The RKZ/Handbook partnership serves up an “Impossible” delight with guest vocalist Sonni Mai. Understated imagery is a beautiful art form. The concept fuelled decades of art in the mid-20th century and minimalism is all the rage today. When RKZ and Handbook weave their musical threads, the finished product is indicative of that style. But with added …
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VIDEO: RKZ – Notes
RKZ goes down the minimalist route in his video for his latest single, “Notes”. Knowing the intricate workings of a music video from concept to final presentation is a rarity in real time. If you follow RKZ on Instagram – or quite frankly anywhere – you’ll have seen what went into this video. But despite being …
RKZ – They Don’t Know Nothing Feat. Chino XL (Prod. Handbook)
Our man RKZ drops his hardest bars of the year on They Don’t Know Nothing, partnered by Chino XL and Handbook on the beats. Let me just preface this post with one word: WOAH. In arguably the Sampleface coup of the century, RKZ enlisted the talents of Bronx emcee Chino XL and Handbook on the …
Equals – Nightfall
Gifted The Great + Blakesmith = Equals. Here is their new EP, Nightfall. In the words of John “Hannibal” Smith, I love it when a plan comes together. I especially love it when music is involved and the collaboration between producers Gifted The Great and French-based Blakesmith is a prime example. Their new EP, Nightfall, dropped …
RKZ – Visionaries (Prod. Handbook)
RKZ keeps it smooth like butter with his latest track, Visionaries. There are some rapper/producer partnerships that just click and RKZ alongside Handbook go together like Batman and Robin. Visionaries is the third song involving Handbook’s production and jumping straight off the mellow sounds from Favourite Song and Think Of Me, RKZ performs accordingly with …
VIDEO: RKZ – Favourite Song
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 …
RKZ – Science X Soul
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 …
RKZ – Old School (IAMNOBODI DUB)
RKZ brings it back to the Old School over IAMNOBODI’s Inspiration/Motivation. The man we know as RKZ has been a busy bee these past few months. Having put the final touches on his mixtape Science X Soul with Gifted The Great out in late spring, he has also taken to Instagram with a series of …
VIDEO: RKZ – Find You
Sampleface’s RKZ drops the visuals for new track “Find You”, off his upcoming SOULar EP. Summer is only a few days away (officially), so what better way to celebrate the solstice than dip into a new summery video by RKZ? The UK singer-songwriter and new contributor to the site dropped the visuals last night along …
RKZ – Namaste (Prod. Bhonstro)
RKZ drops Namaste, a hip hop slow jam for the spiritual beings amongst us. Whatever you have planned for your summer playlists this year, stop and take a listen to this. RKZ has been expanding upon his spiritual tip for quite some time now and Namaste is the newest manifestation of his journey so far. …
Zaheer – Mood Swings EP
Zaheer drops Mood Swings EP with a whole host of features to put a smile on your Sampleface. You may recollect that we featured Zaheer’s “Assemble” back in October. Well, the fellow MK resident and producer extraordinaire finally brings his latest release featuring the likes of RKZ, Swami Baracus, Genesis Elijah and many, many more. After …
RKZ’s February Sessions (Episode 1)
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 – Wander/Lust (prod. by Gifted The Great)
RKZ’s offering for Valentine’s Day is the sultry Wander/Lust.
VIDEO: RKZ – Superstars feat. Sian Sanderson
Sampleface favourite RKZ’s starts the new year off with a superb video for his track Superstars featuring the delectable Sian Sanderson. Happy new year to you all! We couldn’t think of anything better to kick 2013 off than the new video from RKZ. While his mixtape Words of Adrenaline is picking up steam, he dropped …
RKZ Releases Free Mixtape, “Words Of Adrenaline”
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 …
RKZ – Jhené’s Song (prod. by Gifted The Great)
At last, RKZ has dropped Jhené’s Song!
VIDEO: RKZ – Gemineye’s Mind
RKZ gives us an eerie insight into Gemineye’s Mind I trust you all had a frightening Halloween (if you participated). If you were out trick or treating or watching a scary movie last night, you may have missed the video release of RKZ’s Gemineye’s Mind, a cut of his upcoming mixtape Words of Adrenaline. In all …
RKZ – Power Trippin’ [EP]
RKZ releases his EP, Power Trippin’.