hip-hop
Page: 28
After putting out a handful of singles over the past month —”Ain’t It Different” with Stormzy and AJ Tracey, the “Only You Fresstyle” with Drake and then this week’s “Breathing”—Headie One fans were on tenterhooks, waiting to see what the new album would sound like. What would the balance of rap and drill be like? Were there […]
LB Spiffy is having a hell of a year—and, unlike most of us, it’s not because of the Rona. The 19-year-old rapper, hailing from Toronto’s Jane and Finch area (the stomping ground of scene fixtures Pressa and Friyie) is on a tear of category-defining collaborations and curating a catalog of crazy, fresh music videos. It’s […]
East London producer/fashionista Kwollem has shared his long-awaited sophomore project, c2c, a nostalgic “mellow grime” EP cooked up with with Essex rapper and creative Joe James. Re-arranging 140BPM productions with his own smooth take on grime, the project has a larger focus on original music compared to KwolleM’s 2015 debut EP, Mellow. Griminess, soul samples, wifey riddims, and grime OG vocals from of Crazy Titch […]
Next month, 19-year-old producer and rapper Asha Imuno of alt-indie-rap collective Raised By The Internet will release his second solo album, Good News, the follow-up to last year’s dreamy, genre-bending debut Full Disclosure. Ahead of the album’s October 15 release, the L.A-based rapper is today revealing the carefree, fun-filled, Lucas Chemotti-directed visuals for the album’s second single, “Caviar”, […]
Throughout The South, people are tearing down statues commemorating Confederate leaders. Now, the citizens of Durham, North Carolina have an appropriate replacement for these monuments. On Saturday, graffiti artist JEKS shared his completed mural of North Carolina’s own, J. Cole. According to JEKS’ Instagram post, the mural was done in collaboration with iconic hip-hop photographer, Jonathan Mannion, turning one of Mannion’s […]
Fast-rising British rapper Trillary Banks is not one to be messed with. Armed with charismatic confidence and stupendous lyrical ability, the Leicester-born artist has curated an impressive range that merges the realms of road rap, dancehall, and UK drill. Before she was known as Trillary Banks, dropping underground smashes like “Come Over Mi Yard”, “Pepper & Spice” […]
He tried it. He couldn’t fight it. Now, five years after ditching the Toronto music industry to post up in the wilds of Vancouver, k-os wants to get back into the man he used to be. Kind of. Today, the Canadian hip-hop vet drops “Supernovas,” a tailfeather-shaking slab of disco-pop produced by Toronto electronic duo MSTRKRFT. After resurfacing […]
Of the many music tastemakers to lavish praise on meteorically rising Montreal rapper Backxwash in 2020, the shout-out she might be most personally excited about came from Metal Hammer. The venerable UK rock publication, normally known for keeping track of what the titans of rock are up to, called Ashanti Mutinta one of “modern rap’s […]
For South Kilburn-raised Knucks, rhyme-based genres have been an integral part of both his childhood and artistic expression. Dabbling in grime specifically, he began MCing to himself at age 12, often downloading beats on platforms such as LimeWire and piecing together choruses, experimenting with his flow and cadence. In later years, Knucks went on to study […]
For South Kilburn-raised Knucks, rhyme-based genres have been an integral part of both his childhood and artistic expression. Dabbling in grime specifically, he began MCing to himself at age 12, often downloading beats on platforms such as LimeWire and piecing together choruses, experimenting with his flow and cadence. In later years, Knucks went on to study […]
