Louisville born Kid SkyWalker aka Kool Kid is like a youthful breeze that was missing in Hip Hop. In 2011 he emerged on to the Midwest music scene with his first project THE KOOLEST SHIT EVER. Rapping over some of the industry’s hottest beats he shows wisdom foreign to most high schoolers. It’s no surprise [...]

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We “ummm’d” and “ahhh’d” for a while about whether or not Rawroots should do a “Best Of 2011″ or not. In the end, we reckoned that we probably should – of not only to ensure that a few of the artists on our list were given a mention SOMEWHERE during the year I like to affectionately coin [...]

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I seldom have time to sit down and write entire album reviews, but The Roots “Undun” album has been one that I have been impatiently waiting on for some time now. “Undun” has not been a disappointment, not that I thought it ever would. Opening with sounds of a heart monitor and the morbid echoes [...]

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When I first heard Yelawolf would be accompanying Wiz Khalifa on his Rolling Papers tour I jumped online to get a ticket. We don’t get too many names coming to the North East so it was nice to see Wiz Khalifa would be stopping by the O2 Acadamey in Newcastle whilst over in the UK. [...]

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In the greatest of human desires I greet you in PEACE. The Name is Born Islam, if you don’t recognize my name, get familiar real quick. I don’t like to open with some sappy intro like you used to. Beats, Words and sights is what im about, kicking the actual factuals is my first languidy, [...]

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It’s been a long time coming… (well, it’s felt like it!) – but Atlanta, Georgia’s very own – Adrift Da Belle has FINALLY dropped her latest project DNA – TODAY!!!   “DNA (Drugs N Adrift) – A Tribute To East Coast Hip Hop” is the latest offering from the Dungeoneze femcee courtesy of Mudnoc Studios. [...]

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In “MATTERS OF THE HEART” Macsen Apollo takes you inside his heart and speaks about Love,Trust and Betrayal. The EP starts out with a Hieroglyphics produced love track called AROUND THE WORLD. He spits world class game over this new west coast swinging beat. This track kind of sets the mood for the whole album. [...]

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From the first moment you press play you know something has changed. Time stops and you feel as if you have travelled back to some distant hip hop past. 5th Sequence’ laid-back Jazz-influenced canvases paired with sampled hooks and L Pro’s rhymes and cadence echo an early to mid ’90s sound. The Portland, Oregon Mc [...]

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