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By Richard Watson
As English as a chip wrapper and just as likely to be seen out on the high street come Friday night, Tricky Micky lets his personality run riot on ‘The Micks Tape’, a raucous debut that sees our hero hitting bars, thumping pretend toffs and, every once in a while, stepping back from [...]

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This week sees the release of El-P’s grandiosely-titled WeAreAllGoingToBurnInHellMegaMixxx3, an instrumental project that collects together fresh productions with remixes for Young Jeezy and Kidz In The Hall. You can sample the track ‘Whores The Movie’ by clicking here and check out more info on the release over here. Better yet, HHC Digital has two CD [...]

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Sugar Hill Records is the original hip-hop hit factory. The label, run by Sylvia and Joe Robinson, brought rap to the masses by scoring big off-the-bat with the Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight.” While the label’s reputation has since been tainted by talk of shafting artists, at its peak their Englewood, New Jersey studio saw [...]

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By Phillip Mlynar
Blessed with a high-strung squawk of a voice, Danny Brown is the latest off Detroit’s conveyor belt of quality emcees. With his recently-released The Hybrid still gaining momentum, here the D-Town native explains why you shouldn’t send him Dilla-type beats, why he won’t be working with Lady Gaga, and recalls how an LL [...]

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By Phillip Mlynar
Kinda off the back of their latest album, HHC Digital hooked up with one half of the brothers Clipse to talk misconceptions, being born on Friday the 13th, Fat Joe’s Full Eclipse Crew, and to finally find out who Shampoo was…
Have you been pleased with the reaction to ‘Til The Casket Drops?
“Yeah, man, [...]

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By Phillip Mlynar
Photography by Ricky Powell
“I was locked up in jail during the shiny suit era!” laughs Blacastan, an emcee inspired by CNN’s steez who just happened to find himself being bombarded by the saccharine sounds of Puffy and Mase while doing a bid. Now with his thoroughly hardcore ‘The Master Of Reality’ set out [...]

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Photography by Alex Fakso, Richard Reyes
Following up our preview in HHC Digital 005, we checked in with the men behind Home Grown: The Story Of UK Hip-Hop for a chat about the definitive domestic rap exhibition…
When did the idea for the exhibition first come about?
Andy Brydon (Project Manager and Curator): “It’s been on our Urbis [...]

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Official Public Enemy and HHC illustrator Paul Stone currently has an exhibition of his finest work going down at the Bridgewater Arts Centre. Billed as a showcase of his “portraits in pencil, pen, ink gouache and acrylic inspired by hip-hop and rap”, you can find more details of the exhibition by clicking here. Now read [...]

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With his ‘How To Change The World In 15 Beats’ mixtape available for free download now, we checked in with Somerset spitter Zillwood…

You mention in your music that you have Tourette’s Syndrome – how does that affect your creative process?
“It makes the whole procedure with writing tracks and rehearsing easier as I am obligated to [...]

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Photography by A Garcia
With his ‘Evil In The Mirror’ album out now via Brick Records, we checked in with Boston-based producer and emcee Will C to talk about Melle Mel, the Boston public transportation system, and why you should ditch any comparisons with Edan…
How long has it taken to put the album together? Most of [...]