Rap & Hip-Hop

Irish beatmaker Plant Food & MC Ganiyu TLG collaborate on the grimey ‘Shivers’
https://soundcloud.com/plantfoodmusic/sets/the-greenroom

The Dublin beatmaker Plant Food dropped a fine EP of Brainfeeder-style beats late last year,…

Hear another new Run The Jewels song ‘Legend Has It’; album out for free in January

El-P and Killer Mike’s Run The Jewels will drop their third album RTJ3 on January…

Listen to this nice R&B dance jam from Athlone’s Ama

Ama is an Athlone-based rapper, singer and songwriter making R&B and hip-hop-inspired music. The Nigerian-born,…

Listen to Soft World – A tape of Irish beat productions

Soft World, a short 20 minute compilation is billed as an ode to sampling. The 11-track…

Album of the week: A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service

An old band comes together for a final statement after years of fighting and estrangement…

Mango represents Dublin’s grime scene with ‘What Are You Sayin?’

Earlier this year, the Dublin MC and former member of The Animators dropped the superb…

First Listen: Sligo hip-hop trio This Side Up’s debut album Full Fat

Having formed in Sligo at a vinyl-only night in McGarrigles in 2008, This Side Up…

Run The Jewels just dropped the first single from RTJ3
https://nialler9.com/watch-dj-shadow-run-jewels-nobody-speak/

Run The Jewels just dropped the first single from Run The Jewels 3 via the…

Hear Hare Squead’s smooth new single ‘Long Way To Go’

Hare Squead dropped their major label debut single in June and since then the Dublin…

NxWorries: Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge’s album is on the way; Listen to ‘Lyk Dis’

2016’s best dudeAnderson .Paak continues his winning streak with more new music from his collaboration…

Danny Brown featuring Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul & Earl Sweatshirt – ‘Really Doe’

Danny Brown dropped another track from his forthcoming Atrocity Exhibition, out 30th September on Warp.…

Chance The Rapper, 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne tore up the (fake) stage performing ‘No Problems’

Chance the Rapper performed ‘No Problems’ with Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz on Ellen, using…

Rusangano Family are on their ‘Soul Food’ in their new Dave Tynan-directed video

One of the main highlights of Electric Picnic for many, Rusangano Family struck while the…

Kildare duo Tebi Rex release the dance/hip-hop of ‘Black Enough’

​Matt O’Baoill and Max Zanga are Tebi Rex an alt hip-hop duo from Maynooth, Kildare…

Cork’s Chris Power dropped a new sweet beats mixtape

With a cover image that looks at first glance like it was taken from some…

The debut album from Icelandic female rappers Reykjavíkurdætur is here

One of the best things I saw at Iceland Airwaves, and last year in general,…

Danny Brown signs to Warp; drops ‘When It Rain’

Rapper Danny Brown has been quiet on the release front with the exception of that…

Album of the week: Skepta – Konnichiwa

The gear change that happens when an artist shifts to the next level of their…

This steel band version of 50 Cent’s ‘P.I.M.P’ is a classic cover

I love Steel band covers. Esso Trinidad Steel Band covering MJ’s ‘I Want You Back’?…

Simi Crowns – ‘Ones To Watch’

Simi Crowns is a part of the new breed of Irish/African musicians that includes much…