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James Blake – ‘Assume Form’ review

Assume Form, James Blake’s fourth studio album, is an emotive statement of maturity. Featuring André 3000 and Travis Scott, this record cements the British musician as a world-class producer. James Blake was already a trusted heavyweight before this album. His first three records reflected a troubled and shy deep-thinker who was ...
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Category: Artist Feature Artists British Music Featured Music & Film New Releases
Generation Xanax: How the post-modern hip-hop scene is a threat to the lives of its listeners

Music has always been more than just what you hear in your headphones. A genre of music is also a genre of movement, a genre of style, a genre of trend. And, where there is a trend there is a following. Mod music was a movement – your Uncle Tony ...
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How Hip Hop Boosted My Self – Confidence

In a world full of Kylie and Kendall copy-cats and Rihanna wanna-be’s it’s hard for girls out here. Body image has improved over the years thanks to models like Ashley Graham and Jordyn Woods breaking the mold. But it is still hard to feel truly comfortable in your own skin, ...
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Category: Feminism Rap and Grime
VRBL’S Rap-Up Of The Year 2016

2016 has been a big year for rap music, the amount of ridiculously great albums and tracks coming out of both the UK and the US has been insane, and if it continues this way, 2017 is going to be paradise for all us rap heads. Gabriel and Alex ...
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Category: Music & Film Rap and Grime Uncategorized
Is New-Age rap here to stay?

As a die hard Hip-Hop fan who has recently set up his own label, I dedicate a good deal of time trawling through the depths of Soundcloud to try and find some new music to pleasure my ears. More often than not all I can find is the same ...
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Category: Music & Film rap and grime Rap and Grime
Meet the rap collective changing the house party scene in Bristol

You know what you’re getting with the modern-day University house party: fairly consistent techno, flutters of bassline and maybe a funny-tasting house key. Although it is argued that house parties are a better option to nights out, it is undeniable that their format is becoming fairly monotonous. VRBL are a ...
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Category: Featured rap and grime Rap and Grime Society & Lifestyle
The Problem of Unconcious Racism

Ayo Fagbemi Are we not all just a little bit racist, do we not all laugh at jokes about other cultures but frown when it is about our own, in the society today racism has become socially unacceptable and rightly so, but we need to address the problem of unconscious ...
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Category: Society & Lifestyle