Category: Artist Profile

Honourable Mention: Alligator Bites Never Heal, By Doechii

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If Alligator bites are purely infused with Doechii’s charisma, wit, wordplay, and versatility, then please, bite us with those beats again, and may we never heal! ‘Alligator Bites Never Heal’, is technically not an album, but a mixtape, which remains faithful to the nostalgic mixtape format in that each track is less than 3 minutes long, and explores an array of moods, tones, and topics allowing Doechii to flex her versatility, display her quirky personality, or muse in moments of deep introspection...

A Sweet Sorrowful Serenade from Tyler, the Creator (Deep Dive)

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Lets take a closer look at Tyler's trajectory from budding artist to musician in full bloom, and while we're here lets celebrate the musical maverick's phenomenal and poignant single and video for 'Sorry Not Sorry', taken from his recently released deluxe album 'Call Me if You Get Lost: The Estate Sale'

‘Plan B’ Gets an A+: Megan Thee Stallion, The Origins of the 1990’s Remix, & Slackness!

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With that one performance at Coachella festival, Megan Thee Stallion has reintroduced substance over style to a new audience and reignited the ‘Hardcore’ era Lil Kim embodied in the 90’s. From the reaction to queen-chella’s brazen bars, I was not the only one who missed the hey days of the fierce female rapper...

*ARTIST PROFILE // EP REVIEW*: The Misdemeanor’s of An Icon

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This is not a test! Missy really has given us a fresh body of work for the first time in 14 years, with each track seasoned with secret ingredients from her very own personal cook book. When blended together all the differing flavours she samples from different eras of her career, marinade effortlessly until we reach full flavour of – The icon that is Missy...

Grime’s Court Jester D Double E – *ALBUM REVIEW* Jackuum!

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In keeping with D Double's’ expert comedic timing, his debut album 'Jackuum' opens with D Double E being interviewed by a posh middle class elderly lady at 'Jackuum FM.' The ‘interviewer’ approaches dizzying levels of delirium at the mere presence of D double E in the studio! As its D Double E voicing the character it makes it twice as hilarious when the character states in a Hyacinth Bouquet plummy accent, "Oh my GOSH, this is ridiculous. I'm ACTUALLY blushing", after D double’ delivers a BLUKU! at her request...

Ghetts and Kojey Radical deliver ‘Black Rose’ Bouquets To Black Women: A deep dive into Colourism and Gender Divides

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Ghetts had decided to drag the subject of colourism to the surface, between the cracks appearing within our race and the music industry. It was always going to take a fearless artist to tackle the formerly hidden issue of colourism, someone who was capable of viewing the world from differing perspectives and could deliver the message in a sensitive way. It was going to take someone ahead of his time, who was a “A Shepherd not a sheep” (as Ghetts told us, on the 2014 track ‘Man like me’) ...

MEZ: Artist Profile // ‘Tyrone’ *EP Review*

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Danger in a durag is the phrase that comes to mind when I listen to the wise but young uncle Mez from the forest (of Nottingham to be precise.) Since 2013 Mez has cast his durag over the Grime scene to make some serious waves. His debut EP ‘28’, dropped in 2015, and early releases 'Sike', 'Normal shoe', 'Magnum' and ‘One line flows' served to increase Mez's popularity; eventually earning...

Treddin’ On his Own: Cadell ‘L.O.N.D.O.N’ *ALBUM REVIEW*

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Which brings us to 2018's brilliant 'L.O.N.D.O.N' (Lots of nig*as don't observe nature) album, where Cadell completely and undoubtedly comes into his own on his second full length project. There are no production elements or conversational soundbites on this album which link him to his elder brother. Listening to L.O.N.D.O.N an image formed of..

Honourable Mention: ‘Outbursts from the Outskirts’ by Manga Saint Hilare & Lewi B

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Manga unleashes his startling outburst detailing how he doesn’t fit in anywhere and how he was more concerned with creps than his parents struggles to make ends meet. As Manga digs even deeper into his soul, his voice cracks and breaks with the pain of reminiscing about his difficult past and the emotions Manga had to revisit to provide the most honest piece of work I have heard all year. Manga poignantly admits “Grime nearly killed me and Grime saved my life, grime gave me an in and grime kept me outside” ...