It's that time of year, and for the first time, the Itch FM DJs present to you their top 100 hip hop albums of 2016. We asked our DJs to lace us with their Top 10 albums of the year, and we ended up with a huge selection from across the spectrum of this thing we call Hip Hop, with some Beats, Soul & Grime pieces thrown in too. The […]
Afrika Bambaataa, Crazy Dj Bazarro, ILLA GHEE, Napoleon Da Legend, Louie Skaggs, Robert Whitman, Prince, Ocean Wisdom, Eff Yoo, Ded Tebiase all in this episode of the Weekly Wind-Up 82 hosted by Shante Hudson We’re here with our 82 weekly news show Weekly Wind-Up 82 Features: For weeks allegations of sexual abuse have been aimed at Afrika Bambaataa and this is the 1st time he has addressed the allegations with […]
The Pipe Dreamers present... I L L I C I T - this Friday at Ace Hotel, 100 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JQ London, United Kingdom from 9pm to 3am Advance tickets available at Resident Advisor (link above). Limited number of tickets available on the door. Your new home for... Future Beats | R'n'B | Hip Hop | Trap Join us for our first night and don't be late to […]
Moose Funk, Ty Nitty, Large Professor, Juga Naut, Vandal Savage, DJ Shadow, Minx are all in this episode of the Weekly Wind-Up 81 hosted by Shante Hudson We’re here with our 81st weekly news show Weekly Wind-Up 81 Features: If your fed up with your 9-5 just listen to Moose Funk’s “Getting Paper”, The track can be found on their Hoof Prints E.P. Here’s Ty Nitty with “BQE” Ft Lil' […]
A man who has been on my radar for well over a year, South London’s Loyle Carner is a breath of fresh air to UK music. With his new single “Stars & Shards” Loyle epitomises why he one of the most exciting talents in the UK at the moment. A mixture of Common meets Q-Tip meets Slum Village with a British accent. Loyle Carner is wise beyond his years, a […]
Nick Brewer has been putting in work for time! A multi layered and multi talented artist. Who can hold it down on deep, thought provoking hiphop through to grime, plus even more pop commercial outings. His new track “Nobody” has already been met with a very mixed reaction. He has already had huge chart success with former singles “Talk To Me” & “Never Say Never”. So its great to see […]
Another edition to the "Who Is.?" series, this time around we shine the spotlight on 18 year old Isaiah Dreads. When we talk about grime cities and surrounding areas such as London, Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield all feature heavily on the grime map. One part of the UK we mainly associate with seaside, fairs, caravans and well anything other than grime is Dorset, thanks to Isaiah Dreads that's all changed. […]
One of the brightest stars in urban music In the UK the one and only Fabian Secon returns with a brand new single featuring grime heavyweight J Spades. Fabian Secon was a guest on my show a few months ago and we talked about this forthcoming single and collaboration with J Spades, its as good as I was anticipating and better. A perfect example of his smooth, soulful vocal talents, […]
Manchester's finest Bugzy Malone is back and as always on point showing why he is fast becoming one of the most rated MCs in grime. Forget a polished, expensive video shoot with girls and marque cars. Bugzy keeps it raw, gritty and seriously moody with the video for "Late Night In The 0161". With a signature atmospheric and sinister production in full effect here, providing the perfect bed for Bugzy […]
