Hip-Hop
Track: Sleaford Mods – No One’s Bothered, plus album news
We’re serial supporters of Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods here on Backseat Mafia, so its with some excitement that the band have released details of their third ‘proper’ album, Key Markets, out on July 10th via Harbinger Sound. As with the bands DIY aesthetic, they’ve involved themselves in everything, with the exception of the Steve Lippert …
See: Skepta reveals video to “Shutdown”
Out right now on Boy Better Know is the new single from London grime producer and MC Skepta. It’s proved to be a fruitful time with March seeing Skepta join Kanye West onstage at both the Brit Awards (for a performance of ‘All Day’) and a night at London’s Koko. He’s also returning the favour …
Album review: Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
Writer: Carmen Efferson Compton’s native son delivers a sound riot revolution with a backbeat and a message to young black males the ghost of Mandela hope my flows they propel it let these words be your earth and moon you consume every message – Kendrick Lamar AND JUST LIKE THAT…in one massive broad stroke of …
Premiere: Hardoe – Bvlgari Vision
F. Williams, aka Hardoe, is building a bit of a reputation for himself the UK Hip-Hop game. The South Londoner initially started out as a producer, but later discovered that he had a passion for performance and rapping. Since then he has released a couple of mixtapes – the first a collaboration with musical accomplice …
Track: Ahmen – Headphones
If its escapism your looking for this Monday morning, yu might not need to go any further than Ahmen. The New Jersey based rapper, the son of Sri Lankan immigrants, has a new single Headphones which deals with such issues. As Ahmen himself explains “Far too often, our potential is limited by society’s pressures: generational …
Track: Drake – Energy (Whiiite’s Future1Hundred Remix)
I’ve just stood in the extreme cold and watched my son, seemingly unbothered by the wind and temperature, play football. I’m between naps on the sofa, and badly in need of some energy. Cue my email bleeping with the very thing. It’s Drake’s lean, mean attitude driven machine of a single of the same name, …
Album Review: Union Blak – Street English
Despite the fact that it has now been out for over a month, it is surely not too late to welcome an album which overwhelmingly defies the commonly-heard aphorism that ‘real’ Hip Hop is dead. It exists, a subterranean animal, evidenced only when deliberately sought out or inadvertently stumbled upon – proof incarnate of this …
Album Review; Ghostpoet – Shedding Skin
Every now and then, an artist comes along who confuses those music critics and fans that like to put music into certain boxes or genres. Ghospoet is undoubtable one of those people. Singer/songwriter? Rapper? Poet? Yeah, I guess you could say he falls into all of the above. There are elements of hip-hop, but with …
Track: The Essence feat. J-Dubble – Love Thing
Just in time for Valentines day comes ‘Love Thing’, a new single from Rik Ducci & J-Dubble. Its the lead track from their upcoming collaborative album as ‘The Essence’, which drops on February 18th. Its more of a look back for the pair, as J-Dubble’s warm, approachable rhymes describe his affection for music, while Rik …
News: DJ Yoda to release Breakfast Of Champions
Better know to his mother as Duncan Beiny, DJ Yoda is a London based DJ and producer. His music is a mix of hip-hop, scratching and general insanity. Previously most famous for his ‘How To Cut & Paste’ mix albums, he is now more focused on releasing his own stuff. With a couple of fantastic …