Clondalkin native Tall-Order released his much anticipated debut album The Tree Of Life And Death in December and to great acclaim, reaching the number 1 spot on the iTunes HipHop charts knocking Eminem's, The Marshall Mathers EP II off the top spot.
Irish HipHop veterans The Elements are back from hiatus and have just released Lost Archives 06-08. A collection of unreleased tracks from 2006–2008 in an album format to keep us enticed till the release of newer, fresher material.
Well known Dublin emcee Siyo hit 2012 hard and fast with the new video for his track Shinobi Flow. The Artane native is one of the most recognisable heads in the game, both for his place in the Irish HipHop scene and for the amicable character he is too. Rapping with a number of years, he got his start at an open mic night ran by Alan Newman. From this he connected with Terawrizt and Collie and began recording his own tracks. Siyo has released two mixtapes since his entry to the scene, Fresh Out The Gaff Vol.1 and Weapons Of Mass Creation.
The first single Young Apprentice featuring G.I. from Costello's forthcoming solo album Illosophical, has been released accompanied by a video. Costello, from Blanchardstown in Dublin has been putting in work on the scene here for a number of years, collaborating with the likes of Sons Phonetic, Veritas and Moschops. He's been writing since his early teens and back in '07 he hooked up with producer G.I., then in '08 he linked with the late Lunitic and along with 4Real the four formed the group Street Literature.
Early in 2011, HipHop group Sons Phonetic released their first official album Twelve Labours.
The group were formerly known as Correkt Minds and released a mixtape along with a slew of tracks but they switched up, added a new member, a new DJ, formed a new sound and Sons Phonetic was born. The addition of new member's Tommy Tyler(emcee) and Tom Dunne(DJ) gave the group a much fuller sound and unbeatable live experience. The group consists of six members and are all from and based in Waterford ;
The duo Veritas have just released their latest track Dark Ages, which is taken from their upcoming, as yet untitled debut album.
Dublin collective The Animators are back with a video for their latest installment, the track Marvellous.
If you don't already know, the collective consists of eight members, a mixture of emcees, producers and vocalists ;
Mango, Dizzy, Smokey Jay, Alan Newman, RV, Woody, Mr. HighSpeed and Leiko and who are all based in and around Dublin.
Sketch Nine has released an EP, The Expenses Of Living Free and one of the tracks off that EP is They're Watching.
Class A'z are back with a video for their latest track The Evidence, which is from their upcoming mixtape On Tick and will be released in the coming weeks.
Shakey and Colltrane got together around June of this year and formed the group The Delta Boys and this is their first release, the mixtape Special Delivery.
