Which 8 current gems will make it on this Hip Cassette round-up? Plug that rusty tape player in, press play and make sure you keep notes…

by Christos Doukakis

SIDE A

Shumaq

‘Meanwhile’

indie pop/hip-hop/commercial

K.Charles

‘Quarantine’

cloud rap/trap

Damien Sebe

‘you’ll be just fine’

chill-hop/lofi

Ave.

‘kill myself’ (Feat, 5woke)

alternative hip-hop/wave

SIDE B

Songs To Your Eyes & Roland Bingaman

‘Force Majeure’

synth-pop/indie funk

KALAN

‘Runnin Away’

trap

SoBe

‘poco’

instrumental hip-hop

M Soto

‘In Luv’

trap/rap

A hard copy? It’s fire. People want vinyl and cassette tapes – it’s just cool to be able to touch it and feel it.

Tierra Whack