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The project features 4 artists and will be the rapper 3rd project release since his debut mixtape This sh#ts ments, which dropped in 2018. The featured tracks include the previously released track “Do it for” featuring fellow 98s rapper DA and released 4 days ago with the east London duo going back to back with their elite wordplay. The video currently sits on 301 thousand views after only 4 days.

Da isn’t the only 98s rapper featuring on KOs upcoming project, Billy Billions features on track 5 “Without it”, Billy Billions is an artist who is able to master the drill sound as well as the wave which he showcased on his latest track “Tizzy” which currency sits on 1.2 million views after 8 months. Billys talent is undeniable but where it is able to take him is unknown with the rapper currently in jail after being found in possession of a gun in May 2021.

Unknown T is another 98s member featuring on KOs upcoming project. Unknown T is probably the biggest artist in the 98s and features on track 8 ”Tied up”. The rapper released his breakout track “Homerton b” in 2018 and has gone strength to strength with a recent top 10 mixtape and walking for Louis Vuitton spring summer 2022 collection.

The final feature is female songstress Morgan on track 12 “Disguise”. The feature doesn’t follow KOs normal formula, with it only being the second time the rapper will have featured alongside a singer the first coming on his debut mixtape This sh#ts ments on the track “ Hold you down” featuring Toaozay.

 The remaining tracks on the 13 track project are listed as Fine Line (Intro) the only other track to have previously been released by KO, “Better Days”, “Money on my head”,” We ain’t just”, “It is what it is”,” No Talking”, “Red Blazer”, “Make it happen” and “Life of mine”.

The 13 track project titled Fine Line will be KO third tape and is available to pre-order here with its official release on the 26th of November.

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K-trap dropped the track 2 days ago on October the 17th, what would have been Bis’s birthday. Trap posted a clip of the track to his Instagram with the caption “Happy birthday cuz Love you and miss you”.

K-trap has always had a close relationship with the Harlem Spartans with his hometown Gipsy hill being just down the road from the Harlem Spartans hub in Kennington and has dropped multiple tracks alongside each other. The relationship between Trap and Bis was different and much stronger with the pair being cousins.

On Trapos 2020 project, Street side effects, the artist puts a voice note at the end of the opening track “Street side effect”. The voice note is from his late cousin and comes just after the artist shared on the track how it felt losing his little cousin. The voice note is a conversation between the pair about K-traps decision to take off his mask and showed fans the relationship the pair had away from music.

Bis was killed on the 6th December 2019 in Deptford, Southeast London at only age 20. He was a highly regarded rapper in the drill genre and alongside the Harlem Spartans collective helped build the UK drill sound that is so prevalent today. His bar “ Question, If gang pull up are you gonna back your bredrin”, this lyric is regular argued to be one of the best lyrics in drill due to the way it was delivered as well as the popularity of the song.

The lyric comes from his track “Kennington where it started” and featured fellow Harlem member Blanco, Active and Mizormac, the songs original video upload was taken down by police however it was reuploaded in January 2017 on an unknown channel and currently sit on 17 million views. 

Bis and K-traps new single is the pairs first collaboration and it is unknown how many more were recorded before the talented young rapper passed.

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The documentary shares the same title as the mixtape that Potter released on the 1st of October, Thanks for Waiting. The mixtape is the 3rd project that the Potter has released since his release from prison in June 2020.  2020 vision was the first project he released days after he announced that he was a free man which was then followed by Training day 3, a project that marked the end of Potter’s mixtape trilogy and was his highest-charting release reaching number 3 in the official charts.

‘Thanks for Waiting: the Documentary’ stars a number of UK rap superstars and features from Potter’s project including Unknown T, M Huncho, KO, Rimzee, Suspect and NSG. The documentary looks at the creative journey behind the project, a project that already had a story behind it with Potter sharing a phone call he made while in jail explaining the vision he had once released from Prison and included a feature-heavy project that would help him learn how to navigate different sounds.

