2 years since Chixtape 4 Tory Lanez is back with Chixtape 5, his fourth studio album following the collaborative masterpiece Love Me Now? (reviewed here). This fifth installment of the Chixtape has been in the works for some time now with Tory teasing it on his IG nonstop before putting it out. I have a true appreciation […]
In true Yeezy fashion and much like British transport, Kanye’s ninth studio album “Jesus is King” is finally here at long last after what feels like an age. This wait included a scrapped project “Yandhi” (which he probably leaked himself), a ton of gas from Kim K and two interviews with Zane Lowe and Big […]
After a fairly quiet 2018, Thugga is back with his 19-track debut studio album So Much Fun executively produced by J. Cole. After a long stream of projects which have already had high profile commercial exposure from Barter 6, Jeffery, Super Slimey and Beautiful Thugger Girls it’s actually funny that only now we get project titled as his debut. I […]
“Alright Den, It’s Guna be a Mad Ting”. The SK Level has finally been reached, Ignorance Is Bliss is here, Skepta’s fifth studio album. This album comes the back off a single / feature streak in 2018 which unquestionably kept Skepta very much in every conversation alongside his masterstroke branding moves which you can read […]
After a very quiet 2018, the 20-year-old Golden Boy Dave aka “Streatham Santan” debuts his 11-track-album “Psychodrama”. To set the scene going into this, Dave in my opinion easily sits in the elite of UK artists, blending bangers with substance. His album worthy EP “Game Over” is one of two albums (I Told You is […]
After an almost immediate hiatus following the social media stir with Krept & Konan’s where he essentially referred to them “glory hunting” Giggs returns with his fifth studio album”Bad Bad” the follow-up to the 2017 street album (mixtape) Wamp 2 Dem(read my review of that here). As I alluded to in my conclusion his last […]
“The Wizrd” Super HNDRXX gifts us with a fresh release to start of 2019 with a bang following on from 2018 which for most of the critics wasn’t his strongest. To be honest, I agree, all of the three projects dropped were lukewarm with the bag-grab Wrld on Drugs probably the strongest of the three (Beast Mode II and […]
Less than a year since the collaborative efforts on Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho two of the hottest autotune orchestrators give us their standalone offerings. Huncho Jack was an album with so much hype around it was impossible to hit the astronomical standards set (check out my review of that here). A track by track review of […]
What up 5!?? Tha Chains free, Tha wait is over, Lil Wayne’s twelfth studio album is finally here; Tha Carter V. Fans (myself included) thought Tha day would never come. It’s been 6 years since its initial announcement; a period which has seen the python grip of Birdman (Cash Money) get stronger and stronger. Weezy is never […]
Coming back from the dead, Drake drops his fifth studio album “Scorpion”. This double-sided tape comes fresh off the L’s in the beef with Pusha T. Prior to this one-sided bout, Drake was on a golden streak with singles(Nice For What, God’s Plan & Look Alive) and Duppy lining us up nicely for proper a […]
Two of the most innovative music minds of recent times come together on Ye’s Birthday for the third Kayne orchestrated GOOD Music installment; Kids See Ghosts. This album, from the newly formed duo comes just a week after “Ye” Kanye’s eighth studio album(which I haven’t even heard in full yet). Kid Cudi, on the other […]
Memories Don’t Die the second studio album from Tory Lanez is with us at last following a very quiet 2017. The Toronto crooner gave us two lukewarm projects at the start of 2017; New Toronto 2 and Chixtape 4. The rest of the year was filled with loose songs (e.g. Loud Pack ft Dave East) and a trio of […]
The more “urban” aspects of UK music have really gone from strength to strength in the last 3/4 years. There are many factors which feed into this but for me three of these are key. Firstly, Meridian Dan’s run, secondly, Skepta’s phase (Shutdown, That’s Not Me, etc) and Drake’s continued support / co-signs over the […]
After making us wait over a year for the M I S to the T EP follow-up, Mist is finally back with a bang in 2018. Diamond In The Dirt, a 9 track EP from the Birmingham spearhead stacked with features. With the exception of no project dropping 2017 had its high points; Screw & […]
Culture II the anniversary follow-up to Culture, a Grammy nominated album which skyrocketed their trajectory. Culture had many of my 2017 overall favourites on it; T-Shirt, Slippery and What’s the Price to name a few. Aside from Culture, 2017 also gave us a fluent stream of crossovers, collab projects(Without Warning and Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho) […]
Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho, the collaborative album from two of the most dominant wave setters in Hip-Hop today; Travis Scott & Quavo. The flame behind this project was sparked along time ago; with the initial leaks on Beats 1 radio dating back to December 2016. These leaks were more than enough for me and many others to start build astronomical expectations. Especially with them dominating both the sides of the […]
THEY didn’t want me to comeback for the #USTop5Top20 but THEY cant stop this! if you missed my UK Rap / Grime choices for the year take a read of them here; in that post I also set the scene of these. In the 2016 #USTop5Top20 I talked about “mumble rap” and how the leaders […]
It feels like the last instalment of these posts was only a couple of weeks ago but it’s much longer – take a read of those when you’ve got some time (UK & US). This year the UK scene has been absolutely buzzing with a flood of projects and many organic sounding international collabs e.g. […]
The 19-year-old musical prodigy Santan Dave returns with his second EP Game Over. This project, like his debut Six Paths, retains the leanness coming in at 7 tracks with one feature from MoStack. None of his recent singles (Tequila, Revenge or 100Ms) made the final cut like Samantha which I think is to ensure the […]
Out of nowhere, two of Atlanta’s most influential players Young Thug and Future; come together with SUPER SLIMEY. The mixtape stacked with 13 tracks, follows Thug’s explosive Young Martha EP and Future’s most open album HNDRXX. The songs between these two have been scarce, the slow-burner Relationship from Thug’s debut the strongest I’ve heard. Going into this review I thought back to […]
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