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Frontrunner’s Guide On Producing Music Like J Dilla

March 14, 2020• Hip Hop, Music

The music and arts publication gave tips on how to produce music like J Dilla and they’re actually helpful.

Ewing – Five

March 1, 2020• Instrumental Hip Hop

Ewing throws out the rhythmic playbook on his latest beat tape, "Five"....

Thelonious Martin – A Dozen For Dilla Vol. 4

February 7, 2020• Instrumental Hip Hop

The Chicago producer drops the fourth instalment from his A Dozen For Dilla series....

Album cover for PremRock & Fresh Kils' EP, Shelf Life

PremRock & Fresh Kils – Shelf Life

January 4, 2020• Hip Hop

The Professionals (Oh No & Madlib) are back with a new album

December 2, 2019• Hip Hop

Madlib and Oh No join forces again as The Professionals with a new album out in January....

DJ Manipulator – The Soviet Tape

November 12, 2019• Hip Hop

One of your favourite DJ’s favourite DJs drops a new project called The Soviet Tape, dedicated to the USSR. Two things you should...

Raging Moses – Talk To Me

September 3, 2019• Hip Hop

Starchildluke – BOWSERTAPE2

July 7, 2019• Instrumental Hip Hop

Starchildluke is back with BOWSERTAPE2, his 8th #Road2Switch album. Knxwledge might be winding down on his output but he isn’t the...

How Did I Miss That: Abe M Beats – Backchurch Freestyle

June 4, 2019• Hip Hop

Abe M Beats put Kendrick Lamar’s Backseat Freestyle over a dope gospel flip and I can’t believe I missed it. You can’t...

GBS x LPS – Hip hop record covers as Gameboys

May 24, 2019• Hip Hop

Ruffian Kick – LEAVES.

May 12, 2019• Hip Hop

The Californian producer put together an album of beats from the last few months of 2018. I found Ruffian Kick last year while waiting for...

Find Your Lo-Fi Beat Track Names With These Tools

May 8, 2019• Hip Hop

You’ll forget what a vowel is with these text converter tools. I used to find it difficult naming my tracks. I didn’t want to...

Shrill Evans – MONOLITH

May 4, 2019• Instrumental Hip Hop

Starchildluke – GENGARTAPE

April 30, 2019• Instrumental Hip Hop

Another month, another beat tape from Starchildluke. This one is called GENGARTAPE. Even though he hit his target, the #Road2Switch series...

Review: Clear Soul Forces – Still

April 27, 2019• Hip Hop

We reviewed Clear Soul Forces’ new album, Still. It’s been way too long since we last wrote about Clear Soul Forces. So when I...

DJ Manipulator – ARP Revisited (feat. Blu & Louie Gonz)

April 19, 2019• Hip Hop

Starchildluke – BOWSERTAPE

April 7, 2019• Instrumental Hip Hop

A little late but the UK producer is back again with his fourth #Road2Switch album release, BOWSERTAPE. In arguably his best release of the...

Thijsenterprise – Smoetsie

April 7, 2019• Hip Hop

The Dutch beat maestro is back with Smoetsie, his third release. (No pun intended!) It’s not been that long since we discovered...

JAE – Don’t Be My Valentine (Freestyle)

March 23, 2019• Hip Hop

Mr Ekow – Ekow Freestyle

March 15, 2019• Hip Hop

South London rapper Mr Ekow spits the ultimate flames in his eponymous freestyle. I have a backlog of submissions to get through....

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