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Getting Acquainted: Hypes

Georgina Chapman July 1, 2012 0

Tell us a bit about yourself Hypes… I started writing lyrics when I was about 13 years old, when grime music was at its peak; I’d normally just write lyrics in class. Dizzee Rascal

[OUT OF THIS CITY] ON SERVING TIME: FRID

Georgina Chapman February 23, 2012 0

With deeply emotional delivery and stimulating lyrics explaining his life journey and the struggles he encountered growing up, Manchester-based MC Frid’s E.P. Serving Time is an impressive autobiographical journey. The honesty and authenticity touched

Mixtape Review: RIO – The Ri-Mix

Georgina Chapman February 16, 2012 0

After having learnt that Manchester based rapper RIO had written and recorded his fifth mixtape in just three weeks, I was excited to hear what he had to say in just eight tracks. RIO

[OUT OF THIS CITY] Manchester’s Finest: RIO

Georgina Chapman February 13, 2012 0

Hailing from Manchester’s Moss Side, twenty-six year old Rio Nelson is giving the north of England a place in the urban music scene with his fourth mixtape release, The Ri-Mix. Nelson, stage name RIO,