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Thundercat: The Golden Age of Apocalypse
Thundercat is big thoughts condensed into deliberate concepts, executed with full commitment
M.E.D: Classic
Produced almost entirely by Madlib, the man who turned Guilty Simpson into Noam Chomsky
9th Wonder: The Wonder Years
Pick an MC in contemporary hip-hop that you like, and they’re probably on here.
Ill Move Sporadic and Joey Menza: Alpha Coda
As an instrumental LP, this would have been a stone-cold classic....
Ovall: Heart Fever EP
There is that trademark abstract output we've come to expect from Ovall
Jehst: The Dragon From An Ordinary Family
"The man has lost absolutely none of his ability to paint a picture with his words."
Bibio: Mind Bokeh
Bibio is a seasoned electronic producer. With his third album he reaches new heights.
Benji Boko: Beats, Treats & All Things Unique
Settling in Brighton, exciting new producer Benji Boko proclaims to carve his music from records found in the second-hand shops...
Prose: Force of Habit
Prose have dropped a superb boom bap debut ticking all the right boxes and then some.
Embee: The Mellow Turning Moment
"The Mellow Turning Moment is probably Embee’s furthest venture from his musical starting point to date."
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‘Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest’
Michael Rapaport’s award winning film documenting the highs and lows of Hip Hop’s Golden Era’s most celebrated group A Tribe...
Wu-Tang Clan: C.R.E.A.M.
Today: one of the best choruses hip-hop has ever seen. image Janekil
Shag: Cerulean
We previously fell in love with ‘Alicia’ by Mala, a mellow dubby electronic tune that sampled Alicia Keys’ ‘Feeling U,...
RJD2@SCALA
LIVE NATION presents RJD2 live at London’s Scala with very special guests on Sunday the 16th May. Don’t miss this...
J-Live: The Knowledge Mixtape Vol 1
DJ J-Live drops a bananas hip-hop mixtape—The Knowledge Mixtape Vol 1. Featuring joints from some of the hottest recent releases...
Win Tickets: Just Blaze vs. The Alchemist
Oh my gosh we have two pairs of tickets to giveaway to The Doctors Orders in association with Dephect present...
Movits!: Sammy Davis Jr. (Acoustic)
Movits! are at it again on another US tour. Soon these swinging hip-hop-heads will make their way back to...
Prose: For The Love
The boom-bap professionals Prose drop the dope new video for their new single ‘For The Love’. Rarely does quality...
The Pharcyde: Groupie Therapy
We return to an oldskool track from one of hip-hop’s finest groups—The Pharcyde. Loving the looping piano sample on this one.
Jehst: Starting Over
In preparation for the highly anticipated release of his forthcoming album, The Dragon From An Ordinary Family, hip-hop Legend...
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