Music

QUOTE OF THE DAY: JADAKISS

  “He tried his hand for a few years, he raped the budget, he got however much they was paying him and he stepped down,” He got his masters, he doin’ his thing. 40/40’s in Vegas and all that, hotels, he good.” (On The Come Up DVD) [Jadakiss talks about Jay-Z’s departure from Def Jam as President.]

QUOTES OF THE DAY: ESTELLE

“John calling me the next Amy; I’m not pleased about that. I understand what he is saying; like I am the next takeover artist from the UK but we have no other similarities.” (Estelle talks about John Legend likening her to Amy Winehouse) Estelle needs to give John Legend one bitch lick across the face! Estelle and Amy are two totally different types of artist. And I suppose he has it in his head now that Amy is some how the queen of British black Soul music. The saviour….  “I []

UK MUSIC: NEW ARTIST: CHIPMUNK – ‘ WHO ARE YOU?’

Seeing as I am a Londoner (for those who don’t know) Mad News will also showcase videos/music coming out of the UK. The good, the bad and the ugly! Meet 16 year old Chipmunk who I came across on MTV Base today. Base seems to be currently featuring A LOT of new music from UK acts. This has never happened before…. Any way check out Chipmunk’s official debut track/video, and look who makes a guest appearance towards the end of the video? None other than the UK’s number 1 Hip Hop DJ, []

VIDEO: NEW MUSIC – CASSIE ‘IS IT YOU?’

She’s back singing folks! Some one up above truly loves Miss Cassie. Or should I say producer Ryan Leslie and Diddy truly love Cassie. A pretty face will go a long way…. ‘Is It You?’ is taken from the soundtrack for the new film ‘ Step Up 2’ Your thoughts please…..

NEW MUSIC: JANET JACKSON – ‘ROCK WITH U’ AND ‘LUV’

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ROCK WITH U CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO LUV Isn’t the beat for ‘Rock With U’ reminiscent of the beat used for Madonna’s 1984 classic hit ‘Holiday’?  I think both tracks are catchy and will do well in the clubs. However a part of me still feels that Janet should be stirred towards embracing a more mature sound……