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The Hoxton, Barcelona – Opening Spring 2022
The Hoxton, Barcelona will have 240 light and airy bedrooms; a sprawling ground floor restaurant, bar and terrace; a shaded rooftop taqueria and pool; an events space in the basement that will host local cultural programming; and
The Apartment, the brand’s multi-functional meeting and events space. Among the bedrooms, all designed by
Ennismore Design Studio, will be a new “
Homey” category, in which larger rooms will have their own lounge space and kitchenette a new concept for The Hoxton offering something different for its guests and focusing on the longer-stay market. The Hoxton, Barcelona will be located in the
Backroad Gee, the London-based UK rap artist best known for his hit, Party Popper , is next in the opening season of our new series, Meet The MC.
Backroad Gee has the kind of voice that makes you stop what you’re doing and listen. The East London-born artist has spun himself a formidable reputation through his blistering blend of grime, dancehall and drill, with tracks like ‘Party Popper’ and Pa Salieu collaboration ‘My Family’ gaining cult street anthem status. If there’d been live shows in 2020, you can guarantee BackRoad Gee would have enjoyed reload after reload.
It takes talent to flourish during a global health crisis, and BackRoad Gee’s unorthodox flow is the key ingredient in his success: at times it sounds like he’s rapping exclusively in ad-libs, using plosive sounds like gunshots. His verse on the remix of Gully’s ‘Ying Dat’ is one example of this, a series of rapid-fire vocal utterances.
BackRoad Gee has the kind of voice that makes you stop what you’re doing and listen. The East London-born artist has spun himself a formidable reputation through his blistering blend of grime, dancehall and drill, with tracks like ‘Party Popper’ and Pa Salieu collaboration ‘My Family’ gaining cult street anthem status. If there’d been live shows in 2020, you can guarantee BackRoad Gee would have enjoyed reload after reload.
When DJ Mag calls him up, he’s nipping into a cab and heading into the studio. He’d recently been in Paris and Germany, taking flights non-stop. He did his DJ Mag Meet The MC freestyle having not slept for four days. “I was running on E on energy,” he laughs, “it had been session after session after session after session. I was so knackered.” Despite this lack of shut-eye, BackRoad’s freestyle delivers, with longtime collaborator Finn Wigan on the buttons, making for some of those heart-in-mouth vocal moments that you can hear on his �