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12:00 Midnight
Sabio Dub
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Underground hip-hop, grime, metal and beat tapes, reviewed by Australian critic Corban Skipwith. No PR embargo, no committee — just the records that deserve your ears.
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Cabriolet
Wst Taylor
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Crack Baby 4: Michele’s Baby Boy
Nam Nitty
“It seems with each new release (whether that be his own or producing for one of his many collaborators) this man gets that one step closer to creating arguably ‘the perfect Hip-Hop album’ and I understand that”Read the review
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Cabriolet
Wst Taylor
Some artists have the unrivalled ability to turn any project they create into a storybook experience, this man is one of them. I’ve heard him utilise many different faces and styles across his career and yet (without…
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GRINCH’N II: ALL MEN BEAR ARMS
shvmire & Luca Brasi 753
There must be something exciting about a producer being able to switch sides and start rapping. The whole time I’ve known this man I’ve heard him make beats and now I can see how he handles the mic! Alongside one of the…
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Underground Hip-Hop
Boom bap, coke rap, cloud rap and lo-fi from the scenes the majors never heard of.
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Cabriolet
Wst Taylor
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GRINCH’N II: ALL MEN BEAR ARMS
shvmire & Luca Brasi 753
EP
12:00 Midnight
Sabio Dub
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13th Hour: Part Deux, Reinforce The Franchise
Owltree & Mufasa RKG
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Massiah Kaine & Scottzilla
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Errol Holden
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Metal & Punk
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Pedigree
CRIMEAPPLE & MichaelAngelo
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WITHOUT YOU
Sammy Veins
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I
Slowly Drowning
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Transmission
Oceans On Other Planets
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There Is No Peace Amongst The Stars
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From The Forge
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B.I.T.C.H
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SELFCHECKOUT
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WARRIOR COCOON
th 3prism
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DON CORLEONE & TOM HAGEN
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GLITCH IN THE MATRIX
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CAVE
AU
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SWAN SONGS
DJ Krooked
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Abstractions
Len Dor
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Dead Channel Sky
Clipping.
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Beat Tapes
Producers front and centre. Dusty loops, chopped soul, no MC required.
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Below Chill
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RAWMINERALS
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THE BEATS THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS
Bone Weso
Beat Tape
Rona X
Bhrama Bull
Beat Tape
THE_WiMSiCAL_ONES
Jazzy Lion Man & YFI
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Year Of The Peacock
Demetri
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Apollo Brown
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Cognac On Da Curb
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BUTANE Vol. 1
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Gold for the underground
Corban's monthly honours for the records, producers and artists who ran the month. No industry votes, no sponsors — just the Tongue's verdict.
The voice
Who is the Serpent Tongue?
The Serpent Tongue doesn't chase.
But it listens — to everything.
And then it tells you the truth.
Corban Skipwith is an Australian critic who came back to hip-hop through Westside Gunn and Griselda and never left the underground since — with detours through grime, metal and the outer edges of noise.
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