Hip Hop

Imperial & K.I.N.E.T.I.K - Adventures in Technicolour

Prepare to laugh in the face of monochrome mundanity and experience a multicoloured smorgasbord of livewire lyricism laid atop a bed of fluorescent funk with Imperial & K.I.N.E.T.I.K’s Adventures in Technicolour. How many times have you heard hip hop fans cry for the old school days to return? I must admit I’ve fallen victim to …

Hip Hop

DJ Concept - Flight Patterns 2

DJ Concept offers a sequel to 2012’s ‘Flight Patterns’ in the form of Flight Patterns 2 (obviously). Four years is a long time in music – just ask Frank Ocean fans. But for DJ Concept, he has been working hard on other releases in that time, from collaborations with Planet Asia to other solo projects. …

Video

VIDEO: Thes One On Mass Appeal’s Rhythm Roulette

Mass Appeal let PUTS’ Thes One loose on his record store of choice for Rhythm Roulette. If there was an Olympic medal for graceful selection of records while blindfolded, Thes One would be pirouetting on the podium with gold right now. That’s because Mass Appeal chose the People Under The Stairs producer for their latest …

Mixes

EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian Mix [2016 Olympics Edition]

We asked our friend Stephanie Vaughn aka Softjunebreeze aka Stepholonious aka Rap Game Simone Biles to put together a Olympic Games mix. This is what she came up with. We’re grateful to know some incredibly talented people, so we reached out to one such individual to compile a Brazilian mix for the Olympics. Now, we’re …

R&B

Cory Henry Performs Billie Jean at the BBC Proms

Cory Henry Performs Billie Jean at the BBC Proms

Witness Cory Henry’s multi-instrumental cover of Billie Jean with Jacob Collier, Cory Henry, Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest. You don’t need to hear what I think about this, you just need to hear what Cory Henry did. All I will say is it made me ugly cry from start to finish. Arranged by Jules Buckley and …

Funk Hip Hop Jazz R&B Soul

J Dilla: Back To The Crib Mixtape

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The unearthing of Dilla treats continues as the Boiler Room release a mixtape of his listening habits. Something a little different from the J Dilla archives in the form of a mixtape but not of his own music. Boiler Room and BBE Records have released an unheard mixtape recorded sometime around the turn of the …

Sampling

WhoSampled - Six Degrees of Music Separation

With WhoSampled’s Six Degrees of Music Separation, you can connect your favourite artists in ways you never thought possible. I’ve often wondered how my favourite artists, who never directly collaborated, are connected in some way. Michael Jackson never duetted with Prince on Bad for documented reasons but they are connected by one degree of separation. …