Big Pete and Ell’s collaborative mixtape is anything but invisible – the record is a raucous twenty minutes of conspicuously stylish southern rap. Big Pete isn’t the type of rapper to dance around the beat on “Invisible Tops”. He’s technically proficient, sure – he rarely gives a line any less than enough room to play … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: BIG PETE & ELL – INVISIBLE TOPS
The title may convey grandiosity, but on his latest EP Bad Luck Ab gets straight to the point. Long Island rapper Bad Luck Ab is elastic on his recent EP, the eloquently titled “Bad Luck Scriptures: Essence of Earth”. Whilst the title seems dead set on divine aspirations, the content of the album is more … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: BAD LUCK AB – BAD LUCK SCRIPTURES: ESSENCE OF EARTH
The fifth mainline record from a charity supergroup reckons with Africa’s most populous nation, and its ongoing battle against state-sponsored persecution. We Like Chops make hard-hitting music. The group – more a global organisation than a collective – is composed of people who really know their way around a sampler, who know how to get … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: WE LIKE CHOPS – WE LIKE CHOPS V5: NIGERIA
Filipino act HAUTE COUTURE impresses, with disparate worlds of shoegaze and trap wrapped into one melancholy adventure. November is a hell of a month. In the UK at least, things start to get cold, and dark, and isolated. But there’s also an obvious beauty about this time of year. There’s the comfort of finality with … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: HAUTE COUTURE – WINTER SOLSTICE W/ SHUICHI
One of the most exciting production cliques in operation right now, MasterCardBoyz haven’t skipped a beat on the seventh installment of their instrumental series. More condensed than June’s monolithic Vol. 5 and a slightly longer offering than Vol. 6, this might be just be the collective’s most essential work yet. As with previous installments, production … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: MASTERCARDBOYZ – MASTERCARDBOYZ VOL. 7
Another of 2020’s much needed crossovers, ‘Wait!’ is one of Uglyboy’s most exhilarating songs to date. With Neilaworld rapper Ericdoa in tow, the Hurenpop artist reminds his fans that he’s an incredible vocal talent. Working over one of Eric’s beats, the duo take turns in applying their smooth vocals to the pounding instrumental. Eric’s hook … Continue reading 2020 SINGLE REVIEWS: UGLYBOY & ERICDOA – WAIT!
If any artist found their sound in 2020, it was Photon Tide. His recent effort Afterimage was the peak of his output so far, working with a single producer in Fony Wallace to deliver his most consistently great set of songs to date. But while many of Photon’s standout releases have revolved around the chemistry … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: PHOTON TIDE – AUTUMN
Earl Dawgit falls apart completely over seven gorgeously conceptualised tracks. Chris and Jamie of the 108MICS staff tackle the record with a rare double review. Chris’ Review: This World is 2 Real 4 Me is a fascinating project. The way that the first song ‘Together & Forever’ lurches from a moment of quiet introspection to … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: EARLDAWGIT – THIS WORLD IS 2 REAL 4 ME
Scott Delta may not have appeared directly on the blog before, but his fingerprints were all over SkomaZOM’s Shove This Up Your Hole & Eat It. Our review of the project applauded it for its impeccable mixing, a role primarily filled by Scott. Now that I’ve had my attention drawn to Scott’s solo output, I’m … Continue reading 2020 ARTIST INSIGHT: SCOTT DELTA
Karos’ new record is rough-hewn, but crucially succeeds in entrenching itself in a world of nastiness, horror, and malice. Karos has proven yet again that he’s one to keep an eye on with his Halloween release “UGLYTALIBAN”, a record deep-set in the blasting radiation of horror-core aesthetics. Throughout the whole record, there’s little attention to … Continue reading 2020 REVIEWS: KAROS – UGLYTALIBAN
