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 …
Stones Throw’s Mndsgn compiles an exclusive mixtape for Bonafide Magazine. One of the best UK music magazines by far is Bonafide Magazine and after a few design changes, they’re stronger than ever. Their last issue featured interviews from Madlib AND DOOM (together, I might add), Theo Parrish, New Order, Just Blaze and BadBadNotGood amongst others. …
RKZ drops the video for Favourite Song, the third single taken from his hot new mixtape, Science X Soul. Our resident master of all trades returns with yet another piece of visual art to promote his latest mixtape, Science X Soul. The video stars fashion stylist Amrit Preet as RKZ takes a step back from the front of …
Sampleface’s RKZ drops his latest free mixtape, Science X Soul, featuring the likes of Shawn Sanderson, Kaly and Raxstar. If you’re close to the goings on of RKZ’s music career, you’ll know just how much has gone into this project and for how long. Science X Soul is the singer/songwriter’s latest 14-track mixtape and packs …
Little Simz is our One To Watch.
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 …
Joey Bada$$ has released his free Summer Knights mixtape. We featured the DOOM-produced Amethyst Rockstar a few days ago in hot anticipation of Summer Knights. Well, it’s now free for you all to download. Joined on the tape with Joey are Kirk Knight, Pro Era, Smoke Dza and others as well as some phenomenal beats …
Joey Bada$$ throws some gruff rhymes over DOOM-produced track Amethyst Rockstar, with help from Kirk Knight.
UK group Hawk House finally release their mixtape, A Little More Elbow Room. So far, we’ve had a few tracks, a name change and a few videos but at long last, Hawk House has dropped a full release. A Little More Elbow Room full to the brim with soulful synthy hip hop wonders and production …
Crillmatic drops the third instalment of his NSFW: Set The Mood mixes.
DJ Finesse presents a mixtape of Biggie acapellas over Premo beats. The age old question “would Biggie have been as popular were he alive today” will continue to rage on until we’re all worm food but one thing’s for sure, he sounds incredibly dope over DJ Premier beats. DJ Finesse put the whole collection together …
Scott Xylo is back with his second instrumental mixtape dedicated to the late great Ray Charles. We’ve enjoyed Scott Xylo’s work since we heard his debut instrumental tape Comic Book Genius vol 1 and we’re pleased to announce that the 18 year old producer has dropped his sophomore release called Genius + Soul = Hip …
Don’t sleep on FreshVibez collaborative mixtape with SupaGroovalistic and BrookLille. Being busy with other Sampleface posts and developments of late, we kinda slept on this mixtape from our partners over in France. We can only apologise profusely for the oversight as the mixtape is fire! FreshVibez got together with fellow French blogs/zines SupaGroovalistic and BrookLille …
DJ Wax On has compiled a free mixtape full of late 70’s/early 80’s fusion and smooth jazz.
RKZ has kindly provided us with some “making of” footage of his session with Gifted The Great. Do these guys ever stop working?* As part of RKZTV, RKZ has uploaded his first episode of “February Sessions”, which was filmed all through this week at Gifted’s studio. It shows the pair hard at work, getting tracks …
RKZ releases his free mixtape, Words of Adrenaline. After all those videos and teasers from the past few weeks, RKZ’s hotly anticipated mixtape has finally arrived. Describe as having a theme revolving around “waiting/floating”, the release contains fifteen of the smoothest experimental R&B/hip hop cuts you’ll hear out of the UK this year, with production …
Beatmaker Exile releases a free mixtape featuring rare Blu & Aloe Blacc tracks. I do love a good free mixtape (as long as it’s actually good). Rest assured, when I heard Exile had released one, I was on it immediately. Cassette is a collection of unreleased tracks taken straight from his four-track recorder. Amongst the songs, you …
The Auracle reviews Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor 2 (The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1)