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Juice Wrld’s 20 greatest tracks

Remember Juice with his 20 best songs
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Krept and Konan live: a super-charged celebration with an all-star guest list

UK rap's great and good dazzled like fireworks at the duo's extraordinary show
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Album Reviews

Roddy Ricch – ‘Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial’ review: Atlanta rapper exists in his own lane

The hyped star's debut points to a promising future
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Album Reviews

XXXTentacion – ‘Bad Vibes Forever’ review: a posthumous record of thin, over-embellished material

The second album released since the rapper's death is a case of diminishing returns
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Music Interviews

Self-starting London rapper INFAMOUSIZAK: “I want people to associate my name with high-level pieces of art”

Hailing from south London, Infamousizak has brought a refreshing new sound to UK rap
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Live Reviews

Pop Smoke live in London: Brooklyn rapper atones for tardiness with a buoyant, loved-up spectacle

Islington Assembly Hall, November 27
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Album Reviews

Sam Wise – ‘Sorry You Were Saying (SYWS)’ review: the House of Pharaohs rapper exerts his eclectic talent

The rapper proves his impressive ability to mix and match diverse sounds
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Album Reviews

03 Greedo & Kenny Beats – ‘Netflix & Deal’ review: a gifted storyteller shines throughout this neat conceit

The rapper, currently serving a 20-year stretch, has teamed up with super-producer Kenny Beats to craft an immersive movie-themed mixtape
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Features

Meet Poundz, drill’s next superstar: “‘Opp Thot’ isn’t a one hit wonder”

Poundz' mind is set on global success and Glastonbury 2020
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NME Blogs

Sorry Drake, you’re not cool any more – and here’s why

After all that booing at his Camp Flog Gnaw appearance, it's only right we recognise why Drake is no longer all that
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Album Reviews

Rapman – ‘Blue Story (Music Inspired By the Original Motion Picture)’ review: a story that needs to be heard

Rapman and friends – including Krept & Konan, Jorja Smith and Giggs – create a sonic narrative so raw, and so true, that it could stand alone from the film it accompanies
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Album Reviews

Tory Lanez – ‘Chixtape 5’ review: the rapper samples countless classics to create peerless R&B nostalgia

The Canadian artist's 'Chixtape' series continues, reworking old favourites to craft a record that almost stands alone on its own feel-good terms
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Live Reviews

Swinging between technical hiccups and all-star guests, Headie One’s Brixton O2 show was a game of two halves

O2 Academy brixton, Sunday November 10
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Album Reviews

Krept & Konan – ‘Revenge Is Sweet’ album review: taboo-busting brilliance from the UK rap polymaths

In the four years since their last studio album, 'The Long Way Home', south London duo Krept and Konan have released a slew of mixtapes, run...
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Blogs

5 reasons Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Hottieween’ proves that Hot Girl Summer is all year long

A real hot girl would not hang up her hot girl hat just because summer's over. One of rap's newest queens, Megan Thee Stallion,...
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Live Reviews

House of Pharaohs live in London: electric flows and sparkling wine – plus a surprise appearance from Kojey Radical

The UK's best-kept secret, House of Pharaohs (sometimes referred to as HOP), perform a gig in their hometown tonight – and it looks like...
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Album Reviews

Wretch 32 – ‘Upon Reflection’ review: one of the best UK rap records of the year

The UK giant that is Wretch 32 puts everyone to shame with his fifth studio album, 'Upon Reflection'. This album, filled with poetic observations,...
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NME Blogs

Wah! Here’s the top 10 ‘baby’ rappers, ranked

Back in 2017, when everyone was calling themselves 'Lil' whatever, doing drugs, and sporting colourful dreads, it was refreshing to see an innocent 'baby'...
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Album Reviews

Summer Walker – ‘Over It’ review: a sucker-punch of slick sounds and emotional candour

R&B hasn't, in recent years, always reflected relationships as honestly as '90s and noughties R&B stars did. Yet on her stunning debut album, 'Over...
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Live Reviews

EarthGang live in London: Atlanta rappers create a refuge of positivity (and sign a few shoes)

One of the multi-talented acts on J. Cole's Dreamville records, Atlantan duo EarthGang are in London for their second sold-out show this year. Having...
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