Fancy some light reading this Sunday? Check out these hip hop articles in our latest edition of Leftover Links.
For those without the cash for the real thing, you can now try the iMPC on your iPhone.
Rapsody rhymes over a dreamy 80’s-style beat from DJ Premier called Kingship. One of the best female emcees out there right now is probably Rapsody. The 33-year old rapper has worked with some of the finest names in the business and having been a former member of Kooley High, Rapsody went solo and signed with …
Captain Murphy on a track with Earl Sweatshirt, Viktor Vaughn and Thundercat? Yep, that (finally) happened on Between Villains.
Little Simz is our One To Watch.
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 …
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 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 …
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’s Perfected On Puritan Ave. gives a heavy taste of things to come with his new album.