Mcs
- BADNESS
- JAMMER
- TEMPER T
- P MONEY
DJs:
- SPYRO
- DJ JJ
- D-RAIL/KEMIZON
Saturday, 27 February 2010
SOME NIGHT #21 -NIGHTMARE TAKEOVER
Ever wondered where that song was sampled from?
I found a cool site yesterday called 'Who Sampled' which basically lets you browse artist from various music genres and see what tunes they've sampled or who's sampled them! Really good if you're the type of person (like me) that hears a sample in a tune and won't rest until they find out where it's from!
Take a look www.whosampled.com (oh and by the way they didn't incentivize me to do this post!)... you can browse by artist, year, genre or even submit your own!
Friday, 26 February 2010
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Shyne signs out of jail and on to Def Jam
I highly doubt Shyne dreamt this up once during his 9 year stint of his recently expired jail term but perhaps his prayers have in fact come true as he signs a multi million $ contract with Def Jam, weeks after being deported back to his home country of Belize, where his father is prime minister (!). Damn Diddy, looks like another success for one your former artists...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
2 country & western inspired hip hop bangers!
Juelz Santana feat. Yelawolf - "Mixin' Up The Medicine
I heard this one a good few months ago, only just remembered about it but didn't kno about the video... REAL big track here, Juelz should be bigger than he is, and this may be where Drake (and consequently loads more big artists) got their new flow from, removing 'like' from similes and replacing it with a gap...particularly overused on Bashy's recent F64 for SBTV
B.o.B - I Am The Man f/ OJ Da Juiceman & Bun B
This one from my favourite new hip hop artist, who's signed to TI's Grand Hustle label (who have an impressive roster). B.O.B tends to sample some great tracks, and this one's no different, using ' I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow' from the movie 'O Brother, Where Art Thou'
I heard this one a good few months ago, only just remembered about it but didn't kno about the video... REAL big track here, Juelz should be bigger than he is, and this may be where Drake (and consequently loads more big artists) got their new flow from, removing 'like' from similes and replacing it with a gap...particularly overused on Bashy's recent F64 for SBTV
B.o.B - I Am The Man f/ OJ Da Juiceman & Bun B
This one from my favourite new hip hop artist, who's signed to TI's Grand Hustle label (who have an impressive roster). B.O.B tends to sample some great tracks, and this one's no different, using ' I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow' from the movie 'O Brother, Where Art Thou'
BlatantlyBlunt meets S-X
Producer of one of 2010's BIGGEST instrumental's 'Woooo Riddim', I caught up with S-X; member of Midlands'/Birmingham's Stay Fresh Crew, who've made big moves recently, including being featured on Tim Westwood's Crib Sessions.
1.How long have you been producing?
I've been producing since I was like 11 when my friend gave me Fruity Loops 3, and I was like "Oh sh*t, you can actually make music on just a laptop" and I pretty much just went from there. I'm 17 now so thats 6 years, but I decided that this is what I wanted to do as a career about a year and a half ago.
2. How did Stay fresh start?
Damn, StayFresh started back in like 05, 06 those kind of times and was pretty much one of the biggest teams out in the Midlands, then it went quiet for about 2 years and it came back in 2008. I met Jamie Dred at a radio station and gave him 2 of my instrumental mixtapes which I had been selling to buy some equipment, and he could see I was hard working and had a good vision of where I wanted to take my music. So I got put in StayFresh, along with MenacEivy, Casper, Macca, Raider, MoVeZ, J1, Saf.One, Deadly, P.R.e, NatzSoBossy, Moky & Mental. We've also got Jamie Dred and Despa for management. And we've just been going hard since then man, we have put out 7 mixtapes and 3 music videos all in two years, which is pretty cool.
3. I hear you're working with some producers outside the UK, what's going on with that?
Yeah man, I mean you know, I think to get somewhere in this game you gotta be able to connect and stay connected, so I've been working really hard on that side, I won't say any names but people are definitaley gonna be interested and hopefully proud that I'm gonna be putting the UK on the map.
4. Which midlands artists should we look out for?
I think you should get ready for Macca, he is part of the StayFresh label. I think he is gonna do really well over the next 2 years, he has got a mixtape dropping soon called 'Reborn' which is sounding really good! There are other midlands artists such as Trilla, Raider, J1, MenacEivy & a few more, but they're all part of the StayFresh team, you can check them out on www.stayfreshdigital.com.
