URBAN VAULT UK
Throwing out the rulebook once again, Cardiff-born Astroid Boys make a hard-hitting return with their unique blend of grime and rap with a DIY punk twist on new single, ‘Fallback’, and its striking visuals. Finding pockets in-between a plethora of genres, the track is a fiery reincarnation of youth culture: culturally aware and artfully produced,…
‘Take My Number’ is the latest single from South London’s UK Hip Hop star, Yungen. Another step in Yungen’s assault on the musical landscape of the UK, ‘Take My Number’ is a crisp R&B track featuring West London’s Angel, produced by Angel himself & A.D.P (Krept & Konan’s Freak Of The Week, MIA’s Borders). From…
Looking for those gritty Grime sounds then this UK GRIME KIT is for you – packed with drums, loops, bass + more! UK GRIME KIT – INSTANT DOWNLOAD (LIMITED TO 100 COPIES) Whats In The Kit? 13 Kicks 24 Snares 8 Claps 11 Hats 17 Effects 7 Percussions 17 Vocal Chants 7 Bass Samples (tagged…
After the success of his summer hit ‘Leyla’ featuring afrobeat sensation Fuse ODG, unapologetically R&B singer Angel is set to be the talk of the town again with his trail-blazing track ‘Rudeboy’ featuring WSTRN band member Haile. Over an airy beat accompanied by subtle 808’s providing just enough bass to get your heads bopping, West…
It’s been five years since British Hip Hop artist AKS released his debut EP ‘The Bus Stop‘ to critical acclaim, with the likes of BBC 1Xtra, Hypetrak, Okayplayer, SoulCulture and the MOBO Awards among the taste-makers that championed the seminal EP. Boasting hugely popular singles ‘House Called Home’ and ‘Truth Be Told (I, I, I)’,…
Ed Scissor & Lamplighter – ‘TTIW‘ the debut single from their forth coming album ‘Tell Them It’s Winter‘. Ten tracks long, one hour in total, the duo’s sophomore long player bares all the makings of a classic from the Glaswegian producer and London lyricist. Unmistakably cinematic, steeped in vision and verve, ‘Tell Them It’s Winter’…
Delivering the brash honesty of rap music, with her unique blend of soul and R&B spirit, RAY BLK returns with her new single ‘My Hood’ featuring grime heavy-weight Stormzy. The track was premiered this week by Mistajam as his ‘Inbox Fresh’, and online this morning via FADER. Lifted from her forthcoming self-released project ‘Everybody Loves…
Calling all Hip Hop fans, this is a show not to be missed! BEATS & BARS welcomes some UK Hip Hop royalty to Birmingham as we bring you live performances from two of London’s lyrical giants Genesis Elijah, Wordsmiff, Novar Flip with support from some seriously talented acts such as Shakezpeare, Soloman & D7, Nero…
East London rapper Bowza returns after a short break from the UK urban music scene with a bang!, with his brand new video ‘Hit Em’ taken from his forthcoming mixtape ‘Man On Fire’ which drops next week. The new 12 track mixtape, confirms Bowza’ amazing wordplay and skills as an artist. With 11 previously unreleased…
After four years of hard work from putting out free downloadable tribute albums every two weeks in season one, to continuing with monthly tributes and building the collective in season two and three, to completing the 10 part Locations cassette tape series, as well as releasing anniversary albums, LP specials, CD’s and a ‘best of’…
This project combines 2 of the UK’s best upcoming artists – Multiple Skillz (Rapper) & Messy Beatz (Producer). Multiple Skillz with his sharp clean delivery and no nonsense lyrics teams up with Messy Beatz and his unique production who provides the hard hitting backing tracks for this EP. There is a song in this project for…
Prince Rapid takes it to Bow,E3’s streets for the new visuals for ‘What’s Good’ premiered by Link Up TV. As one of the founding producers in the grime scene, Prince Rapid has a legacy of tracks to his name, from Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Boy Better Know, Wiley, Wretch 32 to production credits throughout fellow Ruff…
Here’s a full bodied 808 work out from the brummy heroes, making their debut on Stanton Warriors Punks Music Imprint. This one perfectly straddles the bass and breakbeat scenes, freshening up a heavily spliced and pitch-processed sample of an old garage vocal before blasting our synapses with trappy blips, massive builds and scattershot drum-work. A…