In an interview on Capital Xtra with host Rob Bruce, Potter spoke on the idea he had behind the feature-heavy tape saying that “After training day 3 I wanted to make a feature heavy tape, from that feature heavy tape I want to try and make people comfortable hearing me on the popular sound”

The 18 track project contain 12 features and varies from the trap sound that artists such as M Huncho and Billy billions champion, afrobeat which NSG brought to the project, with Potter who is half Algerian sharing in the documentary that creating the song and changing his sound helped him feel closer to his Algerian side. Potter also appeased the fans who listen to him for his raw and authentic raps, with tracks such as “Johnny on the spot” and “Gangsteritus”.

The Essex rapper signed with 0207 Defjam, the UK branch of American major label Defjam, in May this year, following the success of his Training day 3  and signed to the major label alongside fellow UK rap giant Stormzy.

‘Thanks for waiting: The Documentary’ is available to watch here:

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Young adz posted the information on his Instagram with the instructions; “Send an email with pics of ur car and info who you are from lamb truck to tuner cars include your ig etc in email come and pull up on the gang and show ur cars off. DBECARMEET@GMAIL.COM”.

The pair, known for their eccentric and lavish lifestyles invited all their fans no matter their car, stating in the caption “From lamb truck to turner cars”.

DBE last released a project in 2020, in the form of their debut album The blueprint – us vs. them which debuted at number 2 in the official charts and stayed in the charts for 43 weeks.

Whether it is their music output or the lifestyles they convey to their fans, D-Block Europe is a group that takes a lot of influence from the American trap music culture, taking inspiration from the likes of Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne. Before their hiatus, the duo had released 4 projects in the space of 2 years which included a total of 102 songs, with all the projects managing top 10 entries into the charts.

The south Londoners have released two singles in 2021 titled “Lake 29” and “Kevin Mccaliseter”, which were released in June and July. The singles both came very close to a top 40 Lake 29 gained 40th but “Kevin Mccalister” missed out debuting at 42nd.

With the return of live shows, the duo has already performed on the mainstages of the biggest festivals this summer including a 49,000 capacity Wireless festival and 80,000 capacity at Manchester Park life. The pair will begin their rescheduled UK arena tour at the end of November. 

The 7 stop tour will be for their debut album The Blueprint: Us vs Them and will stop at some of the biggest arenas in the country including the London 02 on the 2nd of December as well as 6 other arenas in Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Bournemouth, Nottingham and Glasgow. Tickets for The blueprint: Us vs. Them arena tour are available to buy here.

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D-Block Europe car meet is yet to be given an official date but all information can be found on the artists Instagram pages and the at the email DBECARMEET@GMAIL.COM.

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T left fans waiting nearly 4 months for the track titled “Wollan”, which premiered on UK platform mixtape madness with a video that featured the duo out in jamaica and saw cameos from fellow Homerton rappers V9 and KO.

The two artists have one thing in common that separates them from other artists in their field, their distinct flow. The song saw Skillibeng and Unknown T perform over a UK drill beat produced by Tefo made this one who has worked alongside the likes of Bandokay, Kwengface and the previously mentioned v9.

Unknown T didn’t go quite in the 4 months between teasing this collaboration and releasing it. The east Londoner released his second mixtape Adolescence which peaked at number 8 on the official charts, T then went on to announce a tour of the back of the success of his tape announcing 4 dates in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham to take place in December 2021.

As well as releasing his tape during this time, T walked the runway for Louis Vuitton’s SS22 collection.

 

 

 

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Skillibeng is one of the hottest artists coming out of Jamaica his anthem “Crocidile teeth” took dancehall fans by surprise in October 2020 becoming a viral anthem that has gained 28 million youtube views and 7 million Spotify streams.

Skillibengs newfound fame helped him acquire features from American superstars Rich the Kid and Jay Critch on his 2021 album The Prodigy: Ladies only edition.

