Fresh visual from Croydon rapper Ultra Eko who shows his skills on the mic, as part of his dark and eerie universe that sees him lumbering through with a heaviness off the intense trip of “Venom”. Ultra_Eko's flow cuts to the bone for the sharp, and relevant verses, and right from the beginning he seems to have crafted a hard hitting sound, using a cleverly crafted array of styles. Fusing hard […]
Representing an evolution of his craft and sound, Skatta's new video 'Follow The Sun' whets listeners' appetite ahead of his Cinema Ticket album which features Oddissee and Klashnekoff. Containing a sample of the 1968 song 'Summer lovers' by the acclaimed composer Janko Nilovic (whose music has been sampled by Dr Dre amongst many others), the song follows Record Box, in the lead up to the December 3 release of his debut album on the […]
So it's September, the six weeks' summer holiday's are over for all those in education and the UK is inundated in a three day mini heatwave... yep I said 3 days.. :) The famette Little Simz has announced on social media that she'll be situated at Rough Trade East, the record store in Shoreditch London, all day. I've known Simz for many years, being an avid supporter of her music […]
London emcee Razor teams back up with vocalist RD Millz for cathartic full-length Bittersweet, which proves to be just the record we need in 2021. It's hard to think of a better word to describe the last 18 months, and the North West London rapper's brutal honesty in dealing with the making and breaking of relationships is perfectly executed to knock you down then pick you back up. Closing track […]
East London rapper Rosé is undoubtedly one of 2021's most promising fresh faces, and with confidence and finesse, he fuses rap and UK drill on ‘Jiggle Wiggle’, which was premiered by DJ Target on BBC 1xtra. Speaking on the song, Rosé said "When I heard the beat, I knew exactly how I needed to ride it and I am very happy that we were able to bring it all to life […]
What can I say huh ? 2020 has been an absolute madness year…. With disease, sports events, politricks and human disater…. With there being many ‘lockdowns’ globally, the United Kingdom has been at the epicentre of world media. Thankfully with the majority of the country embracing digital technology, many digital DJ’s kept transmission poppin’.. Loss of lives internationally, from Kobe Bryant and Andre Herrel to UK’s very own rap dons […]
Fresh heat out of South Yorkshire, as Hype-O drops the visuals for 'Young Stunna' on LinkUpTV. The high energy track is complimented by visuals that run on par perfectly with the song. With a string of already heavily circulated tracks, Hype-o has been refining his sound. Speaking on his song, Hype-o has stated “it’s more or less an introductory song to the new material that I’ve been working on”, highlighting […]
You gotta recognise that the mixtape has been around since the mid 80’s, a pivotal part of US Hip Hop culture. For years’ the major labels and distribution entities were not committing financially to the rap world and participants creatively compiled their body of works and put it on cassette tapes. A promo method even bypassing unsupportive radio, over the decades this has been the backbone of independent rap artists […]
Well… what can I say… the calendric year 2020 has certainly been an eventful one in more ways than one. Biblical health issues have gripped every continent with Covid 19 at the start of the year and ironically it has returned with a similar ferocity at the end of the year. Historical social issues affecting black people and equality are still shown to be prevalent in western policing with the […]
