
Vince Staples reveals upcoming album Dark Times set for 24th May release
West Coast rapper Vince Staples is set to release his highly anticipated album Dark Times on May 24th, following his career-high Ramona Park Broke My Heart.
West Coast rapper Vince Staples is set to release his highly anticipated album Dark Times on May 24th, following his career-high Ramona Park Broke My Heart.
Celebrating homegrown talent, Yussef Dayes curates a festival featuring Masego, Greentea Peng, and more, promising a day of diverse music and culture.
As hip-hop celebrates half a century, Normski's photographs offer a time capsule of its indelible impact on the UK's cultural tapestry.
The V&A East Museum has announced its maiden exhibition, The Music Is Black: A British Story, aiming to spotlight the influence of Black British music on both UK and global culture.
Kevin Abstract is back, this time venturing into alternative rock with his latest single, 'Running Out.'
We speak to emerging rapper TS Lagga about education, how to define success and why he decided to open his GCSE results on stage at Reading and Leeds Festival.
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With Protea, Kota the Friend is back with an upbeat rap album that sounds as good as it feels, but lacks the consistency or focus to elevate it beyond ‘vibes’.
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Dave and Central Cee’s surprise collaborative EP Split Decision demonstrates the pair’s penmanship, with puns on cars, clothes, women and footballers seamlessly interspersed with an impressive blend of swagger and introspection.
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Metro Boomin enlists some of the biggest names in music to create a dazzling 13-song album as the soundtrack for the new movie, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.
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Kodak Black’s Pistolz & Pearlz is likely to be the Florida rapper’s final album with Atlantic Records, but he seems as uninterested making the album as I am listening to it.
★★★☆☆ Short and sweet, Jack Harlow’s new album, Jackman won’t set the world on fire, but sees the Kentucky native find his playful, braggadocious groove again, while still making room for plenty of introspection.
★★★☆☆ On his long-awaited, highly-touted debut album God Save The Streets, Avelino fails to reach the heights he thinks he does.
★★★★☆ Tyler, The Creator has expanded on 2021’s Call Me If You Get Lost with the release of The Estate Sale - an inconsistent eight track release that is still a whole lot more than some b-side throwaways.
A pioneer of hip-hop-laden bedroom pop and sunny 70s-inspired beats, we speak to Benny Sings as he returns with his eighth album, Young Hearts.
★★★☆☆ 6LACK is back with his third studio album, Since I Have A Lover, a typically polished, contemplative record, but sorely lacking in bite. Read our 6LACK Since I Have A Lover review below.
David Jolicoeur, one of the founding members of the hip-hop trio De La Soul, has passed away at the age of 54.
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With Kojey Radical securing a nomination for Best New Artist at this year’s BRITs, his ascent to mainstream stardom is nearly complete. His performance at Shoreditch’s XOYO on Friday proves this conversation is one that Kojey himself is simultaneously humbled and deserving of being a part of.
★★★★★ Moving into alternative and most notably classic rock, on 'Let's Start Here' Lil Yachty not only succeeds in the most difficult of transitions, but preserves his idiosyncratic, carefree style when doing so
slowthai has announced his new album, UGLY - standing for “U Gotta Love Yourself”. It will be the Northampton native’s third album when it drops on March 3.
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The prodigiously talented rapper and producer Oddisee returns with To What End. It’s impressive, rich and intelligent, but sometimes could heed the advice that less is more.
A$AP Rocky‘s debut studio album, Long.Live.ASAP, recently turned 10 years old. To celebrate the occasion, he’s dropped a new music video to ‘Angels’.
Quavo has released a new song, “WITHOUT YOU” - a tribute to his nephew and Migos bandmate Takeoff, who was shot and killed last November.
The back catalogue for De La Soul will finally be made available for streaming from 3 March.
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It’s been six years since Ab-Soul last dropped an album. The TDE star caps a successful year for the record label with a vulnerable, pained offering in Herbert, which sees him return to reality as well as music.
On Me vs. Myself, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie drops a 21 track project that struggles to flow and never really takes off.
With praise still pouring in for Little Simz's 2021 record, Sometimes I Might Be An Introvert, the rapper has announced a follow up: NO THANK YOU.
★★★☆☆ Whilst not all of the album’s ideas land, Metro Boomin utilises his extensive contact book to create one of the better trap albums of the year.
On 38 Spesh's Beyond Belief, every verse is packed to the brim with multi-syllable rhyme schemes to the point where you would guess more words rhyme than don’t.
Dave East tells all on the richly packed, DJ Drama narrated Book Of David, an album that impresses throughout, but lacks the variety or experimentation to truly make it memorable.
American rapper Blueface has been arrested for attempted murder in Las Vegas in relation to a shooting that took place on 8 October 2022, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed.