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Tuesday, 11 January 2011

NEW KANYE AND JAY-Z TRACK!: H.A.M.

Wow is all I have to say about this track... WOWWWWWWWW

This song is crazy, epic, dark, sick and the rest. Honestly, it's like a cyber-space theatrical musical beat with some 'hard ass motherfuckerin' thrown over the top for good measure.

There's a semi-dubstep beat, choirs, pianos, digital effects... this track has the lot!

Honestly, it makes Kanye's 'Twisted Fantasy' album look like background music.

The collaboration is definitely more Kanye than Jay-Z, but no track can suffer from having the 'Jiggaman's' vocals on it.

The song is the first release from their upcoming album 'Watch The Throne', out in March.

Excited? I am!

Kanye West & Jay-Z - H.A.M. (Produced by Lex Luger) by Hypetrak

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Willow Smith: Too Much Too Fast?

Watch your back Rihanna, because there’s a new R’n’B starlet set to take over…

Yes, Willow Smith has arrived- and she’s flicking her hair all up in your face with her debut single ‘Whip My Hair’.

The 9-year-old has made a major impression on the music industry since she released the track- funded by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation record label.

However, it’s led to many questioning whether it’s right for such a young girl to be acting like an adult in such a crazy industry.

Mr ‘Jiggaman’ himself defended the youngster in an interview with Ryan Seacrest saying:

“She has a child's innocence but she has a clear vision of who she is and who she wants to be. I can only imagine that's how Mike [Michael Jackson] was as a young kid, he knew exactly what he wanted. When you have that sort of talent, there is no such thing as too young.”

Of course we all know how well that worked out for Michael… (hmm)

There’s no doubt that the track is an absolute TUNE and that she’s definitely got that star quality, but is nine years old just too young? Is she being exploited?

Or is she just having a laughing flicking her hair around and making Rihanna and co. look like grannies?

I think it’s probably a bit of both- yeh she is too young, but she’s probably having a proper laugh too. I mean, the average life of a 9-year-old isn’t what you’d call exciting- at least this girls going to have some serious banter for the playground.

And plus, who wouldn’t feel a bit of pressure when your brother at 12-years-old is already lording it up in Hollywood? Of course it’s a tad more extreme that the usual sibling rivalry of ‘Who got the most GSCE”s?’, but hey, this is the Smiths we’re talking about here.

The thing is, she was in the limelight anyway due to Will and Jada, so she might as well be doing something worthwhile to get her celeb status- unlike ‘It Girls’ such as Paris bloody Hilton who feed of their family’s fame.

Obviously it wouldn’t have hurt to have waited a few years, but from my experience, if a kid is told not to do something- they want it much more.

Hopefully the fact that she has her parents’ knowledge and support will mean she won’t turn into the mess that is Lindsay Lohan and grow up with her feet firmly on the ground- even if she is whipping her hair all over the place.

Monday, 5 July 2010

JAY-Z SMASHES WIRELESS FESTIVAL

With Jay-Z as the headlining act, I knew I was in for a good day at the Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park, however I didn't know just how much of a treat I was in for...

This festival is probably one of the most hip-hop around, which suited me perfectly! I've always been a bit more street than indie so was impressed with the line-up; featuring the likes of Lily Allen, Tinie Tempah, Wiley, Mr Hudson, Chiddy Bang and Pro Green.
It was great to go to a festival that featured lots of UK talent that are really showing the world what us Brits are made of at the moment.

First up was Mr Hudson. Although I think he's got a good voice and performed well, he always seems to never get much appreciation from the crowd, which I think is a bit harsh. However, he did get big applause for his best song, which was the anthemic 'Forever Young'.

Next up was Chipmunk, who really got the crowd going with his upbeat tunes. Higlights of the set were his first hit 'Chip-Diddy-Chip' and 'Look For Me' which saw Justin Timberlake's prodigy Esme Denters join him on stage.

Wiley and Roll Deep both got the crowd dancing with their best hit's including the catchy 'Wearing my Rolex' and Roll Deep's recent number one 'Good Times'.

Professor Green played an absolutely rammed second stage which saw hords of people trying to get in the small tent. He really should have been on the main stage!

The crowds also remained for Tine Tempah's set who was on the same stage (big mistake). I couldn't get in the tent for his set, but heard he was amazing- doing three different versions of his number 1 hit 'Pass Out' and also covering Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance'.

Over on the third stage, Chiddy Bang got the crowd cheering. He performed his biggest hit's including 'Opposite of Adults' and 'Truth' and also did some freestyling for the rowdy festival-goers.

I happened to catch a bit of Eliza Doolittle's set over on the bandstand and she sounded really good. I predict big things from this quirky artist!

Back to the main stage, and Friendly Fires brough a bit of indie to the festival as well as some crazy dance moves from frontman Ed Macfarlane. They also had some half-naked carnival dancers that got the crowd moving to some of their hits including the amazing 'Jump In The Pool' and the quirky 'Love Sick'.

Lily Allen came on next and drew big crowds to listen to her set. She performed well but drew a few boos from the crowd when she told them off for throwing bottles.

And finally... the big man- Jay-Z hit the stage...!

He was a little late, but man was he worth it!! He performed some of the songs off his great new album 'The Blueprint 3' as well as some old-skl clasics such as '99 Problems' 'Hard-Knock Life' and 'H.O.V.A'.

He was great on each song and really got the crowd going with each new tune, however I'd have to say my favourite was the amazing 'Big Pimpin' to which he told the crowd to "take off their shirts and wave them around like they're at a carnival".

It really got everyone going and having fun and was a great sight to see!

All in all, a great festival and an amazing day, well done Wireless peeps!

Crowd favourite... Tine Tempah


Cautioned crowd... Lily Allen