Itch FM – Dedicated to Hip Hop
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The Artful Fro is a London based artist Itch FM has been supporting for a long while. What initially caught our eye, was her paintings of Hip Hop artist on original vinyl. OC, Wu-Tang-Klan, Tu Pac, Biggie Smalls, Big Punisher, Lady of Rage, LL Cool J to name a few. On the flip side, she also has paintings of David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Teddy Pendergrass, Prince and many more. The Artful […]
After Childish Gambino's video "This is America", which conveys the state of play in a country that worships the gun over human life, went viral. Nigerian rapper Falz has made his own adaption of Gabino's video entitled "This is Nigeria". Falz brings back that real Fela Kuti spirit, where political and social issues are put forward via music to provoke discussion about serious issues that many choose to ignore. The rapper […]
While on TDE's "The Championship Tour", Jay Rock releases the video "Win", which is a track off of his soon to be released album entitled "Redemption", Which features Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar provides the ab-libs to this explosive track, where the horns on the beat signify victory, which got me all hyped up. It's a good year so far for Jay Rock, after he killed his track "King's Dead" off of the Black […]
Well, today I was listening to our very own DJ El Nino's MidWeekMixup Show and heard him play a track entitled "This is Just Me" by a North London group called Halfpenny. I went hunting for the track like a mad man possessed and found it on Spotify, and I have had the track on repeat all day. I couldn't get enough of them, so I found their video on […]
Louis VI, whose part of the Othasoul hip hop group releases a solo track entitled "Floatin", featuring the talented Jelani Blackman. The track lyrically illustrates the emotional turmoil an individual goes through after a relationship break up. True to Louis musical signature, the track has that Nu Jazz feel about it. The track goes through the ambivalent feelings Louis VI has about his ex girlfriend in relation to the love he […]
A Tribe Called Quest's legendary member Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge forms a new group entitled "The Midnight Hour". "The Midnight Hour "will be a jazz slash hip hop fusion project, which 1st came to life way back in 2013. The 1st track off the album will be the re-edited Cee-Lo Green track. The album will also be graced by none other than Raphael Saadiq, Questlove, Marsha Ambrosius, and the iconic Luther […]
Kendrick Lemar's latest video titled 'Humble' was released earlier this week, featuring a self aggrandising spin on Kendrick's relationship with God. The video depicts Kendrick at the last supper and uses fish-eye lens to offer a different perspective on the artiste's ideas. Kendrick denounces photoshop as he asks to be shown 'something natural like afro on Richard Pryor' (RIP) and again 'natural like ass with some stretch marks.' Humble is […]
Rap duo Run The Jewels recently premiered the first video “Legend Has It”, from their album Run The Jewels 3. Directed by the talented old compatriot Brian Beletic (who previously worked with El-P to direct the classic “Deep Space 9mm” video), the video portrays the duo in a police lineup, which could be a set-up. Could be considered a case of the Un-usual Suspects but who will be picked from this line […]
Oddisee has brought us "The Iceberg" and what a welcome it is for hip-hop fans. This is something fresh that can put a hole in the Titanic of bile currently being spewed by the industry, on the none-the-wiser set. Here Oddisee provides us with a track entitled "NNGE", which depicts the current social and political climate right now in the U.S. https://youtu.be/wiuqP51iDpQ
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play_arrowSunshine Tommy Blues
play_arrowSuper Natural Jamie Tock
play_arrowInto The Sky Mike Lost
