With fans anticipating Kendrick Lamar's forthcoming album 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers', which will also be his final LP on TDE, the Compton-raised emcee continues his 'The Heart' series with a fifth instalment. K.Dot has also dropped a video to aid the song.
Watching the growth of Hak Baker over the past few years has been incredible. Continuously breaking free of genre pigeonholes and his ability to paint vivid pictures with his words, the East London native has grown to become one of the UK's most promising artists.
In the year of 1998, Yasiin Bey (then known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli released their critically acclaimed 'Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star'. Whilst the two went on to have excellent careers, fans have been craving another Black Star album for literally over two decades.
Producer and musician Swindle continues to elevate the game with his latest track 'BLOW YA TRUMPET', taken from his upcoming LP 'THE NEW WORLD', out October 29th. For this offering he brings in giants of the UK scene - Ghetts, Akala, Kojey Radical, and Knucks. Of course this is a straight up bar fest with Ghetts dropping lines like "who wants smoke, I'll roll it/ who wants rope, I'll hold it. Let's play hang man".
London-based emcee Piers James merges varied flows with soulful sonics on his latest single 'No More Idols', taken from his new EP 'A Dying Breed Part II'. Launching the song with melodic piano play, the jazzy production is the base for James to flip multiple verbal styles that creates a firm bridge between the current style-driven patterns and the lyrical sharpness of classic Hip-Hop.
Norwegian singer Marie Noreger is an artist who absolutely needs to be on everyone's radar. Armed with an incredible voice and amazing songwriting skills, she is taking the sounds of soul and pushing it in multiple directions effortlessly.
South London artist Pinty steps forth with his spacey, new track 'Found It'. The tune follows his previously released song 'Comfort Me'. For this offering, Pinty paints the picture of being struck by love, which happened to be at Peckham's infamous pub The Gowlett.
Toronto-born producer, writer, DJ and label boss Eva Shaw returns with a banger titled 'RAW' which features fellow T.Dot emcees Jaay Cee and G Milla. Musically the track weaves between trap, grime and drill with both rappers going back to back and absolutely flipping various styles and cadences.
London's Greentea Peng returns with her vibrant video 'Nah It Ain’t The Same'. What feels like a series of journeys in one day, artist is featured in a decorative space before venturing to the park with a hand full of stamps, eventually ending up performing on stage with a jazz band.
Bristol duo laronge have unveiled their latest cut entitled 'Candy (On Your Tongue)'. The track follows their previous release 'Sakura'. For this offering, the pair blend a dash of pop with a smokey, soulful Hip-Hop back beat.
