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An incoherent album from the grime godfather, but one full of loveable eccentricities.
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Virginia rapper successfully expands his skill set on this lean mixtape.
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Russell deserves to move from cult concern to a queen of British soul.
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An introductory taster on which the Kent MC displays sufficient flashes of talent.
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A sadly formulaic slugging match between some true rap heavyweights.
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Expanded edition of what is perhaps the most celebrated Wu-Tang album to date.
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The London rapper and producer pal pioneer a new style: recession rap.
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Rap that can join the unflinchingly candid with the unfalteringly compelling.
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The equivalent of setting up a city-sized PA system and cranking it to maximum.
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The maverick rapper’s latest has lyrical lunacy to spare.
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While it’s evident how he’s won hearts, Miller’s not the complete package yet.
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Markie’s mostly good-humoured second studio set has stood up to the test of time.
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Cult vocalists and complete unknowns trade the mic on this Earth-shaking hip hop set.
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Ross continues to count the cash on this high-profile mixtape release.
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A focused fifth album that takes the dynamic duo into newly accessible territories.
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The actor-and-rapper’s debut is a warts'n'all affair of absolute conviction.
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Brit-rapper maintains his cult reputation for introspective, finely-weaved wordplay.
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Minnesota hip hop duo document emotionally-testing experiences on album six.
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Or, the collaboration otherwise known as Spaghetti Western Soundtracks Updated.
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Dubstep duo’s second LP hums with a menacing darkness.
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Reboots Scott Walker and the androgynous end of 90s Britpop into distinctive darkwave.
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An early contender for 2011's finest out-of-leftfield long-players.
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Drummer’s second solo LP is among the most rewardingly challenging listens of 2010
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An impressive coherency is on display across this debut long-play set.
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When she’s on fire nobody in hip hop can extinguish her talents.
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As a one-off trip through a madcap brain this will split several sides.
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The prize-winning battle-rapper comes good on record.
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A living dubstep artefact from one of the scene’s pioneers.
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The pair exhibit qualities that could elevate them to the top of the charts.
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The gangsta rap legend isn’t going down without a mouthy fight.
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A hotter property than that chilly moniker might immediately imply.
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Twee brother-sister duo’s debut album twinkles with an innocent sweetness.
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Despite starting promisingly, the duo’s latest finds their funky shtick wearing thin.
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Excellent recession-inspired second album from Californian hip hop/soul vocalist.
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Exhaustive brilliance is spread across this double-disc label retrospective.
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More smooth sounds from Detroit’s crown prince of velvety soul jams.
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Accentuates the lolloping Jamaican flex at Rodney Smith’s musical heart.
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Leaves you mentally exhausted yet unable to wipe a goonish grin from your face.
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Kompakt’s latest compilation is a great gateway into the Cologne label.
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This could represent the greatest thinking man’s beat tape of all time.
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This debut for XL is full of unashamed thug rap to cement Giggs’ rising status.
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More of a fender bender than the disastrous musical pile-up it could have been.
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Dreamy psych-pop meets tropical desert island indie-rock jangle.
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The London MC aims to bridge the gap between underground UK hip hop and the mainstream.
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Cosmogramma proves itself to be as mind-meltingly boundless as a black hole.
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As guilty pleasures go, Hologram Jams has plenty to secretly revel in.
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Saddle up for an intergalactic sonic journey, moving both air and brain-cells.
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Two hours of predominantly upbeat outpourings from the white-shirted rocker.
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They continue to test themselves and listeners alike with stunningly intricate results.
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A mix of old and new that hits robustly yet classily, like a fine malt.
