Slowthai x Skepta | Cancelled
Skepta’s horror creep routine here is almost undeniable. Almost.
Th1rt3en (Pharoahe Monch x Daru Jones x Marcus Machado) | Tiny Desk Concert
Pharoahe Monch‘s new gang gang Th1rt3en have decided to flip reverse the usual way of doing things, and they’ve gone and filmed a tiny desk concert before their album has … Continue reading
Homeboy Sandman | Waiting on my Girl
Don’t tell me you can’t relate.
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
MC Eiht ft/ Conway x DJ Premier | Honcho
Love this new joint from MC Eiht. That slowed down Preemo beat is perfect for him and Conway. Taken from his forthcoming album Lessons < Koaste
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
Lil Baby | The Bigger Picture
Oooosh. Got to admit I don’t know much about Atlanta’s Lil Baby, but this track is serious. A strong contender for understatement of the year when he says “we done … Continue reading
Pig Feet | Terrence Martin ft/ Denzel Curry x Daylyt, Kamasi Washington x G Perico
Well this about sums up the last few weeks. A justifiably angry track from Terrence Martin with two killer verses from Denzel Curry and Daylyt. < Koaste
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
Deema | Rat Race
The kind of track that’s so damn good you could waste an afternoon trying to figure out how to do justice to that brilliance in words before giving up and … Continue reading
Scorzayzee | Lockdown Verses
Scorzayzee aka Scorzilla has been putting his pen to work during his time in lockdown, and he’s got 255 bars to show for it. Head over to his website to … 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
