Category: Reviews
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Melanie Fiona – The MF Life | Album Review
Having begun her ventures in music with a brief encounter in former band XQuisite, R&B singer/songwriter Melanie Fiona launched her solo career with her debut album The Bridge in 2009, earning her first Grammy award nomination for hit single “It Kills Me.” The Canadian singer is back with her sophomore album, The MF Life, packed…
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KOF – An Alternative Soul | EP Review
Building on the buzz generated over the past 12 months, with three singles that have gained him impressive recognition from the mainstream radio over here and being coined as ‘One To Watch’ in CNN stateside, Liverpool hailing musician KOF is due to drop An Alternative Soul; a seven-track EP is described as soul music infused…
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Stalley – Savage Journey To The American Dream | Mixtape Review
The American Dream has long been something referred to. Whether it’s been theorised, personified or declared as something unachievable, the maxim has become something which will forever remain in America’s society. Whilst the common Hip Hop image of wealth, possessions and women has often been described as “living the American Dream,” Ohio native and Maybach…
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Quantic x Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro – Look Around The Corner | Album Review
Following the release of “Sweet Calling” and “Something That’s Real” and an apprecitive segment of music fans awaiting another collaboration from soulful producer Will Quantic Holland and Brighton hailing vocalist Alice Russell, the duo went one further and created a whole album – in the form of Look Around The Corner.
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Talib Kweli at HMV Forum, London | Live Review
When it comes to a lion of Hip Hop, a revered storyteller and one of raps most well known expressers of truth, you can’t help but mention Talib Kweli, amongst the likes of Black Star co-star Mos Def, and Black Thought. On March 20 as part of his ongoing lengthy tour, Kweli brought Brooklyn to…
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BJ the Chicago Kid – Pineapple Now-Laters | Album Review
BJ the Chicago Kid is a soul slinger. Packing an intensity that hits you hard and gets all over you, he keeps you coming back for more of that feeling. Born Bryan Sledge, BJ sings, writes and arranges with the best of them. Having worked with everyone from Mary J. Blige and Toni Braxton to…
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Sy Smith – Fast and Curious | Album Review
New York bred songstress Sy Smith, has been one of the only artist who has been able to beautifully walk the tightrope between dance music, and neo-soul music. Its release delayed whilst working on other projects and touring with The Foreign Exchange, her fourth album Fast and Curious proves worth the wait, with evolved production…
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Odd Future – The OF Tape, Vol. 2 | Album Review
With their controversy, protests and uproar being cleared well out of the way in 2011, the radical stable of Odd Future now stands as an established and respected collective within music. From Tyler The Creator‘s well received Goblin album to the emergence of Frank Ocean as one of the leading vocalists in contemporary R&B, the…