‘Panic Room 9’ is the latest release from Starch Records. A collaboration between hard-core beat making duo, Ill Move Sporadic and world renowned battle rapper Tenchoo. ‘Panic Room 9’ sees Ill Move Sporadic once again setting the beat bar high. The dynamic duo drops consistently original breaks throughout the record. These are matched by equally…
Mic Righteous drops first album track ‘When I Fall’ for new UK film ‘Hard Tide’. Mic Righteous is proud to present his new video ’#WHENIFALL’ featuring Daf Evan, taken from the indie film #HARDTIDE and from his debut album out later this year. “The whole reason I do this is to prove you can too. I…
Blind Digital & Conscious Route have teamed up once again following the success of their first single ‘Monster Neck,’ which was released on Croatian label Soundlab in 2013. This time they bring you a fresh sounding Electro, Dubstep, and Hip Hop influenced project. The ‘Metaception‘ EP consists of 3 tracks and shows diversity and an…
That’s right, you can now get the complete Jazz Jousters Season One for free right HERE or by clicking one of the ten album covers below and going directly to it’s page to download it. If you’re new to our pages and haven’t had the time to scroll through a lot of our archive you’re…
Sadler’s Wells’ groundbreaking festival of Hip Hop dance theater and culture, Breakin’ Convention, is back for the 13th year running. Hosted and curated by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Jonzi D, the festival presents two nights of Hip Hop dance theater performances from the very best international and UK poppers, lockers, house dancers, b-boys and b-girls.…
The latest offering from Soldjasoulz (Reds & DPF) sees them bumping heads with fellow Norwich veteran emcee Ricky Lix (Anti-Social/Music Lessons) for a gritty lyrical workout using tight flows to roll out a range of unflinchingly honest personal observations, killer quotable lines and obscure witty references. The way Lix attacks a beat like a heavyweight…
Fresh-faced four piece THE AGE OF L.U.N.A take us behind the scenes of their throwback video for ‘Blow Me Away’. “Imagery wise it’s a very 90’s to early 2000’s inspired vid but has a new edge to it with the UV paint effects near the end” The Age of L.U.N.A. explained, “It was our first…
Junior Reid, Big Youth, Half Pint, Kabaka Pyramid, Jah9, Joining Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry And Max Romeo And A Packed Weekend Of 100’s International Heavyweights, One Love Festival Are Delighted To Announce Their Final UK Festival Headliners Of 2016… JUNIOR REID. Unstoppable force in Reggae and Hip Hop scene on both sides of the Atlantic, will…
South East London born and Brighton bred Hatter has been lurking in the shadows of the scene since age fourteen, starting to rap in a starstudded group of youths that included Eyez, Harley & Jordan from Rizzle Kicks and more… Unfortunately, his talent for waving and troublemaking delayed any significant show of productivity until…
Digital platform PyroRadio.com re-launches on 27th April 2016 at their new studios in Shoreditch, London streaming live over the net with specialist radio and video content Pyro’s roster launches with the best emerging and current talent, artists, DJ’s, presenters from the world of UK Dance and Urban music including Grime, Hip Hop, DnB, House and…
JEHST is probably the most influential rap artist to emerge from the UK having been at the forefront of his home country’s Hip Hop scene since the early 2000’s. With an extensive discography reaching into triple figures and a string of critically acclaimed albums under his belt his heartfelt lyricism and true-school production sound has…
Some of the most creative instrumentalists and lyricists you’ve ever heard return to London! After selling out Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club the Mancunian Hip Hop collective bring their eclectic synthesis of beats and bars to intimate Dalston hotspot Birthdays on Thursday 23rd June. The 9 piece group’s high energy fusion of Hip Hop, soul,…
Messy Beatz is a multi-genre Music Producer from South London, UK with over 10 years experience making music. Started out as a DJ and slowed transitioned over to music production using a copy of Fruity Loops (that’s what FL Studio was called back then) that he got from a friend. Studying music tutorials and reading…
