Ipswich’s Cellar Door releases an orchestral hip hop EP called Songs Of Experience. An underrated pool for sampling producers nowadays is orchestral music. There have been some superb examples of orchestra based hip hop (just ask Kanye) and Cellar Door has added his name to that list with his new EP. Songs Of Experience is …
Birmingham-born emcee Juice Aleem releases a fast-paced video for Roots Manuva-produced MoorKaBa Light Bikes. Juice Aleem is what you might call something of a hip hop veteran, particular amongst the UK hip hop circles. Having joined Big Dada in 1997 and featuring on their first label release as Alpha Prhyme (we see what you did …
Our Song For Sunday this week is Little Dragon’s Feather.
The Roots’ debut album Organix is 20 today. Let’s celebrate!
De La Soul and The Roots perform live together on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. When two groundbreaking hip hop groups like De La Soul and The Roots take the stage together, your full attention is required. You should also take special notice at the fact that they performed the classic “A Roller Skating Jam …
RKZ drops Namaste, a hip hop slow jam for the spiritual beings amongst us. Whatever you have planned for your summer playlists this year, stop and take a listen to this. RKZ has been expanding upon his spiritual tip for quite some time now and Namaste is the newest manifestation of his journey so far. …
In possibly his best performance so far, BINKBEATS rebuilds Lapalux’s “Without You” from scratch.
Italian producer Dusty Fingers remixes J Dilla’s Anthem into a funky hip hop jam.
Crate digging duo Kon + Amir give their lowdown on the 50 greatest hip hop samples of all time to Complex Mag. Complex are synonymous with their “Top X” lists about almost everything but this one really resonated with us, for obvious reasons. Kon + Amir are a pair of crate digging excavators, always on …
This hour long documentary about Sun Ra is the feature presentation for our Saturday Matinée this week.