Category: R&B

From Nao to Robin Thicke, R&B comes in many forms; we look at some of the biggest artists of the genre and their work

5th April 2017

Instagram Love | iSpy – Lil Yachty & Kyle Video Breakdown

Another music video breakdown, this week we are looking at the adorable video for “iSpy” with Kyle featuring Lil Yachty. At Culture Hash we love a bit of Lil Boat and his bizarrely infectious style of rapping and singing. He’s causing a bit of a stir in the hip-hop world, with his seeming lack of respect for the founding fathers...

Hip-Hop/Music/R&B Comments: 2

22nd February 2017

Rap Names Part II: For a Few Rappers More

Like we talked about last time, rapper’s stage names usually fall into two categories: Boasts = Mos Def Or Name-based puns = Nelly [first name Cornell] We’re going back to the well to look at more of these ridiculous names, and shatter the illusion that rappers are cool. I mean, there’s a dude on Dr. Dre’s label who goes by...

Garage/Hip-Hop/Music/Pop/R&B Comment: 1

9th February 2017

One Album Wonders Part 1 – the Debut Smash

We’ve all been there when the latest band comes out and their debut album is fucking lit. I mean, seriously these guys are going to be next big thing. I can’t wait to tell my friends about this new artist I discovered. Now whenever they are on TV I can smugly tell people that I heard of these guys before...

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24th November 2016

Bo Selecta: the Craig David Story – Part Two

Damn homie, in High School you was the man, homie Welcome to part 2 of the extremely unauthorised biography of Craig David. In part one we looked at the apex as our hero became the breakout star of Garage era, sold a lot of albums and was effectively ruined by Bo Selecta. Somehow I managed to turn that sentence into...

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10th November 2016

Bo Selecta: the Craig David Story – Part One

Re-Rewinding the glory days of the Garage Godfather Welcome to Culture Hash’s Garage month. We started with a much-belated review of Years and Years’ debut album, Communion, which showed the 2015 interpretation of the UK Garage genre, creatively titled “Future Garage”. Now is the time to look back to the original genre and its most recognisable artist, Craig Ashely David....

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11th October 2016

Nao – For All We Know | Album Review

Wonky Funk with a slice of Aaliyah Nao is on the cusp of becoming one of the biggest artists in the UK and has been attracting a strong following, since the release of her stellar debut album, For All We Know. The album saw moderate success when it was released in July 2016 and peaked at #17 in the UK...

Music/R&B Comment: 1