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FRESH Rap

Rap Video Made Entirely From Stock Footage Of Businesspeople

Why has nobody done this before?

1 Comment Sabotage Music

Fashion & Style

Will A$AP Rocky's Multiply Stop Fuccbois Wearing Hood By Air?

Wondering how much power Rocky has over fuccbois? Don't know what a fuccboi is? Read on....

Gee Leung

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The Misadventures of Slick Rick

Before 2Pac and Notorious BIG there was Slick Rick. The Godfather of gangsta rap, who only had one eye and was born in South London. In 2002 he spoke to me from his cell about guns, drugs, fame and hard luck...

11 Matt Weiner

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Loyle Carner's A Little Late Is The Best Thing To Happen To UK Rap In Years

A possible turning point for British rap music AND it's a free download - what more could you want?

Sam Diss

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English Video Girls Are Letting The Side Down

Why are all the hot girls in TopShop instead of dancing in a rented villa with Giggs?

2 Natasha Nanner

RECENT Rap

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Nicki Minaj's Anaconda Is The Most Perfect Piece Of Feminist Pop This Year

That banana she starts to suck before cutting it up and throwing it aside? That is the dick of all men. That is your literal, actual penis.

21 Emily Reynolds

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New Rapper Of The Week: Piers James

We're also premiering the London rapper's new track, The Lights featuring J Stories - it's dead good, like.

Sabotage

Kid Vishis Interview: Detroit’s Next Great Rapper?

Kid Vishis believes it’s time to bring lyricism back to hip-hop and he’s the guy to do it…

Daniel Anwar

Shit Hot Photographer We Love: Alex de Mora

In the first of what will probably be a pretty irregular feature, we have a look at ace London snapper Alex and his collection of fucking great s...

Sabotage

Ghostface Killah Interview: Drugs, 1993 & Scarlett Johansson

The Wu-Tang don tells us why he might just quit rap to go feed "poor people and shit".

Sam Diss

Why The Iggy / Nicki Beef Is Good For Hip Hop

At the BET awards, Nicki Minaj sent the world abuzz, when she threw the shade of an ancient elm tree Iggy Azelea’...

1 Comment John Flynn

Vic Mensa Interview: "People Don't Really Know What I've Been Through"

The rapper talks to us about his new album, producing his own beats, and why people don't know shit about Chicago.....

Daniel Anwar

How Kendrick Lamar Kicked Hip-Hop Into Shape

As Kendrick turns 26, I give my two cents on the man who's revived West Coast hip-hop and made us stop yearning for...

8 Comments Ashiokai Omaboe

10 Forgotten West Coast Hip-Hop Classics

With summer beckoning, we dig through the crates and find some of the lesser-known jams from the sunny West Coast.

3 Comments Sam Diss

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Only Built 4 Hyper Linx... #1: May-June Rap Round-Up

In the first of a new monthly series, here's a roundup of the latest music from the world of hip-hop. Compliments to Raekwon the Chef...

Daniel Anwar

Tupac's Former Bodyguard Reveals Who Shot The Rapper

Following the news that Tupac's former bodyguard Frank Alexander has died, here is an archive interview in which he revealed who he thinks was th...

255 Matt Weiner

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Kate Tempest On Rapping, Writing And Recording 'Everybody Down'

Ahead of the release of her debut album the spoken-word chanteuse reveals all about its composition, and how it's forming the base of a novel to ...

1 Adam Steiner

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New Rapper Of The Week #4: Troy Ave

Our misleadingly titled not-very-weekly profile of a rapper you need to be listening to is back. It was worth the wait.

1 Todd Levy

Why Did Nobody Tell Kanye And Andre 3000 This Music Video Was A Bad Idea?

Fonsworth Bentley, former assistant to P. Diddy and professional pretty boy, had one shining moment in the music industry. He was the star of a bafflingly odd music video that featured Andre 3000 and Kanye West.

1 Comment John Flynn

Why Outkast's Coachella Performance Proves They Need To Move With The Times

Die hard devotees of the duo mixed with fair-weather fans in California last week, and despite the hype, nobody wen...

1 Comment John Flynn

New Rapper Of The Week #3: Loyle Carner

Sod what you read, British hip-hop is going from strength-to-strength and South London rapper Loyle Carner will be ...

Sam Diss

New Rapper Of The Week #2: Dee$y

Put Drake on blast and check out some real Canadian hip-hop - a raspy voice, great production and not a whining aut...

Sam Diss

Earl Sweatshirt: Live In Brixton - Believe The Hype

Once a victim of the hype that threatened to suffocate Odd Future, Earl's back in the UK and the evolution is clear...

Tobi Oke

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New Rapper Of The Week #1: $ulaiman

In the first of our new weekly features, we take a trip to Chicago for a less-heralded pal of Vic and Chance...

Sam Diss

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In Praise Of 50 Cent: Hip Hop's Boring Old Man

Gangsta rap is dead and 50 Cent is just another celebrity businessman, but Curtis Jackson's ascent into the mainstream shows just how far hip hop...

2 John Flynn

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Zilla Rocca: Top Three MCs

The cult Philadelphia rapper-producer ran us through the medal positions in his list of favourite emcees...

Zilla Rocca

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Arie Spears Does The Best Hip Hop Impressions You'll Ever Hear

Wait 'til you hear his Jay Z. Unbelievable.

0 Sabotage Music

College Dropout 10 Years On: Kanye West Is Still Hip Hop's Most Important Figure

This month marks the 10th anniversary of Kanye West's debut album. Could an artist have travelled any further from ...

9 Comments Alex Woo

History In The Making, Man: How The College Dropout Changed Hip-Hop Forever

Ten years old this week, Kanye's debut album still stands up a record that changed the way we thought and listened ...

2 Comments Daniel Anwar

The Orwells' Guide To The Best Acts From Chicago

Wondering where to start with the best bands and rappers to check out from the WIndy City? Let its current rawest s...

Sabotage Music

Outkast @ Wireless & Bestival: Why The Reunion Is A Big Fucking Deal

The most dynamic duo in hip-hop are back and thank God for that - music's been a considerably duller place without ...

1 Comment Daniel Anwar

Bishop Nehru & 9 More Slept On Rappers You Need In Your Life

Forget Drake, leave Lil' Wayne well alone and check out these ten rappers who are still putting out tremendous shit without you even noticing...

3 Sam Diss

Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions: The Album That Changed My Life

An album which rewrote the rules for all modern music, as much punk rock as it was hip hop. I'll never forget the first time I heard it...

4 Craig Campbell

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This Serbian Hip Hop Video Could Be The Weirdest Thing You'll See All Day

As far as bad music videos go, this is up there with the best...

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Quinn Kyle: 50 Songs I Love

The San Franciscan producer's free EP The Fallout is out now and here he chooses his 50 favourite songs ever, featu...

Quinn Kyle

The Ten Best Hip Hop Tracks Of 2013

2013 not been a good year for Hip Hop? Nonsense. Go boil your heads free of negativity and then check out these ten...

9 Comments Freddie Slaughter

Sabotage Writers Pick Their Favourite Albums Of 2013

2013 saw a raft of great releases. Here's the records our scribes reckon you need to stick on your Christmas list....

Sabotage Music

The Downfall of Lil Wayne: A Good Rapper Making Bad Music

Even whilst recovering from a seizure that occurred over the weekend, people still can't stop hating on Lil Wayne. ...

92 Comments Felix Clarke

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