Issue 63

The revival of chopped and screwed is here. Metro Boomin and 21 Savage album SAVAGE MODE II that was released about a month ago just got a Chopped Not Slopped version, and I’m all for it.

Be The Spotlight

I try to get all the best hip hop throughout the year. But there’s so much hip hop released every day (!) that it’s impossible to keep up. Hence, once every January I try to sit down and scrap the web for songs and albums that I missed. On the note of summarizing the year, …

Your Favourite Rapper

The theme this week is your favourite. A classic conversation when discussing rap/hip hop as a genre is to crown a ”Top 5” of ones favourite rappers. Can’t say I feel the same conversation is as co-occurance in other genres. Maybe because rap is more of a one man show and hence easier to name a specific …

No Features

This weeks theme is no features. There’s a meme surrounding J Cole and his ”went platinum with no features” after his album release. The genre is known for inviting features on tracks. It can be too much as well though, something that The Game got heat for when he released the album ’Jesus Piece’ – 21 features …