hip-hop/rap
Track: Young Thug releases ‘That Go!’ feat. Meek Mill and T-Shyne, ahead of forthcoming album Slime Language 2
In keeping with Young Thug’s status as one of the most truly binary artists of the 21st century- it either clicks or it doesn’t- this is an opinion written as quickly as possible. Don’t want to let it sit. The fuzzy orchestral in the background of latest single ‘That Go!’ gives Meek Mill’s characteristically gritty vocals …
See: Slowthai wets our appetites for Tyron with surreal ‘Cancelled’ visuals
Slowthai premiered the video for ‘Cancelled’ on Tuesday, a dark reminder to everyone watching about the darker side of cancel culture. It is a bold response to those who tried to tear him down last year. The video is directed by THE REST, drawing on a swathe of classic horror movie references from scary movie …
Track: Natty Wylah offers up spacey ‘BRUCE’ record ahead of March EP
If you’re a fan of those spacey, mellow Chill-Hop vibes, you need to check out North-London MC Natty Wylah’s new record. It’s called ‘BRUCE’ and it precedes the release of his mixtape with the same name, that is due to come out on March 5th. This track is layered and interwoven with sound and imagery. …
Premiere: J. Chambers releases the brilliant Sirens feat. Dei.3avu
Taken from his forthcoming EP ‘Escape the Kingdom’, a work concerned with being Black and British and out on 26th, ‘Sirens’ is the new single from Manchester poet and hip-hop artist J Chambers, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Already a rising star on the scene, …
Track: Jovian releases new single, Where’d U Go
It may be a rare disorder, but many artists across the globe are ‘synesthetes’, including Brooklyn based artist Jovian. An artist that merges sounds using all senses, Jovian is a unique musician. Released November 13th, the latest adventure from the hip-hop and R&B songwriter is the brooding number ‘Where’d U Go’. A visionary to say …
Album Review: Action Bronson – Only For Dolphins
At some point, someone must have told Action Bronson that words have multiple meanings. This isn’t something I know for sure, but you can intuit it from his lyrics. Keeping in theme, then, he must have learned that it is perfectly okay for things to contain multitudes. As he puts it on ‘C12H16N2’, Action Bronson …
Premiere: Mindset releases new single, Purple Açai
We’re becoming almost the official Mindset channel here on Backseat Mafia, having premiered his previous two singles ‘Breakfast in Bed’ and ‘I still use Ur netflix’, but the Colombia, South Carolina native makes such a catchy brand of soulful/funky hip-hop, we can’t ignore, so we’re delighted to premiere his latest release – Purple Açai. Named …
See: Public Enemy announce new album, and release Fight The Power 2020 Remix
Iconic hip-hop crew Public Enemy are back, returning to the label that helped to make them – Def Jam, with a new studio album ‘What you gonna do when the grid goes down’, out on September 25th. Ahead of that they’ve released a new remix of their classic ‘Fight The Power’. It opened the 2020 …
Track: Thundercat reveals new remix of ‘Dragonball Durag’ feat. Smino and Guapdad 4000
In the wake of his monumental ‘It is what it is’, which we roundly adored upon its release in the spring, Thundercat has returned with a new remix of one of the records standout tracks – Dragonball Durag, featuring friends Smino and Guapdad 4000. Rapper and vocalist Smino co-founded the lauded Zero Failure collective alongside …
See: Run The Jewels release new video for Out of Sight (feat. 2 Chainz)
Taken from their brilliant RTJ4 album, Run The Jewels – aka El-P and Killer Mike have revealed a new video for ‘Out Of Sight’, and features hip-hop a-lister 2 Chainz. The track features these absorbing, edgy riffs, which wind their nightmarish way around the track, repeating ad nauseum throughout, but allowing all the protagonists space …