Yussef Dayes to headline new Summer Dayes Festival in South London
Celebrating homegrown talent, Yussef Dayes curates a festival featuring Masego, Greentea Peng, and more, promising a day of diverse music and culture.
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’. Â
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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.