As we draw in to darker days inching one step closer to Christmas, we take a look at a few picks from this weeks’ New Music Friday (18/11). Hopefully, some in here should be cosy enough to tide you over with your cuppa. The riffage of rap and hip-hop rules the airwaves this Friday, with…
As we still swim in the streams of jazz rap and lo-fi hip hop with Loyle Carner, we move to a fellow Londoner and a fellow underground hip-hop rapper with Kofi Stone. “Life’s already harder when your skin’s a little darker.” ___ ______// From Stories in Pyjamas to Diamonds in the Water…Kofi’s weaving flows are…
Wisdom, I fear him: Getting bodied by fast-whipped lyrical sincerity is becoming such a norm for British MCs right now. Interpolated with both the grime and jazz-rap games, the first names of Dave, Loyle and Ghetts become buzz words within a world we see ourselves in.// A dude like Loyle Carner is riding waves within…