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When this year’s Mercury nominations were announced, I don’t think anybody would have picked Young Fathers out as the winner. But that’s the beauty of the Mercurys. They don’t always pick the obvious choice, and often go for something a little more innovative and leftfield. But win they did with album ‘DEAD’. It brought the …

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Hot on the heels of Forever, Bronx emcee Godz Chyld’s collaboration with Killah Priest/Tragedy Khadafi producer Jordan River Banks comes a new single, also titled Godz Chyld. Explaining the song, Gods Chyld said “Godz Chyld is not only my name as a rapper – it’s just what I am…This song is just me explaining what …

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Detroit bred but Los Angeles based, Chris Jones, aka Jonezen is a man on the up. Last year he  won best hip-hop artist in the Los Angeles and subsequently signed with Concore/Universal, home to (including others) Brazilian singer Natalia Damini. Indeed, its Damini that features on his latest single “Tear the Club Up”, which also …

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Sacramento rapper and Johnny23 associate 2UGLi has released a new Charles “Chips Clips” Sandoval-directed music video for “YUK!”, the DJ-Reef produced new single from his latest album, Poor Quality 2. The song, according to 2UGLi is about “This track is expressing how I feel about the culture, my friends, my family & my life from …

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22 year old London born rapper Uzzee is set to release his debut EP, Evolution, next week  and from it he’s streaming the emotion filled electro of TYT, or Take Your Time. He’s drafted in some hot producers to work their magic over the release, with young UK producer Jelacee of Stooki Sound, Hawaiian based …

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Maybe it was the superlative nature of his debut, Glass Swords, that led to the expectation surrounding Rustie’s second long player for Warp Records, Green Language, being so monumental. The Glaswegian producer, aka Russell Whyte, has made a follow up that, in his words (or at least those of the press release) “reflects his early …

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Chicago’s getting weird. Away from the attention grabbing drill-scene, the nihilistic soundtrack to the city’s gang wars, a growing number of artists have been creating lush, experimental music closer in spirit to the Pharcyde and De La Soul than Chief Keef. Saba, who guested on Chance the Rapper’s breakthrough mixtape ‘Acid Rap’ (one of the …

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It’s maybe not the most obvious of places but Richmond in North Yorkshire is home to underground hip-hop collective Ceiling Demons, aka Psy Ceiling, Dan Demon and Beat Demon. Out last month was the Tom Robinson supported Amputated Spirit, backed by a previously unreleased b-side For The Love feat. Acts. Amputated State lays down this …

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If there’s anyone that knows the inside story of chasing fame, its Arizona hip-hop duo, Cut Throat Logic. In the decade since the two, JustUs and Deonte got together, they worked hard tirelessly promoting their shows using street teams, flyers, merchandising and networking. That has brought them shows with heavyweights such as KRS- One, Raekwon, …

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  Taken from the golden era of hip-hop, Hillside, New Jersey label Ill Adrenaline Recordshas jumped on possibly Canada‘s finest Rapper Frankenstein back catalogue. for their new release ‘The Science Of Sound’.   First stepping into the underground scene with his partner AZ, and known as the Delphi Oracle in 1994 with the release of …

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