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Fashawn knows how to rap. If you have been following the the Fresno native musical output over the the past years, that’s one thing you can’t argue with. His Exile-produced debut “Boy Meets World” gained critical acclaim and had heads glued to their speakers, listening to Fashawn’s rhymes that reflected lyrical ability and street knowledge. …

Class is most definitely in session with Mr. Thing’s latest FREE mixtape “Nerd Is Bond”. A former member of legendary UK DJ crew the Scratch Perverts, Mr. Thing’s pedigree is of the highest calibre holding multiple DMC titles and being known the world over as a taste maker and serious vinyl collector. Mr. Thing has …

Blu may be a difficult artist. Never doing what the fans expect, never giving a shit about the industry procedures, like uploading raw and unmixed projects to his bandcamp, just to get it out there. But then again it’s not easy for Blu as well. He’s an extraordinary, unique and original artist, who created a …

If you’re a self confessed fan of international Hip Hop or in particular Hip Hop artists from the UK you are in a lot of trouble if you haven’t heard of Mystro and even if you use the excuse that you don’t check for international stuff and that your tastes are more localised you once …

The Hip Hop fairytale goes something like this: Step 1: Create a crew with your best mates Step 2: Spend a few years making the music you want to make Step 3: Hustle and build a loyal fan-base Step 4: Release an album that connects with the masses and becomes considered ‘a classic’ Homebrew are …

Whether you know it or not, you probably already love Oddisee’s music. Deep diggers may know him from his early production credits on Jazzy Jeff’s Magnificent LP. But since then he’s been hard not to bump into, with his crew Diamond District, on production for the likes of Olivier Daysoul or on his many solo …

House Shoes knows how to make great hip-hop music. For years he’s been a relentless ambassador for Detroit by releasing the art of his comrades, and as a DJ, breaking records to a wider audience (who now, more than ever, look to the D for innovative and honest hip-hop). With ‘Let It Go’, his first …

The ever evolving sound that defines Def Wish Cast has become a template for past, present and future generations of Australian emcees. Knights of the Underground Table is unanimously one of the greatest albums ever made, and the world eagerly awaits for the original B-Boy crew to share their fire once again. The depth of …

This is a really solid LP from Sydney Producer Chasm, which starts with the mellow instrumental “New Day”. I am really loving the tunes with Hau and Blak Twang “Soldier & A Thinker” (a nice sample flip on this one as the original is one of my favourite records), the sinister Soul beats of “Ruthless” …

I’ve always been a fan of Sky’high from the first time I heard her flows via myspace some years back, I remember Belizean Bombshell and myself being really impressed with her appearance on our “Word on The Street” mixtape. It was her raw, I don’t give a fuck attitude and delivery that bought something different …