Max Pope has teamed up with Tom Misch on his latest single, Automatic .
The South London singer-songwriter and the producer are long-time pals and Max previously collaborated with the studio wizard on the title song on Tom and Yussef Dayes acclaimed 2020 LP What Kinda Music .
On returning the favour, Max said in a statement: Working with Tom really helped me find my voice. I’ve always been the guy sitting there with a guitar and can’t think unless I’ve got one in my hand. Chord arrangements is usually a big part of what I do but with Tom, I hardly touched the guitar because I’m so inspired by the way he plays. I just focussed on building a narrative and forming the song - which is my favourite part of the writing process.
Bars were alive and well in 2020 whether they came from incarcerated rappers or even alien rappers. Over rapid trap hi-hats and inventive production, artists such as Lil Baby and Megan Thee Stallion dominated the charts with top rap songs and earned their place at the forefront of rap’s future at every turn. Elsewhere, veterans such as Freddie Gibbs and Benny The Butcher let fans know their pen continues to improve, producing some of the best rap songs of their career as they took their turn in the spotlight.
No matter which side of Hip Hop is preferred, the 2020 best rappers conversation uncovered these wordsmiths and gave fans lyrics to stick to their ribs and ruin their bib at the same time.
15 Great Jazz Albums of 2020
Jazz may not have the mainstream cultural dominance that it once did, but it remains a thriving, multi-faceted form of music that continues to have so much more to say. Jazz informs so much of the rap and electronic music that
does have mainstream cultural dominance today, and it s long popped up in indie rock, metal, punk, and other styles of popular music too. Though jazz never went away, the past few years have seen a serious jazz renaissance that continues to grow, branch out into new innovative territory, and attract new listeners. The world of jazz is so vast and we don t claim to be experts of all of it, but if you re looking to catch up on some of the great jazz albums released in 2020, we put together a list of 15 that we strongly recommend. It s not a definitive best-of, and we probably haven t even heard all of the great jazz albums released this year, but we d like to think it s a pretty good place to start.