Features tagged with hip-hop

It's twenty years since Portishead released one of the most inventive, atmospheric and beguiling albums of recent times. Here, Luiza Lodder takes us back, track by track.

In a re-launched pod format, the team debate politics, vaporwave, African beats, hip-hop mixtapes, albums that aren't really albums, and more.

In the first of a series of interviews from last weekend's Bestival, Craig Stevens talks to producer, remixer, DJ and general nice guy, dan le sac.

In the first of four articles on artists to watch out for in the coming year, Gabriel Szatan looks past the cavalcade of big name lists and picks a handful of acts who aren't getting relentless coverage but could still do something special in 2012.

Joe Rivers is back in the driving seat, casting his eye over the week's new releases. Find out what he thinks of fresh music from ten artists, including Roots Manuva, Wiz Khalifa and Lady Gaga.

Just how does a teenage MC from the North of England break through? Joe Rivers caught up with A Me B to find out.

The 1980s was the decade where pop went truly visual, with the birth of MTV and the emergence of the video, but this doesn't mean focus should be turned away from the music of the era. Here, we assemble some of the best moments from those ten years.

We've all got albums that we know and love, but what makes an album truly terrible? Sam Redlark has listened to the worst of the worst, so you don't have to.

Let us not forget where Dipset peaked.