After some incredible live shows on the festival circuit last summer, a couple of leaked tunes that have been popping up over recent months as free downloads and a well deserved ‘Best Newcomer’ award in Wordplay Magazine’s Best of 2012, it’s safe to say that the Uk Hip Hop scene as a whole has been [...]
While young mc’s putting out digital releases these days are a dime a dozen, it’s nice to see those taking themselves seriously and putting the work in with physical product and well thought out releases, so I was pleasantly surprised when I opened my letterbox to find Kosher’s new EP How It Is. An MC/Producer [...]
As part of the build up to the album MorbiddenZiller alongside fellow MC Denziller, MoreOne yesterday released a brand new EP entitled Number One Fan. With the title track, a gritty lyrical display over a really dope spacey Reklews beat, lifted from the album itself, it’s accompanied by an Instrumentalist remix that completely switches it [...]
As the sun slowly starts to poke it’s head through the greys above London, faces get brighter, ladies wear more skin, the gents start to ditch the parkas in favour of lighter wardrobes and, right on queu, North London based clothing company Dephect release perhaps their strongest range yet. Working with a variety of artists [...]
Fifteen years, seven albums and over sixty 12s (without even considering his non d&b alias) since his first release, Calibre remains a rare enigma in drum and bass. Generally shying away from the press, and frankly anything that isn’t directly music, he exists as this mythical soul provider unanimously respected across the dance music scene, [...]
A stalwart of the Uk Hip Hop scene, Cappo’s first release dropped in 1999 and ever since he’s been maintaining a steady work rate and destroying mics not just in his home city Nottingham but all around the country, so it’s fitting that his new EP Un:Programmable Raw starts with the words “Somebody tell em [...]
Swansea based clothing company ThinkZebra have been releasing free music from a few different hip hop artists this year through their ‘ThinkZebraPresents’ Bandcamp. The latest, an 11 track instrumental album (plus two bonus remixes), is the work of fellow Swansea beat maker Produkt. With something for everyone he covers a range of styles, some of [...]
Doctor’s Orders nights are different to other Hip Hop nights London. Known to those outside the scene as the greatest in the capital, they transcend the relatively small, insular UK Hip Hop scene and appeal to a variety of heads, creating a fine balance of promoting true underground hip hop while also ramming venues and [...]
You may remember Benaddict from his recent Cat Suit Tony Ep or any of the ridiculous ammount of mixtape tracks and dubs he put out last year. He ranked highly for us in 2012′s newcomers to the Hip Hop scene and it appears hard work is paying off, earning him a trip to LA where [...]
Despite the pink giraffe that adorns all their releases, the beats that come out of the Diffrnt records camp are anything but cute and rep a hard, dark and punchy sound. Arkaik’s recent Cutting Edge EP, his second on the label, is no exception, taking you through four tracks of stripped back warfare where serrated [...]
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