Welcome back hoppers of hip. Returning yet again from the murky mists of the UK scene triumphantly clutching a handful of essential rap appetisers and honestly with a disproportionately inflated sense of achievement that we’ve kept this regular 6 weeks in a row so far… Its another one of these Round Up thingamajigs. During an arguably embarrassing moment in the upper echelons of the US scene, with J Cole coming out sort-of-kind-of swinging at Kendrick for all of two days and then issuing a public whoops/sorry… Pleased to say its been a good week in our little scene on the other side of the po ..read more

There is much to celebrate in the fifth edition of our weekly round up series, and yet even more to pay respects to… Let’s kick things off with the return of Dabbla. Single “People don’t have ideas, ideas have people”. Well this idea is telling this person to tell other people to listen to this person full of great ideas. Fresh home from his travels and a break from releasing music, it’s great to have Dabbla back. Visuals This is an awesome line-up: first-class flyer Sonnyjim,  production from Lee Scott, bodega-filled meanderings from New Yorker CRIMEAPPLE, scratches from pioneer D-Styl ..read more

Instrumental on this self produced number we dropped from Wretched Immortal is some madness. ‘Plagues’ is lifted from his new 7 track project, aptly titled 7 ..read more

Street rap storyteller and member of the infamous 98s collective that also count Unknown T, Kay-O, V9 and Billy Billions among their ranks, Jimmy takes a turn towards the lo-fi and the fragile on this latest project, reflecting on the power of his voice and the man beneath the enigmatic mask.  Jimmy joins the call in his signature balaclava. Pristine white and with eye and mouth holes cut wide, the mask appears almost frozen in a permanent state of shock. His eyes pierce from beneath, heavy and unflinching, betraying the harsh reality behind his lyrics. “This project is the inside of my ..read more

It has been another busy week in the world of Hip Hop, so in this edition of The Round Up we bring you a focus flourish of releases, as well as other various updates plucked from the scene, once again captured for your listening pleasure within a single snapshot. We do this every week, so make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss a thing. . PRODUCER We start you off with Illinformed‘s ‘Caveman’, the latest instrumental single taken from his High Focus debut, part of their producer spotlight series. This piece of work showcases all of the signatures that have become synonymous with an Illinforme ..read more

Yes Hip Hoppers and any UK Happy Hardcore fans who’ve accidentally navigated to the site. Welcome back to the second of our newfangled weekly Round Ups of whatever has slapped us in the face with the jeeez-that’s-some-dope-shit stick. Strap in for a scatterbrained, rapid fire rundown of everything we thought was cool/interesting this week. Kicking off with a list of congratulations/accolades… Godzilla sized props have to go to the always prolific Leaf Dog for the gargantuan feat of having already released 5 fucking albums this year. To be fair this isn’t exactly breaking news as he’d actually ..read more

Welcome to the first of our weekly Round Up’s, where we aim to bring you the best of everything UKHH. Think New drops, podcasts, events, interviews from across the country. First up, be sure to check out our latest IYDK playlist, fresh out today, 2 hours of pure heat from the last month. A tonne of new music dropped over the last week, kicking off with the new LP from Manage. The 22 track album showcases Manage’s evolution as a producer while playing host to a ridiculous amount of MC’s. Check out the video for PUT IT DOWN, featuring Bxrbarian, Skirmish & Conflix below. And stream/purchas ..read more

Bringing that underground under-rated as per… Get to know Manchester’s GILLY MCR. ‘JETLI’ Lifted from the upcoming project TAPE94 ..read more

Brand new for 2024 we’re offering a whole new string to the UKHH festival bow. Galivanting into a campsite near you with a tricked out trolley carrying a naughty mobile PA… A chaotic interactive moving hip hop cypher that bumps out dusty boom bap and hip hop classics with MCs reeling off head spinning stanzas and silly freestyles. Interactive:Think reeling punters in for 2 bar rap battles, bars against humanity with cards against humanity cards pulled out of a top hat, rhyming commentary on passers by and general madcap rap hijinx. Mobile Performances:Basically what we’d bring to a stage tak ..read more

Please see video playlist below for examples. As a not for profit platform that has covered the hip hop scene for the love for over 2 decades and also as lovers of festivals, we’re happy to provide socials support, written content and creative on site videography that showcases the spirit of festivals simply for tickets and coach travel. Since 2018 we’ve shot distinctive on-site bars and full professional music videos at a number of festivals including Boomtown, Nozstock, Outlook, Balter, Rosa and South Bank Centre’s 50 Years of Hip Hop Event. In addition to the obvious point of difference in ..read more