Reviews

Review: Blue Sky Black Death - NOIR + VIOLET

I’ll just get straight to it: Seattle, Washington’s own Blue Sky Black Death – the hip-hop production duo featuring Kingston and Young God – make the most beautiful beats in the world today.  No contest. As I’m sure many a-reviewer have [correctly] pointed out, so many producers aim for the cinematic, grandiose, emotive sound in …

by Joseph Guthrie |

Hip Hop

I Reminisce Over You - How I Fell In Love With Music & Hip Hop

music

A lot has happened to me in the past three years. I dropped out of university, rejected a graphic design scholarship, worked full time for a year, got rejected from a university and eventually went back to university (the same one that rejected me, but for a different course). Oh, and three different girlfriends as …

by Luke Davis |

Reviews

Review: Languid - EarFood

We reviewed Languid’s EarFood. When you follow the yellow brick URL to Zimbabwean hip-hop producer and self-proclaimed ninja Languid’s BandCamp page for the album EarFood, a couple of things strike you almost immediately: The album art makes you feel like you’re in an art gallery, very much fixated on a certain piece that is as …

by Joseph Guthrie |

Hip Hop Sampling

Knxwledge - togethrniss

Knxwledge is at it again. Over a week has passed since his last release klemintine and we’re blessed with another beat tape. No change in the style (or speed at which this dude works), so be prepeared to rock your head to the bass heavy hits. If a guy like this can consistently put out …

by Luke Davis |