Tom Caruana | Brewing Up [ft/ Various Artists]
Tom Caruana returns with a tea clipper full of emcees to infuse his brews.
MF Grimm | The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man 2
Serious sugary stuff from the Monsta Island Czar. Leave room for dessert.
Onoe Caponoe | Funky Butterfly
On a lesser tongue the notion of a “Funky Butterfly” would invite at best polite appreciation of a metaphor too twee to take seriously, when Onoe Caponoe’s on the mic … Continue reading
Scorzayzee | Great Britain vinyl (& mug) pre-order live, now!
I don’t know if Scorzayzee’s P Brothers produced Great Britain is the greatest UK hiphop single of all time. It’s definitely a contender, or at least it will be later … Continue reading
State of the Union (STFU) | Public Enemy ft/ DJ Premier
Well this came out of nowhere! Public Enemy drop their new joint State of the Union (STFU) featuring the one and only DJ Premier just as Trump drags himself out … Continue reading
DanimaL & Oxymoron | Debauchery
What starts out as potentially light relief with DanimaL & Oxymoron giving us exactly what they promise soon turns into some hideously compelling fuckery. “She gives me head for a … Continue reading
Gee Bag & Illinformed | Foreigners
More sweet soulful pain and rage from Gee Bag and Illinformed set to the kind of imagery sure to provoke anxious nostalgia from any Briton old enough to remember the … Continue reading
Fidel Cutstro Ft Da Twinnaz | Dark America
I figure there’s a lot of hip-hop fans at the moment digging in their archives for solace or inspiration. As Brighton’s own Fidel Cutstro comments in the notes for this … Continue reading
Marci Phonix | Riot
Hard hitting stuff from grime veteran Marci Phonix channelling riot level energy to smash a few stereotypes. Still ready for the murkage after all these years. Not quite sure which … Continue reading
Hank Hiller | All This Space To Myself
There’s loads of interesting stuff coming out of the Team Dreebs camp at the moment, if I get a chance I’ll add a few other bits to the blog over … Continue reading
The Menagerie ft/ Al The Native | This Much I Know
The Menagerie are back with a new album Odd Beast dropping 04/09/2017 and following the all star cast of 2013’s Irregular Spirits have decided to take it back to the … Continue reading
Normanton Street | Life’s Real EP
No ifs, not buts, no doubts, “Angelene” is absolutely one-hundred percent brilliant. That ever-so-almost languid beat, so perfectly poised between couldn’t-give-a-fuck make-do time-keeping and nervous energy. But mostly Ned’s performance. … Continue reading
Major Lazer Presents: Kabaka Pyramid | Accurate Mixtape
I actually came across this mixtape via the twitter feed of Xiomara, a singer that’s been on the 273 radar recently, and I’m glad I decided to check it out, as … Continue reading
Oddisee | AlWasta | FREE DL
Lovely little free EP here from the multi talented Oddisee via Mello Music Group. AlWasta takes its title from the Arabic colloquial term used to mean “the plug” and describes a member … Continue reading
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