Music

UK MUSIC: MCLEAN – ‘FINALLY IN LOVE’

McLean’s new single Finally In Love will be released on June 13th, and it sounds familiar. Finally In Love is decent enough.  It’s the kind of track that will get played to death on BBC Radio, and it will also do the business chart wise. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK MUSIC NEWS: TINCHY STRYDER AND TINIE TEMPAH TO FEATURE ON P.DIDDY REMIX ‘HELLO GOOD MORNING’

This week Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs expressed a sudden love and adoration for the UK music scene (Grime music) and let the entire world know via Twitter.  As well as announcing that he will be working with UK rapper Skepta on the remix to Hello Good Morning, he has now also invited on board Tinchy Stryder and Tinie Tempa. Diddy sat down with journalist Hattie Collins and discussed the up and coming collaborations. Via Hattie Collins Blog “I think Tinie is doing something for us but not on the grime mix. He’s on one of []

UK MUSIC: MANNY NORTE FT J2K & DREADY – ‘BREAKIN ALL THE RULES’

Kiss FM’s DJ Manny Norte has teamed up with  J2K and producer Dready on the new track Breakin All The Rules. People seem to be making a lot of noise about this track. It’s okay. It’s  better than a lot of the stuff that’s  coming out of the UK at the moment. The Video – Can somebody please explain the video’s concept? Also many have commented on producer Dready’s appearance in the video. He is seriously channeling the Busta Rhymes of old. []

ESQUIRE MAGAZINE UK (MAY 2010): THE JAY-Z NAUSEATING LOVEFEST CONTINUES

[Thanks Mikey] Jay-Z is featured in the May 2010 issue of Esquire Magazine UK – “Jay-Z  Why He’s  The CEO Of Cool”, and TV/radio personality Jonathan Ross has written an article about the rapper. The British mainstream media’s obsession with Jay is just nauseating! You have BBC Radio personality Jo Whiley who I always associate with the Indie Rock scene,  fawning, cooing and wetting herself over Jay and now Jonathan’s his biggest fan. To some Jay-Z is now the acceptable face of []

VIDEO: JANELLE MONAE – TIGHTROPE FT BIG BOI

I have come across articles featuring Janelle and seen her videos posted on numerous websites, but I’ve never bothered to read those articles or bothered to click on play. I just couldn’t be bothered! It can only be described as pure laziness. But that all changed today when I decided to listen to her new single Tightrobe. I am now kicking myself for not checking the singer out from the start. Janelle you now have a new fan! In this video she []

VIDEO: TONI BRAXTON – ‘MAKE MY HEART’

Make My Heart is Toni Braxton’s new single and to be honest I’m a little disappointed. I mean it’s actually quite catchy and I can see it going down relatively well in the clubs, but Toni could have released a stronger comeback single and video. This woman used to be a superstar. What happened??? Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

RANDOM: SINGER CRAIG DAVID UNVEILED A UN GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

The United Nations has announced that singer Craig David is to become their new Goodwill Ambassador. The singer will be lending his support to the global fight against the spread of tuberculosis – and appeared at UN HQ in New York yesterday to make his appointment public. He  said, “Music is a universal language. I believe that through people’s love of music we can increase knowledge and understanding and support people affected by TB. “I hope that people who feel inspired by []