The lethal UK duo Krept and Konan deliver as promised with their two-part mixtapes 7 Days and 7 Nights. They’ve been under the radar for most of 2017 but the Tim Westwood interview back in July let us know something was on the way. We then had a calm before the storm period and subsequent to that […]
Giggs follows up on his culture shifting Landlord album with his 16th mixtape WAMP 2 DEM (What Happened 2 Them). The combination of having two of the biggest anthems under his belt (Whippin Excursion and Lock Doh) and the features which he dominates its clear to most that he is having his best run yet; […]
It really is OVO season in 2017 with PND going toe-for-toe with Drake releasing songs at rapid speed. Back in June Party gave us the forgettable 4 track EP Colours 2 but he’s back with another; Seven Days. This 7 track EP was constructed in 7 days and is our warm-up to his highly anticipated Club […]
“Yeah, Huh, What!” Out of nowhere last week, Lil Uzi surprised us with his debut album Luv is Rage 2 the follow-up to his breakout mixtape Luv is Rage(2015). The build up for the album felt like decades and eventually led to him firing off at his label for the delays. Luv Is Rage 1.5 released […]
Revisiting the League Of My Own series 10 years on in his lengthy career Chip (or Chipmunk as he was then) blesses us with League Of My Own II, his first independent album. The path to this place has been an entertaining as a grime spectator. We got war dubs with what felt like everyone in the scene, scattered […]
A few weeks ago I met up with two of my close friends for food and general catch up. As the day progressed and we discussed work, life and passion projects; Jas brought up the area of “Brain Juice“. In this post, you may find value in our loose thoughts. What is Brain Juice? Brain Juice […]
Regardless of your area of expertise, your personal development is an area of life which is very important. This post will provide the 5 books which continue to help me both professionally and in my personal life. I will give you an overview of them and a snapshot of what I’ve taken away. 1. Think […]
No More teases, No More speculation and No More build up; the mogul, Jay-Z is back with his fourteenth studio album 4:44. This No ID executively produced album comes 4 years since the vividly boastful yet average by his standards Magna Carta Holy Grail. I really began doubt that this day would come even with his unpredictable yet calculated […]
ANOTHER ONE, Grateful the tenth studio album from the bigger than life DJ Khaled. As with all of his recent albums, the promotion to them is always creative. Four years ago, the promotion of Suffering from Sucess included a hoax marriage proposal to Nicki Minaj. This time around we had the hilarious“Did The Drake Vocals Come In […]
A few months short of a year since the Jeffery mixtape and Young Thug gives us Beautiful Thugger Girls (Easy Breezy Beautiful Thugger Girls or E.B.B.T.G). A singing album executive produced by Drake and summed up by his engineer Alex Tumay as: “The most unique album I’ve heard in my life“. Unlike his peers, Young Thug hasn’t yet […]
hotnewhiphop.comIt’s almost a decade since the colossal Carter III, an album which sold a groundbreaking 1 million records the first week. Weezy was at the pinnacle of Hip Hop then and the question I have is can he bring the attention back to that level?. Since the controversies with Birdman/Cash Money dating back to 2014 regarding […]
As an avid SoundCloud user and a casual listener of Afrobeats music occasionally a lesser known artist gets thrown into the mix. A week ago whilst flipping between two of the arguably the biggest hits from the scene right now; Mr Eazi – Leg Over and Wiz Kid Ft Drake Come Closer that very artist was Minz. After listening to […]
At long last J Hus has let us get our hands on Common Sence, the full follow-up to the culture-shaping The 15th Day Mixtape. Post this debut mixtape saw an increase in prominence of artists on the Afroswing wave including Yxng Bane and Kojo Funds. With the exception the appetizer Playing Sports EP and some great features(ahem […]
It’s been Uh Minute since the 2015 lackluster trio of mixtapes including ABTA(Album Before The Album) from the forgotten about Trap Vocalist Rich Homie Quan. His outside issues including an assault case and disputes with his previous label have really overshadowed his recent musical output. It’s crazy to think how far Rich Homie has fallen behind Young Thug when they […]
With the exception of the features do you ever pay much attention to the credits on music projects?, No? , Well I never used to either. The inspiration to write this feature post is broken down into two segments: 1. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Credits At the very center of the 2015 […]
After a few push backs, Drake, the 6 God, Champagne Papi is back with his follow-up to the slightly underwhelming Views with his debut “playlist”(or his 6th mixtape) More Life. Drake stated on Apple’s 1 Beats in October that he was off mixtapes and wanted “..to give you a collection of songs that become the soundtrack to […]
After a period of social media hiatus(a popular trend nowadays before major releases e.g. Future and Meek Mill) and over 2 years since his debut release, the Dreamers Disease EP, Stormzy is back with Gang Signs & Prayer. The Wicked Skeng Man’s album has been highly anticipated for some time now, with him rapidly growing worldwide recognition via […]
The UK’s very own Nicki Minaj drops Steff-lon-DON debuts her mixtape Real Ting after a string of standout features and fire remixes including Lock Arff and Uno My Style. Remixes aside, Stefflon Don really caught my attention after the summer feature on the Dutch rapper Cho – Popalick. The mix between her and Cho on […]
As you can imagine throughout the year of 2016 I have listened to an enormous amount of music and reviewed the projects which really caught my attention (check them all out here). The UK urban music genre (Grime, Rap, Drill etc) isn’t something I’ve covered heavily this year in my reviews but I can assure […]
Konnichiwa! and greetings to those of you less familiar with the phrase. Now that we have got the introduction out the way let’s revisit my track by track review of Skepta’s 4th studio album Konnichiwa(originally written in June 2016). A disclaimer of this review is the songs which have been out for ages and rinsed to death […]
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