The south London, self dubbed ‘Flash Affy’ is back and in the style in which we know him best. G-FrSH’s new mixtape ‘Legoman II’ is much like its predecessor ‘Legoman’. However, what may separate the two is G-FrSH’s constant growth both as an emcee and a recording …
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Tags: G-FrSH, hip hop, interview, Legoman, Legoman II, mixtapes, new EP, rapper, skepta, south london
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It seems that pretty much everyone wants a piece of Washington DC based trio RDGLDGRN (pronounced Red Gold Green) at the moment. It all started with the acclaimed release of their up-tempo indie/hip-hop single ‘I Love Lamp’ late last year, which not only caused plenty of excitement via that thing called …
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Tags: Beastie Boys, Dave Grohl, debut album, debut EP, go-go music, gold, green, hip hop, I Love Lamp, indie, Mario Caldato, Pharrell Williams, rap, RDGLDGRN, red
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Alt-R&B singer/songwriter SZA released her debut EP last Autumn. See.SZA.Run showed just what the gorgeously soulful St. Louis-born SZA could do; her unique melange of silky vocals and dreamy melodies revealed an eclectic range of influences including jazz, hip hop and R&B.
Produced by Felix Snow and Patrick Lukens, SZA’s …
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Tags: Felix Snow, hip hop, Ice.Moon, jazz, Patrick Lukens, r & b, See.SZA.Run, SZA
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Celebrating it’s fifth year in sunny Croatia (what an appealing thought), Soundwave Festival has finally announced its full lineup and what an exciting and eclectic mix it has turned out to be! You can check out the full list online, but some highlights include Bonobo, hip-hop innovator MF Doom…
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Tags: . croatia, Alice Russell, Bonobo, MF Doom, Soundwave Festival
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The cute as a button DJ and record producer B Traits swung by Notion to let us know what inspires her. Originally hailing from the West Coast of Canada, she now resides in our fair city and given her recent successes, I can safely say we will be hearing much …
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Majors are constantly signing up their share in the talented UK grime scene; as well as Amplify Dot, EMI have adopted Bow’s own Rascals. Shizz, Tempz, Merkz, and Kay Willz are clearly quite into the letter ‘z’, and despite still being in their late teens they started this whole …
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Tags: amplify dot, BBC Radio 1Xtra, bless beats, bow, channel aka, channel u, davinche, dizzee rascal, emi, kay willz, merkz, New Era, rascals, roll deep, shizz, smasher, tempz, tinchy stryder, uk grime, Wiley
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Smiler is a staple player in the UK hip hop scene, having started dabbling in music around 2005. His inspiring amounts of ambition and articulacy (demonstrated in this Freshly Squeezed interview) make him incredibly likable unlike other artists he’s likely to be clumped with (e.g. Example, Pro Green). His single from …
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Tags: 1xtra, bigz, Example, freshly squeezed, ill manors, lana del rey, plan b, pro green, Professor Green, sbtv, smiler, top of the world, Wretch 32
Posted in Bass, charts, Hip Hop, Introducing, MC, Music, New Age, New Track, News!, Rap, Uncategorized, urban, Videos | No Comments »
Mikill Pane‘s new track “Dirty Rider” has been building a lot of hype for his upcoming album Blame Miss Barclay. With the release of The Dirty Rider EP, Pane is getting bigger and bigger, on the brink of wide acclaim. We recently caught up with him and …
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Tags: Annie Lennox, Blame Miss Barclay, cycling, Dirty Rider, hip hop, interview, mikill pane, nicki minaj
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We like to think ourselves as early adopters here at PlanetNotion. That’s marketing speak for people who know about cool shit before you do, so we can let you know if and when it’s gonna blow up as soon as possible.
Amplify Dot is a female MC we think will …
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Tags: amplify dot, Baby Blue, dizzee, download, early adopters, facebook page, female mc, Kano, Ms Dynamite, Mz Bratt, planetnotion, rock the mic, spare parts mixtape, uk female allstars, virgin emu
Posted in Bass, Do Not Miss This, Grime, Hip Hop, Introducing, Mixtape, MPFrees, Music, New Age, New Track, News!, Record Label, Singles, top 40, Videos | No Comments »
It’s been pretty hard to ignore the ruckus being caused by 21 year-old rap queen Angel Haze in 2012. In the past six months alone, she’s released two mixtapes – July’s Reservation and October’sClassick – both of which already seem to be becoming staples of end-of-year lists all over …
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Tags: angel haze, angelhazemusic.com, classick, nme, Pitchfork, psy, reservation, The Guardian
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