As one of Britain’s first female grime emcees, Shystie cut her teeth the good old fashioned way. Pirate radio, shopping demos and existing in a world previously dominated by men have all contributed to her grime veteran’s badge. After a long hiatus to pursue other avenues; acting, walking the runways …
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 …
Hackney group Rudimental has a knack for electronica mixes, and they’ve just combined that with a taste for R&B and pulsating hip hop in their new track “Hell Could Freeze” with American rapper Angel Haze.
Rudimental’s main job, which they perform flawlessly here, is setting up the perfect backing …
Have you ever felt your iPhone lacks a bit of streetwise, skate-rap edge? Well, to commemorate last month’s Odd Future carnival in L.A., the Californian hip-hop collective have unveiled a limited edition series of three snap cases for iPhone 4 and 4S in collaboration with Incase. If you’re an …
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks, there’s not really any excuse for not having heard ‘Ima Read’ by NYC rapper Zebra Katz. The yin to Azaelia Banks‘ yang, this is fierce, dark, twisted musical brilliance that’s got more attitude than a roomful of …
OverDoz are a nascent rap group from L.A. the 4-piece create laidback rap jams for a relaxed summer vibe with catchy choruses that have refreshing rhythm to their flow compared to the likes of Drake and Rocky who rarely exhibit bounce in their delivery. It’s a faintly mnemonic summer drenched …
One of our favourite new rappers, Elro, answers a few questions about being from The Valleys, talks about mixtapes and reveals his fave food. Plus, check out some top tracks he’s recommended at the bottom of the page.
How did you get into rapping growing up in Wales?
My cousin …
Coming in 2013 is a new documentary film telling the story of one of the most important technological developments in the history of modern electronic music; the Roland 808 drum machine. Planet Rock and Other Tales of the 808 is brought to viewers by Alex Dunn (You Know) and legendary …
In a big week for new music Azealia Banks has shared her long anticipated full length debut mixtape ‘Fantasea’; with with beats from a wealth of producers including Hudson Mohawke, Ikonika, O/W/W/W/L/S, Machinedrum, Eprom, Drums of Death, Nick Hook, Lunice, and Munchi and …
Being swag deficient is not necessarily a counterproductive trait in rap music. You don’t need hummers at a finger click, pools of diamonds and bitches, or a thugwave sense of confidence to write good lines, even if it means dough above dough will bring instant success, but I can’t help …
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