All posts by DeeKay

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and straight-up showoff Ryan Leslie is persisting with this “oh by the way guys, I’m rapping now too” stuff in the run-up to the release of his forthcoming Hip-Hop album Les Is More. With the album due to drop on October 22nd, Leslie passed through legendary Hip-Hop personality Sway Calloway‘s Shade 45 breakfast [...]

My feelings about Leona Lewis are well documented at this point, so like most people, I was pretty relieved to discover that her much-talked-about Emeli Sande penned, Naughty Boy produced and Childish Gambino featuring new single “Trouble” just about added up to the sum of its individually brilliant parts. Like someone who’s been waiting at a bus stop on Kensington High [...]

This has been a long time coming… Earlier this evening, one of the UK’s brightest soul talents finally premiered his official UK debut single, via Mistajam‘s show on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Following the release of his brilliant ten-track mixtape Those Who Wait over a year ago, fans and the music industry alike have been eagerly awaiting [...]

Kaleem Taylor, one of the UK’s brightest new soul talents, returns with new track “True Colours” taken from his forthcoming EP Alone. The new project, a follow-up to last year’s first EP Smooth, is set to drop in September and will be Kaleem’s first release since signing to a new record label earlier this year. [...]

There was never a risk of Jessie Ware falling victim to bridesmaid syndrome. Since her first high-profile turn on producer SBTRKT‘s skittering banger “Nervous” back in 2010, this Brixton-bred singer-songwriter has been a blog favourite whilst racking up radio spins and support from some of modern music’s most influential tastemakers. [...]

Way back in January 2011 (relative eons in pop music terms), 21-year-old singer-songwriter Delilah burst onto the UK music scene, seemingly from nowhere, with a show-stopping vocal performance on Chase & Status‘ “Time.” A powerhouse Drum and Bass track buried at the end of their sophmore album No More Idols (it would eventually become the album’s fifth [...]

Gifted Mississippi-repping rapper Tito Lopez follows up recent mixtape The Hunger Game with his debut single for Capital Records entitled “The Blues”. [...]

With his highly anticipated debut album Contrast due to drop next week, Conor Maynard‘s much-pondered-on collaboration with R&B superstar (and the man behind an immeasurable number of smash hits) Ne-Yo has arrived. [...]

After almost an eternity (or in real terms, a few years) of buzzing around the R&B scene as a highly accomplished songwriter (with credits on some of Rihanna‘s biggest hits, Nicki Minaj‘s “Super Bass” and new single “Right By My Side,” and Beyonce‘s “Countdown” to name but a handful) on the fringes of a career [...]

South London rapper Sneakbo hooks up with affiliates Ard Adz & Sho Shallow for this remix to new track “Still Breathing“. All three are wandering around the neighborhood in this video, and they all go in with some sincere lyrical content. For me personally Adz takes it, sitting best on the Dancehall-influenced beat and saying and some real [...]