AQ is proud to kick off your week with an intense flow collaboration between Hyphen and Hunter, two London-based artists fast on the rise.
The title 4 Hours isn’t some subtle clever reference – the song took four hours for Hyphen and Hunter to make, including making the beat and writing the verse. The gravity of flow and spitfire delivery immediately demands attention, and builds to a fever pitch on intensity of introspection and existential meaning rather than the current standard of braggadocios autofellatio.
“Hunter and I have a similar unconventionality – we’re both guys who you wouldn’t guess rap – so I suppose it’s no wonder when we got into the studio things clicked,” Hyphen explains. “We’d been working with the same producer, J.A.R.J, on our respective projects. He started laying down some drums and the next four hours was a blur, at the end of which we had this song.”
“Taking inspiration from projects like ‘Watch the Throne’ and collaborations between Wretch 32 and Devlin, we wanted to make a song that reflected the energy and passion for music, and trying to showcase our different skill sets. The fact that we challenged ourselves to finish the bulk of the song in one session gave it an urgency that we both feel in our real lives; we’re both working full-time jobs, but chasing ambitions in music.”
Dig deeper on the duo:
Ben Hunter: Facebook
Hyphen: Facebook
