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If you’re tired of the pothead leanings of current Hip Hop, London trio Hawk House provide a brilliant alternative of soulful, jazzy Dilla-influenced Hip-Hop Soul that delivers a subtle, straight edge gospel message that both believers and non-believers can vibe to. [...]

Currently ringing bells as loud as fire alarms, does anyone really know Logic? Having been recruited as part of XXL Magazine’s Freshman 2013 list, the Maryland emcee with both brains and bite also just signed his first major record deal with Def Jam. [...]

Teen rappers are not a new commodity as far as the Hip-Hop community goes. We’ve seen Shad Moss go from Lil Bow Wow to [big] Bow Wow, Master P’s son go from Lil’ Romeo to Romeo, and further back than that we bore witness to Kris Kross take adolescent rhyming to a whole other level. [...]

There must be something in the water, food or air (well there is definitely something in the air) in California as this state is churning out some of my favourite artists of the moment (and possibly all time). [...]

From serenading Hip Hop cuts with luscious vocals to going to crafting soulful beats, meet 22 year old Emmavie Mbongo – known simply as Emmavie – a name which is set to emerge amongst the list of future stars from the UK. [...]

Smoky, chilled vocals accompany haunting, echoed productions as brothers Andrew and Daniel Aged perform in tandem to create ominous, poetic listening experiences. Having spent several years as session performers, touring with names including Robin Thicke and Raphael Saadiq, Los Angles duo Inc. seemingly take influence from their respected peers whilst assembling their own brand of [...]

“God works in mysterious ways,” says emcee GQ referring to his journey from basketball to rap when he thought he had it planned out all the way to the NBA. Now a fully fledged member of 9th Wonder’s Jamla Records roster, Quentin “GQ” Thomas was born and raised in Oakland, California and attended the University [...]

Ladies and gentlemen (and everybody else that doesn’t quite fit into those categories), meet 17 year old Trinity Home aka Tink and keep both eyes and ears locked on this young lady, because she is set to become the next big export from the same city that gave us Kanye West, Common, Lupe Fiasco and [...]

Hometown: Birmingham, UK Record Label: RCA Age: 26 In today’s musical eco-structure afflicted with over-polished images, auto-tuned vocals and disposable content, the Birmingham hailing, classically trained rising star Laura Mvula arrives like the antidote to the infested scene. [...]

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Record Label: Cinematic Music Group Age: 18 This is my “I told you so” moment. Back in March 2012, after hearing the impressive Capital Steez (R.I.P) featuring “Survival Tactics”, we demanded asked you to Get Familiar with the then 17 year old, Brooklyn, New York repping rapper/the reason why your favourite rapper [...]