J-Zone (Interview & Photography)
Eternally restless and singularly driven, J-Zone is a lifelong scholar of beats, rhymes and life. From his earliest funk ambitions to forging his own path in hip hop before starting…
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Emily West
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Free MP3: Ta-ku & Raashan Ahmad – Lean Left
Germany’s Jakarta Records revealed this morning that they’ve been harbouring a collaborative album produced by producer Ta-ku and emcee Raashan Ahmad since Ahmad’s Australian tour in 2011. I’m not sure whether this…
Stream: Knxwlegde – Hud.Dreems.PRT.1.5
Alarmingly productive master of skewed beats Knxwledge has dropped some more aural magic with his latest offering Hud.Dreems.PRT.1.5. Knxwledge’s sound continues to develop and evolve around itself; the jazz samplings that could…
Free Download: Xrin Arms – HWY
Anthony Vincent is a mercurial man. Check his newest release at any given time and it could be wig-out grindcore with soul spliced in or mega wonky psilocybin induced hip…
Mix: IAMNOBODI – Winter.
IAMNOBODI has decided to warm our ears this week with a free downloadable mix, appropriately named Winter. Described as “SpAce.Soul.Hop”, Winter. takes us through glitched up space exploration, by way…
Interview: The Herbaliser
The Herbaliser is one of UK hip hop’s architectural and building forces. In the 17 years since their debut disc Remedies was released, the duo of Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba have…
Review: DOOM at Village Underground (London)
Though London puts on enviable amounts of hip hop, it’s almost always in the standard rock-gig format – two or three support acts and then the headliner, all finishing by…
Stream: Knxwledge – Hexual Sealings Vol. 2.5
Dreamily looped soul and stuttering broken beats in abundance as Knxwledge drops the next part of his Hexual Sealings tape series on Bandcamp. The Philadelphia beatmaker seems to be on a massively…
Free MP3: Vel The Wonder – Lizzy Love (Prod. MXNIFEST)
“Lizzy Love” is a new soulful and laid back joint from Vel the Wonder. The song offers a cautionary tale on underestimating women. Vel is California born and bred, and the newest…
Video: Sample This (Documentary Trailer)
An intriguing trailer for what could turn out to be a great piece of film. Sample This will tell the story of one of the most famous drum breaks in hip…