Monthly Archives: November 2011

Artist Showcase: R.Jay R&B singer

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R.Jay, coming straight from South London, has been brought up in a family of different musicians, mainly singers. So being influenced by family members, he started singing from a very young age.
‘Through out the years I have performed at various gospel event due to being a Christian, many talent contests in primary and secondary school. By then I was really inspired and wanted to take it
up to the next level. I used to be in a group called ‘Urban Solutions’ it consisted of 3 rappers and 1 singer (RJay), along the line we all wanted different things and the group eventually split.’
 
“A few years later in my final year of college, I began to pick back up the music and decided to chase it while balancing it with the academic side of things. So again I got involved with sixth form
music events which built my confidence levels up. Then I began to get into the studio and record things I had wrote, I began to also enquire about getting myself on various different Youtube channels to get myself out more across the web. “

My first ever Youtube channel feature was MilliPix’s well known ‘Sing Out Loud Sundays’ 
“After receiving quite a lot of love from that I began to write to various music genre’s that I really love such as; Acoustic, R&B, Soul, Hip Hop, House, Garage, and Reggae.
Months passed and I had been doing collaborations with a few rappers, such as ‘YoungBirds’, ‘T-Mar’ and a few members from ‘BEV Gang’.”
“I also did an acoustic song with a singer called ‘Tamia Soul’ we did a cover video for my Youtube channel.”
“My confidence started to get stronger and stronger as I kept performing at shows and doing cover video’s. I then decided to put together a CD, so when I go to shows to network I would have some material to give out. Recently, I’ve been performing at bigger and better venues and showcases, a close relative of mine has band and they got me involved with performing at some of there shows such as;”
  • Pasha Night Club (Victoria)
  • Private Weddings
  • McQueen’s Bar (Old Street)
  • Cafe de Paris (Picadilly)
He’s also recently performed at The Coronet Threate for the UK’s first ever Jerking Show, Battle of the Crews.
Also in G-Shock (Shoreditch).
“After finally finishing college, I finally had the chance to put my more time into music. I started of by stepping out of the box and featuring on ‘KnwMeTv’”
Music Video’s
“due to stepping out my my box, a few artists began to contact me in regards to collaborations, I featured on track with ‘Winderz – Prophecy’”
Then very recently hereleased a brand new video of an acoustic track that’s coming out with the ‘Music is Life’ EP. R.Jay – Your Gone.
You can find live performances, tracks, cover videos, music videos. On the Youtube channel:
Now currently a part of a team that goes by the name of AClub (Addict Club), which consists of people with different talents such as, dancing, rapping, filming etc.
R.Jay is part of the singing department of AClub which involves artists such as Levelle and Tashan Moss.
You can join R.Jay’s Facebook fan page:
And also follow me on Twitter @RJayMusiq
R.Jay blog
Since this was written R.Jay has won Lewisham Star of the future !! see the blog post

Artist Showcase: Kaychi (producer)

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Kaychi is a Bristol based, born and bred music producer. Having started out in 2006, he is slowly and surely forming a solid fan-base in the industry. Producing genres such as Grime, Dubstep, Hip Hop, R&B, Funky House, House, Garage and Dub, he is no stranger to creating music to cater for different tastes.

Kaychi grew up in a household where music was heavily involved, his father a former Sound System DJ and mother a lead Singer in a band and a solo artist.

His productions have featured on mixtapes such as M.I.K’s ‘Grime To Five’, Kwam’s ‘Truth Hurts’, Untitled’s ‘Mind Warp’, US artist Foster Child’s ‘Debut Of A Story’, Dot Famous’ ’28 Grams’ amongst others. As far as his own projects go, Kaychi released his most widely received project ‘Go On, Have This!’ (a Grime instrumental EP) in December 2010 and has several projects lined up to follow.

Kaychi is also responsible for his ‘Strayt Riddims’ volumes, with 1 and 2 already available for download, volume 3 is currently in the process of being put together. 




Artist Showcase: Mr 13

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Mr 13, also known as ‘Firts’ (short for 13), is a Rapper and Radio Host from Acton, West London. From an early age he had a passion for music, he wrote and performed his 1st full song on stage on the final day of Primary School back in 1996 at the tender age of 11. His love for Hip Hop lead him to join forces with DJ Bones in 2004 and start doing their very own radio show. The 2 men continued their show through trials and tribulations and now host ‘The UK Hip Hop Show’ every Thursday night from 10pm-1am on commercial station BANG Radio 103.6fm and WeAreBANG.com

As an artist Mr 13 has released 6 projects to date, ‘My Life In Rhymes’, ‘Head Rush’, ‘Smokers C.O.F’, ‘Boiling Point’, and his latest double release on Friday the 13th of May 2011, ‘Firts Featuring’ and ‘The Best Of Firts’. ‘Firts Featuring‘ has appearances from 20 MCs and 9 Producers from the U.K. Hip Hop scene. ‘The Best Of Firts’ has no features from other rappers and compiles the best work of Mr 13 to date, including 7 unreleased tracks. Both projects are available for free download at mr13.bandcamp.com. Mr 13 plans to continue the momentum he has built in 2011 with this double release and the music videos that followed to promote the free downloads. You can also expect plenty more projects to come from the MC/Radio Host, working along side some of the most talented underground U.K. artists.

