New Underground/Alt Rap CDs

It’s pretty hard to walk your own path in rap music this late in the day, on his debut album, “[sic],” twenty one year old Elliott Egerton aka Bang On achieves just that. Slamming together a raw mix of contemporary sounds that he describes as “punk-donk-dub-hip-hop,” then colliding this with the me...

Spanning 41 tracks over almost 70 minutes, the hip hop collective lead by Trip Hoper Geoff Barrow of Portishead fame is joined by 7-Stu-7 and Katalyst on production duties and the Quakers’ roster reads like an underground rap dream team, comprising of just as many legends (Aloe Blacc, Dead Prez, Gui...

Following the release of his UK quadruple platinum-selling album The Defamation of Strickland Banks, the Brit Award-winning artist Plan B (AKA Ben Drew) has announced details of his forthcoming album ill Manors, which is set for release through Atlantic Records on Friday 11th May 2012. Produced b...

Spanning 41 tracks over almost 70 minutes, the hip hop collective lead by Trip Hoper Geoff Barrow of Portishead fame is joined by 7-Stu-7 and Katalyst on production duties and the Quakers’ roster reads like an underground rap dream team, comprising of just as many legends (Aloe Blacc, Dead Prez, Gui...