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Tag: hip-hop

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Raw Soul Returns With Personal/Political New Record

09/05/2026 Graeme Smith

Some records feel like more than they are. Raw Soul’s new one, for instance, canters through its eight tracks at pace, but it stays with you for much longer.

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Mat Lazenby and Ed Heaton Capture Lifelong Friendship on New Vinyl‑Only Hip Hop Release

30/03/2026 Graeme Smith

Long-time collaborators Mat Lazenby and Ed Heaton return with a new instrumental hip hop album that captures nearly four decades of shared musical obsession.

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Discovery: ai12die Blends AI Satire and Sharp Hip-Hop on His New Album

26/02/2026 Graeme Smith

We live in a world where we’re expecting AI programmes to behave like humans, but what if they fully embrace their artificiality?

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Discovery: Torrio’s Dark, Dynamic and Rhythm‑Driven New Single Snakes Bites Hard

16/02/2026 Graeme Smith

Torrio’s new single Snakes is a mesmerising, magnetic take on hip-hop. It’s coiling tension and dark, smoky soundscape is gripping, eerie, and dynamic.

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Reviews, Trending

Discovery: Rising Star DJ Soul Child AC Drops Eclectic Debut, Douby

27/01/202604/02/2026 Graeme Smith

A star on the rise, DJ Soul Child AC has just dropped his genre-blending new album.

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Discovery: Rapper Cam Ezra blends pessimism and production in new album Dead Internet

15/01/202615/01/2026 Graeme Smith

Dead Internet, a rap/hip hop album by Cam Ezra, also incorporates many features of dance and electronic music.

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Wotts’ new single combines Tame Impala with their hip-hop roots

25/09/2025 Graeme Smith

Wotts are a band who never come off the boil. Hot on the heels of their EP FLANK! they have another on the way, and terminal is our first Tame Impala-inspired taste of it.

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Discovery: Jthurston brings a fresh perspective to hip-hop

30/07/2025 Graeme Smith

Hip-hop is a genre that loves a good metaphor. We’ve had ballers, prize fighters and more, but I don’t think I’ve heard an album in the genre that uses the concept of a camera to explore an introspective journey.

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Editor's Spotlight, Reviews

Messy Eater mixes it up for textured new track

11/07/202515/07/2025 Graeme Smith

A Dust Brothers and Avalanches-inspired poke at self-help culture, I Think I’m Headed For A Breakdown, is the new single from York’s own Pete Bott aka Messy Eater.

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