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Fresh from his number one single with Dave, 2018’s “Funky Friday“—and his last solo effort, “BMT“—West London rapper Fredo returns with a visual for Third Avenue‘s lead single “Survival Of The Fittest”, which sees him masterfully spit street-heavy bars over a minimal beat as he and his friends walk through the bits. Peep the TV Toxic-directed video above; Fredo’s debut album, Third Avenue, drops February 1st. […]
2007-2014: UK rap’s golden years. Before the arrival of J Hus, Dave, Fredo, and the entire drill scene, the likes of K Koke, Blade Brown and Youngs Teflon were flooding the UK streets with lyrical heat, setting the blueprint for what would essentially become British gangsta rap or—for those that know—simply ‘road rap’. Giggs, the shining light of the scene, has gone […]
Trading bars with the likes of K-Trap, DigDat and Yxng Bane on his 2018 project The One Two, UK drill star Headie One kicks off the new year in the same vein he spent the last one: dropping heat alongside the nation’s best rappers. This time, Headie links up with with chart-topping rhymer Dave for “18HUNNA”, their new banger produced by […]
25 years ago today (Dec. 21), Jodeci released their second album Diary Of A Mad Band. It’s a sensual, sexy album with an impact that has exploded outwards, the album’s influence far surpassing the infamy of Jodeci’s four band members. It was the first ever album appearance for Missy ‘Misdemeanour’ Elliot, rapping on “Won’t Waste You”. And Timbaland, too, bagged […]
Chuck D’s group Public Enemy is undoubtedly a huge part of hip-hop history, so it makes sense that it’s been announced Wednesday that he’ll be serving as the Chairman of the Celebrity Board for the Universal Hip-Hop Museum. The Museum is scheduled to open its doors in 2022, with construction to start in The Bronx […]
Trillary Banks is fast becoming the go-to artist for dancehall anthems. As we get into the thick of cuffing season, the Leicester-born MC has delivered the perfect banger for the times in “White Hennessey”, her new single featuring dancehall newcomer Culan. The two artists float over the smooth production effortlessly, with Trillary lacing the beat with sultry lyrics, perfect for […]
When the Black Eyed Peas returned with their first studio album in eight years in October, they did so with a sound that reflected their hip-hop oriented early material. Ditching their more electronic and pop-inflected sound which defined their music Elephunk onwards, Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 saw the now Fergie-less Peas getting political. In a new interview with Rolling […]
LL Cool J is ready for a legal fight. According to court documents obtained The Blast, the rapper/actor has filed a lawsuit against the people behind Rock the Bells—a now-defunct hip-hop festival founded by Chang Weisberg. LL claims the event’s founder and promoter Guerilla Union, Inc. attempted to trademark “Rock the Bells” in 2004, nearly two decades after LL released […]
Coming out of South London, Reservoir Records’ own Virgil Hawkins has put in some serious work this year. At the top of 2018, he dropped his debut album Milly Rocking To The Wrong Things, which served as the perfect introduction to his alternative rap style. He then followed this up with Planet Pod, a collaborative project with CWBY, and more recently […]
Nafe Smallz, M Huncho and U.S rapper Gunna have all had huge years; Smallz’ Movie Music launched him into the stratosphere, M Huncho’s been on an unstoppable run of heavy-hitting singles, and Gunna’s “Drip Too Hard” with Lil Baby was the highlight of the massive Drip Harder project. Now the transatlantic trio are hoping to repeat their individual successes as […]
