2012

There’s really no excuse for sleeping on Statik Selektah. Having laid roots in the scene in recent years with epic compilation albums like 100 Proof: The Hangover and more recently, 2011′s Population Control, the Boston-bred DJ-producer has been one of few bridging the gap between the buzzing underground and the exciting mainstream. Who else can [...]

With an influx of R&B singers being birthed into the masses, competition is undoubtedly rife. An uninvited scepticism plagues the R&B industry as some may argue that most new acts lack the ability to provide a sound that is distinctive. New generation R&B is entangled in a web full of repetition and a decreased element [...]

Having just finished an eight date headline tour of the MOBO Live Tour which took up and coming stars the likes of Lady Leshurr, Josh Osho and Cleo Sol around the UK, headliners Clement Marfo and The Frontline have put together a video diary to give fans a bit of an insight into what they [...]

The 84th Academy Awards took place last night in Hollywood, California and the big winners of the night were the critics choice French Made ode to the classic silent movies, The Artist, which won a total of five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Directing (Michel Hazanavicius) and Best Actor (Jean Dujardin). The other big winner [...]

After bringing us the teaser trailer a few months ago, we now have the official theatrical trailer for the forthcoming spidey reboot movie The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man/Peter Parker. The high impact trailer also gives us our first glimpse at Spidey’s nemesis in this movie, The Lizard. Watch the trailer below. [...]

We posted what now appears to have been a demo version with Ester Dean in place of Kelly Rowland. Wasn’t too hot on it before, grown on me a tad. Quite a sensual slow jam, from Sean’s latest album Tomahawk Technique, which is out on February 14th. [...]

A new leak from Sean Paul‘s forthcoming coming LP Tomahawk Technique. “Hold On” is one of the tracks he described as one of the deeper songs on the album in our recent interview. Following the same production theme of dancehall drums with mainstream pop melodies, the song is an anthem inspired by the Jamaican national [...]

I can’t tell you how much I love “Wildfire”. Like honestly I had the song on loop for close to a week, bouncing between the original and the Drake version, so watching this definitely put a smile on my face and kicked me in the stomach this morning/afternoon. If like me you didn’t manage to [...]

With the annual BRIT Awards coming around the corner once again, the nominations were released earlier this week. To no surprise singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran – whose debut album + recently saw the top spot yet again 15 weeks after it’s initial release – is up for a staggering four awards including Best Male and Best [...]

Maybach Music Group’s DC representative Wale‘s Ambition tour will be hitting our shores in March. The rapper who released his well received sophomore album Ambition last year will touch down in London on March 27th with Birmingham and Manchester shows following. Tickets for the UK leg of the tour go on sale on January 13th. [...]