VIDEO: Melanin 9 - Amulets
North London based emcee Melanin 9 (also known as M9) serves up some visuals for his new single Amulets.
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Classic Artists Made For Hip-Hop Samples
Here are a selection of classic artists ripe for sampling.
A2 - Tell Me Freestyle
Zweli is back with an endorsement for A2 and his track, Tell Me Freestyle. Firstly, if you haven’t heard of A2 where have you been? He has received major co-signs from Tinie Tempah, Poet (of poetscorner, Vibbar, Copa90), and Stormzy. He’s even opened for Stormzy on his sell-out tour as well as performances at Wireless …
Carns Hill, Anime and Samples – A Match Made in Rap Heaven
Our guest writer Zweli Chibumba gives us the lowdown on London producer Carns Hill and his penchant for sampling.
Wolfmother Set to Open for Guns N’ Roses in Singapore
The Australian hard rock band will be supporting GnR’s later this year. 2016 marked a historic year for Guns N’ Roses when news broke that Slash, Duff McKagan and Dizzy Reed were rejoining the group for a world tour. For the first half of Not in This Lifetime… that took place across North and Latin …
Shop ‘n’ Chop: How to Sample Vinyl in Ableton Live
Point Blank’s Ski Oakenfull shows you how to create a track from scratch using vinyl samples in this special guest post. Point Blank’s Lead Course Developer Ski Oakenfull knows Ableton Live like the back of his hand – and he’s also an avid record collector and all round music nerd to boot. In Shop ‘n’ …
Don't Believe The Hype: How To Cultivate Hip Hop's Artform
LD Henriquez speaks candidly about the state of modern day hip hop and gives her views on what should be done to retain its artistic integrity. Conversations regarding ‘music’, particularly hip hop, are an ever present temperamental weather forecast. It can go either way dependent on who the conversation consists of, geographical influences included. Whether …
Review: Jordan James – Love Waves EP
Guest writer Ashton James Brown (aka Ashtronomic) reviews Jordan James’ Love Waves EP. South London based R&B crooner Jordan James has been making some noise for a while, releasing his début the Cheeky Bastard EP in the spring of 2012. Where as that project was much more of a Hip-Hop focused affair tinged with R&B …
Review: Wild Card At Pizza Express - Jazz Club Soho
Tiece Edwards reviewed nu-jazz band Wild Card’s performance at Pizza Express in Jazz Club Soho. “Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.” — Art Blakey It is safe to say that there is something extremely fulfilling about attending a live music event. For those of us who have experienced live music gigs we know …
Ruthless Rap Assassins - Killer Album (UK Hip Hop)
Craig M. Riding is back with another guest post, this time talking about an early 90s UK hip hop classic from Manchester. Manchester and its adjoining conurbation was a strange place to be a teenager in 1990, It seemed everyone wanted to be from there. Madchester fever had gripped the nation, and the acid house …