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
Nue
‘Demon Child’
emo rap
Sea Glass & Blue Canopy
‘New Romans’
chillwave
Blake Wisner & Hubstcy
‘Moodlighting’
indie r&b/bedroom pop
EliasKwola
‘Frostbyte’
alternative hip-hop
SIDE B
yung heartthrob
‘perky’
cloud rap
Eli x Nkforos
‘Had It On Me’
trap/rap
Swan Daley
‘The Wiz’
instrumental hip-hop
Aibai
‘Summer Haze’
indietronica/dream pop
I used to record ‘Futurama’ episodes on my cassette player and play it to help me go to sleep.
Jermaine Fowler