If you haven’t yet heard of CMPND, you’re about to; as this Friday marks the release of their impressive debut album Eagle Court, on the High Focus imprint. The trio, made up of Kemastry, Vitamin G and Wundrop – who also produced the album in its entirety – honed their skills with Brighton's Yogocop collective,… Continue reading Album Review: CMPND – Eagle Court
Grim Sickers just dropped his latest mixtape “Icons Only” and as we’ve come to expect of from the British-Jamaican-Indian MC it’s truly a grime tape, featuring production from heavyweights of the scene like Bowzer Boss, Audio Slugs and Filthy Gears as well as new producers like MaxehBeats. Sickers has been grinding in the game from… Continue reading Album Review: Grim Sickers – Icons Only
The Friday before last, on the 8th of March at the stroke of midnight, the mononymous Dave dropped his debut album PSYCHODRAMA. In doing so he graduated from his role as prodigal son to bona fide king of UK rap. The 20-year-old MC’s debut album not only became the first British rap record to top… Continue reading Album Review: Dave – PSYCHODRAMA
Acrylic snail, Dirty Dike’s first full length offering since 2015’s ‘Sucking on Prawns in the Moonlight’, offers exactly what we’ve come to expect from the High Focus rapper, a brash, brazen barrage of lyrical debauchery seesawing between giddy, narcissistic highs and self-deprecating lows. Ever the enigmatic lyricist the one thing you can be certain that… Continue reading Album Review: Dirty Dike – Acrylic Snail
It’s not necessary to listen to all of Jam Baxter’s catalogue of releases, a remarkably consistent ten in ten years, to understand that the North London rapper is a master of his craft. The meticulous craftsmanship of his lyrical wordplay often appears at odds with the debauched, gruesome content – but the marriage of the… Continue reading Album Review: Jam Baxter – Touching Scenes
The Reload 