Part 1 of many (you can find the rest from the related videsos) from YouTube below…really interesting watch if your into UK Hip Hop…
The British Hip Hop Documentary
May 4th, 201160 Minutes Of Soul 45’s
May 2nd, 2011More sharing via Soundcloud this time something a little more chilled than the previous post. This time courtesy of Johnnyroast (check out his Discogs page he sells Records) this mix does what it says on the tin…60 minutes of Soul straight from 45’s… Have a listen see what you think?
Artful Dodger – Glastonbury 2000
May 2nd, 2011This is dope…. UKG at its best…Full Artful Dodger set from Glastonbury 2000, listen below or head over to soundcloud to download it!
Swim Good
April 7th, 2011Cannot get enough of this track… One of the best RnB tracks I have heard in a long time! You can get it free by downloading the mixtape from the previous post!
Frank Ocean – Nostalgia/Ultra
April 4th, 2011
This mixtape is dope…a bit of a late discovery here but this mixtape is RnB fire. Can’t lie I don’t really know much about Frank Ocean all I know is this is some of the best RnB I have heard from a free mixtape in a long time.
You can download it over here…
Did some quick Wikipedia work and brief story here is that Frank Ocean is a singer with a hip hop collection called “Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, often abbreviated OFWGKTA or Odd Future“, so this just appears to be a side project
The Weeknd
March 21st, 2011I know very little about what/who The Weeknd are/is? All I know is they have dropped one of the best mixtapes of the year. I believe “They” are a Canadian RnB group/artist who have been all over the blog world today, after dropping the mixtape over the weekend.
Their sound is a little experimental, their isn’t very much structure to what they do in that a song doesn’t follow the natural verse, chorus, verse, chorus structure….It’s very So Far Gone/Drake sounding. Canada does seem to be producing some really good RnB talent!!
Below is a track from the mixtaped titled “House of Ballons”…. You can get the whole mixtape here…Enjoy!
Flashback…
March 20th, 2011Fabolous never fails to deliver…Neyo needs to go back to making decent RnB as with the rest of the music industry….When exactly did it start going wrong? Who was the first RnB artist to think it was a good idea to release Europop/Dance shit!? … Answers on a postcard?
Yasmin – Finish Line (Mike Delinquent Project Remix)
March 15th, 2011I am/was a massive UKG fan and hearing this for the first time last night on Mistajams 1xtra/R1 show made me extremly happy. Easily the best UKG remix I have heard in a long, long time… Fingers crossed this will kick some more artists to go down the UKG remix route and maybe see a revival of the 2-Step/UKG sound. I’m not a fan of the original of this produced by Labrinth however this makes me happy….UKG is alive and kicking!
Some RnB Albums you need in your life…
March 15th, 2011How this guy slipped under my radar I am not 100% sure…His name is Anthony David. His music reminds me of Eric Roberson/Dwele but on a more chilled out vibe. Copped both of his album last night (The Red Clay Chronicles and As Above So Below both avaliable on Itunes) and I am really impressed. Perfect laid back music to work to…sounds even better now the sun is making regular apperences! Thanks to Coxhead for the heads up on this!
Anthony David “4Evermore” feat. Algebra & Phonte Official Video from As Above So Below, seriously good RnB!
Also need to mention Marsha Ambrosius’s album “Late Nights and Early Mornings“. Her first solo release after the split of Floetry, this album also fits the “nice RnB” tag definatly worth an hour of your time!
Aloe Blacc
March 13th, 2011
According to Wikipedia this guy has been active within the music industry since 1995, it is now 2011 – so why has it taken me so long to discover this guy!
Looks like it wasn’t until 2010 that things started to get really going Aloe. The reason I stumbled across him was that Bluey Robinson covered “I Need a Dollar” on his mixtape which was released last year…I didn’t realise this was a cover until I did some Googling last week and discovered Aloe was the man behind this record. From this I checked out his album “Good Thing”, safe to say I am highly impressed with this album well worth checking out