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 [...]

Retirement, hatred and suicidal thoughts are just a few of the words being thrown around when talking about Lupe Fiasco’s oft-delayed release, ‘Lasers’ – just few would have predicted that they would be coming from Lupe himself. However, it’s not at all surprising when your record label has you sounding like a poor man’s B.O.B. [...]

Turn the page on the day, walk away and so the story of The Streets comes to a close. While we suspect Mike Skinner will stay with music, The Streets as a name has come to the end of its run with Computers & Blues. It doesn’t take too many spins before you’ll realise this [...]

I’ll try and stop this one from sounding like an apology but I’m sure I’m not the only one here. I think it all stems from Jurassic 5, as a flurry of great albums where followed up by a shocker. It’s tough to pinpoint what when wrong but Cut Chemist leaving before ‘Feedback’ was released is [...]

It would appear that Viceverses aren’t here to make friends. Political agendas and strong life-views combined with nontraditional beats means the trio should be incredibly inaccessible. Yet they don’t compromise on their message by feeling overly preachy or pretentious. It’s enough for the casual listener to enjoy the experimental sounds while those wanting to go [...]

And so it progressed from a guest spot on a producer’s soundtrack to the summer to a fully fledged album. Although, if I could be frank his guest spot on Incise’s Daily Methods hardly blew me away. A little blunt, maybe, but there were a lot of artists trying to break through and unfortunately Nieve [...]

“Imagine painting a mural but only using one can” is Raashan Ahmad’s response to being labeled & pigeonholed by the media. It actually perfectly sums up the amalgamation that is the follow up to 2008′s The Push. This mixture of styles (or lack of direction, if you’re feeling critical) might mean that For What You’ve [...]

They say that you have to go through some things before you write great music, it would be tough to argue with that after listening to Grey Crow. With it being the first solo release after triumphing above drug addiction, the album is unsurprisingly personal. These autobiographical tracks spare little detail and really go to [...]