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The last time we had a body of work from London-hailing rapper Akala was in 2010 when he released Doublethink, a sonically experimental album marrying a hip-hop flavour with elements of rock where he firmly set the tone of his musical direction with a careful mix of social commentary and the challenging of mainstream norms [...]

Delivering her second official video, west London singer songwriter Mai Khalil links up with London based production house REP DAT TV for “Stuck In Your Fire”. The track, with the usually impressive Nutty P taking care of the backdrop is a refreshing injection of UK R&B which we’re seeing a distinct lack of at the [...]

When it comes to a lion of Hip Hop, a revered storyteller and one of raps most well known expressers of truth, you can’t help but mention Talib Kweli, amongst the likes of Black Star co-star Mos Def, and Black Thought. On March 20 as part of his ongoing lengthy tour, Kweli brought Brooklyn to [...]

Following on from a string of music videos readying his forthcoming album Loyalty, Honour, Respect south London rapper Haze has dropped a brand new visual for another collaborative track entitled “Winter Dreams”. [...]

You might be familiar with the name Mai Khalil, as the featured vocalist on a number of tracks with London rapper Lowkey where she’s leant her soulful vocals to choruses and hooks on records from his latest album like “Dreamers” and “Cradle of Civilisation.” [...]

One of hip hop’s finest, the legendary Talib Kweli is bringing his tour to the UK this spring and will be performing at London’s HMV Forum on March 20th 2012 (tickets available here now) and the HMV Ritz in Manchester on March 21st 2012 (tickets available here now) supported by UK rappers Lowkey and Mic [...]

Peoples Army Capo Logic has just unveiled the video for the title track from his current opus True Talk. Shot on a rooftop in London by long time visual collaborators Global Faction the emcee links up with Klashnekoff and Lowkey accompanied by some very talented (and fearless) free runners to this very dynamic visual. [...]

When it comes to the genre of UK rap music, there are certain veterans in the game that have stayed underground and Logic is one of them. After dropping a fair few mixtapes and three underground albums spanning over a decade, with affiliations to south London rap collective PDC and playing the role of Peoples [...]

Lowkey has dropped the latest video taken from his critically acclaimed album for the self titled track “Soundtrack To The Struggle” shot on his recent trip to Venezuela and shot by guerilla production house Global Faction. Borrowing Movado‘s Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor “Change Right Now” riddim, Lowkey has dedicated the video to 15 year old [...]

After countless of mixtapes, albums, EPs and music grind stretching back for well over 12 years, British Hip Hop artist/activist Logic is preparing to release his MOST anticipated long player yet. Entitled True Talk (due out on December 19th), the album is a collaborative project with production beast Last Resort and will feature lyrical onslaughts from the likes [...]