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Confucius MC steps back out of the shadows for his latest single 'Cicada 3301'; drafting in underworld connections StrangeU (High Focus) and Lee Scott (Blah Records) for covert operations.

As we rumble ever closer to the release of Confucius MC's forthcoming album 'Somewhere', the London wordsmith continues to build the anticipation with the unveiling of the second single from the project War And Peace.

After the 12 months of darkness we collectively endured last year Confucius MC​ is bringing the light back with his latest single 'Lanterns​'; once again teaming up with French producer Keor Meteor​ to reignite the flames they created on 2014 LP 'The Highest Order​'.

After the 12 months of darkness we collectively endured last year Confucius MC is bringing the light back with his latest single Lanterns. Once again teaming up with French producer Keor Meteor.

Jehst, Billy Brimstone, J-Star, Billy Tha Kid is back with another dark and brooding thumper. As always he's on point with twisting lyrics to split your wig. Body Bag is taken from the Heathens EP.

Worldwide besting from the million dollar Confucius MC! Coming off the top rope having told you to 'Look Deeper' earlier this year, he tags in Wann Sklobi, the Californian producer.

The debut album from Confucius MC entitled 'The Highest Order' dropped a couple of weeks back in May, exclusively on YNR, but we still needed to bring you this information. The album is a rare trans-channel Hip Hop collaboration with Parisian beat-smith Keor Meteor; who's smoky boom-bap provides the perfect sound-scape for Con's cerebral picture-painting. Eloquently constructed rhymes laid over a backdrop of atmospheric, cinematic production.

Micall Parknsun the 'working class dad' has just dropped his latest LP entitled Me Myself & Akai on YNR. Its a banger and stands out as something special. Parky has put this together doing both the beats and the vocals and has excelled on both counts. Max Weldon caught up with him to find out more and dropped a few questions in Parky's direction. Read on to find out what he had to say.

If you haven't been lucky enough to catch the YNR General Jehst with his incredible full live band, we have a little taster of what you've been missing. The band demonstrate exactly how to take live Hip-Hop to a completely different plateau; smashing through an epic rendition of 'The Illest' (taken from 2011's 'The Dragon Of An Ordinary Family' in this brand new video by emerging director Tarun Thind.

Telemachus is the alter-ego of London based producer Chemo, who has been steadily building a reputation as one of the UK's go-to producers. The Sheltering Sky is the second single taken from Telemachus' forthcoming debut LP In The Evening featuring vocals from Jehst. This is a brooding slice of cinematic Hip Hop, an epic soundtrack for Jehst's double-edged wordplay, taking the listener on a desert journey across foreign sands.