Review

Written by Lasé Antony Laleye ‘Working all winter, shining all summer…’ DJ Khaled is back again to heat up the end of summer by bringing together some of Hip-Hop’s biggest players on his sixth studio album: Kiss the Ring. Following on from the success of his last album ‘We the Best Forever’, Khaled has been [...]

When you consider the all-time smooth R&B legends; names like R Kelly,  Boys II Men, Usher and Jagged Edge might be brought up, but it’s time Trey Songz was added to the list.  Every artist goes through the maturity stage at some point in their careers and this is definitely the stage Trigga has reached.  [...]

He calls himself the Bawse, Ricky Ross and He is the frontman for the “Untouchable Maybach Music Group”. So to say that he has an ego would be an understatement, that was, until he announced the title of his fifth studio album ‘God Forgives, I Don’t’. That said, attitude is reflected by the music, so [...]

With over 20 years in the rap game and this being his 10th album, Nas returns to the pinnacle of the hip hop industry with his sixth No.1 album Life is Good. Fans have often complained over his selection of poor beats that don’t match or overload his intelligent wordplay. However with Life is Good [...]

What a week for Frank Ocean! After receiving a multitude of praise for his noble open letter expressing his sexuality, then dropping his debut album a week early on iTunes; the whole world is buzzing for his Def Jam debut album “Channel Orange”. The Twittersphere was lighting up with comments by avid fans declaring no [...]

He’s a world renowned R&B legend with a musical career of over 20 years, blessing our ears with seven stunning albums; it’s none other than Usher Raymond IV. Some call him the prince of R&B, others call him a club poppin’ hit-maker, with hits like “Burn!” and “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love”; whichever Usher [...]

Labrinth, come in! Appearing on the scene as the beat making genius behind Tinie Tempah’s “Pass Out“ and soon after “Frisky”, 22 year old Labrinth has finally dropped his much anticipated debut album. After a year and a half of waiting since “Let The Sun Shine” and the Devlin assisted track “Up In Flames” here [...]

  There can be no denying the female MC’s takeover of the music scene since famously signing to Young Money Records under meeting the two greatest insirations to her music, Drizzy and Weezy. The public often gives the star behind hit single “Super Bass” a lot of bad press because she commercialised her sound and [...]

    Michael Stafford, more commonly known as Maverick Sabre is one of my favourite upcoming UK artists and at this stage it seems unfair to even use the word upcoming! After guest vocals on Jungle with Professor Green, the incredible Fire In Your Eyes with Chase & Status and two brilliant singles (I Need [...]

  After many delays and postponed release dates for Tha CarterIV, die-hard Weezy fans rejoiced as a leak hit the interwebs late last night. It immediately began trending on Twitter and before anyone points out, I’m not supporting illegal piracy of music because I’m buying it on Monday morning, but I just had to hear [...]