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Back in May, cityboymoe—a rising singer-songwriter from North West London—premiered the soulful “City On Fire” exclusively with Complex, and now he’s back with new music in the form of sweetstuff pack, a two-track release produced by the electronic beatsmith Joy Orbison. The two tracks—“royal rumble” and “mr nice guy”—see cityboymoe lean into his rap-oriented side with a more melodic, nonchalant vocal […]
South London’s Santino Le Saint, who made our R&B artists to watch list for 2021, is today unveiling the visuals for his single “Dopamine”, featuring Newham rapper Lancey Foux. After remaining relatively lowkey this year, following his prolific number of 2020 releases in Rage of Angels, Red Pill, and Blue Pill, Santino is ready to roll out some new material. Produced by Ken Samson, […]
Road rap legend Skrapz has just dropped his new mixtape, Be Right Back. The project follows the Ice City star’s fiery Daily Duppy freestyle from last September, and his laid-back jam with Haile, “Real Like Us”, released a few weeks back. The 10-track tape is laced with some of the finest rap production you’ll have heard this year, courtesy of Chucks, Show […]
Fredo, who kicked the year off with his second studio album, Money Can’t Buy Happiness, has announced his third album, Independence Day, will be out later this year. The West London rapper says the album is his “hardest sh*t so far”, a bold claim considering the love, acclaim and replay value his last project accumulated. Fredo’s last two albums, Third Avenue and […]
On the eve of the 25-year anniversary of the release of Jay-Z’s debut album Reasonable Doubt, longtime Hov collaborator and DJ Clark Kent revealed that only one song didn’t make it on the iconic debut album. In an interview with Lowkey on Apple Music Hits that is set to drop tomorrow (June 25), Kent explained how one […]
Rising UK talent BERWYN has released his highly-anticipated second project, TAPE 2 / FOMALHAUT, which is the follow-up to last year’s DEMOTAPE / VEGA. The new set was supported by the mellow and emotive lead single, “Rubber Bands”, which saw rapper/singer BERWYN soulfully croon over a stripped-back Fred Again production. Notably, the tape also features self-produced standout “Full Moon […]
South London rap/production outfit Splurgeboys, comprised of brothers Tee and Rocket, have unveiled the visuals for “Like Who”—a standout from their new album, Metox—which features grime legend D Double E and up-and-coming talent Kadey James. Produced by Splurgeboys, the laid-back, dreamy backdrop underpins each of their rhymes about being the guys that all the women want. “Like Who” is a catchy […]
Brixton rapper Sneakbo announced his new mixtape, Jetski Wave 3, at the top of this month, which comes off the back of a string of singles he’s put out this year, including “Come A Long Way” with Ard Adz and “Dripping” with Greedo, both of which are set to feature on the project. Building on that momentum, Sneakbo’s already […]
After dropping the triumphant “Introvert” back in April and the Cleo Sol-assisted “Woman” in May, Little Simz is back with new single “Rollin Stone”—the third cut from her upcoming third album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert—along with tour dates for her 2022 European tour. In a stylistic, 180 turn from the soulful and uplifting “Woman”, the track sees Simz […]
In a recent interview with “Desus & Mero,” T-Pain mentioned that he had big plans to work with an up-and-coming artist back in 2007, but that she ended up ghosting him. That artist was Nicki Minaj. T-Pain told the hosts that he was heartbroken when his plans to work with the Queens-bred rapper fell through. “She […]
