Top 10 hiphop albums of 2017 – by Jonathan Johnson

2017 has revived my confidence of having strong bodies of work in hip-hop. This year also marks the strong emergence of UK hip-hop and grime music, which has certainly come to my attention this year more than before.  From my previous Top 5 US Hip-Hop Read More …

King Stormzy: Why #GSAP is the bravest UK album yet

Having risen to the Grime elite over the last few years after dropping tracks and freestyles like ‘Wicked Skengman’, ‘0-100’, ‘Not That Deep’, ‘Know Me From’, ‘Shut Up’ and the ‘Not That Deep EP’, Stormzy released his debut album ‘Gang Signs and Prayer’ on 24th February Read More …

Who Should Win The Mobo Awards?!

The 2016 MOBO awards are taking place on Friday 4th November in Glasgow and the show looks like it will be one of the best yet. The award show, often criticised for shunning the underground scene in favour of celebrating commercial and mainstream acts, has this Read More …

What Went Down At Wretch32’s #GrowingOverLife album launch party

On Friday 2nd September Wretch 32 released his third studio album, the hotly anticipated ‘Growing Over Life’. I’ve been a Wretch fan since his early mixtapes, ‘Learn From My Mixtape’ and ‘Teacher’s Training Day’ which were released back in 2006, so I was looking forward Read More …

What You Should Be Listening To – The September Playlist

At the beginning of every month we’ll be updating you on the brand new fresh music that should be on your playlist. This month we’ve picked out some fresh music from some of the best UK artists around! This is ‘What You Should Be Listening Read More …

King Skepta: How BBK Are Teaching Us To Win On Our Own Terms

I’ve been debating how to approach this article for awhile now. I’ve wanted to write something about Skepta since Konnichiwa dropped but I’m not one for doing album reviews. I feel they are short lived, and in any case, the music is there to be Read More …