Following his #1 hit Louder, DJ Fresh is back with his new single Hot Right Now, featuring Rita Ora. The 20-year-old singer-songwriter is being hailed as the jewel in the Roc Nation crown and was signed by Jay Z after one phone call. The DJ who also won ‘Best Dance Act’ at this year’s Urban Music Awards is preparing a new album and is already one of the most anticipated albums of 2012. The single will be released on February 26th.
Rapper/Actor Bashy returns with another hit for fans to hear over the net, “Backhand Pricks” – Taken from his forthcoming EP The Great Escape. Featuring South London’s very own Giggs, the new track explores the feeling of the underdog, giving a mammoth ‘Backhand’ to any negative energy that surrounds one in life. Ouch. Take a listen to the Craze and Hoax produced track accompanied by an animated video.
We’ve seen the singing lady A.L release the official video for this single and now she’s hit up the SBTV guys to perform an acoustic version of Better me which features London female MC Lioness. Watch as she rips it apart alongside the two guitarists. The singer has a new EP dedicated to the works of Hip-Hop producer J.Dilla entitled A.L. vs Dilla: The LB (Laid Back).
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Cynikal drops the official music video for his refix of J.Cole’s ‘Losing My Balance’. With the video directed by PHDLDN, he’s also made it available as a free download for all listeners. Click here to download the track: http://hulkshare.com/u80h8gy22tiv
New upcoming R&B singer Arielle announces herself to the world of music with some of her own material. With her parents both having a musical background (Her father Grammy award musician/producer/songwriter Jimmy “Senya” Haynes and mother Jannette Reid an established reggae singer/song writer,) Arielle started singing and writing at the age of seventeen, learning how to arrange songs and how to produce music. We got our ears around some of her material and have shared it with you. Take a listen to I’m Gone below.
Hailing from East London we have alternative rapper/artist Louis Blaise. Taking a different turn on his music by tuning into things out of the ordinary and life experiences Mr Blaise gives off a fresh and original style compared to the rest. Take a listen to his latest track Revoligion which he also produced. Looking forward to hearing more from the guy in the near future.
This is hot off the press from the The Locksmiths and their latest mixtape British Weather. The track features the boys Zushi and Syxx dropping some realness over the classic Skinnyman beat for Council Estate Of Mind. The mixtape is a follow on from their last release 90′s Degrees, filled with even more rhymes but this time over some of the biggest UK Hip Hop & Grime instrumentals. If that’s got you wondering what they’re about, check the video and download the mixtape for yourself.
First Jay-Z brought you Death of Autotune and now Grand Central have brought Death to Skinny Jeans with the release of this video for S.W.A.G. This is a dedication to what the boys describe as the Skinny Jean Epidemic. It is the latest release from their upcoming mixtape God Loves Grinders Vol.2 set to be released in early 2012. Mr Drastick & Kinetik are best known for consistently bringing us music filled with honesty, comedy and intense flows. This is certainly no exception to the rule, give it a watch and don’t forget to pick up your jaw once it drops to the floor.
Martyna Baker who hails from London is a singer/songwriter who infuses soul and her personal style into her music. Having released an EP entitled The Demo’s not too long ago, Alya Mooro took the time out to speak to the singer for StreetsOnDemand about her influences and projects planned in the future. Watch the interview in full below:
LORD OF THE MICS III CD / DVD - OUT NOW!
Currently #24 in the iTunes album chart
Following the success of the two previous DVD’s, LORD OF THE MICS is back in this explosive third instalment.
The long awaited CD / DVD package includes 18 hot Urban bangers and this years most epic MC battles. Full track list and information below.
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LORD OF THE MICS III CD / DVD is out now via 360 Records
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Brilliant late garage, dubby step with a dash of hip hop influenced flow on a perfect ‘Trouble’ track from Ghostpoet ft D.O.T. Definitely a refreshing and upbeat change hailing from the ‘Rizlab Project’. Sticking to the ‘ironic’ and ‘dark comdey’ drenched lyricism, this track works because it has a bubbly beat and an overtones of i want to move and i dont ‘give a phuck’ kind of attitude. More details about the Rizlab Project: http://www.rizlab.co.uk/projects/3 . Live stream on Wed 30th Nov 19:30 – 21:30 on factmag.com
TROUBLE to be released in 2012 (TBC).
Rizlab presents GHOSTPOET featuring THE D.O.T. – TROUBLE by ghostpoet
Keeping in the collaborative tip after ‘ET’ featuring Kano and Mikey J - Ghetts joins forces once again with Kano, Wretch 32 and Scorcher for this allstar remix of his single ‘On A Level’. Great to emerging and established artists mesh so well, but also keep coming back for more, recording more and sticking together in the scene. It’s going to be interesting to see what the new year holds for these fellas and who will keep the buoyancy moving forward. In the meantime here’s the video!
Excellent vocals by Tara London on her cover of Lana Del Rey’s ‘Blue Jeans’ from her forth coming album ‘Born to die’. Piano- Pete Bryne. Guitar- Nick Michaels. The next generation of female songstress includes Tara London, she is a super talent. http://www.TaraLondon.com
Blue jeans by Tara London by Tara London Music
This is a warming, feel good inside kind of song from the unstoppable Mic Righteous. Produced by Christian Ferry. Crack a smile was filmed by Alex Breadman and edited by Peter Bryers. All of the footage is genuine with Mic walking around his home town. All of the other footage and images were sent in by Mic Righteous supporters after Mic appealed for entries via his social network sites. What a great way to connect fans and artist bringing smiles all round!
Currently touring across the U.K, singer Delilah released a free download of a track entitled Strong For Me as a thank you to all of her fans for their support. Get this original version of Strong For Me for free now via her facebook fan page – http://on.fb.me/StrongForMe. Love You So is the next single from Delilah to be released on December 18th. You can also pre-order the 5-track Love You So EP on iTunes here: http://bit.ly/sRX6Zm. Take a listen to it before you do all of that of course.
Circulating the scene for two months now, Clement Marfo and The Frontline‘s smash hit Overtime featuring Ghetts is doing very well and hitting the mainstream airways hard. With a brand new feature with Kano in the line for the next single Mayhem, The HMV Next best thing nominated group are on a steady pace to the top. Watch the video for the single which is out now below.
Released way back in April this year, Hip-Hop Artist Concept Sheff from Sheffield released this video over the net for his track entitled I’m Here. We’ve been keeping an eye out on him and we’re glad that he is still on the music and has just released another video (which we will post) recently. Press play and see what you make of it.
With a huge amount of support from the media all across the U.K, it’s safe to say that Norwich born Context MC has certainly got what it takes to make it big on the music scene. Played on 1xtra earlier this week, the talented Mc’s new track Drowning will be available for purchase early next year. At only two years deep into his music career with his debut EP Dialetics only released in 2008, it won’t be the last that you hear from him. Check out the audio for yourself below:
Released on the net a few months back in 2011 (way back in March to be precise), Frisco grabs the mic and put bars to a ‘arrrddd grime beat, the result a organic excellent FreeStyle you gotta wheel up over and over again! Definitely one that we had to look back on before the year ends.
