Daily Archives: June 17, 2013

Whilst Young Chop, Jahlil Beats and Mike Will Made It have dominated hip hop this year with aggressive, street-ready beats and Harry Fraud and Alchemist have kept taste-makers happy with their left-field sounds, LA based producer DJ Dahi has expanded his discography with a diverse range of soundscapes over the last 12 months. The producer [...]

Rock’n'roll-inspired Brooklyn crooner Charles Perry gives viewers a charming portrait of his ideal relationship in his video for “I Could Be The Best Time of Your Life,” a powerful single speaking to an imaginary future lover, enlisting the beautiful Emmanuelle Chriqui [Sloan from Entourage] to serve as Perry’s potential flame with Jeff Goldblum hitting the [...]

Some brand newness from the North Carolina hailing Roc Nation signing J.Cole. Following his guest appearance on “Louis Vuitton” which featured Fabolous‘ recently released mixtape The S.O.U.L Tape 2, an extended solo version of the track has hits the waves. [...]

Talented vocalist Lili K. delivers track after track of soulful, harmonic vocals over the diverse production of Peter Cottontale on her new project, Metal Petals. The Chicago native draws from the deep and diverse talent bed in her city and spans a variety of genres – from hip-hop to electronic to jazz to neo-soul – [...]

In 2009 I discovered Fresno, CA rapper Fashawn and his incredible indie debut Boy Meets World. The Exile-produced album was one of the year’s strongest, and like so many great hip hop albums, it was a stunning life-up-until-now story. Ever since, dropped Fashawn has faced the Nas-like challenge of matching his debut whilst trying to [...]

With Sir Michael Rocks‘ Lap of Lux 1.5 set to drop this Thursday (December 4th), the Cool Kids rapper lets us listen to the project’s opening track, a sunny, laid-back cut titled “Make This Bread”. [...]

T.I.‘s gearing up for the December 18th release of his eight studio album Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head, but his plans don’t stop there. [...]

Benga‘s third album, Chapter II, is set to drop in early 2013, but he’s not resting on his laurels. To finish this year with a bang, the East London dubstep don is releasing three brand new tracks for our listening pleasure. [...]

South Maryland-hailing female rapper Kelow enlists DC spitter and Blu-Roc affiliate Tabi Bonney as a special guest on “Hit My Pager”, a grimy new track from her forthcoming Stixxx-n-Stonez EP, out this Christmas Eve (December 4th). [...]

After hearing Game drop one hell of a track earlier alongside Kanye West and some of Houston’s finest, I expect many hip hop fans will be pre-ordering their copies of Jesus Piece as we speak, but to continue his incredible work ethic of the last few weeks, the Compton rapper is back straight away with a [...]