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A Barman’s View (May, 2005)
As a member of one of the first groups of students to attend University under a Neo-Labour ...
A year in review, 2006 (Dec, 2006)
Here's a patchy retrospective of the last twelve months in the ickle world we call UK hiphop ...
Artist Blogs To Check (Feb, 2007)
The Internet, for all its bad points when it comes to downloading music, has allowed the relationship ...
Battle Rap’s Fiercest Contender (Oct, 2005)
The internet has become increasing important to the music industry over the past decade, but it the ...
Fashion; The 5th Element (Feb, 2006)
"Hip Hop it started out in the park, we use to do it out in the dark" ...
Fresh Fest’ 2006 (May, 2006)
Promoters 'Straight Music' put on the worst hiphop 'event' of recent years. Here's an open letter to ...
Guns Of Brixton – An Open Letter (Feb, 2007)
Here's a deep open letter about the gun crisis facing London, written by WhyLout? rapper Marvin The ...
Hip-Hop & Technology (Jun, 2003)
From the beginning of hip-hop to the present, technology has played a huge part. When the likes ...
Lauryn Hill: Then And Now (May, 2004)
Lauryn Hill has always been a favourite with the masses. Throughout her two album career with one ...
Lyrical Content (Jun, 2003)
Besides the amazing music of hip hop which is far more diverse to all other genres, there's ...
Meeting Rap Stars (Apr, 2007)
Whether we want to admit it or not, it’s always fun when we see someone relatively famous ...
Mobo Moans 2005 (Sep, 2005)
Another Mobo Awards ceremony and another year of suspect nominations and awards. The annual proceedings become more ...
Room For Improvement (Mar, 2005)
On a boring cold and rainy day many months ago, I tapped away at my laptop to ...
The Board Game (Feb, 2005)
I've been listening to enough music by The Game today, to make a decision as to whether ...
The Hiphop Declaration Of Peace (Jun, 2005)
Since he first released music, KRS One has worked extremely hard to insure that the music and ...
The Poet Laureate (Apr, 2007)
Canibus is a Jamaican born rapper that moved to New York when he was 13 years old. ...
The return of Lupe Fiasco (Nov, 2007)
Welcome to my new monthly column, coming straight from the Rapnews headquarters. Here I’ll be reviewing some ...
UK Geographic’s (Apr, 2005)
A generalised map of the UK, highlighting the wealth of artists there are within each region, and ...
UK Hip-Hop (Mar, 2004)
It may come as a surprise to you, but baggy jeans which make those wearing them look ...
UK Takeover, Review/Preview (May, 2005)
With UK Takeover 3 only a fortnight away it’s only right that we should take a look ...
What the future holds… (Jan, 2007)
Sway
It seems like such a long time ago that Sway dropped 'This Is My Demo' after ...
Zee to the Dee (Apr, 2004)
I turned on MTV and saw a little Zack De La Rocha image adjacent to the Gen-X ...
