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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

🧵 Best UK rap/grime album of every year (in my opinion) (1998–2022)

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

4 years

Arsenal waiting for the £3.5B Super League stimmy

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@akahamz

4 years

*Stormzy does a feature* Chip:

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

8 years

Lil Uzi Vert: "All my friends are dead, push me to the edge" Me:

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

Hope it’s common knowledge that Skrapz is a better rapper than Nines

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

We’re at a stage in UK rap where our legacy rappers are dropping average albums, but we’re attached to expecting greatness cause we grew up on their peaks. Time to stop doing that and face the facts

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@akahamz

4 years

Real rap fans know bout this one

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4 years

Which freestyle lives rent free inside ur head ?

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

8 years

A Muslim would never bomb their own place of worship, doesn't take a genius to figure that out #PrayForPakistan

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

There’s a lot of praise coming for this J Hus album. I personally didn’t wait three years to hear one of the best artists in UK rap in cruise control on their crucial third album. No risks taken, no evolution. Just plain, safe and a step below his high standards

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@akahamz

4 years

Whenever people talk about @PotterPayper ’s lyricism they never mention his insane rhyme schemes, an aspect that’s shadowed by the praise he gets for his storytelling So here’s a look at some of his rhyming, broken down by me 🖌

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@akahamz

3 years

If I’m being really selfish, I needed Kano on ‘In the Fire’

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

10 months

My bag was different cloth

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Back in my day ye

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

We should have been worried when Jae5 was not involved and said Hus don’t wanna focus on subject matter Instead we got an album chatting bout usna the whole way through. Knowing the standards of songwriting shown on Big Conspiracy? Come on…

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

2 years

@i_love_dua @615KP @EtherealllGirll @amazingrocio2

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

2 years

💽 EVERY UK RAP CLASSIC 💽 There’s never been a record of all the classics from the UK scene. I’ve put together the first documented list of classic albums & mixtapes. All subgenres, from every decade, archived online forever. Dive in, share and enjoy!

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

8 years

LOOOOOOL look what Ozil just liked, he's burning 😂

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2002: The Streets — Original Pirate Material 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Ms. Dynamite – A Little Deeper • Jehst – Return of the Drifter

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

Sampha live. An experience

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

6 months

@wowthatshiphop @nfr_podcast I think he means he can’t think of his own line to diss Drake with

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

Black & grey artwork this year >>

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

4 months

Spotify changed their font and thought a real font yearner like me wouldn’t notice

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2005: Kano — Home Sweet Home 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Ruff Sqwad – Guns & Roses, Vol. 1 • The Mitchell Brothers – A Breath of Fresh Attire • M.I.A. – Arular

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

6 years

This Skepta was unmatchable

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@ukgrime

6 years

Look who turned up at Grime originals! #Skepta

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

8 years

Loool, the most coldest handshake I've seen

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

Officially the worst aged lyric in history

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@PopCrave

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Jada Pinkett Smith reveals that she and Will Smith have been separated for 7 years.

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

2 years

Little Simz officially has the best three-album run by a UK rapper. These are serious bodies of work that show what the real bar in the country should be. Only J Hus can come rival it now

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

When will Dave stop delivering a verse as a hook. We must petition

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

6 years

The small talk before someone asks you for a favour is bottom tier. Ain’t got time for it

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

9 years

When Skepta said "Blud, you're not on your deen" and you started fixing up

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2003: Dizzee Rascal — Boy in da Corner 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Foreign Beggars – Asylum Speakers

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

7 months

Thanks to BBC Radio 1 for having me on a couple times to talk about the Kendrick, J. Cole and Drake shenanigans. Laying out the facts for the nation 🫡

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@akahamz

1 year

2016: Skepta — Konnichiwa 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Kano – Made in the Manor

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

2 years

@ByDobson TFS TA1300 Alfredo LP! Comfortable gap between 1st and the rest for me

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

10 years

Simon: So tell me a little about yourself Me: I have two feet and two arms Cheryl: http://t.co/lhBPz81sdH

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2017: J Hus — Common Sense 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Wiley – Godfather • Loyle Carner – Yesterday’s Gone

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

8 years

Alexis finally speaking English and doing interviews now ❤️

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

2 years

Many years overdue, I’m now a writer in print 🏂 I reviewed Stormzy’s first headline show at The O2 for Issue 152 of @LoudAndQuietMag . Easily one of the coldest performers we have. Many thanks to Luke!

