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album | Faith and Industry
20 August 2004
'So, what music do you like?' Don't you hate that question? Although, potentially, an accurate answer would easily dwarf the most hardcore...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Memphis Industries
20 August 2004
The Go! Team have already made an impression this year with the release of The Power Is On, the lead off single from this album. Over three...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Lex Records
8 January 2004
Hymie's Basement are Andrew Broder of Fog (Ninja Tune) and Jonathan Wolf of cLOUDDEAD (Anticon) fame. Their weird, quiet album of mostly short songs...
by Demented Toddler
album | Zebra Traffic
29 January 2004
Not so much Millenium Metaphors as sophomore similes, Phi Life Cypher return with their second attempt to break the record for the number...
by Demented Toddler
album | Big Dada
17 February 2005
The brand new Roots Manuva is back. His own earlier work has served to create the unique taste by which this album is to be enjoyed. Publicists and...
by Demented Toddler
album | City Slang
22 March 2004
Kurt Wagner and his sizeable Nashville outfit have simultaneously released these albums, a call and response, Awcmon and...
by Demented Toddler
album | Big Dada
27 April 2004
There have been plenty of approaches to hip hop jazz, from Stetsasonic's Talkin All That Jazz (which, let's face it, didn't have much to do...
by Demented Toddler
album | Zebra Traffic
8 May 2005
A wide regional variety of talent from the UK hip hop label's finest.
by Demented Toddler
album | Ninja Tune
19 October 2005
Treva's debut casts its net far and wide, but does is it suceed in creating new memories or just relive old ones?
by Demented Toddler
album | Planet Mu
31 October 2005
Toddler investigates Manchester's foray into bimma-shaking grime.
by Demented Toddler
album | Lex Records
1 October 2003
Assured delivery puts less versatile MCs to shame, demonstrating a sharp range of styles, an acute knowledge of hip hop history and some impressive lyrical stunts.
by Demented Toddler
album | Low Life
11 March 2006
A carefully picked crop of EP and album tracks showing the range and depth of one of the UK's leading hip hop outfits.
by Demented Toddler
album | Ninja Tune
11 January 2006
The second avant-rap political extravaganza from Nephilim Modulation Systems will either irritate or involve depending how much you like “apocalyptic dark and gloomy shit”... or Michael Moore.
by Demented Toddler
album | Big Dada
24 October 2003
Upwards comes across as more thoughtful than those who've only come across Turn It Up Little and Get Over It might expect, with slow soulful tracks of introspection and social commentary in mutual complement with bouncing hip hop that you can't help but dance to, grinning like an idiot.
by Demented Toddler
album | Warp
5 February 2004
Over the last ten years, Squarepusher has made himself something of an institution. From his home in Chelmsford suburbia, he's been releasing...
by David Gunn
album | Warp
17 February 2004
The story of Apropa't is a sweet one. After a lifetime spent kicking about in the smoke and concrete of Atlanta, Scott Herren decided to...
by David Gunn
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