• Majestic Casual’s Official YouTube Account Terminated

    Majestic Casual’s Official YouTube Account Terminated

    Majestic Casual is yet another account to face deletion due to third-party copyright infringement claims. [continued]

  • Essentials: “Standard” – Stormzy

    Essentials: “Standard” – Stormzy

    Teaming up with Not That Deep producers HeavyTrackerz for a second time, Stormzy makes getting 150k+ views in 24 hours look easy as he drops the music video for his latest banger “Standard”. Follow Stormzy: Twitter / Facebook / Soundcloud [continued]

  • Essentials: “Dreamer (feat. Santell)” – Branchez

    Essentials: “Dreamer (feat. Santell)” – Branchez

    Releasing another original just weeks after dropping “Cuenta,” Branchez‘s “Dreamer” sounds like a modern-day “I Believe I Can Fly“. With artist-to-watch Santell on vocals, Branchez meshes his distinctive world music tinged production into Santell’s R. Kelly-reminiscent croons. A dash of slow-jam guitar strums and steel drums makes “Dreamer” a track worthy of releasing balloon doves to. Peep Branchez’s [continued]

  • Premiere: Shades of Grey (Kage Remix) – Oliver Heldens + Shaun Frank ft. Delaney Jane

    Premiere: Shades of Grey (Kage Remix) – Oliver Heldens + Shaun Frank ft. Delaney Jane

    Kage is a midwestern producer and DJ whose bootlegs and productions have been few and far between since 2008, usually available on very limited terms — but when he finally puts his work out in public, it seldom disappoints. Case in point here with his remix of Oliver Heldens‘ and Shaun Frank’s “Shades Of Grey,” which feels [continued]

  • ESSENTIALS: Watch Skepta’s ‘Top Boy’ Documentary

    ESSENTIALS: Watch Skepta’s ‘Top Boy’ Documentary

    An original pioneer of the UK’s Grime scene and a legend in his own right, London Grime artist Skepta has just released a mini-documentary titled Top Boy. Taking you along a some what in-depth journey of his recent North American Tour, Skepta details his mindset in how he has approached his music and recent mainstream success, as well as his [continued]

  • New Material From The XX Confirmed for 2016; Hear Special Live Performance on Radio1

    New Material From The XX Confirmed for 2016; Hear Special Live Performance on Radio1

    Jamie XX appeared on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio1 show last night for a short interview and live performance from his debut solo LP, In Colour. The renowned British producer and DJ collaborated with Warpaint’s drummer, Stella Mozgawa, as well as post-rock and legendary electronic musician, Four Tet — in addition to longtime collaborators Romy and Oliver, bandmates from The xx, for this special live [continued]

  • REVIEW: Nightwatch EP – Cryptex

    REVIEW: Nightwatch EP – Cryptex

    Step aside, Glitch Mob. There’s a new master of the craft, and he’s been simmering for a while. Definitely not a new name for nuanced fans of glitch hop, but now turning more heads in the mainstream, Cryptex (real name Tyler Chase) has been producing for years, alongside occasional recurring and guest star roles in television [continued]

  • NEWS – A Tribe Called Quest Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Debut LP on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

    NEWS – A Tribe Called Quest Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Debut LP on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

    Last Friday, November 13, A Tribe Called Quest reunited on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, performing “Can I Kick It?” alongside The Roots and reissued People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their debut LP. The group of alternative hip-hop pioneers—Q-Tip, Phyfe Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jarobi White—formed in [continued]

  • Artist Spotlight: Fela Kuti

    Artist Spotlight: Fela Kuti

    The thing about Nigerian-born singer-songwriter Fela Kuti is that his music… really is special. A delicate mixture of genres, impossible to pin to just one, Fela’s music also incorporates his political and social views – exemplified in a mistrust of authority figures and oppressive structures within his home country, a viewpoint that’s become the hallmark of his music. Fela [continued]

  • Just Blaze Releases Early 2000’s Drum Sample Kit, As Promised

    Just Blaze Releases Early 2000’s Drum Sample Kit, As Promised

    A few months back, acclaimed Hip Hop duo Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P), toyed around with the idea of re-releasing their 2013 album Run The Jewels, featuring production comprised of nothing but cat sounds… we learned shortly thereafter, this was no joke. El-P initially came up with the idea whilst smoking weed in his kitchen and trying come up [continued]