Music to put a smile on your face and get you dancing. Simples. The Allergies are Bristol’s funksters, and their current single is “Get Yourself Some” with “I’m On It” on the B side. “Get Yourself Some” is a soul-infused stomper. That Hammond organ blasts through this track and immediately gets your shoulders shifting. On […] More
Atlanta-Maryland based rap collective Spillage Village have been gradually building the ground for a breakthrough over the past years. Following their superb “Bears Like This…” compilation trilogy, and with each member building their solo profiles, the group started to take off in 2019 after key members EARTHGANG and JID were signed to A-list rapper J. […] More
The sophomore album from Zambian-Canadian rapper-producer Backxwash a.k.a. Ashanti Mutinta, God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It is a stunningly concise, brutal and cathartic project that has been making some waves within Industrial Hip-Hop circles. Blending noise, punk and metal with horror-core rap and crossing over with other up and […] More
Since the group was established in 2012, Buffalo-based Griselda Records has established itself as one of the most respected rap collectives in the underground. Their profile rose dramatically after signing a distribution deal with Eminem’s Shady Records, and it seems the group escaped the effort to dilute their sound that afflicted previous Shady signees and […] More
For the uninitiated, every year New York Hip–Hop magazine XXL selects those up and coming rappers it considers the most promising and puts them together on its cover, organising a round of freestyles and cyphers to showcase the artist’s talents. Nominally 10 rappers are chosen, but this target is rarely expressed in the actual line-up, […] More
Portland rapper/singer Adam Aminé Daniel isn’t the sort of artist who had piqued my interest until recently. Despite his appearance on the 2017 XXL Freshman cover, it has only been with the release of this sophomore record that he has come to be regarded in some circles as a force to be reckoned with in […] More
The Hardcore hip-hop duo Run the Jewels began collaborating in the early 2010s, with Atlanta rapper and former OutKast protégée Killer Mike’s 2012 album R.A.P. Music entirely produced by New York rapper-producer El-P, who had himself come up in the late 1990s as a key member of independent rap collective Company Flow. In working together, […] More
It’s always a bittersweet experience to discover an artist’s talent after their death, especially when that death comes so soon and so suddenly. When rising star Jarad Anthony Higgins, aka Juice WRLD, died of a drug overdose in December 2019, just a week after his 21st birthday, it was a humbling shock to many—including, I […] More
I am an Eminem fan, but I wouldn’t call myself a “Stan.” When Eminem makes bad songs or even bad albums, I won’t lie to myself and say that everything Eminem touches turns to gold. In the last decade, I would say Eminem has had just as many misses as hits. From Recovery through Music to Be Murdered […] More
Welcome one, welcome all to the first-ever Weekly Music Spotlight. Each Tuesday I’ll be taking a band or artist that I love and taking a closer look at them. I’ll give you a brief history of the participants involved and then list five tracks or albums that I believe are the best jumping-off points for […] More
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