Oh dear. I really should’ve grown out of this kind of stuff by now. The kind of music so good it’s age restricted, so good YouTube won’t let the embed work properly. So good you have to, like, click on a link to view it. Too damn good. Besides, I’m sure DanimaL’s not really curling out a fatty on your mother’s chest. That’s like, artistic license and stuff. Duhhh. | Ringo P ..read more

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know it’s kind of early but the end of year roundups are rolling out and the pressure is on. Technically Christmas is still twenty four days away, and S.Kalibre’s track is eight years old, but it all feels timely to me. Definitely worth mentioning first that S.Kalibre is still very much active and releasing quality material on Bandcamp, YouTube, and all the usual streaming platforms. I actually happened upon this track scrolling back through his discography after checking out recent single “Sobha Singh“, which is great and all but this is what I needed to hear right now. A ..read more

I’m not a hater, honest! Or maybe I am a little bit. Cos I’d never hold the massive success of Run The Jewels against them, even as they deluge my inbox with adverts for branded coffee and beer. But it sure is a relief to hear Killer Mike on a new record without the guy who always raps like he’s got chronic sinusitis. Mike’s second new solo drop this year! Solo album on the way? Let’s hope so. | Ringo P ..read more

Honestly, I’ve nothing (much) against Star Trek, but as someone who hasn’t watched much of it apart from those mediocre reboot movies since probably about 1997 my first thought watching “Holodeck” is they’ve managed to pull off that classic hip-hop manoeuvre of making something look and sound way cooler than it actually is. Like way back when MF Doom and Ghostface had me hyped for a Marvel Universe way beyond what any Hollywood dullards could conjure. Apart from that I was mostly trying to play catchup with the references until 2:23 when the guy with the big ears shows up. Ferengi! Suddenly I ..read more

Woah! High Focus on an absolute roll right now. Not posting everything they’ve released over the last couple of months, but new guy Renelle 893 is worth checking out, as of course is the trickle of new singles from resident psychedelic genius Onoe Caponoe. Not to mention Fliptrix! I’m still not the biggest fan of Fliptrix, I always thought he was the weak link on his own label, but the fire in his singles from upcoming comeback album SZN are undeniable. But if it were a battle Truemendous would slay them all. She’s got the kind of thought-provoking, earnest, deep bars you expect from a High F ..read more

Funny what gems you miss when you’re busy just getting on with shit. But seeing I’ve got a few days spare and a mind to go on a voyage to the bottom of my inbox. Don’t reckon I’m going to reach the fabled Inbox Zero, but you never know. This was the second thing I clicked on and it’s an absolute banger, worth waiting a couple of months for. Or four years, if you’ve been hanging on since Stig Of The Dump and Stu The Don last came together to drop jewels as Legion Of Goon back in 2018. Great pitch in the YouTube description as well, worth quoting in full. “The devils & demons of this crazy ..read more

Visuals for 360 Physicals summertime jammy have now dropped. Killa Kela, Jonny Virgo, Cristo Cannes and yours truly drop the sunshine science over Kong the Artisan’s laid back soundscape. Get this on your playlists for BBQ season. Visuals by LXWAVEY. < Koaste ..read more

Nice new joint from Delegates of Culture’s Skuff produced by Dirty Dike for Melonskin Records. Cop or stream HERE > Koaste ..read more

We’re heading into 360 Physicals season over here at The 273. The Style Crown LP is in the bank. Videos are in the edit suite. And its only right that we give you a little something something to say thank you for your support. Here’s the audio for a little summertime jammy that we thought it was only right to release while the UK is in its albeit way too short sunshine season. Produced by Kong the Artisan and featuring vocals from Killa Kela, Jonny Virgo, yours truly and Cristo Cannes, this is one for barbecue season. Roll down those windows in the whip and get this on loud. < Koaste ..read more

Almost every Saturday in the late nineties, a rag tag bunch of kids brought together through their love of all things Hip Hop converged from their various suburban towns and congregated on the corner of Poland St and Noel St in London’s Soho. Rappers, deejays and beatboxers by nature, these teenagers spent every possible moment digging through the crates in record shops like Deal Real and Mr Bongo’s for the latest drops, then congregating at one of the rare London resident’s pad in Bermondsey, spent hours freestyling and recording cipher tapes, the majority of which would only be heard by the ..read more