Sharp beats, smooth flows & intricate rhymes - born in 1970s NYC

Hip Hop: East Coast

ANW Core

Culturally, socio-politically aware rap from US rapper Knytro and London producer Lawrence Insula. Travelling from gritty to laid back, with hard-hitting drums, male rap vocals, reversed guitars, overdriven 808s and hazy vintage synths.

2112 The Coming

Lawrence Insula

Matthew Guthrie

Jazzy, lo-fi hip hop with Rhodes & Pianet grooves, sweeping lush synth textures, snappy drums & free flowing male rap vocal

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I Love It Freestyle

High energy hip-hop from Andy Cooper of the legendary Long Beach collective Ugly Duckling. Upbeat, with old school samples and witty lyrics

Action!

Andy Cooper

Pablo Love

Campbell E Browning

Old school hip hop with male vocal, driving bass, tight kit & DJ samples

It's High Noon

Gareth Johnson explores classic east and west coast hip hop. Packed with positive melodic hooks, arrangements include keys, synths, Rhodes and electric guitar, plus punchy breaks, turntable scratching, sampled strings, sub bass, cowbell and clav stabs.

Boom Bap

Gareth Johnson

Classic East Coast hip hop with big break beats & perc, turntable scratching, vocal samples, bass & infectious bouncing groove

It's time to rhyme with these slamming U.S. hip hop hits

William Davies

Laurie Burgess

Classic hip hop with steady beats, guitar, brass hits & male rap vocals

Up Louder

Social justice-inspired hip hop from upbeat and motivational to reflective and laid back, featuring powerful male rap vocals, heavy, pulsing bass, 808s and hooky synth melodies, accompanied by lush orchestral strings and hypnotic guitar samples.

Determination

Fidelis Folifac

Conner J Little

Upbeat hip hop with positive male rap vocals, 808s, drums, synth samples & lead synth hook & pulsing bass 

Feels Like Sunshine

By turns quirky, uplifting and gritty, discover a 90s inspired hip hop beat tape from Birmingham-raised producer Cuzn Fred. Instrumentation includes analogue synths, Rhodes, brass hooks, hard sub bass, scratches, sirens and soulful female vocal hooks.

Bounce Wimme

Fred Chegwin Berry

Early 90s hip hop with male vocal rap snippets, steady beats, Rhodes & warm brass chords

A Vibe

Join South-East London-producer Lawrence Insula for a punchy and powerful ride through 90s hip hop. Bursting with boom bap beats and bold male rap vocals, instrumentation features West Coast synths, jazzy Rhodes, turntable scratches and groovy synth bass.

CULT.CLASSIC.80

Joshua Lockhart

Classic hip hop with reflective male rap vocal, reversed Rhodes, punchy  90s hip hop drums & groovy synth bass 

Dag Torgersbraten

Ian Tunstall

Infectious old-skool classic hip hop with powerful hooky horn stabs, male rap vocal & punchy beats

Do What I Do

Old school boom bap meets club hip hop in this punchy set from beatmaker Matt Goodman and rapper JDP. The latter’s bold bars combine with breakbeats, 808s, synths and sampled vocals, plus live bass, piano, flute FX and drum grooves.

A Place Like This

Matt Goodman

Johnathan Pratt

Nostalgic 90s influenced hip hop with piano, live bass, boom bap drums, strong male rap vocal & sung chorus vocals

Energetic hip hop with high energy MC vocals, sampled riffs, brass hooks and infectious programmed beats

Party Hip Hop

Marc Jackson Burrows

Maxx Forman

Hip hop party classic with infectious sampled riff, US male rap & beats

Getting Crazy

Impressive hip hop with both rap and sung melodies over tight beats and mellow basslines

Black Milk

Curtis Eugene Cross II

Soulful hip hop with smooth rap vocal, retro Rhodes & tight drum groove

For You

Bursting with funk and groove, Get Electrified features hip hop tracks with female and male rap vocals, big drums, gritty guitar riffs and up-tempo to laid-back tunes.

Get Electrified

Joshua Alan Barlow

Hip hop break beat groove with funky organ, Moog synths, distorted guitar & male rap vocals

Anthemic beats and melodic choruses from NowNextFuture artist Clement Marfo

Let The Music Play

Clement Marfo

Funky hip hop with motivating rap vocal, gritty guitar, organ swell & kit

King Of The Jungle

Avant-garde alternative R&B hip hop with soul, grand piano, electric guitar, hybrid drums, introspective, layered male vocals and synths, with lyrics inspired by social justice.

And They Danced Towards Heaven

Mamadou Yattassaye

Bouncy alternative hip hop R&B song with live & programmed drums, guitars, bass, synths, lead male vocal & layered bvs

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