Urban Barz Issue 7 explores the stories shaping independent hip-hop, rap, R&B and soul, with cover artist LEEDY finding peace in vulnerability on “arden”.
Inside, DA-MOVEMENT bring a long-lost piece of Chicago hip-hop history to listeners with “24’s”, featuring Never of Crucial Conflict and the late Johnny P. Discover music from C’batch, Dayne Malcolm and Jodian Pantry, Lil’ Mike, KID NATIVE, ExclusiveBoy D, Xavier Bryant, LoDeck & The Golden Godz and R3b3l I.
Our main feature, “The Culture Is the Infrastructure”, examines Black music’s £24.5 billion contribution to the UK recorded music market between 1994 and 2023, asking what cultural influence means without fair access to ownership and opportunity.
Plus, explore emerging artists, playlist picks, single and album reviews, and Tech Talk coverage of the Positive Grid Spark GO and Behringer D MINI.
Independent voices. Music worth your time. Stories worth keeping.