The 24-year-old from St. Thomas Jamaica has worked over the last year to build his profile, currently sitting on just over half a million followers on Instagram. In recent days the dancehall artist announced his upcoming project Crocodile teeth: The album. The 12 track project will be released on the 15th of October and will feature 7 artists including; Davianah, Lil zack, Dancehall legends Spice and Popcaan, British Jamaican Stefflondon, and American stars Rich the kid and Bobby Shmurda. 

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Unknown T and Skillibengs new track “Wollan” is available to stream on all digital platforms and can be watched here:

The rapper from Catford, South east London cleared his Instagram and uploaded 3 new posts, the project cover, project trailer and tracklist.

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The 14 track project is set to release on the 29th of October and will be released by the independent label 600eml. A label started in 2020 by the block 6 collective from Catford, with the label sharing the same numbering as Ghostface and a number of the block 6 members with parts of Catford sitting in the se6 postcode.

The project will only contain one feature from fellow block 6 member Jooka, on the bonus track “Litty”. Despite a lack of artist features with Ghostface often only choosing to work alongside his fellow block 6 members, the rapper has used a number of different producers throughout his project.  The 14 track project contains involvement from 13 different producers with Mazzabeats being the only producer to appear on the project twice.

600szn2 will be the 3rd project Ghostface has released since 2019. His first project 600szn was a project that saw Ghostface reflect on his life and his experiences and relationships. The stand out track was  “El Blocko” which sits on 340 thousand streams and hears the melodic rapper rap alongside fellow block 6 member young a6 as they reflect on the area they grew up in, Catford.

Ghostface followed up his debut project with Just a rapper wid melodies, this project saw Ghostface honing in on his melodic sound still performing over drill beats with his melodic take. His stand out track “Troubles” showed his melodic ability as well as showcasing Ghostfaces continued involvement in the streets while still working on his music.

600szn2 comes at a time where Ghostface is at his peak in terms of popularity with his last 4 singles sitting on a total of 3.5 million views in the last 6 months. His work and consistency has made him one of the most interesting artists in the UK rap scene. The rapper has become one of the better artists when it comes to using melodic flows and will hopefully produce at the same level as his previous singles.

Ghostface’s 600szn2 is set to drop on the 29th of October and is available to preorder here.

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The section of the phone call that was used by Potters team to announce the tracklist sees Potter talking about getting out of jail and recording the “40 odd tunes”  he had written while locked up, which fans got in the shape of Training day 3. He then goes on to speak about making songs and creating music with other artists, “A feature-heavy tape, I’m talking about like every tune is a feature”.

Potter has kept to his words with his upcoming mixtape holding 18 tracks,11 tracks that will contain a feature with no artists featuring on more than one song.

The 12 features include the two previously released singles “Catch Up” featuring M Huncho and “Nothings Free” featuring suspect. The first sits on 2.1 million views after a month and the other just over 650 thousand views after being released for just one week.

The 10 remaining features are the 98 rappers Uknown T, KO and Bily billions. T will feature on track 2 “Eastenders”, KO on track 3 “Rappers Lie” and Billy on track 9 “Take a seat” alongside the fairly unknown rapper ICP.

Potter is keeping his project very East London heavy with features from Rimzee on track 4 “Ceo Flo and NSG on track 11 “Plain Clothes”.

The remaining features come from west Londoner Digga D on track 6 “Take that” and Haile on track 15 “Never”. British Zimbabwean and certified hook maker Tiggs the author on track 17 “Gangseritus” and Unknow rapper Smurke on track 14 “Foreva”.

Potter has just completed his 6 date Training day tour which took him to Leeds, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and London. With his tour coming to an end the rapper who signed to 0207 def jam earlier this year will work on getting fans excited for his upcoming project which is set to drop on the 1st of October.

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The 30-year-old took to his Instagram to share the news of his new project as well as sharing a letter with his fans.

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The letter shared with fans a promise that he made in 2017 about how he planned to give 100% to his music when he eventually came home from his jail sentence over a year ago. The rapper shared he never did any of this for the radio or charts, but since his release from prison in June 2020 he had released the final rape of the training day trilogy charting at 3rd on the official charts and also signed alongside UK superstar Stormzy to 0207 Defjam.

