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North London drill star Headie One has just dropped a massively ambitious new project called No Borders: European Compilation Project. The set has been ruminating for some time now, gradually taking shape as he made his way across the continent, building relationships, investigating all the different scenes, and getting a feel for their respective takes on drill. We […]
K-Trap fans are in a golden age right now. It was only six months ago that we got his blockbuster Joints project with Blade Brown and a year ago that he dropped off his last solo venture Trapo, but he’s already back with another full-length, The Last Whip II. It’s an unparalleled level of productivity and so far the quality […]
Headie One is easily one of the hardest-working acts in British music. Just a couple of weeks ago, the Tottenham native blessed us with the single “2 Chains”, but never one to rest on his laurels, the drill star is back with a new one in “Beggars Can’t Be Choosers”. Produced by QuincyTellEm, Headie stands tall on the reverberating, […]
The nominees for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards are in. Currently sponsored by Apple Music, The Ivors have been running annually in varying capacities since 1956 and aims to award UK songwriting and composing talent. Notable past winners include Soul II Soul frontman Jazzie B for the 2008 Inspiration Award, Lily Allen’s 2010 Songwriter Of The Year statuette […]
When rap historians and zodiac fanatics look back at the year 2021, they’ll realise it wasn’t the year of the ox, but rather: the year of Fredo. Independence Day, Fredo’s third studio album, is finally here after it was announced back in June. This would be his second album drop of the year, having released his sophomore […]
Last night’s BRIT Awards was a big one and not just for the nominees. It was the first televised awards show with a live audience and, following a rave in Liverpool and one or two other events, one of the first mass gatherings with no masks and social distancing. It’s too early to tell how […]
Much has been made of UK drill’s growing global influence. It’s sparking new localised iterations all over the globe and one of the most exciting and creative has to be the Ghanaian scene, dubbed ‘Asakaa’ (a play on the Twi word for Kasa, which means ‘talk’ or ‘language’). Today, three of the scene’s brightest stars—Smallgod, O’Kenneth and […]
Over the past decade and a bit, the resourcefulness of British music, particularly Black British music, has made it the cultural powerhouse it is today. Rappers and producers from the UK are now setting pace across the globe, but a big part of that success is owed to the tireless creatives working behind the cameras. […]
The Grammy Awards have always been controversial. For as long as they have existed (61 years), their results have been hotly debated. This year, however, “music’s biggest night” was perhaps its most controversial ever. Already on the backfoot thanks to pandemic restrictions, with no live audience and awards presented on an outdoor stage, the ceremony netted its […]
Not content with releasing one of the finest projects of his career, Headie One has returned to last year’s EDNA to add no fewer than eight additional tracks. Accompanied by some adjusted all-black artwork, the added tracks keep the energy high and the tone somewhere between rap and drill, fitting seamlessly with the rest of the project. Far […]
