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Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway at 4 Music Favourites

Published 5 November 9 11:52 AM | charlotte

The Los Angeles-based hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas has made a name for itself by taking an eclectic and organic approach to rap, R&B, and funk. Led by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Will.I.Am., the band also includes two other MCs, Apl.de.Ap. and Taboo, along with vocalist Fergie, and a live backing band. Building a steady buzz with its first two releases, Black Eyed Peas garnered mainstream attention with the 2003 album, ELEPHUNK, which launched Fergie's solo career and helped make Will...

Filed under: Fergie, rap, black eyed peas, elephunk, hip hop, funk, r&b, la, los angeles, taboo, 4 music favourites, apl de ap, will i am, meet me half way

JLS - Everybody In Love

Published 9 October 9 12:34 PM | charlotte

The X-Factor sensations follow their chart-topping single 'Beat Again' with this debut album. Their roguish good looks and cheeky nature (the name stands for "Jack The Lad Swing") have seen them swooned over by teenage girls across the nation and this set of catchy pop tracks, infused with RnB and hip-hop, looks set to catapult them to even greater levels of fame. Produced by Syco stable regular Steve Mac, it includes the aforementioned 'Beat Again' as well as second single...

Filed under: debut album, hip hop, r n b, x factor, jls, everybody in love, syco stable, steve mac, beat again, jack the lad swing

Eminem - We Made You

Published 8 May 9 1:10 PM | charlotte

Turning the music world on its head, Eminem, the blond-haired rapper from Detroit, forced the hip-hop world to accept him as an equal. Despite lyrics full of anger, misogyny, violence, racism, and homophobia, Eminem has been a major commercial success since his debut in 1999, selling records as no black rapper with similar lyrical content ever could. Considered by many a "rapper's rapper," the Dr. Dre-sponsored Eminem has accomplished the seemingly impossible--platinum sales with street...

Filed under: Eminem, rapper, hip hop, Dr Dre, we made you, detroit

Lady Sovereign - So Human

Published 6 April 9 11:21 AM | charlotte

The diminutive Lady Sovereign is a white rapper with a tomboyish presence and self-deprecating sense of humour who rose up as part of the U.K.'s grime scene in the early 2000s. She was just out of her teens when her first singles started getting the attention of British club DJs and BBC's Radio 1, and by 2005, after a series of crucial opening gigs for Basement Jaxx and the Streets, her fame had crossed the pond. Lady Sov was embraced by the U.S. music press, hipsters, and hip-hop intelligentsia...

Filed under: Basement Jaxx, Lady Sovereign, Us, hip hop, The Streets, bbc radio 1, white rapper, hipsters, grime scene, music press, self deprecating sense of humour, british club dj, def jam records, opening gigs, intelligentsia, so humam

KARDINAL OFFISHALL 'DANGEROUS' feat. AKON (Official Video)

Published 13 November 8 11:38 AM | charlotte

Jason Harrow better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall , is a Canadian hip-hop artist and producer . He is often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", and is well known for his reggae and dancehall -influenced style of hip-hop. His new single - Dangerous featuring Akon was released on the 3rd of November 2008 in the UK.

Filed under: reggae, canadian, hip hop, feat. Akon, producer, jason harrow, KARDINAL OFFISHALL, DANGEROUS, artist, dance hall

Kanye West - Love Lockdown

Published 7 November 8 10:34 AM | charlotte

Kanye West first gained fame as an acclaimed hip-hop producer, working with Jay-Z, Foxy Brown, Mase, and others. THE COLLEGE DROPOUT appeared in 2004, taking the hip-hop world by storm with its combination of old-school R&B samples, inventive contemporary production, and clever rhymes. 2005's LATE REGISTRATION and 2007's GRADUATION, were both critically acclaimed and commericially successful releases.

Filed under: Jay Z, late registration, Graduation, hip hop, r&b, producer, roc a fella records, love lockdown, samples, simon henwood, contemporary production, kayne west, mase, clever rhymes, hagai shaham, foxy brown, teh college dropout

Robin Thicke - Magic

Published 6 October 8 9:42 AM | charlotte

The first single, “Magic,” draws all of Something Else ’ s influences together into one blast of disco-infused dance pop. Robert Hales, director of Gnarles Barkley’s “Crazy” video, was tapped to add visual balance between downtown dance couture, references to Fred Astaire’s Mr. Universe and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, one of Thicke’s all-time favorite films. Born in Los Angeles, Thicke grew up with an ear trained squarely at R&B and hip-hop. “I was listening to Kurtis Blow at 8,...

Filed under: Polydor Ltd, rnb, hip hop, mobo awards, something else, robin thicke, best breakthrough artist, magic

Sway ft. Lemar - Saturday Night Hustle (Official Music Video)

Published 10 September 8 9:54 AM | charlotte

'Saturday Night Hustle' is accessible, soulful hip-hop which, considering the names involved, is not much of a surprise. If last single F UR X was Sway proving he isn't ready to completely leave the underground quite yet (it was a bit grimey, a bit hard-hitting), then this is him with a business head firmly screwed-on and laughing all the way to the bank. Kano roped in Craig David on 'London Town's 'Bad Boy', Dizzee Rascal is dominating the singles charts with the aid...

Filed under: rap, Sway, Lemar, rnb, hip hop, official music video 2008, saturday night hustle

Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up

Published 25 June 8 1:32 PM | llchaplin

" Shut Up " is a song by the American hip hop band Black Eyed Peas. The 2003 single is the second one taken from their 2003 album Elephunk .

Filed under: Music Video, 2003, black eyed peas, elephunk, hip hop, american, shut up

N.E.R.D - She Wants To Move

Published 14 February 8 8:22 PM | llchaplin

She Wants To Move is a single by hip hop and rock group N.E.R.D from their album Fly or Die. It reached Top 5 in the United Kingdom, Top 20 in Norway, Ireland, Italy and Denmark, Top 40 in Australia and The Netherlands

Filed under: Rock, music video, hip hop, n.e.r.d, fly or die, she wants to move

Kanye West - Through The Wire

Published 12 January 8 12:24 PM | llchaplin

" Through the Wire " is a hip hop song performed by rapper Kanye West for his debut album The College Dropout (2004). Released in 2003 as the album's lead single, it peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100

Filed under: Kanye West, 2004, hip hop, college dropout, through the wire

Lady Sovereign - Hoodie

Published 6 January 8 6:9 PM | llchaplin

"Hoodie" is the third single from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign's debut album Public Warning , following the release of her first UK top 40 hit, "9 to 5". The single was produced by UK dance outfit Basement Jaxx and became her third top 75 hit, peaking at #44 in the UK singles chart.

Filed under: Basement Jaxx, lady soveriegn, hoodie, public warning, hip hop