Who is he? Let's be honest, most of you will know Asher Roth for his breakout ode to college life - 'I love college'. To form an opinion solely from that tune and to judge Roth's ability on that would be a terrible mistake.
Who are RATKING? I imagine a few of you are asking that. RATKING are a young hip hop group from New York, consisting of Wiki, Hak and the man on the boards Sporting Life. Wiki is the main dude in a sense, he spits the most rhymes with his fast paced, gnarly style of delivery. Hak is a much more mellow character who doesn't spit the same as Wiki but shares deep, introspective thoughts that immediately earn respect.
Ok, Wu Tang will be forever. Let's get that straight from the get go. Nobody is messing with the legacy that the Wu Tang Clan have created since they burst on to the scene in 1992 with 'Protect Ya Neck'.
Whether you are a hip hop head, love rock n roll or fancy a bit of duff duff in it's various form you always a problem.
Who is she? SZA aka Solana Rowe is a 23 year old, who sings songs. She's pretty smooth and a lil funky which we all love.
First of all, who is Chuck Inglish. Well Chuck is one half of the Cool Kids (along with Mikey Rocks) which might sound familiar to some of you, they were the swagged out homies before swag around 2007/08.
This gap toothed Canadian songwriter has been billed as the Clown Prince of Indie. A jester and a wild child. A drunken prankster. But with his third album release, he’s stripped away most of the nuttiness and settled into a comfortable artistic groove. And it’s hard not to feel then that this is his most honest record yet.
"Critically acclaimed, but that shit don't mean a thang when you rocking mics, still in microwaves cookin' caine"
It’s been a while since I was this excited to place a little round disk in a tray and listen to it spin around, probably not since last year’s brilliant Phosphorescent album, or maybe Jason Isbell’s latest. Both of those were superb albums, and this one is also. It takes all of 8 seconds to realise what you’re in for here.
Gangsta rap isn’t a term that carries as much weight in 2014 as what it used to. Times have changed since legendary lyrical thugs such as Tupac, Scarface and Notorious ruled the roost. Swinging their dicks, bragging about guns, bitches and blunts. The idea of the Gangster in 90’s hip hop was hugely important to the success of the genre. They played the role of the...
Black Lips are a band that should really get more credit as musicians. Their stage shows may be a complete mess of sexual confusion and projectile vomit, but they’re far from a gimmick band. They’re professionals after all, playing those wonderfully slimy, throwback garage rock riffs leading into fun little ditties about incest or violence or something similarly offensive.
Schoolboy Q dropped Oxymoron a week or two ago and we've all had a bit of time to let it settle in and digest what Q dropped. Overall it was a pretty handy album for his first release with major label back following Top Dawg Entertainment's deal with Interscope records ... peep the obvious Dr Dre connection. Schoolboy Q does what he does best and does what all hip hop artists should do - give you a look into...
It’s been a while since we last heard from Beck Hansen. Not since 2008 if you’re only counting full album releases, although his is a name that sporadically pops up on singles here and there. Oh, and there was the Song Reader project in 2012, consisting entirely of sheet music. Yeah, you can always trust this guy to follow his own muse...