KirbLaGoop is widely known for his appearance on Hellboy with Lil Peep, “Red Drop Shawty”. The comments generally consist of debate over Kirb’s voice, divided between those who really rock with him and those who simply don’t know the lore. That high-pitched voice you hear on RDS belongs to one of Florida’s most iconic SoundCloud rap pilgrims. Being from Florida, and surrounded by the South’s slowed rap music, Kirb has done his study time on the culture and integrated it into

Whilst Renzniro’s music refuses to be constrained by any particular label, No Weapon Shall Prosper is firmly rooted in a breaking UK wave of experimental grime, driven by polished production, cinematic soundscapes, and live instrumentation. NWSP mirrors the movement it's a part of: new territory, triumphant, and awash with sounds of angelic ascendance. Alongside Renz, producer Wudini served as another alchemist, responsible for shaping the mixtapes sonic direction. NWSP featu

All photographs shot by Louis Butler. In the early 2020s, underground rap underwent a colossal shift in spirit and sonics. Post pandemic, rap fans were avidly online and spoilt for choice of increasingly niche pockets of music, with which to identify themselves with. Production advanced into new experimental territory. Lyrics moved further away from convention, embracing absurdism, internet culture, and unfiltered self-expression. Among the artists embedded in this evolution

Tenkay is an artist who stays abundantly true to the Based movement’s loud personality. Since Soulja Boy turned MySpace into a playground, trolling has been one of its key motifs. Tenkay is undoubtedly a troll online, but regardless of how you sit with his irony-laced, controversial social media presence, he is a pivotal, often misunderstood figure in the SoundCloud jerk wave’s origin story and the modern based revival. Tenkay and his ex-collective 1C34’s 2022-23 run sits in

Recently we linked up with soon to be MIRRORHOUSE performer and Manchester based ambient rapper, Roop. We strolled through his musics backdrop of littered canals, and pop up high rises, pondering over his steady and strong come up in the UK’s underground rap scene. From his foundational dog world Soundcloud days to trans-Atlantic collaborations in New York, Roop has maintained a consistent level of hunger and pride in his music, using it as a transformation tool for turning b

In a time where kids are nostalgic for a time they never lived in and for an authentic experience they’ll never truly have, the taste of Imogen heap samples, hip hop drums, and teenage existentialism is nectar for Gen-Z’s nostalgia addicts. But it’s in this determined resurgence that elements are forgotten and essence is lost. Things like DIY production, laptop vocals, drenched reverbs and home made cover arts are a forgotten component. These are core pillars which made cloud

I’d say Tommy Wright III carries Memphis on his shoulders, but it’s really in his chest, pumping raw red through his veins. I spoke in depth with one of the original Memphis maniacs after an electric sold-out show at White Hotel, Manchester to talk about 90s Memphis, tape hustling, parking lot pimpin' and the spirit of crunk. Starting from the monumental Ashes II Ashes, grave-digging Polaroid era, to influencing a whole realm of underground rap cascades like Lil Ugly Mane, Bl

Evolving from a branch project of TripDixon, Hartofalion has grown into an entity of its own. Flourishing in the emotional duality of intimacy and abrasion, he weaves raw feeling into soundscapes that refuse to settle in one place. Introspective yet expansive, the music and lyrics layer together like brushstrokes, painting ecosystems of emotion in sound. We met after his London quiet show, in a city that feels symbiotic with his palette. Fog-drenched skies, rain-soaked street