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Avelino - Nice For Life

We knew Drake's original was going to be massive and naturally it headed straight to the top of the charts. Whenever something's flavour of the month, people always but their twist on proceedings and Young Fire comes through with a host of intricate wordplay that Old Flame would be proud of

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Mike Pattemore Mike Pattemore

Cul De Sac - This Time

Manchester's always been a hotbed of musical talent and Room 2 Records always come with the niceness. The latest track from Cul De Sac is set to drop on Friday via the label and Kid Katharsis, Truce, Lay FullStop and Berry Blacc are back with those feel good head-nodding vibes. 

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Cadet - Closure

This has been getting crazy responses and reactions across the social platforms over the last few days and it's understandable why. The self-proclaimed underrated legend is back on his autobiographical flex and he delves deep. Really, really deep.

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The Mouse Outfit ft Dubbul O, Sparkz & Ellis Meade - Repeat

Not long now and The Mouse Outfit release their third album, as with any TMO release we're hyped! It's been three years since 'Step Steadier' was released, the wait is finally over May 4th. For now though they drop this chilled headnodder - Repeat. 

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On Rotation - Playlist update

If you're not following our Studio playlist already then we throw everything currently On Rotation in the Wordplay Studios in one place. Updated every two weeks to keep on top of all that newness! 

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Matt Neville Matt Neville

JGrrey - Growing

Lifting the bar not long after JGrrey caught our ear with her Colors performance of 'Don't Fade', she drops the visuals for soulful track 'Growing'. We're hooked and want more!

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Juga-Naut - Acrylic & Oil

Jugzy Malone's had a busy past six months or so. He's dropped an album alongside his VVV family and more recently, his own Found Object: Stolen Art EP Pt II. Maintaining it's bused, he's blessed us with visuals for the self-produced head-nodder Acrylic & Oil.

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Bumpy Knuckles x Nottz - Grumpy Ol Man

Nottz is undoubtably blessed with the Midas touch when it comes to crafting beats. Throw into the mix the gruff tones of Mr Foxx and you're guaranteed gold.

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Hozay - 410 Shotgun

If you're not new to us, you'll know that Hozay's a firm favourite at Wordplay HQ. He's a monster on the mic and an even bigger beast on the buttons.

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Mike Pattemore Mike Pattemore

10 Questions - ES-K (MJM series)

As part of our 10 Questions, we wanted to dig a little deeper into some of the UK's finest labels and collectives, finding out more about what's going on the land of UK Hip Hop! With this in mind, we decided to touch base with Millennium Jazz Music. First up, ES-K.

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Shogun - Hold Up

Our favourite spitter from North of the border is back and this time, he's getting dark. With Shogun's Scottish growl ripping Cxdy's filthy beat, this is rowdy as f**k.

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Mike Pattemore Mike Pattemore

Kamakaze - No Days Off

Kam only just missed out on a place in our On The Rise list and the first single lifted from his incoming Facts Not Fiction project has us questioning why he was omitted. One for the energy crew here...

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Drake - Nice For What

We don't know whether we have to call it a guilty pleasure or whether it's fine for us to say we're feeling this but Drake's dropped a monster of a track. Whether it's the ridiculous bassline, the Lauryn Hill sample or the host of cameos in the video; Mr Graham rarely seems to get it wrong.

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Saba - LIFE

Saba dropped his latest project Care For Me yesterday and to double up, he's also released visuals for LIFE; with the monochrome mini-movie at the fore as he switches effortlessly between woozy crooning and energetic flows. 

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