Hip Hop

Battle rap had a treat last week when the UK's #1 battle rap league Dont Flop dropped the battle between the renowned Shotty Horroh and the current undefeated champion Tony D. The battle is everything you expect it to be compact of hard hitting bars, schemes, wordplay and unbelievable stage prese...

It's not often the first listen through an EP or an Album has you hooked. Sometimes the odd tune grabs you and beckons you back sure, a little earwig that bugs you til you revisit to scratch it. But sometimes, rarely, but sometimes, you're hooked like candy to a sweet tooth. I came across Jister ...

Australian duo Context And Jimmy Flipshyt are a killer combination of smooth flows and thought provoking lyrics laced over beats oozing tranquility and soulful vibes. Dropping their Fire In The Basement EP earlier in the year, causing ripples with their 9 track release, absolutely packed with hea...

Emcee and Boisht Clothing founder Lunar C has done nothing but gone from strength to strength since establishing a fanbase within the Dont Flop rap battle scene and ending on a high to focus on his music career. Continuing to drop banger after banger Lunar C is back with a new video for his track...

Underground trio "The Rethink" consists of three members based in Nottingham, Glockz & Espar who lay down the rhymes and Blubuk who handles the beats and video production. The Rethink are currently adding the final touches to their debut album set to drop in the near future! To give you all a...

Emcee Twisted Pennys caught my eye the first time I saw him battle in Don't Flop and bar/freestyle session videos, spewing out nothing but hypnotic head noddin rhymes, ganga infused bars and neck snappin flows. On the 31st of October Twisted Pennys dropped a brand new track/video titled "Chakras"...

Underground duo Phili N Dotz caused a storm earlier this year when they dropped Phil N The Dotz (Fill in the dots!) featuring 16 tracks of non stop barbaric rhyming, assorted flows and gutter content from start to finish. Earlier today they dropped a brand new track for Si Phili's solo track "Fuc...

London based emcee Laze come on our radar earlier in the year with a couple of bar session videos he's been getting involved with, showcasing his hunger driven rhymes and ruthless flows we were keen to hear more from Laze. It just so happens that Laze had just put out two new EP's under the name ...

There's only a handful of emcees and producers in the last 20 years who've managed to stay relevant and adapted with the times, from the likes of Jehst, Klashnekoff, Chester P and more, they soon cemented themselves as the veterans and key players. One name escaped me for longer than it should ha...

Veteran rhymer Inja should rings some bells when you're talking about UK Hip Hop having remained in the game for over 10 years with numerious releases under his belt and no sign of stopping. Returning in 2014 Inja has been working hard on his new release "First World Living EP" set to drop <...