The place to share and find independant music from hip hop to pop, drum n bass to dubstep.
Features
- Lex Records
Through thick and thin - Saigon
Survival skills - Chromeo
Staying busy - Breakestra
Keeping up the groove - Pharoahe Monch
The message and the jam - Jose James
Black magician - Fat Beats NYC
The last stop for hip-hop - Nneka
Inequality has a voice - Amir
Exposing hidden gems - Homegrown: UK hip-hop exhibition
The first ever UK hip-hop exhibition paves the way
Reviews
- Omar: Sing (If You Want It)
It’s a record that can boast forward thinking and timelessness as its attributes—a gift that has deservedly won the legend a Mobo nomination this time around - TY – Special Kind of Fool
Close your eyes and see the world with a new tongue and cheek as TY presents music to wiggle your finger and shake a leg to. - Mayer Hawthorne: A Strange Arrangement
A Strange Arrangement is retro soul—to the point of seeming like a tribute album to decades past.
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Blog
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