The inside scoop on the urban music scene as it happens. Plus, interviews, album reviews and the low-down on which new artists to look out for!
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
New From Cee-Lo Green - Bright Lights Featuring Wiz Khalifa
After Cee-Lo's recent run of big chart hits and picking up best International Male Solo Artist at the BRITs, here is his next instalment which is released on 11th April. It also features star of 'Black and Yellow,' Wiz Khalifa. Big tune!
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Wretch 32 Ft. Example - Unorthodox - Brand New Video
After trolling through Twitter all day for interesting things to talk
about, it looks like I hit a gold mine with this one! Literally posted
on youtube 10 minutes prior to writing this blog, here is the new video
from Wretch 32 and Example for the new single, 'unorthodox' which is
released 18th April on Levels/Ministry of Sound Recordings, enjoy!
Kings of The City Ft. Klashnekoff - Darkness
Its been a hot minute since I heard much come from UK Hip-Hop MC Klashnekoff, so I thought it was only natural that I should check this video out when someone tweeted it through to @number1spotUK (plug, plug, plug!) The video itself is pretty strange, with white - eyed contact lenses and a part where there are some girls grinding up against a blood stained fishbowl, but don't let that put you off. This track probably won't be hitting the chart anytime soon, and going by the comments on Youtube its got very mixed reviews. However, it made me nod my head a bit and hopefully it will do your's too. Have a gander below!
UK Hip Hop Battler Tenchoo...AKA My Brother
Now I haven't blogged about this yet because I've been waiting for the right time, I think that time is now. Don't Flop is a battle league in which MC's go up against each other in 3 rounds and then a winner is decided. My brother, Tenchoo is part of the league and he's actually one half of the doubles champions alongside Lego from Yorkshire. Now recently at Brixton Jam there was a promotional event in which some of the Don't Flop MC's took on their American counterparts. Tenchoo was drawn against a rapper from Chicago called Kannon whom in my humble opinion he absolutely destroyed. Don't just take my word for it though because I could be biased as he's my brother, check out what Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates had to say about it here. Peep the video below and keep an eye out for Tenchoo, doing a Fire in the Booth with Charlie Sloth real soon.
Brighty
Brighty
BBC 1Xtra Press Event
So, last night myself and Nick headed down to BBC Radio 1Xtra's press event in Notting Hill Gate. Ignoring the sea of people 'shmoozing' - that is, introducing yourself to people in a manner that would make onlookers cringe, as a 1Xtra producer called it - there were some amazing performances from 6 artists who have been on the lips of anyone in the music industry over the last year or so.
The stand out performance of the night in my opinion was that of super talented guitar playing, beat boxing, singer, Ed Sheeran. His style is somewhat of a cross between Jamie T and Plan B... with more singing and a better voice. His main quirk happens to be a track he performs with a audio looping device, recording in each part of the track and then playing them back to create a whole track live on stage. This guy has been on everyone's radar for a while now and has also been lucky enough to land himself a major record deal with Atlantic Records. Good on ya mate!
Another big performance of the night was that of Aggro Santos. Ignoring the sea of paps and press stood in front of him staring at their Blackberries and IPhones, he gave a truly great performance, with plenty of stage presence and energy.
The other performers who still all deserve a big mention were, in no particular order; Skepta, Yasmin, Maverick Sabre and, to my surprise, Lethal Bizzle who has recently announced the comeback of Fire Camp.
Unfortunately, neither myself or Nick thought to bring a camera with us on the night, so there are no pictures I'm afraid. However, check out the video below of our favourite of the night, Ed Sheeran, performing one of his singles, The A Team.
The stand out performance of the night in my opinion was that of super talented guitar playing, beat boxing, singer, Ed Sheeran. His style is somewhat of a cross between Jamie T and Plan B... with more singing and a better voice. His main quirk happens to be a track he performs with a audio looping device, recording in each part of the track and then playing them back to create a whole track live on stage. This guy has been on everyone's radar for a while now and has also been lucky enough to land himself a major record deal with Atlantic Records. Good on ya mate!
Another big performance of the night was that of Aggro Santos. Ignoring the sea of paps and press stood in front of him staring at their Blackberries and IPhones, he gave a truly great performance, with plenty of stage presence and energy.
The other performers who still all deserve a big mention were, in no particular order; Skepta, Yasmin, Maverick Sabre and, to my surprise, Lethal Bizzle who has recently announced the comeback of Fire Camp.
Unfortunately, neither myself or Nick thought to bring a camera with us on the night, so there are no pictures I'm afraid. However, check out the video below of our favourite of the night, Ed Sheeran, performing one of his singles, The A Team.
Monday, 21 February 2011
Win Yourself a Copy of Skepta's Debut Album 'Doin It Again' Plus a BBK Tee!!
Skepta's debut album was released at the end of last with huge success! To celebrate, and to reward all our loyal followers, we're giving YOU the chance to grab yourself a copy of the album as well as a Boy Better Know T-Shirt. All you have to do to win is to either Retweet us on Twitter (@number1spotUK) or share this page through facebook. Pretty simple, no 'difficult' questions, just share with your friends and we will randomly select a winner on Monday. If you are lucky enough to be chosen, we will contact you directly through either Twitter or Facebook, so make sure you check your inboxes from Monday onwards!! Good Luck!!Saturday, 19 February 2011
Devlin 2011 Bud, Sweat and Beers Tour!
Someone who caused tidal waves in the Uk Urban music scene last year was definitely Devlin. Yet this year he is set to take it one step further with his Bud, Sweat and Beers Tour starting next week in Manchester. For those of you who haven't already got a ticket for the first gig, I'm very sorry but they have all sold out. Don't let that put you off though, as due to huge public demand, it was recently announced that extra dates had been added to the tour in May, where they will revisit Manchester and a few other key cities. Keep checking back though, as we at Number One Spot will be covering Devlin at his London gig at the Islington O2 Academy, hopefully to get some behind-the-scenes footage and hopefully an interview with the big man himself! For a complete list of dates for Devlin's tour, click here to go through to his official website.
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