Over the last twelve months we’ve been slowly drip fed tracks produced by French producer duo, The Funk League. These mellifluous jazz charged tracks boasted an impressive list of vocal talents and instantly had us pining for a full release. Now, after a lengthy wait, their debut album “Funky As Usual” has finally seen the light of day. The outcome? Disheartened [...]

Audible Mainframe has been one of my favorite groups over the past few years to listen too. They have a perfect combination of the rough and rich(lyrical quality) raps and the live band feel that is so enjoyable to listen too. Their last album Transients was both inspirational and fun to listen too. Over the [...]

The now eight albums deep LA based rap duo, People Under The Stairs, are nothing but consistant. You can’t fault them for it, they’ve been delivering album after album filled with jazz loop laden anthems. It’s safe to say that the People Under The Stairs best of compilation will be one of the finest examples of our [...]

Awon & Kameleon Beats burst onto the scene last year with the LP Love Supersedes. In that album, Awon really impressed with his ability to tell stories about the struggles in life. Concentration Gradient takes the style found on previous works one step further. The production on Concentration Gradient is excellent with a very soulful and jazzy feel. [...]

Open Mike Eagle has always been on the verge of something. He’s clearly an intelligent guy, or at least the self-proclaimed art rapper came off as such in his first album, ‘Unapologetic Art Rap’. Tracks like ‘I Rock’ proved that he had some smarts and showed that Mike was on the verge of something unique. [...]

Over the past seven years The Foreign Exchange, which consists of Phonte and Nicolay, has steadily released 3 studio albums and now a live album. Dear Friends is atypical of many live albums because we’re treated to hearing the many different layers of each song in a different sense than a studio album.

With another Atmosphere release out, it appears that they’ve grown from adolescent to adult, figuratively speaking. ‘The Family Sign’ continues on the same road as the group’s 2008 release, ‘When Life Gives You Lemons…’, with Ant’s layered production producing a live feel throughout the album through the dominant presence of piano keys. Although they’ve gotten [...]

As the late Guru used to profess, “It’s mostly the voice, that get’s you up”, never have those lyrics rung truer. That’s not to say that the MC fronting the impressive-sounding sixteen piece brass band, My Son The Hurricane, ruins their full debut release. However, it’s safe to say that ‘You Can’t Do This’ definitely [...]

‘Adventures in Counter Culture’ opens up with someone we can only presume to be a journalist, cornering Blueprint backstage after a show. Here the interviewer starts to wax lyrical about how Blueprint  has a ‘different sound from other rappers’ and that he ‘puts him way up on a pedestal for that’. What happens after that is [...]

Never has an artist’s name been more apt than Ghostpoet’s as eery interference noises, reverberating vocals and haunting bass litter his first album, Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam. However, while that only takes care of the “Ghost”, the poetry isn’t far behind half although start thinking less traditional poetry and more commentary on British [...]