One of the brightest rising stars in Grime, the future is looking very strong for Dorset’s Isaiah Dreads. With two mixtapes under his belt, a bar setting Fire In The Booth for Charlie Sloth and radio support from Radio One to Itch Fm and every station in between. Isaiah Dreads is burning a trail though grime. He has been quiet for a few months, then last week he drops his brand […]
Koinz drops his latest banger "Knee Deep" For the past 18 months South East London, has been getting a lot of shine. Now we move a bit further south and the focus is firmly on Croydon. Koinz is without a doubt one of the hardest working artists in grime, rarely a week goes by where i don’t get a new inbox fresh track from the camp. A lot of artists […]
Meyhem Lauren, Planet Asia, Dj Concept, Jadakiss, Nino Man, MOOSE FUNK SQUAD, A$AP Ferg, BIG SEAN, Tony D, LOCKSMYTH are all in this episode of the Weekly Wind-Up 88 hosted by Shante Hudson. We’re here with our 88th weekly news show Weekly Wind-Up 88 Features: Have you ever seen Oysters and champagne been served on the subway? Check Mayhem Lauren’s “Flexxin”. Flexxin can be heard on Mayhem’s "Piatto D’Oro" album, which […]
Tupac, Nyck Caution, Joey Badass, Curren$y, Cookin Soul, Si Phili, Sonny Jim, Heems, Danny Brown are all in this episode of the Weekly Wind-Up 87 hosted by Shante Hudson. We’re here with our 87th weekly news show Weekly Wind-Up 87 Features: The trailer for Tu Pac’s biopic finally drops entitled “All Eyez On Me” The biopic depicts his early life, rise to fame, rivalry and unfortunate death in 1996 Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lQ0Tj2NgtaE The […]
The Paradigm Shift, Black Chakra, REKS, The Game, Oddisee, LL Cool J, Discourse are all in this episode of the Weekly Wind-Up 86 hosted by Shante Hudson. We’re here with our 86th weekly news show Weekly Wind-Up 86 Features: The Paradigm Shift and Black Chakra uncover the visuals for "Justice or Else"? Justice or Else covers the police brutality sweeping U.S. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5OUX6zvt4o REKS unleashes this Buckwild produced track entitled […]
So towards the end of last year I met and interviewed the talented rapper Mick Jenkins.. We chopped it up and he told me to look out for new ish from his Chi town homies Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa. Heralding from American and Ghanaian parentage and still a relative new comer to the global rap game, after leaving his former group 'Kids These Days' and with only one […]
Shabaam Sahdeeq, Fabolous, Jazzy, Akbar, Truemendous, Cookbook, Evidence, DJ Babu, John Robinson are all in this episode of the Weekly Wind-Up 85 hosted by Shante Hudson. We’re here with our 85th weekly news show Weekly Wind-Up 85 Features: We’re going to start with some real heat from Shabaam Sahdeeq entitled “Dig A Grave”. Dig A Grave is Lord Digga diss track where Shabaam conveys why his one of the best lyricist […]
UK hiphop has always had its legendary figures: Rodney P, Blak Twang, TY, Jehst, Mystro, Task Force, Micall Parkinson amongst countless others. Who helped lay down and continued the foundations of the art of UK HipHop. Alongside record labels like LowLife, Kemet & YNR and events like Kung Fu. The UK HipHop industry has had some great moments and created some timeless bodies of work. But its never really had […]
Manchesters Bugzy Malone, seems to go from strength to strength. His recent return to 1Xtra for his second “Fire In The Booth” we witnessed an artist reaching new lyrical heights, live on air. “Facing Time” went straight in to the number one spot on the I-Tunes chart when it was released yesterday. Some people may question this, but the support has always been there for Bugzy Malone and he is […]
