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Drawing a line under a busy summer that included a 16-week residency at Amnesia in Ibiza and a string of festival spots including Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds, North London production duo Gorgon City are back with their new single, “Sidewindah”, and they’ve called on Flirta D to provide his unique vocal flair. Gorgon City […]
Following last month’s WIZE-produced, grime-meets-drill drop “Namaste”, UK rap newcomer Zino Vinci is back to show us more of what he’s capable of with his new single, “CEO Of The Friendship Group”. While the song title is a play on the much-discussed meme about being “the leader of your friendship group”, the lyrical content takes listeners on a journey […]
Tremaine Emory’s Denim Tears has just unveiled its new curated collection alongside grime star Skepta and art/luxury marketplace Sotheby’s. The collection follows a whirlwind few weeks for the Tottenham legend. Earlier this month, he announced his first foray into the world of contemporary art with renowned auction house Sotheby’s, and not long after revealed his service agency Big Smoke Corp […]
It wasn’t long before DAB became the standard for cars and home radio systems, which then allowed people to tune in before they left for work and school and then during the commute. Once DAB became widespread, 1Xtra became an unstoppable force. Trevor joined the station five years after its inception and, by that point, […]
Video games have played as much of a vital role in the creation of grime as the sounds and styles of dancehall, UK garage, and jungle music. Most of the genre’s early hitmakers will tell you they used the Playstation game Music 2000 to make their icy, earth-splitting riddims on, while super-fans on forums such as reddit claim the […]
Like all debut albums, Lil Silva’s Yesterday Is Heavy is the culmination of his entire life up until now. Musically, it draws on the relationships built and the skillsets acquired over the first decade and a bit of his career; old friends like Sampha, Little Dragon and serpentwithfeet reappear, whilst longstanding collaborator Benji B acts as […]
A new documentary has just landed and it tells the story of Brazil’s incendiary take on grime. ‘COMO VOCÊ’ Pieced together by UK journalist, author, DJ and filmmaker Jesse Bernard, COMO VOCÊ—which translates to “like you”—charts Brazil’s fascination with the UK-born sound, the cultural and political backdrop that helped it take hold, and spotlights some of […]
The growth of Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif’s hip-hop festival, Rolling Loud—from their first one-day event in Miami in 2015, to now bringing it to Europe on a large scale—has been astronomical. On July 22, back after two years following the COVID-19 pandemic, Rolling Loud fans got to experience three days of rap music greatness from across […]
Back in January, Joe James warned us that 2022 was going to be a busy one—and that’s turned out to be a huge understatement. Having already released four projects—BRUCE, Pure Connery, Get Money, Go Missing, and Crawl—he’s back with a fifth called Skullduggery. The new project features a few new names—Bueno on “Ronaldinho”, CHIROVAMUTANDA on “Brick To Bush”, […]
Only 6 months into the year, Joe James is back with his fourth project of 2022 in Crawl. Following the successful hat-trick of Bruce, Pure Connery, and Get Money, Go Missing—which illustrated the breadth of the East Londoner’s artistry—Crawl is yet another reminder of Joe James’ mastery in his unique lane. The 11-track project is only graced with one feature from Luton’s finest, […]
