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

CASA X & Taylor B-W

‘High Demand’

alternative hip-hop/indie r&b

VELASCAN

‘A.M.’

psychedelic rock/dream pop

Malik Corleone

‘SOLO’

rap/autotune

Rell

‘Boom!’ (Feat. Level)

alternative hip-hop

SIDE B

OTC

‘How I Roll’

afrobeats/hip-hop

dom champ

‘Not All Bad’

spoken word/hip-hop

Rögg Collins

‘Like I Do’

indie electronic/lo-fi house

Jagbabii

‘New Friends’ (feat. Yung Caf)

rap/autotune

I love listening to music on holiday, and back in the old days, I used to travel with cassette tapes and a boombox.

Art Malik