Roots Manuva: Slime & Reason
Over two years since the release of his third album ‘Awfully Deep’, Roots Manuva drops his forth, and as can be expected from this UK hip hop heavyweight, it’s a corker.
Entitled ‘Slime & Reason‘ Roots Manuva, real name Rodney Smith, takes you on a journey of sick beats with slick raps all delivered in his unique style. There are just too many good tracks to speak of from ‘The Show Must Go On’ and ’Buff Nuff’ to ‘Well Alright’ and ‘It’s Me Oh Lord’ so just go and do yourself a favor and pick up this record, it’s out now!
0 DMX Arrestedin Florida
East coast rapper DMX (Earl Simmons) has been arrested in Florida after failing to appear in court. The rapper was due to show up in court on the 12th resulting in a warrant for his arrest being issued.
The rapper was arrested outside of a Wal-Mart superstore based in Florida (north Miami beach) on Thursday the 14th of August. He was originally picked up for having parked in a disabled space however police upon enquiring found out that the 37 year old had a warrant out for his arrest as well. This resulted in him being taken away.
0 Friction & Fabio – Drum and Bass Arena
This double CD is the 9th installment of the hugely successful Drum and Bass Arena mix series and this time it’s the turn of dnb heavyweights Friction and Fabio to take the spotlight.
The first mix, by Friction, is a complete tear out of new and exclusive tunes including some huge remixes of Shy FX classics ‘Bambaata’ and ‘Ra’ done by Break and G Dub respectively as well as some of the material forthcoming on Frictions own record labels Shogun and SGN LTD. In contrast Fabio’s mix on CD 2 is a much more laid back, chilled out affair with tracks from Artificial Intelligence, Calibre and Random Movement.
0 The Situation
Ok, so it’s been a slow winter filled with depression and recession around the world, but it’s time to give the people what they want and explain the current situation in hip hop.
Eminem Builds Hype for Relapse and Detox
With no release dates set, as of yet, Eminem has been speaking exclusively to Billboard hyping his new album and other Interscope/Aftermath/Shady Record releases. In the interview he stated that Dr Dre will be producing the majority of his album and they are “back in the lab like old days”. He also stated that he was producing a majority of Cashis album, being released by Shady Records, whilst briefly mentioning 50 Cents ‘Before I Self Destruct’ saying that 2009 will be a good year for hip hop and rap.
Confirmation was also given that ‘Number One’ and ‘Crack a Bottle’ were produced with a veiw of being on his ‘Relapse’ album but it’s not confirmed that they will make the final cut.
0 Pendulum: In Silico
Pendulum are back with their second studio album and you’ll either love it or hate it. They have divided the scene and are often nicknamed ‘marmite’ as a result, but there is no getting away from the talent these guys have in the studio, the album is very tight and well produced.
The album was very much geared towards playing the songs live rather than in the clubs and has a huge rock influence as a result, moving further and further away from there earlier material. However this sound has given them an edge in trying to reach a wider, more mainstream audience with ‘Granite’ and ‘Propane Nightmares’ both getting regular airplay on Radio One in the UK.
0 2008 MTV VMA Results and Review
The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA’s) were held last night at Paramount Pictures, in Los Angeles, hosted by Russell Brand.
The awards itself aren’t that great in my books however I still thought I should cover it. Just in case any teenie poppers were out there wanting to know about they’re idol Britney.
0 Top Selling Musicians of 2008
Ladies and Gentleman, the figures have been checked and re-checked and we now have the Forbes 2008 Top Selling Musician Rich List.
Despite popular believe it has been found that music sales are up by 10.5%, compared to 2007. Popular digital retailer iTunes is up 27% and also for all the Dj’s out there good news, vinyl sales are also up by nearly 90% compared to 2007.
0 Mos Def Attacks Photographer
Caution: This is just a rumour, we don’t know if it’s true…
New York rapper and actor Dante Terrell Smith (Mos Def) attacked a photographer at the annual Magic Convection in Las Vegas this week.
0 Dr Dre Bumps 50 Cent Back
West Coast rapper and producer Dr Dre has pushed his album back, with the first single being released in November and then the album dropping in December. This is being alongside a heavy marketing campaign promoting both the album and his Aftermath Cognac.
Meanwhile East Coast rapper and NY businessman 50 Cent, Curtis Jackson, was planning on releasing his album in December. This would cause problems however…. basically with both rappers being under the Interscope Umbrella, the label isn’t wanting it to happen.
0 Ne-Yo Awarded Over $700,000
American RnB artist and producer Ne-yo (real name Shaffer Smith) has won over $700,000 after suing fellow singer R.Kelly for dropping him from a tour.
The Closer singer jointly headlined a tour in 2007 with R.Kelly called the Double Up Tour. After two shows however it could be argued that Ne-Yo was getting a lot more attention and press recognition for it. So in a moment of jealously and divaness R.Kelly kicked him of the tour paying $50,000 to Ne-Yo for the performaces.
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