Tag: Hip hop

  • Single Review: “Fresh Out Of Portland” – Yayo.upt

    Single Review: “Fresh Out Of Portland” – Yayo.upt

    We love a debut track here on RIDE and this has to be one of the hardest debut singles we’ve heard in a long time. Fresh Out Of Portland by Yayo.upt is a total banger. Inspired by deeply personal themes. The song came to fruition whilst Yayo was serving an 8-year sentence in a prison…

  • Single Review: “Coast To Coast” – Sammy Smack

    Single Review: “Coast To Coast” – Sammy Smack

    We love a debut single here on RIDE and Nigerian spitter Sammy Smack is the latest artist to catch our attention with his brand new track Coast to Coast. This incredibly high-energy Afrobeat infused Drill track was created alongside his mom/manager, and then recorded in Rockville, Maryland. It was his mom that encourage him to add the…

  • Single Review: “Riding” – Faraoh

    Single Review: “Riding” – Faraoh

    South London spitter Faraoh is a fast rising talent in the UK drill scene and his latest track Riding is without doubt one of his best releases to-date! Taking inspiration from the likes of Knucks and Nemzzz, this ‘chill drill’ style track is a well polished cut that you can’t help but vibe to. With…

  • Album Review: ‘Less Is More’ – Martian B2A

    Album Review: ‘Less Is More’ – Martian B2A

    Erupting onto the U.K. hip-hop scene following a short hiatus from music, Martian B2A is back with his highly anticipated debut album Less is More – 10 hard hitting tracks filled with cold bars and mesmerising flows. The album had an impressively quick writing and recording process, taking just four months to complete; the wheels were set…

  • Album Review: ‘The Same Kind Of Different’ – MeatSpady

    Album Review: ‘The Same Kind Of Different’ – MeatSpady

    If you haven’t already heard of North Philadelphia spitter MeatSpady, where have you been? One of underground rap’s finest rappers, Spady is back once again with another project filled to the brim with knowledge and bars. Ladies and gentleman, let us introduce to you The Same Kind of Different. 10 tracks of pure hip-hop gold…

  • Single Review: “My Team” – GLX

    Single Review: “My Team” – GLX

    Finally following up his hot 2022 single body, East London rapper GLX is back with a bang and a brand new anthem for your summer playlists with his latest single MyTeam. Inspired during to pen this one during lockdown, GLX kept this one in the vault for a couple of years before making sure it was perfect…

  • EP REVIEW: “The Art Of Patience & ConfidencE” – SKINNY BLACKS

    EP REVIEW: “The Art Of Patience & ConfidencE” – SKINNY BLACKS

    Skinny Blacks might just be one of the most exciting underground artist doing his thing in the UK. His latest EP The Art Of Patience & Confidence is one of our favourite projects of 2023 so far. Its dynamic, well crafted and impossible to fit in any box. A 7 track journey into the mind…

  • Single Review: “Nightmare 169” – L-Zee Roselli

    Single Review: “Nightmare 169” – L-Zee Roselli

    I hope you don’t scare easily, because UK spitter L-Zee Roselli is back with frightening hard new track Nightmare 169. Horrorcore is one of those unique sides of rap that we don’t often see anymore. It feels like all the best horrorcore artists came and went in the 90s, leaving an incredible impact on rap…