Skream: Outside The Box Review
Four years on from his debut release, Skream is back with his new album Outside The Box. MistaJam.com’s resident Electronic music fan Sam Moir reviews it.
Why you can’t trust Skream…
…when a camera is nearby!
Listen to Magnetic Man’s first live radio interview from my show here
DJ Zinc’s Crack House Volume 2
Everyone knows the story of Zinc now, don’t they?
Turning his back on Drum & Bass in 2007, Zinc returned to music in 2008 to play a new hybrid of house sounds. The sound he calls Crack House. (more…)
Toddla’s Sky Surfing with Wayne Marshall
Toddla T’s given fans a taste of his follow-up album to Skanky Skanky in the form of a stunning collaboration with Jamaican raggae artist, Wayne Marshall.
Redlight: “I’m just creating music and doing me”
Following on from last week’s Jam’s Jury when Mz Bratt’s new tune, Selecta was found guilty, we caught up with the producer behind the hit, Redlight.
Magnetic Man go “Mad”
Skream, Benga & Artwork have spent the past few months holed up in a studio in deepest darkest Cornwall working on the forthcoming heavily anticipated Magnetic Man album. Earlier today on his soundcloud, Skream ‘leaked’ a taster from the album (more…)
Sincere vs The XX
Love the look & sound of this. Big up Sincere.
Who’s Smiling Now?
Introducing Smiler
Written by Luca Massaro
With 2010 starting off the back of the most successful year for UK music, the optimism for an even stronger year has been at the forefront of everyone’s minds and tweets!
While the Grime scene has brought obvious success to the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Tinchy Stryder and Chipmunk over recent years, the Hip Hop scene is also beginning an emergence of Nu Skool UK Hip Hop Rappers.
KYLA – DON’T PLAY WITH MY HEART
Really feeling this song – new from Kyla, she of Crazy Cousinz “Do You Mind” vocal fame. She’s taken a new RnB direction and it really works for me – been heavily rotating on my Radio 1Xtra show. Video doesn’t look too bad either!!
TWO THOUSAND AND J2K
Howdy!
Being a very big fan of Grime music, you know, the only form of music other than rap where it’s acceptable to hear clashing, shouting and words the Oxford Dictionary haven’t even caught up with. It seemed only right for my first piece to be on Roll Deep member J2K, formerly known as the Grime scenes mixtape originator…
Hailing from east London, Bow, the popular artist J2K has been making music since before I was in nappys. I’m 19. Do the math! After giving up playing football – as you do. The Roll Deep member has successfully put out five mixtapes including “Heat In The Streets 1-3″, “Who Am I” and his most recent “Wake Up EP”. (Presuming we’re all in agreement that selling out on all your mixtapes is successful). As well as performing at shows all over England and Europe.
After Roll Deep’s recent single signing to Relentless, J2K has decided to put out some of his new tracks to celebrate the new year and all of the fans who have supported his career. The EP, entitled “2010″ is available to buy from iTunes and all other CD retailers in February. I’m gonna put my pocket money aside from now. The recession isn’t my friend. Features on the mixtape include Ghetts, Wiley, Dubz, Scorcher and a not-so-grimey tune “Don’t Let Go” featuring the amazing singer Roses Gabor. Now I’ve heard this track. When I say “heard” what I really mean is “I exclusively aired this track on radio before all the major DJ’s had it.” (Sorry Jam) Boastful is beautiful, do not judge me! But I must say, it’s amazing! It’s not Grime, but it’s a fantastic example of J2K not just being dubbed “Grime” but actually being an artist. Gabor is the perfect person to feature on this track as well. My opinion is biased though cause I think she’s an amazing artist. Don’t just take my word for it. Get the EP. Anyway – she has one of those even-if-I-perform-this-live-I’ll-still-sound-the-same voices, and lets be honest, nowadays other than Beyonce, how many other female performers sound the same live? Before you start to protest this, think Cheryl Cole, Fight For This Love performance on X-Factor 2009!
J2K has described this EP as “just a vibes, nothing too deep but good music never the less.” And I must confess, I’m in agreement with him.
Keep up with J2K here: Twitter Myspace Blog
And if you missed MistaJam’s show tonight where he played J2K ft Roses Gabor – Don’t Let Go, then catch it back on BBC iPlayer here
Until next time peoples!
Toodles x
By Sian
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