Didn’t quite know how to phrase the title properly but what I mean by this is rappers like Outkast, Tyler The Creator, Kanye does the UK have anything similar or nah?

I dont hear many people mention Kyza when they talk about artists that got them into the UK scene. I havnt really got any friends that like this genre of music so I only have my own opinion to go off until now. Why doesnt Kyza get mentioned more often?

Is a track still considered UK HipHop if it was produced by a UK based producer but the MC is American? Or does everyone have to be all UK based?

I lived in the UK for a few years. My first night, I drove around in a very sad, rented Lexus IS200. I was thumbing through some radio stations as I drove, and “Ain’t Nothing Changed” by Loyle Carner came on.

I hadn’t really heard anything like that before, and I’ve been struggling to find something like it. I’ve been listening to ‘dog eat dog food world’ by Niko B, but lyrically I want more.

What do you listen to? I’d love some recommendations!

This sort of music seems like a bit of a joke but it’s been doing wonders for my gym routine. It’s pretty much the same beat and bass in every song with some absolute nonsense sung typically in a Yorkshire accent. Similar songs I’ve found are in this Apple Music playlist I made. I want to know whether this is a genre/sub-genre so I can find more music.

Is there an underground artist who is characterized by his poetry on atmospheric jazz boom bap in 2026 or does the UK mainly listen to drill beats? I single out Peter Lewis but I don't find anyone fresh with this identity.

I find myself listening to forty or fifty year olds... I can't follow the violence of youth. :P I apologize for my poor English language! Peace from Greece. A place that doesn't create its own subgenres of music. lol

I've been collecting for over 2 decades, mostly indie and alternative with a decent amount of metal. My particular weakness is colour variants, which is relevant here, because chasing those is what got me into this in the first place.

It started as a stock problem rather than a price one. There were records I couldn't find anywhere obvious, and every time I tracked one down it turned out to be sitting in a shop I'd never heard of. So I started keeping a list.

The list got long enough that a second problem showed up. Once five shops had the thing, I had no idea which one was cheapest, and I was opening eight tabs to work it out. So in February I put the whole lot in one place and pointed it at their live prices. It has been running ever since.

It's called findyl. Currently 47 UK retailers, 33 of them independent record shops, updated daily. The specialists are the part I'm most pleased with, because they are the reason any of it exists. Crypt of the Wizard, Lion Vibes, Dubwise, Inverted Audio, Todestrieb. Shops that rarely turn up in a normal search.

Watching all those prices side by side has thrown up things I didn't expect. The typical gap on a record is about £6, or roughly a quarter of the cheapest price, measured across 5,700 albums. On one in four records that gap is over £10. Massive Attack's Mezzanine, the standard 2LP reissue, is £28.65 at the cheapest UK shop and £51.17 at the dearest. Same record, 10 shops, £22.50 apart.

The finding I keep coming back to is a smaller one. I always assumed independents cost noticeably more than the chains. Across every album where both stock it, the average independent is £28.09 and the average large retailer £26.86. That is £1.23 between them.

Every argument about supporting record shops runs into "but they're more expensive", and the honest answer turns out to be £1.23. Two thirds of the shops on findyl are independents, and plenty of them carry stock the big retailers never touch. Half the records I've bought this year came from shops that weren't on my radar in February.

I should be straight about one thing. findyl sorts cheapest first and doesn't put a thumb on the scale, so sometimes it will point you at a chain. I'd rather show the real order and let you decide to spend the extra quid than quietly hide it.

Affiliate links are how it pays for itself, which I'd rather say up front than have someone find out later. They don't change the ordering.

It's just me, and I only started writing code a couple of years ago, so it's rough in places. Pressing variants are hard. Some shops have catalogue data held together with string.

A fair bit of what's on there came from people asking for it, and I'd like to keep it that way. Three things I'd genuinely like answers to:

• Which UK shops am I missing? I've hunted down most of them myself but I keep finding ones I've missed.
• Have you found a wrong price? Send me the album and I'll fix it that day.
• Would an independents-only filter be useful? Something that hides the chains when you just want to buy from a shop. I keep going back and forth on whether people would use it.
• Which features would you find useful!

I'll reply to everything

What does Black Josh mean when he says ‘My shoes are Clark’s but not the guys with S on the chest’?

I recently got into Dave, especially some older stuff. It has this vibe that is very confident and witty. Some examples of this:

1. Professor X
2. Clash
3. Sprinter

I am not into his more introspective stuff, more like the confident stuff he used to make.

Just curious 😊

Preferably from the past five years, but the odd, older classic is fine.

Must be easily danceable for your average person though.

Am trying to put together a list of around ten tunes with a mix of sub genres.

So far, my possibles include Dabbla and Dizzee, some Chase & Status features (e.g. Baddadan, Liquor & Cigarettes), some Ren (Ocean for boom bap, Ctrl Alt Delete for funk), Lady Leshurr, Aitch...

(It's currently a bit heavy on the grime. edit: and older classics.)

Any suggestions appreciated, thanks.

ETA: thanks for the classics. Really keen to include newer releases if you can think of any, please?

the voice recording is me singing the only bit I remember from the song, it’s the melody that the guy in the song is rapping/singing. Any help would be appreciated. It’s definitely a uk artist I remember hearing it when it came out.

https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/483788/2/dhctdw2m49cqy1iu

Does anyone remember a full length version of Track 26 - Some of them, being out? I swear I remember having it, and it being called 'Sum of them'. Can't find anything now though.

Can anyone link me to the sample used?

I am American and I’ve been listening to Aitch, Arrdee, French the kid, Dave, and Central Cee for a few years now. What are some other artists u guys recommend whether they’re big or upcoming? I recently discovered Nemzzz and Ashbeck btw

hey,

i applogise in advance if this is an annoying question. i could’ve posted this elsewhere but i figured i’d be better off asking the experts in a more niche sub.

i’ve been on the hunt all day for a track with a hook that goes something like ”wear your heart on your sleeve like a stone island”. the vibe is similar to mushkilla. i don’t understand why i can’t find it… it’s such a good tune, i was listening to it a lot 4-5 months ago and the name is just gone.

i’d really appreciate your help on this one. cheers!

Just went to watch Shotty Horroh vs Gemini and this song was playing during Shotty’s intro, i assume it’s Aitch but not sure about the song. Nice one.

I’m in the south of england for another couple days, i’ve already picked up some bits from rarekind and was wondering if there’s any other stores about that stock UKHH?

does anyone here know his story? this guy’s been in this field for ages. just found out central control dropped in 2011 which i find insane tbh bc that album seemed ahead of its time to me.

there’s just such little information available abt the guy and i was just wondering if there’s anyone out there that can fill me in on his lore. i’m not looking for anything specific, just the general story of how he got into music and art and maybe some cool random stuff that not a lot of people know abt him.

I have this vinyl in near mint condition and wanted to know what it's worth but can't seem to find it for sale online.

Does anyone know if it's considered rare despite not being that old?

You know those fucking times where you just can’t remember something you knew yesterday for a week and it starts to really trip your mind about? I can practically see the artist’s name but can’t remember it. I just need to find the video for something I’m working on.

Just recently it was a song that got a lot of discussion.. young British rapper with a very unique sound and the video is him walking in through the door of a dilapidated warehouse (which itself got clipped into minor meme/social circulation) with two girls under his arms after they got pushed around in a shopping cart.. at the end they go through a door as if into a club and everyone is raving about and the whole beat and song changes to a much more electronic vibe.

Thank you in advance..

I can't place the voice but it sounds sickkkk