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I recently spent a day with the CMPND boys and haven’t been the same since. With their second LP ‘Long Live the Court’ dropping today, we thought it would be a good time to give a peek into the lives behind the legendary rap gonzos… 8:43PM – CMPND are sound checking ahead of their headline performance at a Brighton nightclub. Wundrop’s mic isn’t working. “Have you tried turning it on?” asks the bar manager-slash-sound engineer. Wundrop spews back “This ain’t […]

The Great Escape is a weird one. On one hand it brings hundreds of incredible acts right to my doorstep, but on the other it attracts hordes of identical looking music A&R types, thoughtfully stroking their beards while a talented 20-something old performs their heart out just metres away. There were some cases where this audience mismatch was painfully obvious (watching a young child sit cross-legged whilst New Wave icon Namani repeats “Fuck you, pay me” at the Platform B […]

As the first thing resembling an unrestricted summer since 2019 is about to appear (stops writing touches wood, crosses fingers and prays to all the deities)… Team UKHH is finally going to get stuck into some more festival silliness. More to be revealed on that as the theoretical probably-summer maybe unfolds. First up though… Balter Festival 2022. Now in its 8th Year, the small but mighty Balter has built a reputation for going particularly hard. Its status as a Mecca […]

Nottingham born, London based Shortee Blitz is set to release his highly anticipated (and long overdue) self produced four track debut EP ‘…1st Step‘, this May on Sydney based record label Low Key Source. Over the years Shortee has been described as ‘the UK’s number one Hip Hop and club DJ’ and has been part of the landscape for over 27 years. He started life as a mix DJ for legendary radio duo Max & Dave on Kiss FM (the […]

Astro Unit consists of MC Ash The Author & Producer Alecs DeLarge. The duo have been working together for the past couple of years, originally releasing the single ‘Jungle’ in May 2020, shortly followed by a joint EP Wizards & Sprites. The latest single CYBERPUNK FUNK is the first under the alias ASTRO UNIT – and sets the tune for the forthcoming project! Check out the video below & See what they had to say about the making of the […]

Dubbledge – AKA Jerry Ilé – has been around. Since the release of The Richest Man in Babylon on Low Life Records back in 2007, the Watford Wordsmith has been upending expectations and trouncing tradition. From his work with UK hip hop stalwarts like Micall Parknsun, Foreign Beggars and Jehst to his time in supergroup Problem Child, Dubbledge has made a point of doing things his way. And through that commitment to originality, he’s been able to carve out his […]

Follow us on Spotify and check out our sequel to the first UKHH.com: New Waves Playlist, a massive collection of songs that act as a guide to some of the new sounds emerging on the UK’s underground hip hop scene. Almost two years ago we released our first guide to some of the new genre-morphing sounds emerging on the UK’s underground hip hop scene. Since then, Ashbeck & El Londo’s distinct brand of conversational British trap has inspired a whole […]

The long awaited third album by Lazy Habits “Vermillion Sands” is scheduled for release in April 2022, in anticipation of the launch we caught up with James Collins, lead vocalist from the band to discuss pandemic life, motivation for the new music and the upcoming tour. When asked about how he has spent his time during the last couple of years he answered, “I moved and stayed in Taiwan from Feb 2020 after we had completed the songs for the […]

FRSHRZ Presents… Pass The Torch 4 Ty Filmed on Tuesday 17th August 2021, this was a special event that celebrates the life of a true UK Hip Hop legend on what was his 49th Birthday. This was the first opportunity for friends, family, and fans of Ty had to come together to celebrate this UK Rap Legends life and legacy since his passing in 2020. . Pass The Torch 4 Ty was a night of love, laughter, and plenty of […]