The Barking native hasn’t dropped much music since the success of his Training day 3 tape having only recently released a track alongside M Huncho titled “Come up” and featured on Unknown Ts latest tape on the track “Trenches” and on Fredo’s Independence day tape on the track titled “14”.

Potter was also spotted celebrating at GRM daily annual gala alongside some of the biggest influencers and artists in the UK scene. Finding himself pictured next to the likes of Michael Dappah, Stormzy, Fredo and 0207 Def Jam president Alex Boateng.

 

 

 

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Having celebrated at this years GRM gala, the rapper will be hoping to celebrate at this year GRM rated awards after receiving 3 nominations for the categories track of the year for his track “Purpose”, mixtape of the year for his project Training day 3 and male artists of the year.

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Potters upcoming mixtape Thanks for waiting is set to drop on the 1st of October and is available to pre-order here.

The Tottenham rapper has been quiet since his chart-topping album release in October 2020, having only dropped one new single “Pound signs”, appealing on Grm Daily’s daily duppy and making some guest appearances alongside Ghanaian artists Smallgod, O’Kenneth, Kwaku DMC and Lp2loose on the track sinners and most recently he featured alongside King Promise on his track “Ring my line”.

Headie shared the trailer for his upcoming single with his 818 thousand followers yesterday.

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The trailer followed after Headie teased fans with a snippet of the track the day before as well as suggesting an upcoming tape with the tracks he was teasing being number with this upcoming release “2 chains” being the 4th track. The only other tracks shown when Headie was teasing his new music was the 2nd track “Love me for me” and track 3 “Beggars can’t be choosers”

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Headie has taken a step back from the UK scene since his album success but has been keeping his fans entertained with his features on tracks alongside Ghanaian artists.

Headies work in 2020 has not gone unnoticed with the 26-year-old having been nominated for 4 awards at this years Grm Rated awards. Headie was nominated for Album of the year for his chat topping project Edna, Track of the year for his single “Aint it different” featuring Stormzy and AJ Tracey, Video of the year for “Princess cuts” video featuring Nottingham’s Young T and Bugsey and Male artist of the year.

Headies new single will be released this Thursday, with the Flexgoddaps directed video featuring Headie in what looks to be a derelict building with flame throwers in hand.

The 24-year-old took to his Instagram following the release of his single “Regular bag” to share he will be dropping his first project.

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In the caption that the north-west Birmingham rapper shared with his 260 thousand followers, he told fans that he has been taking his time working with different artists and producers around the world in order to fully understand his music and has used his time not only to prepare his debut project but his next 3.

The project title is Provisional license, a title chosen due to M1llionz having been on a driving ban while recording and creating the music. M1llionz unique flow changed the way in which people approached a drill beat, his ability to rap in different pockets of beat all while ensuring the creation of his catchy and well-received tracks. This is work M1lllionz is aware of having put in his caption announcing the project that “Drill has given me a good platform to showcase my talent, I’m trying to elevate the sound and make it possible for the genre to transcend all the natural stereotypes.”

The project will be 12 tracks long and will contain 4 features. Headie one will appear alongside M1llion on the 4th track “Air BnB”, Aj Tracey will appear on the title track “Provisional License”, the previously released track “How Many Times” will appear on the album featuring fellow Birmingham artist Lotto Ash, and rapper/producer Jevon will feature on the final track “Hometown”.

 The feature on M1llionz debut project are some of the biggest artists in the country. Headie one has changed the perception of drill music having topped the charts with his Debut Album Edna, AJ Tracey is the king of charting having had 7 top 10s and 16 top 40s in his career. It is clear what Lotto Ash is able to do with “How many times” having already being released debuting on the official charts and gaining just under 2 million views on youtube. Jevon is one of the most talented artist in the UK and despite never gaining mainstream success and stardom, his music is respected and appreciated by a core fan base and by fellow UK artists.

M1llionz debut project is yet to have a release date but is available to preorder here.