’s Dirty Dike and Jam Baxter came through Bournemouth the other night, bringing plenty of havok and dope lyrics with them. After they’d arranged a stage invasion, been told off for bunning a spliff on stage, and smashed the gig, despite djing for themselves (“I’m a rapper, I don’t press play an shit!”- Dike) [...]
His official biography claims he’s the filthiest rapper in the game, reveals he’s been a full time rap merchant since the days when you could buy a ten deck of B&H for £1.32 and tells us he really does eat, sleep and breathe rap. While there’s a tongue in cheek element behind it all that [...]
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