Hiphop

There’s no denying that over the past couple of years, Irish hiphop has been getting a little more attention and quite rightly so. What has emerged are sonically, a talented bunch MCs and producers and visually, this has given up and coming film makers the opportunity to make some kick ass videos. Here’s the new [...]

Angel Haze is a rapper and lyricist from Virginia USA. She’s signed to Island records and has just released her second mixtape of the year. Classick is a six track release, the follow up to Reservation. On Classick, she shows herself to be on par with any male counterparts and pull no punches on a [...]

Over the past two years Lethal Dialect has established himself as one of the faces of Irish rap. WIth two critically acclaimed albums, LD has helped bring Irish hiphop and rap into the consciousness of many who would previously been unaware of the healthy Irish hiphop and rap scene. (Read my review of his debut [...]

Podcast (culturecafe2xm): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:12 — 29.6MB) | Embed I have to say I really enjoyed the chats I had with Rob Kelly and Johnny Cronin on today’s show, make sure you check out their new singles. Here’s what I got up to: 1. DJ Flip & Freezemaster Slick: Crossroads [...]

It’s been a great couple of days for Irish hiphop now Costello drops his track from his forthcoming album Illosophical. Some nice shots of D11 in there [...]

I got send the video for this track yesterday and saying it’s quality is a little bit of an understatement. I think 2011 brought the Irish hiphop scene into a lot more people’s consciousness and with the arrival of Lethal Dialect’s LD50 Part 2 at the end of January and this piece of awesomeness from [...]

I’ve been a fan of these guys for as long as I can genuinely remember. Absolutely adore the guys, lovely people and they’re sh1thot at the auld hiphop. I love how they write relevant lyrics for now and are documenting what’s actually going on in the country. And very importantly, they manage to do it [...]

I saw these guys with Maverick Sabre and thought that they have great potential and a really good sound. Here’s the new video for Casino by Sons Phonetic [...]

Dublin Hiphoppers ‘The Infomatics’ have released a brand new track ‘New Era’ for free download. It also features 4Real. It’s three years since they released their debut ‘Kill or Create’ so hopefully this is a signal that a new album is on the way from them. Catch them at The Twisted Pepper in Dublin on [...]

I was introduced to the music of Josie Sting Ray this weekend and I think she is awesome! Josie is from Oakland, California and is also front woman of Honor Roll and has also received airplay from BBC Radio 1. The video was made by the brilliant Torin Simpson, I just love his stuff and [...]