8 Hip-Hop Music Blogs to Submit Songs To

par Mackenzie Leighton
8 Hip Hop Blogs to Submit music to

If you’re a hip-hop artist and want to get your music heard, try submitting your music to hip-hop blogs. Music blogs devoted to hip hop culture often have very dedicated readers who live and breathe the genre, and are loyal to their trusted sources. Getting a feature on one can mean expanding your fanbase significantly.

Until you’ve reached a certain level of notoriety, you’ve got to put time and energy into your music promotion and getting your name out there. The easiest way to submit is by using Groover. Artists can send their track to music industry professionals with a guaranteed response within 7 days. Here are 8 hip-hop blogs to submit your music to and where they are based.

1. New Fire Music

New Fire Music is a community of artists, journalists, audio engineers, graphic designers, videographers, and other service providers that support rising talent in emerging Hip-Hop and R&B. Whether you are trying to discover the next rising artist, looking to read up on unsigned talent, or trying to find a playlist that suits any situation, you have come to the right place.

To submit your music to New Fire Music, you can do so directly through Groover right here.

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2. Cabbages

Cabbages is a site known for its underground and independent music recommendations. They are a podcast and newsletter, in which they provide reviews, conduct interviews, and talk about new music and emerging artists in the scene. Their best albums of the year recommendations are particularly popular, as they highlight lesser known artists that they believe should be on your watchlist.

Click “Contact” on the Cabbages homepage to get in touch with them.

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3. RAPMINUTE

RAPMINUTE is a Rap and urban culture media outlet based out of France. They offer articles called “Items” to their 97k Instagram followers and 250K+ subscribers, and curate playlists of their current favorite music on their blog. They are open to music submissions – particularly trap, drill and jersey tracks, chill and lo-fi hip-hop, as well as instrumental hip-hop.

Send them your track here to get a potential article write up, playlist addition, or social media share!

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4. The Source

The Source is a highly respected hub of Hip-Hop news, culture, and discovery. It is both a magazine and website, and provides articles written by both Source staff and guest writers in the community. It also does new music recommendations, music reviews, and international music features. Getting a write-up in The Source would mean hundreds of thousands of eyes on your work.

Get in touch with the Source team here.

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5. Kindline

Kindline is a magazine and online music publication covering a number of genres, but with a focus on Hip-Hop, Rock, R&B, and Pop. Their global audience of music lovers tunes into weekly posts about new artists, recent releases, project reviews, and interviews. They are happy to receive music submissions, as long as the music is available on Spotify.

To hit up Kindline directly, you can submit you music through Groover here.

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6. Stereofox

Stereofox is a popular media outlet and playlist curation platform with over 115K followers on Spotify. They are a streaming site that features artist spotlights and interviews, hosts playlists, and writes music reviews. They also act as a label, podcast and sell merchandise. Seems like an excellent ally to have as an independent artist!

Send Stereofox your music here to land a feature on their platform!

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7. The Lions Ground Entertainment Group

The Lions Entertainment Group (TLEG) is a succesful media outlet based out of Spain that is focused on promoting music from a variety of genres. They are open to Hip-Hop and rap music submissions in English that have been released in the past month. Their site features artist write-ups, news, music reviews, interviews, and more.

Submit to TLEG here for a potential story on their site and feedback from their team.

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8. ENLIVEDUFER

ENLIVEDUFER is a unique media outlet with over 101k followers on Instagram. The French channel specializes in urban culture and is an interactive web show hosted in a car (think James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke). Their site shares music videos, live sessions, and artist interviews conducted in their car set and has thus attracted global attention. They are open to receiving Hip-Hop, Trap, Rap, R&B, and Urban Pop tracks from around the world. ENLIVEDUFER is also known to support young talent and unsigned artists!

Send your demos or finished tracks to them through Groover here.

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Submit your music to hip-hop blogs and grow your fanbase

For any Hip-hop artist or aspiring rapper, getting your music featured on a music blog or media can really help you make a name for yourself. Record labels often scout out these platforms to find new artists for their roster. Even producers can benefit from sending their instrumental tracks to music blogs. A rap artist could stumble on your track and contact you to collaborate – you never know.

There is a great sense of community built into this music genre and artform. Hip-Hop has always been about a shared experience and bringing people together. Grow your fanbase and community by reaching out to these music blogs ASAP!

Send your music on Groover

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