DIGGA D - Back To Square One Back To Square One. Such is titled Digga D's fourth album, a release he presents as a mixtape. It is misleading, though, as it doesn't actually go back to basics. Quite the opposite. The boy who, at seventeen and beyond, […]
SLOWTHAI - UGLY Let's be clear: Slowthai was always a punk rocker. A punk rocker dressed in today's clothes, i.e. like a rapper. But a punk rocker nonetheless, with the related disrespect, irony, aggressiveness, and caustic words; with […]
FREDO - Money Can't Buy Happiness Some time ago, on the forum of this very blog, one of the regulars compared Dave to Abd al Malik, a quite embarrassing French rapper. Ouch, that hurts… However, it is not entirely unfounded. Both rappers, indeed, share […]
KATE TEMPEST - Let Them Eat Chaos Kate Tempest represents another tradition in UK's rap scene. The one, as a matter of fact, which is not really about rap. The one from other Brits connected to hip-hop, like The Streets, but also from people unrelated to […]
NADIA ROSE - Highly Flammable Grime is a family affair. Nadia Rose, indeed, is a cousin of Stormzy. She grew up close to him, in Croydon, South London. Moreover, she is the daughter of a dancehall DJ and MC. Naturally, considering such a background, […]
LADY LESHURR - Friggin L Lady Leshurr is one of those who, recently, benefited from the resurgence of grime. Over the last few months, with others such as Skepta or Stormzy, the British rapper caught the attention of her American peers, through […]
