The man who brought the diss track to the UK and often turned his barbs on the monarchy to create a disitinctly British rap.
- Research Lead at Rhythm Obscura / Lecturer in the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth
Looking back at the history of the diss track, it is the strength of female emcees that stands out.
It’s 50 years since the legendary party that birthed hip hop.
With their back catalogue finally being made available on streaming services, a new generation of rap lovers will get to enjoy their groundbreaking work.
Trugoy the Dove was instrumental in shaping a type of hip-hop that was more experimental and sensitive.
DJs had to adopt live streaming during the pandemic. This new way of reaching audiences has created a whole new djing experience that is more accessible to a wider range of people.
The stigma attached to HIV and AIDS, particularly in hip hop culture, is rife. The disease is represented poorly and often factually incorrect through lyrics.
In a time of an overwhelming amount of music available, discerning consumers have to be even more strategic.
There are many sub-genres of Hip Hop, so why is all non-Anglophone music lumped under the label ‘world music’?
A greater synergy between academics and practitioners is needed to progress hip hop for it to be taken seriously as a core area for study.
Following the explosion of screen-based personal devices, the risk of users slipping into hyper reality has multiplied enormously since the television age.
Stormzy and other grime artists are speaking up, and their messages can no longer be ignored by mainstream.
In 1985 The Junkyard Band shifted the paradigm by challenging Reaganomics. Many of those same key issues still rage on today, across the world.
Perhaps it is time to return to the belief that graffiti is a political act. Maybe then we can embrace it as an agent for social change.
Hip-hop may benefit from a return to the crew and collective mentality, where the DJ once again is valued and plays a central creative role.
What if the current cultural context is informing the production of mumble rap? In the contemporary western world, daily life is fuelled by widespread consumption of both products and images.
Bootlegs will continue to be manufactured.
The future of the bootleg might just reinvent the official release.
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