Which 8 current gems will make it on this Hip Cassette round-up? Plug that rusty tape player in, press play and make sure you keep notes…

by Christos Doukakis

SIDE A

Shumaq

‘Meanwhile’

indie pop/hip-hop/commercial

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K.Charles

‘Quarantine’

cloud rap/trap

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Damien Sebe

‘you’ll be just fine’

chill-hop/lofi

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Ave.

‘kill myself’ (Feat, 5woke)

alternative hip-hop/wave

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SIDE B

Songs To Your Eyes & Roland Bingaman

‘Force Majeure’

synth-pop/indie funk

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KALAN

‘Runnin Away’

trap

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SoBe

‘poco’

instrumental hip-hop

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M Soto

‘In Luv’

trap/rap

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A hard copy? It’s fire. People want vinyl and cassette tapes – it’s just cool to be able to touch it and feel it.

Tierra Whack