UK Artists

UK MUSIC: SIM SIMMA FT ALEA – ‘OVER & OVER’

Check out new artist Sim Simma doing her best Lil Kim impression (circa 1996-2000) UK style, and singer Alea. The track isn’t horrible. I like Alea’s voice but Sim needs to work on her delivery and flow. And both women seriously need to hire stylists. I mean come on now! That look is so cheap and dated. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK MUSIC: E.L – THROW IT BACK

Check out up and coming group (from East London) E.L and their debut single Throw It Back. The  group consists of two main rappers and a DJ. The front man of the group is known as Pteezy while the rapper known as T is the mysterious artist of the group (you will soon see why…….) I can see the 14-16 year old female demographic grooving to this party track. It has mainstream appeal to a certain extent. But I also think the []

DIDDY BACKS ‘UK HIP HOP INVASION’

The BBC News website reports that Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy aka Puffy aka Puff aka P Diddy aka Diddy aka Papa Diddy Pop, has expressed admiration for today’s ‘UK Hip Hop scene’.   The star believes that British Hip Hop is “on the verge of breaking into the US charts”, and added,   “I’ve always been abreast and respected the UK Hip-Hop scene and I look forward to great things,”   (saying this in a broad Jamaican accent) –  STOP LIE!!!!!   But I would love to know the names of []

UK MUSIC: LUNAKIDZ FT MDX – ‘SLIIPPIN’

Introducing Midnite and D Nicks, who together make MDX, a talented new music act coming out of the UK. Their new single Slippin is from the production duo and record label, Lunakidz, who are set to make a big impact on the UK music scene Slippin is released on May 24th. I like this track.  Decent production and duo MDX have potential. I see Slippin going on to get air play on BBC 1xtra / BBC Radio 1 and eventually entering the []

UK MUSIC NEWS: POP SINGER SAYS SHE’S “NOT A FAN OF GRIME”

This made me laugh out loud today! Via Digital Spy Daisy Dares You has admitted that she is not a fan of grime music, despite teaming up with Chipmunk on her debut single Number One Enemy. The 16-year-old, real name Daisy Coburn, claimed that the collaboration would benefit from Chipmunk’s popularity. “It’s good for the song because it’s given it an instant. People know who Chipmunk is,” she told BBC Newsbeat. “It’s [grime-pop], not my bag really. That’s not my kind of music []

UK MUSIC: MOST CREATIVE VIDEOS MADE IN 2009

[Thanks Nessa] These were the most creative music videos made in 2009…. according to Ragggs.com I’m sorry but am I missing something here? If those were the most creative videos made in 2009, then I dread to think what video directors have in store for us in 2010. Your thoughts please…..

UK NEWS: POLICE SEEK N-DUBZ STARS OVER RAPE INQUIRY

Via Digital Spy Police have appealed to N-Dubz stars Dappy and Fazer to contact them as potential witnesses to an alleged rape. According to the BBC, officers want to interview the pair over an incident that took place following an N-Dubz gig at Butlins holiday camp in Skegness last Saturday. Continue Reading….. Butlins holiday camp……… Oh dear……..

UK MUSIC NEWS: JLS TOP SINGLES CHART FOR THE SECOND TIME

Boyband JLS have topped the UK single chart for the second time with their new single Everybody In Love. Congratulations! I am not the biggest JLS fan and I have cussed them to Kingdom Come in the past, but I am actually really happy for them now. I never thought I would  live to see the day when a black British boyband would take the charts by storm and generate such mass hysteria.

UK TV: SINGER JAMELIA SHAMES FORMER BOYFRIEND

Singer Jamelia shamed her former boyfriend Pay As You Go group member Maxwell D, during a taping of music quiz Never Mind The Buzz Cocks, which aired last week. The singer shouted “I recognise him. He screwed me over.” when the rapper came on stage among a group of men in the identity parade round. Jamelia and Maxwell dated back in 2004. He later went on to sell stories about their relationship to the newspapers. Footage spotted @ The Punch Bowl Blog Lawd….Oh the []