Don’t Panic’ is a vivid picture of what the streets of London looks like in 2015, and with a debut headline tour already scheduled for next year Section Boyz aren’t likely to stop any time soon. Not only did the collective snag a MOBO for Best Newcomer this year and get co-signed by everyone from Drake to Rita Ora, Section Boyz are proving that people really want to hear rap music from the UK that sounds authentically British, with bangers like ‘Lock Arf’ and ‘Trapping Ain’t Dead’ ringing off in the clubs as much as any track from their peers over the pond. Īfter killing the streets of South London with their first mixtape Sectionly last year, Section Boyz thrived in 2015. On BLIK, he presents us with his controlled version of chaos. Squarely sitting in the Chicago-rooted subgenre that’s marked by punitive beats and turbulent street stories, Herbo’s made it his mission to shine some impassioned lyrical solvency on drill, establishing himself as the style’s more noble and principled backbone. On the first cut off Ballin Like I'm Kobe, ‘L’s,’ he grapples with the realities of life on the Eastside of Chicago, nicknamed Terror Town, “In the streets, ditchin' school, murder, drugs around me / Rappin' it just found me, thank God it wasn't in county / Buncha shootouts, lucky that them bullets went around me.” That’s just a portion of his allure, which comes in two parts: That the streets have hardened him at such a young age, but that he’s taken that and flipped his drill music genre. Īt just 20-years-old, G Herbo’s ragged, scratchy vocals might not be telling of his age, presenting like he’s a bit wiser than someone who’s still physically an adolescent. Complete with a Drake impersonator, a robotic riff on the plight of bees and her son Seven’s father, Andre 3000’s only verse of ’15, BYCUMP is spectacular and wide-eyed project, that might just make us put our phone’s down over the festive period. Her goal is to ‘recalibrate’ with this generation and by bringing sounds from her parent’s record collection together with reposts from her son’s SoundCloud feed, she offers a direct line to her mysticism. Yet while most of the creative response seemed to be around crafting the cleverest meme, Badu got back in the studio to record a whole mixtape contemplating phone culture. Like the rest of us, Drake’s latest earworm, ‘Hotline Bling’, burrowed itself deep in Erykah’s short-term memory.
This is the perfect place to get you primed ready for that album, which we’re hoping we’ll finally get to hear in 2016. Handed out exclusively on the streets of New York before surfacing online, the nineteen track mixtape features Skeppy's huge singles 'That's Not Me', 'Shutdown' and 'Nasty', as well as his remix of Jamie xx's 'Good Times' and a touching tribute to his late friend Lukey Maxwell.
The BBK kingpin may not have released his long-awaited album Konnichiwa (which was originally billed for March 1st), but fans were more than satiated with his Tim Westwood-hosted mixtape. In a huge year for grime, it’s been Skepta that has cemented his place as the movement's de facto leader. Here are ten tapes that you definitely shouldn’t be sleeping on… While it’s been difficult to keep tabs on what we were calling it, one thing is for sure, there was a shedload of great music! So while this year’s annual mixtape countdown might require you to part with a bit of cash - it’s definitely worth it. 2015 has been a funny one for release formats mixtapes have been released on iTunes (and in some cases getting Grammy nominations), artists are offended because they considered those tracks on BandCamp an album, and every week it seemed like there’s a surprise release of some sort!
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