In a strong field of diverse artists, the north London rapper stood out with her exuberant, personal-political, genre-busting album.
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With streaming, people listen to individual tracks but the Mercury Prize is all about albums, is it still relevant?
The Mercury Prize still relies on the album format in an age of downloads and streaming.
Skepta’s Mercury Prize win has put grime – and youth culture – in the spotlight.
I’m not going to start this article by referring to Young Fathers as an “Edinburgh-based hip-hop group”. It’s not clear whether they are currently based in Edinburgh, consider themselves to be based in…
When was the last time that you sat down and listened to someone telling you a story? I don’t mean your latest TV box-set instalment, gripping as it might be, or a beer-fuelled pub anecdote. I mean the…
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Professor of Sociolinguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Reader in Music and Sound, Edge Hill University
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Associate Professor in Music and the Creative Industries, Middlesex University
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