It’s Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly that kicked it off for me. I bought it on a whim, cos I’d read how good it was supposed to be and that was that. This lad really has the world at his feet.

When I listened to my iTunes library from A to Z I was on Dylan for quite a while. Fortunately it was before all the mega boxed sets and copywrite sets from the past few years came out, plus the stupid amount of […]

A very good candidate as the best rap track of all time, I’d say. An Eminem track that’s not trying to be funny, not attacking someone, just a great lyric and great production. I would have added it to my mate’s […]

I love lists. I compile them to keep my mind ticking over. I have dozens, but I don’t have this one. I do have a list of my favourite 250 songs though (which is a few years old and in desperate need of updating), […]

“It would be interesting to hear Neil’s take on the strange times we are living through now”

Well, he seems to have a coronavirus molecule in front of him on the cover!

Speaking of the cover, I bought a c […]

Ah, yes, that would have helped. Otherwise people might think it really is that kid on the estate with the ASBO.

No. It’s nothing like Guy Chambers has done before or since really. And it’s in French!

Snoop is great, but I can’t help but feel he didn’t reach the heights he was capable of. I know this sounds crazy when he’s one of the most recognisable rappers there is and when Doggystyle routinely finishes in […]

That one was on the shortlist for the CD, but removed at the last minute! It’s great. Got a few of his CDs and really like them all.

from the first to the worst. Dylan does rap, and not in a ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ good way!

Sorry, yes you’re quite right and I’d even read that it wasn’t from the Manson track as first thought, but that clearly didn’t stick and I went back to believing the first thing I’d read, in much the same way as […]

I think his last album was nearly all soul, with barely any rap. I like Plan B. I remember seeing his first appearance on Jools Holland, doing Mama, and being transfixed to the screen. All his albums are good, but […]

Do you know, after I pressed the button on the Grieves track, I did think of Mike Skinner, but Grieves is probably a bit cleaner living.

No problem at all. They did loads we could choose from.

And we’ll finish with the greatest rapper alive [opinion: mine!], Brother Ali. Although I am guilty of it above, he hates that any article about him always starts off by pointing out that he’s a white, registered […]

Two to go and here’s a cracker. I’d bought a few CDs by this lad, and they come in nice, fancy, custom sleeves, like wot Sigur Ros, Spiritualised and Pet Shop Boys used to do. It’s a shame that for the effort made […]

From Seattle to Chicago, for another of my favourite rappers (I have a lot of favourites, okay), Qwel, formerly of the group Typical Cats, whose self-titled album I highly recommend. Qwel has released albums with […]

On to Seattle for another of my very favourite albums, that took two attempts to buy a copy from the States. Well worth the wait. The Group is called Blue Scholars, the album is called Blue Scholars, the record […]

Back to Gang Starr. I think this is my favourite rap track of all 29062 sitting in my iTunes library. Of all the great rappers there has been I choose one with a monotone voice as my favourite. Being a great […]

Let’s have one that’s not even by a rap group. Thievery Corporation have made some excellent albums across many different genres, one of my favourites being their bossa nova album, Saudade, which was discussed on […]