Exo releases a free mixtape for us The Best Of Exo Vol.1, with 18 solid tracks giving us a mixture of his best tracks with features including DVS, Scorcher, Young Mad B, Ard Adz and Sho Shallow and more.
Download Exo – The Best Of Exo Vol. 1 here
January 5, 2014
Ard Adz (@ArdAdz) & Sho Shallow (@ShoShallow) – Salute Me Or Shoot Me 2 Mixtape [Free Download]
Brixton rap duo Ard Adz and Sho Shallow kick off 2014 with some fire for you all, their new mixtape Salute Me Or Shoot Me 2. This sees the boys put together 20 hot tracks featuring Goldie 1, Jaja Soze, Wholagun, Ayo Beatz & STP. Download the tape for free now below.
December 29, 2013
Scumfam – Scumtape Vol. 1 [Free Download]
Grime collective hailing from Sheffield who are one of the most promising, Scumfam, release their 20-track mixtape The Scum Tape Vol.1. The collective consists of Tez Kidd, Kdot, Milks, Raw Kid, AK, Saint, Tempo, Ly, Kuta, Raw kid and Kyro which sees them all delivering strong bars of new material as well as some remixes. If you have never heard of them before now would be a good time to download the free tape, and see why they are making noise.
Download Scumfam – The Scum Tape Vol.1. here
December 27, 2013
Youngs Teflon (@YoungsTeflon) – Best of Tef Vol.1 Mixtape [Free Download]
Some will say he is one of South London’s best rappers, some will say he is one of the best in the UK, regardless it is safe to say Youngs Teflon has been putting in the work and is highly respected by fans and other rappers. He has now put together a mixtape which should be a classic in the future of 50 of his best tracks Best Of Tef Vol.1. How many UK rappers can do that?
Download Youngs Teflon – Best of Tef Vol.1 Mixtape here
July 11, 2013
Sho Shallow – Intro [Music Video]
Brixton rapper Sho Shallow drops the video to Intro his first track from his forthcoming mixtape Girls In The Middle out in August.
July 4, 2013
DVS – Fire In The Booth PT2 [Video]
South London’s DVS drops 3 heavyweight freestyles for his second instalment of Charlie Sloth’s Fire In The Booth switching up his flow and topics from the roads to females. Watch out for his forthcoming mixtape London Boy, American Dreaming.
July 4, 2013
Nines – Gone Till November [Free Mixtape]
Nines is currently incarcerated hence the name of his mixtape maybe? Gone Till November. The Church Road representative last week dropped two tracks in the lead up to the tape Missed The Whole Summer and Right Now. Make sure you download the 15-track tape below.
Download Nines – Gone Till November here
June 9, 2013
J Spades – More Money More Pagans 2 [Free Mixtape Download]
After the success of More Money More Pagans, Mashtown’s J Spades releases the highly anticipated second instalment. The 19 track strong tape has features from some of the best from the UK rap scene such as DVS, Blade Brown, Chip, Joe Black and Cashtastic and also from the US Waka Flocka Flame.
Download J Spades – More Money More Pagans II here
May 30, 2013
Gunna Dee – Hustler By Nature 2 [Mixtape]
SN1’s Gunna Dee releases his long awaited Hustler By Nature 2 mixtape. The 11-track tape features Giggs, Blade Brown, Skepta and Angel and sees more developed and matured lyrics. Gunna has only improved and this mixtape proves the levels will only keep rising.
Download Gunna Dee – Hustler By Nature 2
May 15, 2013
MTV The Wrap Up: UK Rap Rundown [News]
Supa Dupa Fly for me is one of the best old school hip-hop & r&b nights in London, with music from the 90’s through to early 2000’s. Last Friday I went along to Jazz Café for one of their nights which saw Kings Of The City and Franko Fraize perform live. Franko’s British sound and modern take on his life and culture has led to comparisons with Mike Skinner, who is a fan of his work. He has a new track ‘Hand Me Downs’ so check it out…
Dizzee Rascal released two tracks last week, the first being ‘H-Town featuring UGK legend Bun B and Trae Tha Truth. Dizzee absolutely smashed it with this track, which is based on Houston’s culture. He also dropped the video to his collaboration with Robbie Williams called ‘Goin’ Crazy’, which sees the two on pimped out mobility scooters. What did you think about the track and video?
On Friday Dizzee also did an interview on 1Xtra’s breakfast show with Twin B where he finally spoke out on Wiley. Twin asked what he thought of other MC’s in the game, where he responded, “I want to put it out there openly, I haven’t got an issue with anyone.”
To confirm who he was talking about Twin asked if he meant Wiley and Dizzee went on to talk about their history. “[DJ] Target cared about me, early. Wiley never cared about me [from] early.
“Wiley eventually got me involved in the Roll Deep thing after I built a little name for myself. And it worked. We got on really well. I looked up to Wiley, I looked up to Target… As far as all that, I’ve actually not known Wiley longer than I’ve known him.”
He ended on saying just because people think he should work with Wiley it doesn’t mean he should and he’s just focusing on what he has to do – I think that’s all the clarification needed on the matter.
There are two mixtapes out that I definitely think are worth downloading. The first is from S-Squad’s Birmingham rapper Meeks, hosted by i Records DJ Cage. ‘Co-Lab-Adoration’ is a mixture of collaboration tracks showing an ample range of ‘who’s who’ in UK rap talent.
Mic Righteous released a free mixtape ‘Mic Wasn’t Thinkin’ as a thank you to the people who have supported him over the years. Make sure you get down to his headline show at The Garage in Islington which will see him celebrate the mixtape and also his birthday.
K. Koke released the lyric video to his new track ‘My Time’ with another Roc Nation singer, Bridget Kelly. The combination of the two blend well together and tells a story of the struggles of life and getting to where you want to be.
I’m going to end on Giggs’ Fire In The Booth which was his second on the Charlie Sloth hosted show. I was pleased to hear a variety of instrumentals from ‘Pop’ to ‘Started From The Bottom and ‘F**kin’ Problems’, which showed him switching up flows. He later said on Twitter: “Watch when I drop this bludklart album, that fire in the booth was light as day.” If that was easy work for Giggs, then we will be in for a treat when his album drops.
Until next time…
*published on Monday 13th May
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