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  • RLOTW #2: LuckyMe

    RLOTW #2: LuckyMe

    The label’s roster of dynamic producers have graced the top of the charts, think Azealia Banks and Kanye West, yet their ethos remains firmly rooted in their foundations, a mantra proudly displayed on the label’s website: LuckyMe Music, Art, Parties. [continued]

  • Sound of 2014: Part Six

    A new year and a whole host of new music. In this week long series, a selection of PressPlay writers give you a run down of their recommendation for 2014. [continued]

  • Childish Gambino, ‘Because the Internet’

    Childish Gambino, ‘Because the Internet’

    Overall, Because the Internet is at the height of relevancy, a truly modern album that examines modern human relationships within the ever invading influence of the world wide web and the trappings of fame. [continued]

  • M.I.A, ‘Matangi’

    Diverse and wrought with political aggression, yet also with glimpses of the personal behind the rage. It’s possibly M.I.A’s most commercial work to date, yet also some of her most experimental. [continued]

  • Sunday Mourning: An Homage to Lou Reed

    The pounding, propelling percussion, the distinct twang of guitar and a constant, driving piano riff, all ascending into a honky tonk, trance like rhythm, then swiftly and suddenly interrupted by a distinct snarling vocal; “I’m waiting for the man… 26 dollars in my hand” as we’re instantly launched into the seemingly autobiographical tale of a junkie headed [continued]

  • Hip Hop 2013: Ones To Watch

    Hip Hop 2013: Ones To Watch

    There’s no denying it, 2012 was momentous for Hip Hop. From your car radio, to the freshest club music, to MTV Award Ceremonies, Hip Hop well and truly dominated 2012. Nestled between a lacklustre, acoustic, lulling indie scene and an EDM obsessed succession of chart hits, Hip Hop gave us a refreshing, unique and varied [continued]

  • Gig Review: Heems

    December 2nd 2012, was a sad day for hip hop music. The dynamic, ironic, yet lyrically fantastic rap group that was Das Racist unceremoniously called it quits, with a series of mystical tweets raising question as to the relationships within the group and the future of Das Racist itself. That was it, no more witticisms [continued]