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23/05/2022: “Shock” by Ana Tijoux

Ana Tijoux is a socially conscious rapper from Chile. Strictly speaking, she is French, born to Chilean parents fleeing the right-wing Pinochet dictatorship. But she…

May 23, 2022
Categories Hip Hop

18/05/2022: “Count Me Out” by Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar returns!  When you compare his latest album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, with his earlier works, Lamar’s maturity as an artist is…

May 18, 2022May 19, 2022
Categories Hip Hop

15/05/2022: “Love For The Game” by DJ Jazzy Jeff

Classic smooth Hip Hop for a Sunday evening. This one taps George Benson’s sublime ‘Face It Boy, It’s Over’ (1968), taking the most catchy hook…

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022
Categories Breakbeat, Electro, Electronica, Funk, Hip Hop

20/04/2022: “Mt. Airy Groove (Instrumental Mix)” by Pieces Of A Dream

It’s hard to classify this. In a sense, the song is early hip hop – which is more obvious when listening to the rap version. …

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022
Categories Hip Hop

07/05/2021: “Mystic Bounce” by Madlib

Shades Of Blue, released in 2003, is a remix album by Madlib paying tribute to jazz greats. Specifically, it casts an ear over the Blue Note back…

May 7, 2021May 17, 2021
Categories Bass Music, Dubstep, R'n'B

25/03/2021: “Lost My Way” by Egoless

Egoless is among the most exciting Dubstep artists producing today. Part of the second wave of European producers, his first release was in 2012, paving…

March 25, 2021February 28, 2021
Categories Hip Hop

25/02/2021: “So You Want To Be A Gangster” by Too Short

This is probably one of Too $hort’s least misogynistic songs. It’s not even that violent too! Instead, it’s about warning people that are drifting into…

February 25, 2021February 4, 2021
Categories Hip Hop

06/02/2020: “Rapp Snitch Knishes” by MF DOOM featuring Mr. Fantastik

If you’re wondering, that lovely LA sunset guitar riff is from a 1977 song by David Matthews called Space Oddity. It’s sped up, and brings along the…

February 6, 2021January 21, 2021
Categories Hip Hop

06/01/2021: “It’s Real” by Mic Geronimo

I’m using the censored title of the song to keep things family friendly. But to be clear, I mean the other version, which begins with…

January 6, 2021January 2, 2021
Categories Hip Hop

23/12/2020: “Scenario” by A Tribe Called Quest featuring Leaders Of The New School

Rappers these days just don’t seem to revel in words and rhythms like the old school guys did. Everybody on this track just flows! The…

December 23, 2020December 26, 2020

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