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

Today marks 4 years since I started Mic Cheque Originally a place where I could fill the gap in the lack of UK album reviews – now it is the only place you can consistently find scored UK rap reviews and educated commentary on hip hop as a whole 🏆

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

7 years

Ramriddlz is romantic in the most unromantic way

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2021: Little Simz — Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 2022: Little Simz — NO THANK YOU

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2004: Skinnyman — Council Estate of Mind 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Klashnekoff – The Sagas Of… • Wiley – Treddin on Thin Ice • The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free • Estelle – The 18th Day

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

Someone said calling this song Clash is cheeky considering Stormzy swerved Chip. Weren’t me though

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2009: Skepta — Microphone Champion 🥈Honourable Mentions: • K Koke — Pure Koke, Vol. 1

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

2 years

@osowxvyy You in the comms room at Elland Road

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

4 years

🚀 A collection of my written and creative work (album reviews, interviews & social media content)

Hamza | Writer & Content Creator

A collection of my articles and social media content: album reviews, editorials on the UK rap scene, interviews with artists and Instagram posts.

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

Sat down and had a chat with @ennyintegrity , one of the coldest rappers out right now. We dug deep into her latest EP, avoiding getting put in a creative box, perspectives on ageing & more Read up in the latest issue of @LoudAndQuietMag ✌🏼🌊

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

2 years

So far this year Mic Cheque has reviewed projects by Digga D, Knucks, Youngs Teflon, Blade Brown & K-Trap, Kojey Radical, Jordy, Mowgs and M Huncho The only platform honestly reviewing all the UK rap drops. You’re not finding these reviews nowhere else. Real shit

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

2 years

Five Years of Mic Cheque 🎂 Half a decade of work and consistency. That’s crazy. Still the only place to find UK rap reviews and tons more content. Much love to anyone who supports the platform. We stay moving!

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

9 years

This actually motivates me to revise

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2020: J Hus — Big Conspiracy 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Potter Payper – Training Day 3

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

M1llionz beating the singles artist allegations

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

“WAAITT does not reinvent the wheel, but it is unapologetically Dave, understanding his strengths to solidify the pull the South London rapper has on the entire nation.” Here we go. The review for Dave’s Number 1 album. Take a read and share up ⛵️

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2012 (tie): Nines — From CR to Hollywood (mixtape) + Plan B — Ill Manors

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2019 (tie): Dave — Psychodrama + Little Simz — Grey Area

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

10 years

AND DEJAGAH IS ONSIDE AS THE NIGERIANS TRAIL BEHIND http://t.co/eIB9jiRpp8

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

6 years

Seeing your people do well is top 1 feelings

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

Life is genuinely so random sometimes. Over a year after the review. Soaking in this dub right now 😄

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

No one’s got J Hus album in their AOTY convos. The real won

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

10 years

“ @JamzLdn : Quote tweet this with your vine of the year!”

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

Running back the list of every classic UK rap project I compiled a while ago—the first record of its kind Here’s a summary of the 120+ albums & mixtapes. Includes all subgenres from the 80’s up to present day. What did I miss? Full article on Mic Cheque:

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

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2018: Children of Zeus — Travel Light 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Nines – Crop Circle • Sneakbo – Brixton • Ard Adz – Adam

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@akahamz

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The Book of Hov Exhibition 📍Brooklyn Caught it just before it ended & right before his birthday

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@akahamz

1 year

2013: Potter Payper — Training Day (mixtape) 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Nines – Gone Till November

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@akahamz

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Ken & Friends is a Hall of Fame hate sesh & it’ll never be dethroned

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@akahamz

1 year

1999: Roots Manuva — Brand New Second Hand

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@akahamz

3 years

Ignore uncle. Stream that shit!

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

A little look at how Google is catching Mic Cheque articles. Top result for our UK Rappers on American Beats and OutKast pieces, plus first page on dozens more. Self-made work paying off.

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

2 years

@mattj200 @PlayaBaby7 It was originally on Beast Mode then got added to the deluxe of DS2 and removed off the streaming version for Beast Mode. If you check the mixtape sites it’s on there.

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

4 years

Hold on a second...

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

I have no regret in saying this. ‘Way 2 Sexy’ is HARD. Sorry not sorry

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

This comment finished me 😭😭

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

2008: Giggs — Walk in da Park 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Kano – 140 Grime St • Jme – Famous? • Devlin – The Art of Rolling • Ghetts – Freedom of Speech • Lowkey – Dear Listener

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@akahamz

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

6 months

On the artwork it says “They had almost a week to recover from the euphoria of Tuesday’s series-winning victory” If that’s anything to go by, Kendrick’s dropping another diss very soon. He also mentioned ‘Back to Back’. Drake’s got under a week to ‘recover’

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

4 years

Finally receiving @THEREALGHETTS ’s album tonight 😌

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@akahamz

2 years

Been a blessed year. Alhamdulillah

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

I reviewed the new Potter Payper album, out tonight after years of anticipation. Safe to say he’s no longer training. Read up! Real back in style 💫

Mic Cheque

@MicChequePosts

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REVIEW: Passionate and cinematic, Potter Payper’s debut album is a theatrical blockbuster, its gaze comfortably set on the history books & in contention for best UK rap record of the year

