Lethal Dialect shows you how Irish hip-hop can be done over a J Dilla Beat with help from Costello & Willa Lee, recorded at the Community Of Independents live show. See the COI weekly episodes and look out for Lethal Dialect’s new album 1988 in the summer. The original of ‘A Dark Horse’ is on LD50 Part II and the live version is by DJ Moschops.

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.