Here is more free music goodness to start your 2012. Kano dropped this mixtape at exactly 1pm GMT ehhhh early in the morning EST so I hope everyone is up now(if not I completely understand) but whenever you read this, hey just press download. According to the folks over at Soulculture we’re going to see a lot of Kano in 2012 and looking at the Creative Beach 2012 year ahead hopefully it will work out and the U.S. will see more of Kano and the UK scene in general. Let’s get into the music, scroll down, listen and download.
Tor Cesay is no stranger to Creative Beach and the UK MC is constantly putting out quality music. This go around Tor links up with songstress Meleka for the track “Give It Time”. The song is very heartfelt expression of life with a seriously dance baseline, in short it just feels good to listen to. So press play and feel good because guess what…it’s Saturday!
The folks over at Soulculture started a series entitled “The Co-sign” which features remixes and never before heard performances that the site have put together. Ms Dynamite’s “Neva Soft Remix” is the second installment in the series and I have to it’s a banger! Creative Beach just featured the official video the original “Neva Soft” song. This is one of the those songs that gives you the “mean mug face” because it’s just that good, you all know, the instant head nod that finishes with hands in the air(no matter where you are) just off the instant praise because the song took it to church(yeah it was a quick spiritual moment). I have to say the three ladies involved Lady Leshurr, Amplify Dot and Lioness are three MC’s the world needs to check for. Ok, I’m excited because I can’t wait hear feedback from this one. Although before I go, here’s some insight on what went into the “Neva Soft Remix”. Make sure you get the inside scoop and of course! Enjoy!
For this episode we teamed up the North London raised double BRIT Award and three time MOBO Award winning MC and singer Ms. Dynamite, who just scored a top 40 chart position with her latest single “Neva Soft,” with three of the most exciting up and coming MCs from the UK scene right now.
Stepping up to the mic with Dynamite for this special remix are Amplify Dot, who recently released her banger of a collaboration with Kano“Semantics” as well as her solid Born Ready mixtape; Birmingham repping Lady Leshurr who almost spits verses in bullet time on her take on Chris Brown‘s “Look At Me Now”; and South London rhyme animal Lioness whose buzzworthy mixtape Roarness was released last week.
Although Amplify Dot, Lady Leshurr and Lioness are solo artists in their own right, they come together as an earth shattering unit called 367(a reference to their individual positions on The Grime Report’s 2011 top female MCs list, which was topped by Ms. Dynamite) and the results are outstanding. So bear witness to what happened when 367 joined forces with #1 for an EXCLUSIVE remix of the Labrinth-produced “Neva Soft” for The Co-Sign.
Oh! Who wants to see more of 367 as a group!? …I know I do!
You know how it goes down! BONUS: The first episode of “The Co-sign”
Ms. Dynamite has a new single out, an accompanying video and the single is now available for download. Just in case but if you’re reading this you’re probably well aware; Ms. Dynamite had some success back in 2002/2003 on this side of the atlantic with her debut album “A Little Deeper”. We haven’t heard or seen much from her here in the states but she definitely hasn’t been quiet as of late. The single “Neva Soft” is a definite banger and might change her absence on American soil. So I’m not going to type anymore, Watch the video and if you get the urge to put two fingers in the air and yell out “Somebody say PULL UP!!” Don’t worry, it’s only natural.
This is an up and coming MC that Creative Beach has been following for a couple of months now. Amplify Dot or “A.Dot” is continuing to prove when it comes to rhymes…don’t underestimate the ladies. There is currently a build up of women stepping in front of the mic and taking over in UK hip hop scene right now and you know what!? Music is music and Creative Beach supports good music. Amplify Dot released her mixtape Born Ready earlier this week on July 4th..yep same day as the Emerge EP! For us in the states it was our independence day oddly enough, a celebration of our break away from England but two hundred and thirty-five years later what does it matter. So download the mixtape and enjoy!
This is definitely one for the DJ’s this is screaming for a backspin but with none other than Bounty Killa on the track, it’s more like “Wheeeeel, ..come again selecta” and we can mix in a “Brappppp” for the UK one time. This song is featured on Shysties mixtape, “Pirates: You’re Welcome”. The song is produced by Fireworkz and as it goes the multi-feature is a culmination of a popular track that MC’s can’t resist. Props to everyone and all props due to Bounty Killa on the track but Shystie really made her presence known because she has a flawless verse! Ok, click on play…enjoy!
Before I go any further (jaw drop) this is GOOD! Up and coming MC/Producer Pepstar hooked up with SBTV as they film a recording session and fellow MC Kano drops by for a few bars of his own. Sounds really simple, but all I’m going to say is watch. Oh! You will definitely enjoy, so click on play.
Hip hop world wide is very strong! UK MC Amplify Dot(A Dot) is a new artist coming out the highly visible UK hip hop scene. Amplify Dot is joined by veteran MC Kano on this hard hitting, windows down, summer banger. Click on play, enjoy.
A young man we wrote about not too long ago had a launch party for his EP The Bus Stop. The video follows the entire launch party from beginning to end with the opening performances to the man of the night AKS, who performs like a seasoned veteran. Overall the launch party was well done with an abundance of talent and the band! Well just click on the video.
