Rap & Hip-Hop

Listen to five tracks from Onra’s Chinoiseries Pt. 2

French producer Onra is releasing a second volume of Vietnamese and Eastern-sampling hip-hop on Dublin’s…

Hear a new Drake song featuring The Weeknd – ‘The Ride’

I’ve been avoiding the leaks from Drake’s Take Care album because so many other blogs…

Lethal Dialect
Irish rap roundup: Lethal Dialect, Ath Cliath Records, Loud Mouth Collective & more

A fair bit of Irish rap stuff has appeared on my radar lately so I…

A video interview with DOOM @ RBMA, Madrid

This is great. DOOM sits down for an hour and 40 minute interview at Red…

The Roots – ‘Make My’ feat. Big K.R.I.T.

Every one in a while, The Roots come good with at least one truly great…

Azealia Banks – ‘212’

First flagged for me by Bitzlr back in October 2010 via Yours Truly, Azealia Banks…

The Stepkids – ‘Legend In My Own Mind’ (video)

The Daily Show‘s Wyatt Cenac stars in the debut video for Stones Throw’s latest signing…

Star Slinger – ‘Dumbin’ feat. Reggie B

The first official single from Darren Williams aka Star Slinger follows his remix work in…

Drake – ‘Headlines’ (video)

The second video from Drake’s Take Care album. I’ve been playing this one a lot…

Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire ft. Despot, Das Racist, Danny Brown, EL-P – ‘The Last Huzzah’ (video)

Sick remix of Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire’s ‘Huzzah’ taken from the Lost In Translation mixtape. Some…

Album of the week: Das Racist – Relax

Brooklyn three-piece cheeky rappers Das Racist released two mixtapes last year Shut Up, Dude and…

Lecs Luther – ‘Trumpets’ (video)

Another new tune from Lecs Luther from his Fish & Chips EP Definitely a Frank…

Lecs Luther – ‘Dia Dhuit’ (video)

Lecs Luther drops a video shot in Brighton that echoes Earl Sweatshirt / Odd Future…

Dublin rap: Lecs Luther – ‘Luther’

With Odd Future arriving back in Ireland next week, it’s timely that we get to…

Clams Casino – ‘I’m God’ (video)

Brendan Canty aka Feel Good Lost directed an unofficial video for Clams Casino I’m God’.…

El-P – ‘Drones over BKLYN’

El-P’s ‘Drones over BKLYN’ is the 10th free download in the Adult Swim Kia Singles…

The Infomatics – ‘New Era’

The Infomatics return with a free downloadable track and a different sound.

MF DOOM & Ghostface Killah – ‘Victory Laps’

While a radio rip of the Madvillain remix of ‘Victory Laps’ appeared a couple of…

Q-Tip and Kanye West – ‘Award Tour’ (live at Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival)

From Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Q-Tip plays Button Factory, Dublin on Wednesday Aug 24th. Tickets €30…

Kanye West live at SXSW (Video)

I was there in Austin that night but I couldn’t get in. The gig was…