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@akahamz

1 year

Let’s gooo. Shoulda called it Stillmagic tho. Missed a trick there

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@nfr_podcast

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NAS - MAGIC 2 JULY 21ST 🚨

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@akahamz

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This year I wrote 87 articles, and Mic Cheque had tens and thousands of visitors peeping the work which blows my mind. Thank you to anyone who’s visited, enjoyed the work or learnt something! Here’s a thread of some of my favourite pieces of 2021 📑

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

Lemme jump out my comfort zone

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

Finding it impossible to watch or listen to anything trivial at the moment. That form of escapism feels ineffective when my mind’s fixated on how horrible this dunya is

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

6 months

FOMO’s killing the casuals and influencers who only listen to UK rap. Tweeting just to feel involved. This convo is out of your league I’m afraid, let the grownups talk

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

J Hus proved on ‘Big Conspiracy’ that he really is a sick lyricist. The rhyme schemes he’s showing on this new track will silence anyone that still thinks he’s not

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

4 years

🇬🇧 CLASSIC UK RAP SONGS THAT USE AMERICAN BEATS 🇺🇸 I compiled 15 classic UK rap songs that you didn’t know used an American beat. Featuring @nines1ace , @PotterPayper , @JoeBlackUk , @TheRealRimzee and more. Check out the list in the article below. 🔗:

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

6 months

From a man who didn’t know what ‘No Vaseline’ was and the other hadn’t even heard Mr. Morale. Old and clueless. At least pick one

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@LickshotLippy

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The neek era. Have your moment, you people stink 😷

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

9 months

Every time the Little Simz convo comes up it exposes so much. Shows how we’re stuck in a rut. Shows why artists keep making the same kinda song. Shows why UKR doesn’t advance at a healthy rate. The issue is beyond her at this point, it’s a fried scene

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

I hope J Hus doesn’t drop an album for the next five years until you people go back and put more respect on ‘Big Conspiracy’

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

10 months

People quoting exceptions rather than seeing the bigger picture being stated here. Exactly why we get dishonest critiques and constant average albums in UK rap. It's 2024, raise your standards

Shadiq | Creator + PR Strategist

@KRXOVRmedia

10 months

UK artists suck at making good albums. NOT making albums with good music; there are plenty of those. They suck at creating an intentionally curated experience and incorporating storytelling into the execution and roll out of the album. It takes more than JUST making good songs.

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

What a shit year it’s been for UK rap. Nearly everyone dropped forgettable projects and it’s not been said enough

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

5 years

A man like me actually secured a first in my dissertation. Really couldn’t ask for more ☄️

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@akahamz

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New York was nice

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

4 years

So I had the chance to interview J.I. ( @i_am_j_i ) and we spoke about his roots in rapping, the love he gets from the UK and a lot more. Here’s a preview of the conversation Full article of the interview is coming soon on 😁

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

3 years

Pleased to announce that I’ll be piloting a hip hop show called ‘The Iron Mics’ as a finalist of @Clubhouse ’s Creator First programme. This one’s for all the true rap heads out there Come support the pilot on Friday 21 May @ 10PM BST / 2PM PT / 5PM ET 🗣

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

4 years

My review for @THEREALGHETTS ’s #ConflictOfInterest – a grand, meticulous body of work, precise with its intent at every turn. 🔗:

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

2 years

Everyone needs to support the upcoming Loyle Carner album the same way we did for Simz, Ghetts and Kojey. It’s gonna be incredible

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

Drake is very aware he’s giving us bullshit. You don’t put out a track like ‘8AM in Charlotte’ before the album and have nothing else on par with it across 23 attempts. That is a conscious decision

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Ham 🚨

@akahamz

1 year

Some of my favourite U.K. underground projects of the year El Londo — THANKSLONDO Tay Jordan — Have a Nice Trip Chri$DaPrince — Black is Black Karms — Flowers Bloom in a Dark Room

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@akahamz

1 year

Nuts. Wasn’t even a single. This must be the only pure rap song to reach a billi with no gimmicks attached

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@chartdata

1 year

. @kendricklamar and @jayrock 's "Money Trees" has now surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify.

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@akahamz

4 years

My review for @fredo ’s new album ‘Money Can’t Buy Happiness’ is up now to read – a cohesive and focused body of work. Link to the review is below 📌

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@akahamz

4 years

My piece on The Forgotten Era of UK Rap: a look into the overlooked legends that laid the foundations for what the scene is today Featuring a focus on @JoeBlackUk , @mrBennyBanks & more who deserve their flowers Take a read, RT & share the article 📝 🔗:

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@akahamz

1 year

2007: Ghetts — Ghetto Gospel (mixtape) 🥈Honourable Mentions: • Giggs & Dubz – Ard Bodied • Skepta – Greatest Hits • M.I.A. – Kala

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