hip-hop/rap
Droppin’ Knowledge: Listen: BROWN_BUDDHA – BCK.PCK.002
One of our favorite makers of sound collages, beat tapes and instrumental hip hop here at Droppin’ Knowledge is BROWN_BUDDHA. BUDDHA, is one half of the Brooklyn hip hop group 11roots, where he is making noise with his partner, Ur Maa. The BUDDHA has shared his newest collection of instrumental hip hop, BCK.PCK.002. The BUDDHA’s …
Exclusive: Mrisi – West Baby (acoustic)
We’re delighted here at Backseat Mafia to premiere an acoustic version of the recent single from Mrisi. Brighton based but with his roots in South Africa, Mrisi levels hip-hop and spoken word with consciousness and thought. Of the track he says “This track is a juxtaposition of the protagonist’s identity – partly from the West, …
Track: Leddie MC – Answer Me
North East rapper Leddie MC has just shared her latest track – ‘Answer Me’ Leddie MC has been making some big waves around her local area hip hop scene for a few years now. But recently she has stared to take matters in her own hands and with a heap of music to release; there …
News: El-P reissues Fantastic Damage – Out Now via Fat Possum
Iconic rapper and producer El-P, perhaps best known as one half of powerhouse rap duo Run the Jewels, recently announced an extensive reissue campaign of his full solo catalog via Fat Possum Records. Unavailable for nearly a decade, January 2020 marked the digital release of I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead, on streaming services for the …
See: Berwyn releases new video for Glory
We ran into Berwyn before, on the recently released Everything is Recorded album, and now the Trinidad-born, Romford raised rapper, singer, producer has released his own debut single, Glory. Deeply autobiographical and built over this heart stopping piano riff and soulful sung chorus, Berwyn lays it on the line with his sharply observed family/self circumstances. …
Droppin’ Knowledge – Ras Kass – New Single: Push On Thru
Legendary LA emcee Ras Kass is out with a new one, to help us push on through the challenges in life. Kass, who is still releasing great boom bap rap twenty-five years after his iconic Soul On Ice, brings the bars on the song, Push On Thru. The song was produced by the human rhythm …
See: Slowthai releases new video for Magic
Northampton MC/producer Slowthai has been busy dropping two singles in a week. First came ‘Enemy’, his first new music since debut album ‘Nothing Great About Britain’ tore it up last year. He’s followed that up with another track and video – Magic. Produced by Kenny Beats – its out now on Method Records over here …
Track: The Streets – Where the F*&k did April Go
Mike Skinner, aka The Streets has just released the b-side to his new single ‘Call my phone thinking I’m doing nothing better’ which featured Tame Impala. Called ‘Where the f*&k did April go’, the track is a bonus that won’t feature on his forthcoming mixtape, but is available to stream now. Speaking about the new …
Meet: Leon Michels / El Michels Affair on new album Adult Themes and more
Leon Michels is a talented man. Inbetween working with a who’s who of talent as a musician, including a brief spell as part of Wu-Tang’s touring band, he started making music under his own steam with the express intention that it be sampled by hip-hop producers. This worked, with songs by the likes of Jay …
Obituary: UK rapper Ty, aka Ben Chijioke dies from COVID-19 at 47
Ty, the acclaimed, mercury-nominated UK hip-hop artists has died aged 47, his press team have confirmed. News came last month that he was hospitalised with Covid-19, shortly after followed by more news he was in a medically induced coma, but the signs had been more positive recently with a move out on intensive care in …