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Amazing voice!! 'She Can't by Dionne Reid has been playing on loop this morning....and this afternoon.   A mix of soul and reggae is always a good combination (for me anyway) If you haven't heard it yet check it out now.    Dionne Reid | She Can't [Music Video]: SBTV Make sure you download 'She Can't' on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/she-cant-feat.-dionne-reid/id844200071 The South London songbird has bags of talent and is a credit the the UK music scene. LOVE HER!! I wanna share 'Angel' another song I adore. I may have cried when I first heard this a few years back (Shhh don't tell) http://dionnereid.bandcamp.com/ https://twitter.com/DionneReid http://instagram.com/dionnereid http://dionnereid.com/ https://soundclouddionnereid.com/

Check out 24-Year old Richard Osborne, R&B Artist from Ipswich. The singer/songwriter dropped his 6 track EP 'Nothing Personal' back in May which includes   features from Scorcher, Ca$his, Torch, Kid Bookie & Mistah F.A.B. and production from Kris Flava & Muckaniks. DOWNLOAD  'Nothing Personal' http://www.audiomack.com/album/richard-osborne/nothing-personal-5 Have a listen to my fave track "Wherever I Fall" ft Torch. Love it! He doesn't stop there. Richard also linked up with Hip Hop artist Dice Raw (former member of The Roots ) for a remix of his single "Just Leave" Follow Richard on Soundcloud and Twitter https://twitter.com/rdfosborne https://soundcloud.com/lnt-1

Hip Hop Emcees Silas Blak and Jace ECAj teamed up with vocalist Felicia Loud and together became 'Black Stax' The Seattle based trio have gained many fans (including myself) with their eclectic sound of Blues, Jazz, R&B, and Hip-Hop. Check out their live performance of 'They Want Me' which is the single from their Debut album 'Talking Buildings' Silas Blak left the group to focus on his own musical creativity...but I had the opportunity to chat with Jace and Felicia.  Miss R: So..Jace, You and Silas came together to form 'Silent Lambs Project' Tell me how that came about?   Jace: 'Silent Lambs Project' was created in 1996 when we combined both of our crews, 4th Party and Blind Council. This was a time in Seattle when things were very challenging. You had to be Dope. Whatever your style was to even be 'allowed' on the M I C. It was a real competitive time...good times! No mediocre allowed!   But, we were...

3rd Society Entertainment Presents "The Saturday Morning Mixtape" The concept for this mixtape is genius. All the instrumentals are samples from cartoons, video games and wrestling. The aim is to capture that Saturday morning feeling you had as a kid... Ahh the good old days. *Download*  https://twitter.com/3rdsocietyent

Big Up The North!!! I caught up with the young  Manchester emcee and spoken word poet Jay Chambers. Miss R: Moment of Silence' is due for release in August. What was your inspiration behind this EP? My inspiration behind moment of silence is the competitiveness in Hip Hop, I feel like in hiphop you've always gotta be reinventing yourself in terms of flow and lyricism, as if you keep the same style your viewed as complacent or not fully about the craft. With that being said another part of this then becomes speculation as there's a massive amount of speculation within our small scene so I feel with 'Moment of Silence' I will have said everything that needs to be said so all the critique & all the speculation will be silenced. Another bit of inspiration for 'Moment of Silence' was stress after I put my last mixtape out I began going through some issues in my personal life, which resulted in massive writers block, this went on for month...

 Hello....Talent alert!!! Let me introduce you to 21 year old producer, rapper, photographer & audio engineer Rafael Morales also known as Cheer Dolor.   Miss R: What age did you start to write? It all started around the age of 15. I've always felt the urge to express myself through a creative outlet but just couldn't figure out what. So when I first started to write my first few rhymes right then and there was when I knew this was my calling. Miss R: For those who don't know you, how would you describe your sound? I would like to describe my sound as true. You won't get nothing but raw emotion. Even if its through my production side you'll feel a certain way. That is my goal, to capture you and put you into a certain state of mind. If I don't succeed in doing so then I as an artist have failed. Miss R: What inspires your writing? Do you need to hear the beat first or do you just hit record and spit? I always like to start off listening...

"To Young To Stress, To Young To Worry. To Young To Live My Life In A Hurry...."  Yes, I found a new song I love. I'm sure you will sing along after hearing it. 'Soul Rich' the new song from North London's artist 4i. 4i Miss R: When did you first get in to music? Music has always been part of who I am, but I really started picking it up when I was about 12/13 years young. I remember my dad had bought a music software for the pc and I would use it to make beats. Shortly after that came my first ever written verse.  Miss R: How would you describe your style? I would like to think unique, very different to what is 'popping' at the moment. Very honest and most of all positive. Many people have compared me to artists such as Mos Def, J cole and even Common, which I can only take as compliments.   Miss R: Who did you listen to growing up? Growing up I listened to all kinds of music, but most of all ...

Miss R: It was your English teacher who encouraged you to pursue rap as a creative outlet. Do you remember the first poem you wrote? What was your inspiration at that time? Yes indeed it was I can’t remember her name right now it slips my memory but She had us keep a daily journal  and instead of just writing out mine in regular diary format I used to write mine in a poetry rhyming  type format and one day she left a note in my journal saying “did you ever think about being a rapper….I think your be very good” and that day I went home wrote my first rap verse which was more like an essay since it was so long lol.  My first poem was a poem complaining about how some people was trying to take credit from the Egyptians for building the pyramids …Nas influence most of my early poems. Miss R:  What music outside of Hip Hop did you listen to as a youngster? All types from reggae to pop …Bob Marley, Prince, Michael Jackson, Peter Tosh, Whitney Housto...

I would like to introduce Songwriter, Rapper, Businesswoman and Entertainer Miss Aja 'Lioness' Malone.   Miss R: You wrote your first rhyme at the age of ten, Do you remember the lyrics? Lol, I wish I could but I'm sorry I do not I just know my first rhyme was some A, B, C stuff very basic lol...but what a lot of people may not know is I started writing R&B songs first. I can not remember the song or what it was even about, but when I would write I absolutely loved putting how I felt on paper. It was soothing & helped me free my mind & I also wanted to relate to others as they may be experiencing some similar things in their lives. 　 Miss R: What makes you stand out from other female MC's? I strongly believe each artist plays a part in music...it's all about knowing your position and staying in your lane but not having a problem to crossover if certain visions/productions call for that. I love to stick to the c...

Spoken Word MC Rudy Rudacious from Providence, Rhode Island,is a man of many talents. Not only is Rudy a poetic genius, he is also an actor, radio personality and barber! It would be rude of me to not share this man's work. So I gave him a shout. Mi ss R: You started writing in 2008 while in collage. What first inspired you to get in to poetry? Was this something you have always had a interest in? I was never really inspired to get into Poetry per say, when I started writing I just wrote what I knew. I was and am still a Hip Hop baby until I die, so I knew lyrics but I was never musically inclined enough to flow over beats and make music. Naturally I rhymed a lot in my early work and had a punch line style, but it was never structured to fit musically over a beat. So you can say I wrote free form rap until I realized what I was doing fit into the category of "Spoken Word" and "Free Form Poetry." My interest in Poetry grew as I discovered what I w...