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Young Fathers (‘G’ Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi and Kayus Bankole) are hard to define: they are hip hop and punk, rock and pop, at times they are instrumental and almost always they are …
Young Fathers (‘G’ Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi and Kayus Bankole) are hard to define: they are hip hop and punk, rock and pop, at times they are instrumental and almost always they are …
by Paul Haas Independent hip-hop label, Big Dada, have recently released a new collaborative project to help warm our souls this coming winter – the Maskya EP. In a nutshell, the Maskya EP …
by Wesley Collett-Taylor What strikes me about London rapper Roots Manuva‘s (aka Rodney Smith) 9th album, Bleeds, is how well it all fits together. Each song is in the right place, and …
UK’s Kate Tempest is many things and all of them are things that have to do with words and stories, so overall Tempest is really, really good with words. There is a lot more that can be said …
by Matt Caprioli Imagine a young Virginia Woolf rapping – you now have a fairly good idea of who Kate Tempest is. Like Mrs. Woolf, Tempest doesn’t only know her way around the …
by Samuel Hernandez In his book On Writing, Stephen King discusses the path to greatness, and it’s apparently not easy unless you’re born with the talent. Bad writers can become good writers …
Unlike most artists, who concentrate on a full album as the main year release, Wiley has been dropping new music all year long. One song at a time tracks have been coming out almost every …
London-based hip hop collective Baishe Kings, a rather eccentric, self-proclaimed exclusive group, are a living example that seven people can come together into one unified …
by Greg Sheer Following a dispute with his label Warner Music regarding their treatment of his most recent album, The Ascent, Wiley returned to indy label Big Dada and released the …
by Scott Wilson 140 beats per minute is the cadence of a professional cyclist in a sprint, the firing rate of an anti-aircraft cannon, and the heart rate of a student about to read a speech …