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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, […]
Dagenham-hailing rapper Hakkz is back with his debut EP, Diary Of A Litty Kid. Featuring skippy flows, catchy hooks and witty punchlines, the 7-tracker is guaranteed to have you moving. Filled to the brim with humour and fly-boy flexin’, we also get to know more about some of the challenges Hakkz faced growing up, giving us a holistic picture of the 20-year-old’s life. Since […]
Less than a week after revealing the title and release date for her follow-up to 2016’s Lemonade, Beyoncé returns with the project’s first single “Break My Soul.” The new song arrives just hours after Beyoncé teased its existence by changing the bios on her social media pages, which now read: “6. BREAK MY SOUL midnight ET.” Pitchfork reports that the track “marks […]
Watching a new rap talent bubble up from the underground and scoop all the wins they deserve is always a thrill for rap fans. In an otherwise cynical world, it’s just a nice reminder that sometimes hard work really does pay off. We’ve had a few success stories like that in UK rap these past […]
Just a week after dropping a freestyle over Kodak Black’s “Super Gremlin” instrumental, Kevin Gates returns with his third studio album Khaza. The 19-track track project features a sole guest appearance from Juicy J, who shows up on the previously released single “Thinking With My Dick.” Khaza marks the first full-length offering from the Baton Rouge […]
Is there anyone more on-brand than Smiley? For the last year, the rapper’s been unable to wipe the smile off his face. And for good reason. Since dropping his now-gold-certified track featuring Drake, “Over the Top,” last July, life has been very good for the 25-year-old: he lost a bunch of weight, inked a deal […]
South London rhymer Cristale has been marked out as one to watch for a little while now—a prediction she’s vindicated several times over with a string of rap scene hits including “Morgan”, “Merryland”, and “Militant”—and now she’s ready with her debut EP, What It’s Like To Be Young. The new seven-tracker feature all three of those big […]
For the past few months, multi-instrumentalist Reapz has been taking over TikTok with a mix of covers and original tracks performed on a ukelele (and occasionally a piano), and they’ve been building some serious momentum. Our appetites whetted, he’s now followed through with his debut studio track, “Hood Favourite”. His ukelele is still at the […]
Until recently, the Mini Kingz outfit was largely something we heard about in reference to its individual members, Oscar #Worldpeace, Ragz Originale, and BenjiFlow, all titans in their own lanes. They’ve been working together for years now, jumping on each other’s tracks and putting on shows together, but in the past few months there’s been a renewed […]
Both the Netflix iteration and the Channel 4 original versions of Top Boy have always been inextricably linked with our homegrown music scene. Its lead stars, Kane Robinson (Kano) and Ashley Walters (fka Asher D), have long music careers under their belts, and it’s also made screen stars of Little Simz, Dave, NoLay and Scorcher, with several other cameos. […]
