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Ric Branson - Epilogue

One third of the legendary Universal Soldiers, Ric Branson's back after an 11-year absence to drop his new album Epilogue. Produced entirely by fellow US member A.H.Fly, he's only gone and offered up this project for free!

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Black Josh - Dem Ways

Black Josh on a chilled one with Dem Ways, taken from "Yung Sweg Lawd" the full length album out on Blah Records this year.

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Vard & Wish - Young & Influenced

To celebrate the release of their World War 3 project, Vard & Wish have shared visuals for one of the standout tracks from the project.

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In Depth: Pupils Of The Clock

South-West rap duo Lazy Eyez and Tok, aka Pupils Of The Clock, have recently seen their recognition reach new heights across the UK after releasing their debut album, Timeless back in January. We caught up with them to see how they were planning to build on their new-found momentum.

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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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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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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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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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