‘How you been? Have you told your mother about me?’, sings Rex as he opens his set at The Barfly in Camden on Sunday. I’ve been well thanks, and yes, yes I have. In fact I’ve told pretty much everyone I know about you since you dropped your album last month. Rex, also known as Alex, released his first track back in June, ‘Corduroy Dreams’. It’s a croony lazy love song full of wit and…
20 year old producer from Liverpool SG Lewis has dropped No Less, the first track from his upcoming EP. Featuring vocals from Louis Mattrs, its a soulful, sexy piece of R+B that flows calmly with an arousing exuberance. The hook of the song ‘I just wanna do you right’ may sound crass, but accompanied by Lewis’s lush production it is the perfect lyric. The simple beat is hypnotic, and…
As part of her first tour post-prison release, Ms. Lauryn Hill returned to Washington, DC last night for a sold-out show at the Lincoln Theatre. From the sound of it, if nothing else, her musical talent is certainly rehabilitated. If what you wanted was to be transported to 1998, tough luck. From the moment she sang the first note of her opening number- some two-and-a-half hours after doors opened- Ms. Hill made it clear she was…
R. Kelly can sing sexy tunes about everything – as he’s proved oh so many times; he can take the Hokey Pokey and make it into a light your candles and go to the bedroom tune. “I know how to put it into a melody and make it comical, but sexual at the same time,” the R&B star explains. “With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.” Check out…
Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman, better known as Majid Jordan, aren’t the only OVO Sound signees making major waves in the music industry. Jahron Anthony Brathwaite, who goes by the stage name PARTYNEXTDOOR, has been busy making a name for himself the past few months. The Canadian R&B singer released his self-titled mixtape in July, and has now released two new tracks for the Fall. The song “Candy” is a boastful R&B track that features West Coast…
It didn’t take Kanye long enough to show off his megalomania once more – the interview with Zane Lowe had barely started when he 36-year-old rapper said “people are going to be talking about this interview in five years time”. Thing is, that may very well be. During the course of 60 fist clenching cringe-inducing minutes Kanye addressed anything and everything, from Lady Gaga to jogging pants, and from the Internet to being the biggest…
Frank Ocean has released a video for the Channel Orange track “Lost.” The video highlights the singer’s travels and performances around the world. You can watch the video below. http://vimeo.com/63896903
Eric Clapton is about to release his 21st solo album, Old Sock, on March 12th and head out on a spring U.S. arena tour – and you may want to pick up your tickets as soon as possible, because Slowhand announced he will only be touring for a year or two: “The bit onstage, that’s easy,” Clapton, 67, tells senior writer Brian Hiatt. “If I could do that around my neighborhood, that would be great….
Source. From left to right: Jay-Z, Barack Obama and Beyonce. During an interview with Ohio radio station Z1079, Obama claims that he and Jay-Z are really good friends, and talks very nicely about him and his wife, Beyonce. Actually the entire Obama family are friends with Jay and Queen B. He talks about having discussions with Jay about raising the baby and tried to make sure that he gets involved in…
Source. Jack White and Jack White Jack White finally decided to release a new video, this time for a song which is actually a Little Willie John’s cover. For those out there which never heard about LWJ , i just cannot remind him and simply move on without saying that he was a famous American R&B singer from the late 50’s which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of…
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