Joseph Patterson

1 week ago | complex.com | Joseph Patterson

Welcome to ON A LEVEL, a sitdown interview series brought to you by Complex UK, which sees our EIC, Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson, get real with some of the greatest music talents of now. ON A LEVEL is back, and Season 2 kicks off with a conversation between JP and one of UK rap’s most beloved lyrical minds, Youngs Teflon. The South LDN-born rapper has just released his new album, Keep The Change, and it’s his first as a signed artist through Atlantic Records UK.

2 weeks ago | complex.com | Joseph Patterson

With so many black artists being misrepresented in UK music media, Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson looks for some solutions... August 11, 2016When journalism and media students hit me up with questions for their dissertations—while a pleasure to do, I still find it weird; having been in the music writing field for almost a decade, I still feel like I’m learning myself. My journalism journey has been an odd one, and I told i-D about it in depth last year.

3 weeks ago | complex.com | Joseph Patterson

Nike Tech tracksuits have taken over the streets on both sides of the Atlantic, with Brit-rap megastar Central Cee currently the global face of the trend. Earlier this year, the platinum-selling artist from West London said, in a now-viral clip, that he “put a lot of man on” to the Nike Tech trend, which kicked up a major storm online—mostly Stateside.

1 month ago | complex.com | Joseph Patterson

The UK rap scene may be more fractured than it’s been for a while, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing: what it lacks in unity, it makes up for in diversity. Road rap and drill aren’t quite as dominant as they have been in previous years, but there are still plenty of new talents like Pozer and Mazza L20 invigorating the scene.

1 month ago | complex.com | Joseph Patterson

Omar Guedar, Blair Suarez and Adam Myles make up one of UK underground house’s biggest forces: Mason Collective. And with government names like that, you could say they were born to do this. The DJ-producer outfit from Manchester have been blessing us with their groove-infused tech-house bangers for over a decade, and yet their sound and aesthetic still feels as fresh as the day they started.