Released: 1992 There are no payoffs like dream payoffs; the messy dissolution of NWA – prompted by Ice Cube’s departure … More
Tag: Hip-Hop
50 Best Songs of 2020 #44 Joey Bada$$ – Shine
A mellow past rediscovered.
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #35 Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
Released : 1987 In all of the history of sampling, no artist’s catalogue has been pillaged like James Brown’s. The … More
Glass Animals – Dreamland review
They say you should always write about what you know, but on Glass Animals last outing How To Be A … More
July 2020’s Best New Music
10. Kush Jones – Earth Note 9. Sofia Portanet – Free Ghost 8. Bugseed – Caria 7. Disclosure, slowthai – … More
Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 4 review
Anger is an energy. When Killer Mike – one half of Run The jewels, the rap duo which had hovered … More
Ghostpoet – I Grow Tired But I Dare Not Fall Asleep review
Obaro Ejimiwe has been singing about disconnection from people, places and politics more or less since his debut album Peanut … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #64 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message
Released : 1982 Anybody who ever tells you crime doesn’t pay should take some time out to speak with Joseph … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s #66 EPMD – Strictly Business
Released: 1988 EPMD – short for Errick and Parrish Making Dollars – may have ridden the rap “Craze” as the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #74 Boogie Down Productions – The Bridge Is Over
The eighties was the decade in which hip-hop went global but stayed local; whilst it’s stars were always talking about … More
