Rap & Hip-Hop

Kojaque & Luka Palm collab on ‘Date Night’

The Softboy team smashes it out of the park again.

Kojaque and Luka Palm have teamed up once again to bring us ‘Date Night’. The pair had previously worked together on ‘Politicksis’, a track on Kojaque’s Deli Daydreams released earlier this year. Where that track felt introverted and reflective, ‘Date Night’ is an in your face night time anthem. With lush trap-inspired production courtesy of… Read more »

Posted on July 6th, 2018

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Sebi C goes into space with new album All Uselessness

Irish hip-hop veteran collabs with CSG's Jimmy Penguin at the controls and galaxy-travellers Krayb David on FX.

Another gem that’s flown under the radar by and large this past week has been the return of Sebi C, veteran Irish rhymer, vocalist for experimental outfit The Maori John Wayne, and one-half of the increasingly-storied Flying Buttresses project, alongside skratchador enmascarado Naive Ted. All Uselessness sees Sebi re-emerge from hiatus with his trademark lyrical… Read more »

Posted on May 17th, 2018

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9 new Irish songs you should hear this week

Tracks from Maria Kelly, THUMPER, XO-MO, T.E.D, Fia Moon and more.

This is only a selection of new music – dig into more or follow the Spotify playlists. 1. Maria Kelly – Small Talk Maria Kelly tackles the issue of mental health in her new song ‘Small Talk’. The song is full of subdued beauty. From the earthy quality of the acoustic guitars to the warm… Read more »

Posted on March 29th, 2018

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Watch The Truth About Irish Hip Hop documentary

The Gavin FitzGerald-directed doc shines a light on one of the most thriving contemporary Irish movements

‘The Truth About Irish Hip Hop’ is a new documentary directed by Gavin FitzGerald. The 20-minute feature details the rise and evolution of Irish hip-hop since the turn of the decade. The documentary centres itself around multiple interviews with various players on the hip hop scene and features a litany of noticeable Irish rappers. These… Read more »

Posted on March 29th, 2018

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Kojaque’s Deli Daydreams is the unmistakable product of the city that spawned it

Soft Boy producer and rapper impresses with this short release chronicling the life of a deli-worker.

Soft Boy Records’ founder and Dublin rapper/producer Kojaque’s past releases showed flashes of the quality to come. Last year’s single ‘Wificode’ was a brief tongue-in-cheek self-analysis, but it was pointed and energised. The standalone single, and the excellent video, only added to the anticipation for a long form release. The announcement for that long form release came… Read more »

Posted on March 5th, 2018

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Spekulativ Fiktion takes on modern life in ‘Effigies’

Mankyy on production for Cork rapper's new extended-player, released via The Unscene and featuring LK wunderkind Jonen Dekay

After a steady 2017 that saw a return to regular gigging, and an IndieCork music award for his set with Mankyy at the Cork premiere of documentary ‘The Truth About Irish Hip-Hop’, Cork rapper Spekulativ Fiktion has unveiled his new extended-player ‘Effigies’ this afternoon, released via Limerick hip-hop mainstay Unscene Music. The release follows this… Read more »

Posted on January 26th, 2018

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Kojaque’s new project Deli Daydreams chronicles a week of a deli worker

'Bubby's Cream' is taken from the release out on Soft Boy Records.

Kojaque’s ‘WifiCode’ marked an artist who was growing increasingly comfortable being a publicly visible artist after a few years of hiding in the Youtube and Soundcloud shadows. It was also his most direct tune. For his latest project on affiliated label Soft Boy Records, Deli Daydreams, Kojaque takes it back to the laid-back sound of… Read more »

Posted on January 26th, 2018

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Limerick wordsmith Aswell leaves nothing to interpretation on the Mankyy-produced EP Ambiguous

The rapper sharpens his baritone flow in collaboration with beatmaker Mankyy.

There’s scarcely any more need to talk up Limerick hip-hop at this stage: the efforts of the MusicGeneration crew and Unscene Music platform in the city have resulted in a generation of innovative and empowered creators doing their thing on their own terms. Rappers like Jonen Dekay, Same D4ence and producers like Co. Clare’s Mankyy… Read more »

Posted on January 18th, 2018

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Cork producer Jar Jar Jr’s Fallen Angel melds Madvillainy into new shapes

Cork lo-fi producer learns to stop worrying and love the bomb

One of Cork’s lesser-known musical success stories is Robert O’Halloran, a beatmaker better known in Irish hip-hop circles as Jar Jar Jr. (or ｊａｒ ｊａｒ ｊｒ, as the kids say). Assembling jazzy, lo-fi beats of the old-school persuasion, O’Halloran’s traversion of “the Rhodes less travelled”, to coin his own phrase, has led to a dedicated cult… Read more »

Posted on January 15th, 2018

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Jus’Me’s The History of Irish Hip-Hop on Vinyl mix

A who's who of Irish hip-hop from Scary Éire to T-Woc.

“How lucky is Cork to have that dude? Hip-hop MVP of the country for years now. Obviously he does so much sterling grunt work setting up gigs and keeping things ticking over like the underground trooper he is, but his artistry is so damn high-level. DJ-wise, on a modern hip-hop tip, there’s not many out… Read more »

Posted on November 7th, 2017

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Soulé slays in new video for ‘What Do You Know?’

Dancehall R&B vibes and a party video.

Soulé’s ‘What Do You Know’ dropped a few short weeks ago and has racked up 600k plays on Spotify in a five weeks. Now, she slays it in a video that echoes the song’s period of celebrating being away from a toxic relationship. Soulé keeps it lit on her own. Good to see a Repeal… Read more »

Posted on October 20th, 2017

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