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Native Tongues: Accents in UK Hip-hop

It might be 2016, but take a trip around the message boards and comments sections and you will still find confused, angry UK rap...

Interview: Cas Metah

There are few genres of music as cutting edge as hip-hop, with the latest technology, social trends and pop culture references having been rapped...

Yassin Bey – ‘No Colonial Fiction’ 

 Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) has released another piece of new music, NO Colonial Fiction. He also recently spoke out about ISIS in the wake...

Freddie Gibbs – ‘Extradite’ feat. Black Thought

  Ah, Freddie Gibbs. The gangster rapper true heads are allowed to say they like, mainly because he did an album with Madlib. He also...

Slept-on albums in retrospect: Raekwon’s – ‘Immobilarity’

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx was always going to be difficult to top, even for one of the best artists amongst the nine men...

Rapper Big Pooh on Combat Jack

The latest episode of The Combat Jack Show features an extensive interview with Rapper Big Pooh, breaking down tracks from his incredible Words Paint...

Thoughts on the De La Soul Kickstarter

The recent news that De La Soul have launched a Kickstarter campaign to get their new album out is part awesome, part sad. Its awesome...

Phonte on The Music Snobs

We could listen to Phonte all day long, and so we were pretty excited when he recently showed up as guest snob on the...

How commercials ruined the hip-hop classics

There’s no other art form that has been spoofed and lampooned as much as hip-hop. It was the butt of everyone’s jokes for decades,...

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Donwill – ‘SPACE’

Another stellar set of new songs from the prolific Tanya Morgan artist.

IceRocks – ‘Crossing the Rubicon’

Impressive new album from IceRocks, with a who's who of emcees lending him their vocals. https://open.spotify.com/album/2pPxIm2KicYqe4uP0c6aXx?si=K1y6k_rTRBCdoGlB1uK9ZA

O Finess – ‘89 Ice T’ feat. The Musalini

Following up on their recent No Squares In My Circle album, O Finess and The Musalini are back at it, this time with a...