With many speculating what the outcome of Frank Ocean and Chris Brown‘s headline grabbing physical altercation at a recording studio in California a few days ago (Jan 27th), reports and rumours have been flying around that the GRAMMY nominated creator of channel Orange was seeking to press charges, Frank has issued a statement via his [...]
February 2, 2013
Verse
Music News
His ‘HIGHness’ Snoop Dogg Snoop Lion gave us the audio for “Lighters Up” featuring dancehall’s top DJs Mavado and Popcaan back in December and now we have the visuals for the ode to the peaceful power of ganja. The video for “Lighters Up” was shot on location in Jamaica ,which also serves as the backdrop [...]
February 2, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Hip Hop, Music Videos, Reggae
Brooklyn beat destroyer Nitty Scott, MC turned a lot of heads when she jumped on this eerie A$AP Mob and Flatbush ZOMBiES cut with impressive results. Her gritty delivery suits the track well and she channels it all into character for this video release. The music itself was already creepy enough but the masked dancer (Paulina [...]
February 2, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Hip Hop, Music Videos
Producer Danja continues his “Throwback Track Thursday” with a previously unheard banger from singer/rapper/activist M.I.A.. Danja explains the history of the unheard “Doobie” whilst driving in his car, so have patience through the whooshing sounds of the wind flying by – or skip to 2:34 mark to go straight into the song. The track, recorded [...]
February 2, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Music, Soul/R&B/Alt
Justin Timberlake is intent on world domination for his new comeback, and the most recent announcement is one to make his UK fans go crazy. It was confirmed today that the singer will be performing at this years BRIT Awards for his first live performance in the country for six years, and as the show [...]
February 2, 2013
Nura Abdela
Music News, TV
Common’s “I Used To Love H.E.R.” is undoubtedly classic material, so anything remotely related to that song is going to grab attention. “The Next Chapter (Still Love H.E.R.)” continues where the Resurrection track left off and describes Common’s current relationship with hip-hop music. J. Period provides production and “Next Chapter” features a healthy dose of [...]
February 2, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Hip Hop, Music
Drake has been keeping rather quiet on the music front lately as we’ve only heard him on remixes in recent times. Although there were rumours of him dropping a new single on Grammy night, the unpredictable artist went ahead and dropped new single “Started From The Bottom” taken from his upcoming album just moments ago [...]
February 2, 2013
Nura Abdela
Hip Hop, New Music