‘Prince of Grime’, Tinchy Stryder releases ‘Leg Day’ featuring D Double E, which will be premiered on Charlie’s Sloth’s prime time 1Xtra show today. The second track to be lifted from his forthcoming, fourth studio album ‘The Cloud 9 LP / 360º’, ‘Leg Day’ follows the release of Tinchy’s ‘Allow Me’ featuring JME and his…
Much has been said about J Dilla aka Jay Dee’s incredible production skills, and as on Hip Hop’s G.O.A.T.s in that field his talent as an MC has often been overlooked as a result. The innate sense of rhythm that is so evident in his music also shines brightly in his vocal performances, and while…
Named as one of Annie Mac’s artists to watch in 2016 for the latest edition of Mixmag, the all round Sheffield don that has exploded on to the scene in 2015 with tracks ‘Big Bou Yah’ and ‘Target Practice’, Coco shows why he’s the man that everyone is talking about by delivering his brand new,…
It’s finally here! The brand new single from victizzle, ‘I dey fine’ produced by London Boyz. That you the fans voted for, to be the first single to be released. “Thank You For Your Feedback And Voting!” – Victizzle. https://twitter.com/VictizzleMusic https://twitter.com/LondonBoyz
Following the success of his previous hit Muad featuring D Double E, Capo Lee continues to trail blaze through the scene as he drops the dark visual for the official remix of his 2015 anthem Liff – which saw him dominate the airwaves for weeks – featuring lyrical veterans P Money, Footsie and Prez T.…
As one of the founding producers in the grime scene, Prince Rapid has a legacy of tracks to his name, from Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Boy Better Know, Wiley, Wretch 32 to production credits throughout fellow Ruff Sqwad compadre, Tinchy Stryder’s gold selling album. However there’s more than meets the eye and if you switch back…
North Londoner Phebe Edwards is an exceptional R&B singer/songwriter compared to Mary J Blige, Fantasia Burrino and Aretha Franklin. She has toured, performed and recorded with some of the industry’s greats including James Brown, Adele, Jessie J, Donna Summer and Rita Ora. Phebe’s debut single Say Suttn charted at number 14 in the ITunes RnB…
After a short period out of music AK fires back into the scene with a forthcoming 6 track EP ’10/10′ with singles ready to drop! The hard hitting ‘Real On The Wing’ is the first of these releases from the Manchester based Grime Artist. He joined fellow Manny emcee XP on Sir Spyro’s Rinse FM…
For ‘Travel The Map’, which serves as the third and final single before their official album release, Imperial and K.I.N.E.T.I.K. caught a connecting flight to parts unknown to hook up with the ‘travelling man’ himself, Oddisee. Both K.I.N.E.T.I.K. and Oddisee use their respective verses to paint pictures of wanderlust with out of body lyrics about…
Artist and Producer ‘Fly’ is South London’s emerging star! A fusion of R&B, Hip Hop and Grime, Fly is one of the UK’s most exciting prospects! A blend of lyricism and melodic delivery form the basis of his unique sound. As an artist, not just limited to one genre, Fly has had a career in…
Full on murking across some serious 140bpm mastery as Jammer joins up with Chase & Status’s label, MTA Records, to release new single, ‘Sun City’. As a ricochet of strings open the track and the throbbing bass kicks in, Jammer steps up to the mic armed strictly with party vibes, channelling his Murkle Man alter…
The master of 140bpm production; Rude Kid prepares to flood the scene as he announces the release of his ‘Noah’s Ark’ instrumental E.P. Providing some of the biggest instrumentals that have ever been released from the genre in the last decade with emcees that include Skepta, Ghetts, Wiley & JME; Rude Kid is one of…
Jehst’s brand new ‘Reel It In‘ featuring Lee Scott & Strange U, will be dropping on a limited edition 7″ vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day on Saturday 16th April. But in the meantime you can take a look at the new tripped-out video below: iTunes Leaders of London’s live Hip Hop scene – The…
It’s been a long and productive road but The Jazz Jousters have finally come to the end of our Locations series #1 with the 10th installment of the 10 part cassette and digital collection. Locations: England was fully released yesterday and the tapes are shipping out from the end of the week. Due to the…