ONE TO WATCH: Little Simz
Little Simz is our One To Watch.
Month: August 2013
Radiohead - Weird Fishes (GO Yama Remix)
To remix a Radiohead track is one thing but to remix it and bust out your own magnificent jazz guitar solo on top of that? That’s just stellar. Meet San Diego’s own Scooter Oyama, better known as GO Yama. Frankly, I love Radiohead and I love a good Radiohead remix just as much. When the homie …
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Beat This: A Hip-Hop History
To mark the 40th anniversary of the famous 1520 Sedgwick Avenue house party back in 1973, BBC documentary “Beat This: A Hip-Hop History” is the focus of our Throwback Thursday feature this week. First off, we have to wish hip-hop music a happy 40th birthday! Although hip-hop culture and its music had been growing before that …
Knytro - Still Standing
Knytro drops a snarling taster from his debut mixtape Project Haarpoon. Any kind of positive association with Chase & Status means you’re doing something right in this music game but to sign with their label, MTA Records? That’s something serious. UK rapper Knytro (via the US) is the guy with that honour having impressed with …
VIDEO: Jonwayne's Exploded Drawing Weekend In Houston
This is what happens when Jonwayne spends a weekend in Houston crate digging and playing Smash Bros on the N64. We’d love to spend our weekends gaming and jamming with other producers but alas we’re stuck doing other things. Jonwayne joined soundfounder and others as part of a weekend organised by Exploded Drawing, a Texas-based …
Black Milk - Perfected On Puritan Ave.
Black Milk’s Perfected On Puritan Ave. gives a heavy taste of things to come with his new album.
Dapper Rapper: Mimm
Nottingham-based clothing shop and record label Mimm are the subject of our latest Dapper Rapper feature. Did you purchase a Kanye x APC white tee for $120? We’d like to think you’d have more sense than to spend that much on a plain t-shirt but we digress. A shop that caters for the more artistic …
Big Sean - Control feat. Kendrick Lamar
Detroit’s Big Sean discusses his city’s current state but Kendrick Lamar steals the show with some incredibly hard bars.
UK DJ Jaguar Skills Talks About Sampling
In an interview with Clash Music, Jaguar Skills shares his views on sampling and knowledge of hip hop.
Reggae and Sound System Culture in the UK
Our resident reggae lover Bee discusses its sound system culture in the UK and how it has blossomed over the years.