Ol' Skool Come Back Or Stay In The Garage?

Remember hanging outside the youth centre when you were a kid? Remember your first kiss? Remember secondary school? Remember when you were a chav? Remember being beaten up by chavs? Well. If any of these thoughts ring a bell, then you'll remember these artists. If you had to choose which one of these ol' skool garage artists should come back, which ones would you choose and could they survive the current modern musicians out right now?

Na Na and The Architects: This trio had a massive number 1 hit with their track 'Body Groove' in 2000. After that they released a 2nd track called 'Show Me The Money'.

If in 2011 they decided to come back with a fresh sound, do you think they would be as big as they were 10years ago?

Sweet Female Attitude: It was double

trouble when these 2 got together and released 'Flowers', which reached number 2 in the charts in 2000. 'Flowers' became the 37th biggest selling single of that year. Their 2nd single '8 Days A Week' stalled at number 43 in the charts.

If the duo decided to come back and show Booty Luv some competition, would they dent the charts?

Craig David: The youngest male solo artist (he was 19 at the time) to ever have a number 1 in the UK charts with his 1st single 'Fill Me In'. His debut album, 'Born To Do It' sold more than 7million units world-wide. It seemed at the time this guy was destined to stay around for a long time. It went down hill some where between his 2nd album 'Slicker Than Your Average' and his final album 'Signed Sealed Delivered'.

Could he out sing Labrinth and Bluey Robinson if he was given the opportunity?

Shola Ama: The soulful singer got to number 4 with 'You Might Need Somebody' even though it weren't her first single. Her debut album 'Much Love' won her a Brit Award and 2 MOBO Awards. in 1999, Ama released her 2nd album 'In Return' which was branded as a 'commercial flop'.

Can Shola Ama be as soulful as she was if she came back with a hit? Or will she be branded as 'whack'?

So Solid Crew: The biggest urban musical collective to ever come out of the garage scene. With hits such as 'Oh No (Sentimental Things)', 'They Don't Know' and their number 1 hit '21 Seconds'. This crew knew how to create a hit after hit after hit. But their chart toppers was ended when they were always seen as negative. 'Broken Silence', which spoke out about government prejudice which they felt they had faced, was the last track they had released as a crew before pursuing their solo careers.

Could they come back and carry on from where they have left it? Or have their '21 Seconds' of fame ended?

Eddie Kadi VS Lethal Bizzle!

Comedian Eddie Kadi has come back with a remix to Lethal Bizzle's new hit.

Pounded Yam 2011 is probably better than POW 2011, in a funny sort of way..

Listen to it and let me know.

Dappy's All Grown!

If you missed Dappy's Christmas speech the first time, then here it is.

And people thought he couldn't use big words such as spectrum, perspective, horrified and NDubz.

Obviously we know this speech was not written by Dappy himself. But his done quiet well reading and or memorising it all. Shows that his not a kid any more.

Well done son.

Sergeant Smash Or Sergeant Flop?

The anticipated 2nd video from Talay Riley has arrived.

Talay Riley 1st stepped in the commercial music scene when he featured on Chipmunks 'Look For Me'. The artist has been around for a while quietly writing tracks such as 'Oopsy Daisy' for Chipmunk, 'Bad Girl' for Addictive Ladies and supposedly written a song for Justin Beiber. We might not of heard of him before but we've heard his music that's for sure.

'Humanoid' was his 1st single which was an absolute hit in my eyes (shame it didn't dent the charts). Now he has released his 2nd single and video 'Sergeant Smash'. The video is a very big let down. The track itself is good though. I don't think there was a story or any planning to this video. All I can say is I don't get it!'

Is it a smash or a flop? You decide.

Who's The Champion, Chippy Or Breezy?

When I heard about this collab between Chipmunk and Chris Brown, my first initial reaction was 'this could either be good or very bad'.

After Chipmunk supposedly walked out of his label, his music turned from bubble gum pop to fresh UK hip hop sounds. 'We Flying High' was the beginning of Chipmunk as an adult and ready to show his 'haters' what he can do (now that his got more money of course) and he did. The video for 'We Flying High' was/is an epic video.

Can a singer out-rap a rapper? In this case, the answer is 'YES'. The follow up track 'Champion', featuring the talented R&B star Chris Brown, tells people that no matter what hard times the pair may have gone through, they will remain 'Champions'. In this case, Chris Brown's verse had more depth and meaning than Chipmunk's verse. That shouldn't be the case. The track is featuring Chris Brown, so why does it sound like Chippy is the guest?

Us, the British audience, hype up any artist who does anything with a US artist. Why? It really isn't that hard to get a US artist on your track. Money speaks volumes in this industry. Skepta and Diddy worked together. That was hyped and the track 'Hello, Good Morning' grime remix wasn't even anything to get excited over. 'Champion' is another track that is very hyped. Yes Chipmunk has Chris Brown on it. And yes he actually got him to be in the video. So?

I don't look at artists as UK or US. If your music is good, then its good. I was 'gassed' over 'We Flying High' and Champion did let me down slightly. But I still have high hopes for Chipmunk though.

Check out the video and let me know your thoughts.

Lethal Bizzle's POW Video!

Wow, this is what Lethal Bizzle had in-store?

I thought the big hype would of been something better than this non-sense. Obviously the idea is from some sort of a movie like (dare I even compare) Takers, but its far from as glamorous as the movie.
They could of done it abit more tasteful. We know these guys are hood but come on, seriously?

Carly Cussen's is a phenomenal director and so I understand that she could only work with what she has been provided. Tough job but she did well.

Are we surprised that Wiley is missing from the video? If you are then walk off a short plank. If you don't know yet then get to know that Wiley does not really do bait video's where he knows that certain 'manz' are going to be at. There are people looking for this guy. Would of been great to have him in the video as I think that his verse is one of the best.

Any ways, you decide on what you think.

Watch the video below.

 

Rachel Adedeji - Follow's Beyonce!

My lovely girl Rachel Adedeji has been working very hard since she got booted off the X-Factor last year.

The 2009 finalist has ambitions to be compared to Beyonce in this photo shoot - but as a lookalike doesn't quite make the grade. 

Rachel re-creates Beyonce's Fall 2010 House of Dereon advert

Beyonce Knowles in the Fall 2010 House of Dereon advert

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-the-less, she now has a new video called 'Follow The DJ' and I have it right here for you guys to enjoy.