You can get all the latest updates regarding Mr 13 at http://www.twitter.com/firts 

Also drop by http://www.youtube.com/djbonesandmr13 to watch the latest videos from the MC/Radio Host

Logan Sama’s Epic mix for 1xtra ‘Professor Logan Sama’s Brief History of Grime’ Free Download

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Twitter went crazy at midnight on Saturday when Mistajam played Logans Brief History of Grime the mentions were going through so quick on my time line it was un real

Here Logan talks about the mix and the response to it.

“So my 25 minute Grime history mix was broadcast last night on Mistajam’s XDXB show on Radio1/1xtra! Big up all of you who tweeted me and got at me!

It got such an amazing response and I’m so happy because I put so much effort into it.

I highly recommend you go and check it out now on the iPlayer here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0171p4q when it become available. It is around 1 hour 5 minutes into the show.

Or alternatively you can download it here http://www.mediafire.com/?cj7e7dofzztwl6g

REMEMBER this is not a full and comprehensive history of grime, this is a BRIEF history of Grime so if there’s music I couldn’t fit in then feel free to do your own mixes and send them to me to info@logansama.com and I will share them also!

In case you want to know what’s in it before you download…”

Wiley / Wot Do U Call It? / XL
Dizzee Rascal / I Luv U / XL
Dizzee Rascal / Stop Dat / XL
Dizzee Rascal / Stand Up Tall / XL
Dizzee Rascal / Ice Rink Freestyle / Eskibeat
Wiley / Sorry Sorry Pardon What / Eskibeat
Wiley / Ice Pole Remix (Wiley) / Eskibeat
Wiley / Gangsterz / Big Dada
Roll Deep / Heat Up / Relentless
Roll Deep / When I’m Ere (Wiley Remix) / Relentless
Trim / Boogie Man / CDR
Nasty Crew / Take You Out / Jah Mek Da World
Jammer ft Various / Destruction / Jah Mek Da World
Kano / P’s & Q’s / 679
D Double E / Frontline / CDR
Footsie / Prangman
Breakage ft Newham Generals / Hard / Digital Soundboy
D Double E / Bad To The Bone / Dirtee Stank
D Double E / Street Fighter Riddim / Dirtee Stank
Big H / Hooligan / Bloodline
Prez T ft JME / Heard What I Said / Adamantium
JME / Serious / BoyBetterKnow
JME / Awoh / BoyBetterKnow
JME / Boy Better Know / BoyBetterKnow
Skepta ft Various / Duppy / BoyBetterKnow
Boy Better Know / Too Many Man / BoyBetterKnow
Frisco / Skengman Mode / Alwayz
Fire Camp ft Scrufizzer & Lady Leshurr / Get Out The Way / Bizzle
More Fire Crew / Oi / Go Beat
Fire Camp / No / Bizzle
Fire Camp / Shut Up / CDR
Lethal Bizzle ft Various / Pow / Relentless
DJ Mondie ft Flirta D, Shizzle, Napper & Ribz / Pull Up Dat / CDR
Lethal Bizzle ft Various / FWD 2 All Star Mix / Bizzle
Flirta D / Murkle Man Freestyle / CDR
Jammer / Murkle Man / Jah Mek Da World
Skepta / My Chune / CDR
Skepta & JME / Gunshot Riddim Dubplate / CDR
Skepta / I Spy / BoyBetterKnow
Tempa T / RnG Freestyle / CDR
Tempa T / Battle Riddim / CDR
Tempa T / Next Hype Accapella / No Hats No Hoods
DJ Youngsta / Pulse Y / DDJS
Plasticman / Cha / TerrorRhythm
Skepta / DTI / Dice
Danny Weed / Creeper / Roll Deep Recordings
Crazy Titch / Singalong / In The Hood
Crazy Titch / I Can C U / Aftershock
P Money / What Did He Say / No Hats No Hoods
P Money / Left The Room / True Tiger
P Money / Slang Like This / True Tiger
Blacks & P Money / Fall Back / OGz
Ruff Sqwad / Anna / Ruff Sqwad
Ruff Sqwad / Xtra / Ruff Sqwad
Tinchy Stryder / Underground / Ruff Sqwad
Tinchy Stryder / Line Em Up / Takeover
Tinchy Stryder ft Chipmunk / Sorry You Are / Takeover
Chipmunk / Who Are You / Alwayz
Chipmunk / Fire Alie / Alwayz
Mercston ft Ghetto / Good Old Days / Adamantium
Ghetto / Don’t Phone Me / J.Clarke
Ghetts / Artillery / J.Clarke
Ghetto / Top 3 Selected / J.Clarke
Scorcher / In Love With The Game / Adamantium
Scorcher / Chance Us / Adamantium
Scorcher & Terminator / Spartan Gang / Staplehouse
Kozzie ft Marger, Merky Ace, Rival, Ego & Scrufizzer / Spartan Remix / No Hats No Hoods