Recent Articles with hip-hop
“You’ve got to pay your dues”: Madlib talks to Thomas Fehlmann
Following the announcement of the upcoming release of a Quasimoto rarities record, we reproduce a conversation from our print mag between the revered hip-hop producer, MC, and “man of few words”—he lets Lord Quas do the talking for him—Madlib and the Neue Deutsche Welle architect and member of The Orb Thomas Fehlmann. – more
The alphabet according to DJ Koze
DJ Koze has evolved over the past two decades from enfant- to savant- to the avant-terrible of German dance music. Here’s the alphabet according to him, from Amygdala to Zappa. – more
The Secret Sadness of the 21st Century: Mark Fisher recommends James Blake’s Overgrown
In this essay based around themes he’ll touch on in his upcoming book Ghosts of My Life, Mark Fisher—the noted blogger known as K-Punk and the author of Capitalist Realism—finds the 21st century identity crisis in modern pop through James Blake, Kanye West, Drake, and Darkstar. – more
Mix of the Day: DJ Vadim
Ninja Tunes’ DJ Vadim thrashes a path across the 808 spasm of juke, reggae, hip-hop and dubstep in today’s caffeinated Mix of the Day. Warm up your subs and hold on tight. – more
Dead Fader and Sensational: Release Brutality
Sometimes you discover a track that makes you pound your desk and shriek “SICKKKKK” into the sky, to whatever god or ceiling fixture will listen. Dead Fader‘s latest collaboration made me do just that, with the added benefit of something jarring loose from the overhead light and landing in my mouth. Probably protein, kids! Berlin-based – more
Gobby gives it away
Sometimes it’s just better to let the music do the talking – especially when it comes to Harlem beat maker Gobby. He has a new free album of troubling electronic funk called Grid-Loc for download and all you have to do to get it is click this link to his mind-fuck splash page (or here – more
New Death Grips: Incoming!
Death Grips are going to release not one, but two new albums this year with the first coming in April. Updating us via their Facebook page the band, who have played no small part in re-igniting a lot of people’s interest in underground, hardcore informed rap, have posted a teaser video too, which you can – more
Die Antwoord bring the TEN$ION
Die Antwoord are releasing some pent up TEN$ION on their third album which will be released this February. The South African trio of Ninja,Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek are something of an anomaly – when they first appeared they were seen as the real thing, then the penny dropped on some of their more outlandish – more
