Tag: hiphop
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Pete & Bas may be the strangest addition to U.K. grime, if not all of music, in recent memory. With a ‘combined age of 150’ years, according to their DJ after a specifically high energy track, they are the surreal embodiment of the long time running joke about the distance between the elderly and the…
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I first discovered Wiki thanks to his incredible feature on Earl Sweatshirt’s second record I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside in 2018. I was just getting more into hip-hop, with Earl’s record marking the point that I really discovered my love for music and Wiki’s feature being one of the greatest moments on…
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Reece Beckett explores the many mysterious alter-egos of Lil Ugly Mane.
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It’s easy to imagine that for many reading, their first experience with vinyl is most likely one connected to their childhood and one pervaded by warm feelings of nostalgia. However, in my case it came much later. In a perfect world, this article would be focused on the time that I found MF DOOM’s 2004…
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Manonmars, the self-titled debut record from Young Echo member Jack Richardson, sounds a shocking amount like the end of the world. Being the love-child of young visual artist, photographer and rapper Manonmars and brilliant producer O$VMV$M (the bleaker of their two projects – In Colour, released last year, is much lighter and still great), Manonmars…
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Reece Beckett thinks back to the brilliant debut album from jazz-rap project Avantdale Bowling Club.
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Hare Squead are known for their ability to blend hip-hop, soul and pop and ‘Minor Gangsters (Gully)’ further does this. Shown in the Latin-inspired acoustic guitar which leads the song and hip-hop percussion, this merges two completely different instruments to create a raw sound. The absolute banger was inspired by London mayoral candidate Rory Stewart,…