hip-hop
Raw Poetic’s Laminated Skies is a future-tilting conscious rap record where the rhymes flow fast and the beats don’t stand still
These are the seventy-five albums of 2021 that have meant the most to us, alongside our compilations & archives of the year
A roundup of short reviews from Concrete Islands HQ, with jaimie branch, Amanda Whiting, DJ Format, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Ziad Rahbani
We asked Laurent Fintoni about the musical foundations behind his Bedroom Beats book, including mid 90s hip-hop, Mo’ Wax, Dilla and Madlib
A collection of short reviews inspired by music magazines and DJ charts, including Altın Gün, Soul Jazz, UNKLE, Weatherall and more
These are the seventy-five albums of 2020 that have meant the most to us at Concrete Islands, alongside our archive releases of the year
Chicago’s Bless the Mad discuss updating 90s hip-hop, incorporating spiritual jazz and paying homage to ancestors on their miraculous debut
Surprise Chef’s Lachlan Stuckey tells Stewart Gardiner about cinematic soul, naming their HQ after a prison and making a deeper second LP
Enter The Twilite Tone’s instrumental hip-hop world with The Clearing, his wonderful debut long player on Stones Throw
Joe Muggs talks to Stewart Gardiner about his essential collection of extended interviews on soundsystem culture
A bumper bunker report featuring reviews of Dalham, 24-Carat Black, Spirit Fest and the Minna Miteru compilation, plus a Martin Jensen hip hop mix
Stewart Gardiner pulls together reviews of The Soulless Party, Fat Tony and Taydex, Strut’s Cadence Revolution compilation and Freddie Gibbs & Madlib beats
Stewart Gardiner shares the records he played out at the end of January and discusses bringing hip hop into the world of Concrete Islands
Roy Christopher’s study of how hip-hop defines the future for Repeater Books is intellectually daring crate digging and a fresh take on the genre