5. How is the Midlands grime scene different to London or Manchester?
I wouldn't really say its 'different' as such, because we do the same music, I think its just a lot harder for Midlands MC's to get known in London and get the same level of respect as people who come from there. But I think its about the music, if you've got good music, what can go wrong?
6. Who in grime are you liking at the moment?
In grime right now I'm liking Skepta, he's just done the Bad Boy song, which is commercial but he's also dropped the 'Been There Done That' mixtape which I really like. I'm also feeling P Money, Devlin, Wiley, StayFresh (of course) & really just anyone who makes good music and works hard.. I respect the hustle more than the music, but the music has to be good of course LOL.
7. Have you had much mainstream response been to Wooo riddim?
Not so much mainstream response but underground definitaley! Everyone I've played it do really likes it so I really hope it does well, people keep saying its the best Grime beat of 2010 and we're only 2 months in.. thats crazy! We're looking to release it around April/May. But also thanks to that beat, it's opened up a few doors which I hope works out well.
Check S-X out online:
Check Trilla's vocal of the Wooo riddim:
Also check StayFresh artists Raider, MenaceIvy, Macca, Movez & j1 spitting over Wooo with Tempa T.
1.How long have you been producing?
I've been producing since I was like 11 when my friend gave me Fruity Loops 3, and I was like "Oh sh*t, you can actually make music on just a laptop" and I pretty much just went from there. I'm 17 now so thats 6 years, but I decided that this is what I wanted to do as a career about a year and a half ago.
2. How did Stay fresh start?
Damn, StayFresh started back in like 05, 06 those kind of times and was pretty much one of the biggest teams out in the Midlands, then it went quiet for about 2 years and it came back in 2008. I met Jamie Dred at a radio station and gave him 2 of my instrumental mixtapes which I had been selling to buy some equipment, and he could see I was hard working and had a good vision of where I wanted to take my music. So I got put in StayFresh, along with MenacEivy, Casper, Macca, Raider, MoVeZ, J1, Saf.One, Deadly, P.R.e, NatzSoBossy, Moky & Mental. We've also got Jamie Dred and Despa for management. And we've just been going hard since then man, we have put out 7 mixtapes and 3 music videos all in two years, which is pretty cool.
3. I hear you're working with some producers outside the UK, what's going on with that?
Yeah man, I mean you know, I think to get somewhere in this game you gotta be able to connect and stay connected, so I've been working really hard on that side, I won't say any names but people are definitaley gonna be interested and hopefully proud that I'm gonna be putting the UK on the map.
4. Which midlands artists should we look out for?
I think you should get ready for Macca, he is part of the StayFresh label. I think he is gonna do really well over the next 2 years, he has got a mixtape dropping soon called 'Reborn' which is sounding really good! There are other midlands artists such as Trilla, Raider, J1, MenacEivy & a few more, but they're all part of the StayFresh team, you can check them out on www.stayfreshdigital.com.
5. How is the Midlands grime scene different to London or Manchester?
I wouldn't really say its 'different' as such, because we do the same music, I think its just a lot harder for Midlands MC's to get known in London and get the same level of respect as people who come from there. But I think its about the music, if you've got good music, what can go wrong?
6. Who in grime are you liking at the moment?
In grime right now I'm liking Skepta, he's just done the Bad Boy song, which is commercial but he's also dropped the 'Been There Done That' mixtape which I really like. I'm also feeling P Money, Devlin, Wiley, StayFresh (of course) & really just anyone who makes good music and works hard.. I respect the hustle more than the music, but the music has to be good of course LOL.
7. Have you had much mainstream response been to Wooo riddim?
Not so much mainstream response but underground definitaley! Everyone I've played it do really likes it so I really hope it does well, people keep saying its the best Grime beat of 2010 and we're only 2 months in.. thats crazy! We're looking to release it around April/May. But also thanks to that beat, it's opened up a few doors which I hope works out well.
Check S-X out online:
Check Trilla's vocal of the Wooo riddim:
Also check StayFresh artists Raider, MenaceIvy, Macca, Movez & j1 spitting over Wooo with Tempa T.
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