Known for his highly personal narratives and hard-hitting bars, he has managed to create a lasting impact on the British rap landscape and expand the genre's horizons beyond London. As a key figure in the development of UK hip-hop, his influence can be felt both within and beyond Britain...
The gritty elements of urban crime and violence have always had an influence on hip hop culture and rap music. More and more, the trappings of street life have landed popular rap artists behind bars - and not just for a music video shoot. Actors: Slick Rick, KRS-One, Prodigy, Beanie ...
in pop history, stretching out across eight full bars, both languid and triumphant. Andre and Big Boi deliver their verses like they’re talking to you from across the pool table, more spoken word than rap. In the former’s, revelry erupts suddenly into violence, possibly fatal; in the ...
The 68 best bars in Sydney right now Our pick of Sydney’s best bars, where good drinking and good times reign supreme Tuesday 3 December 2024 Share Written by Avril Treasure Food & Drink Editor, Time Out Sydney Contributors: Emily Lloyd-Tait & Elizabeth McDonald Summer 2024 update: We’re...
who could—in two bars—laugh at the ever-growing thematic wells of gangsta rap, bling, and beef, wearing a sly smile spitting a slick diss, without overtly evoking the fact that she was busting into an all-boys club, either: "Some MC's have gold and African vein/And using each other...
and led his Hobo Junction crew into a famous rap battle against Oakland collective Hieroglyphics. As he meditates on staying alert and wary of others’ intentions over an industrial beat from Jeremy “Jay-Z” Jackson, Saafir drops three minutes of memorable bars and couplets in a uniquely laconi...
On Her Loss, Drake and 21 Savage set themselves up to flourish as they trade bars and melodies over impeccable instrumentals. Safe to say we will keep seeing bars from this album as Instagram captions well into the new year. —D.G. 24 IDK, ‘Simple.’ Shape-shifting rapper IDK and in...
” James embraces the theme, opening his first verse, “Extendo full of sleeping pills, it’s similar to Seroquel.” As usual, the rapper dazzles unassumingly, letting off technical—and meaningful—bars while sounding like he’s barely bothered to roll out of bed. “Power Nap” is a ...
In just a short period of time, the 24-year-old artist has left an indelible mark on Atlanta’s music scene. “Osbourne Flow” is another sermon from the mind of a man whose sole focus, while sitting behind federal bars, is to stay alive, and come home to keep his foot on the nec...
“Playing Possum” The best rap songs are those that have the greatest depth and heft to them. An authentic hip-hop song, “Azucar” is full of lines like “Lost foot and it was sugar in my gas tank/My cushion was a bosom on bad days/There isn’t a black woman I can’t thank...