This Wednesday 7th May from 8am through to 9pm Kiss will play nothing but Old School Anthems, Classics and those tunes that Kiss made famous over the years.
All day we'll be taking your shouts , texts and requests at Totalkiss.com plus we'll be in the mix throughout the day .
Its all about the old school this Wednesday , Kisstory... all day ...starting from 8am through to 9pm only on Kiss.
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Laying the 80's bare once again Chromeo are back with 'Fancy Footwork', a headstrong synth led boogie down R&B track. Catch them live at the following:
Upcoming UK Festvial Dates
25th May – Gatecrasher Festival, Buckimghamshire
22nd Aug – Leeds Festival, Leeds
24th Aug - Reading Festival, Reading
5th Sept – Bestival Festival, Isle Wight
Ok this one's hot off the press and is the first single of 2008 for Santogold. The single sets the tone for forthcoming album 'Santogold' due 12th May. It features a guest appearance from Spank Rock's Naeem and is produced by Santi and friends, including FreQNasty, Diplo, Switch, John Hill and Disco D.
This Wednesday on Kiss is all about the classics and the old school tunes as we do a whole day of Kisstory.
From 9am to 6pm we'll be playing nothing but big old school anthems and the big tunes that Kiss made famous.... we'll even be in the mix throughout the day.
We want to hear from you all day on the text and email with your shouts and your favourite old school Kisstory tracks
Classic tunes and old school anthems all day from 9am. Don't hurt yourself dancing round the house!
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Wearing My Rolex
Release Date - May 5th (digital April 28th)
It really doesn't need any introduction this track - you all know it by now. Wiley's crossover smash hit has enjoyed massive airplay across the board, mostly from us it has to be said. Produced by one-to-watch, Bless Beats, ‘Wearing My Rolex’ is set to an electro/ funky-house beat that samples DSK's east coast garage classic ‘What Would We Do'.
Take a look at the making of the video for 'Snowflake' by Garage Jams and Clare Evers. Shot and edited by our friends over at Gut Records for your viewing pleasure.
Watch the full final version of the video here (Windows Media Player)
Out of the bedroom and onto the stage, Red Bull Bedroom Jam is proud to be creating the Camden Crawl’s only venue for 2008 that will also be open to under 18's on the 18th and 19th April 2008. Expect to see some of the UK’s most talented young bands from both the Red Bull Bedroom Jam network and the Camden Crawl’s esteemed roster. Red Bull Bedroom Jam is a site that allows young bands and musicians, who would otherwise struggle to get an outlet for their music due to venue age restrictions, to upload their videos and have the opportunity to have one of their gigs live streamed across the Internet, helping them gather that all important fan base.
This April, Red Bull Bedroom Jam have an opening for a slot on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage at the Camden Crawl and are looking for talented musicians to upload their jam videos to the Bedroom Jam site, one of which will be cherry picked and chosen by the Red Bull judges to play on stage at the event. The Bedroom Jam site is also a place to discover new talent, so users can submit their votes on which bands they rate are the best.
Latest: Camden Crawl weekend tickets have now sold out but for those under 18, Red Bull will be running a special guest list for access to the Red Bull Bedroom Jam venue. Details on how to apply for the guest list plus all the above can be found on the official site:
Lupe Fiasco, the musical karate kid hailing from from West-side Chicago talks exclusively to Kiss about growing up in the hood, his new album 'The Cool', super group CRS and about following in Jay-Z's footsteps with a headline show at Glastonbury in 2009!
How did you get into rap?
I grew up with the culture. From my parents, from the ghetto, the hood and with [the] drugs and gangs. So I got all that culture juxtaposed with all that violence. My friend was a poet and I said... 'I can do that', and it turned into rapping. I got a record deal in the summer after high school and from 2000 until now I’ve been rapping professionally.
You were critically acclaimed in the business from beginning, when did it translate into commercial success?
We lost our record deal with The Pack and in the midst of that I started recording a lot, including 'What Could Have Been'. MTV picked it up and I became Lupe Fiasco. It was the first song where I realised that you can do rap songs...and it wasn't just for black people. I started to change what I rapped about.
For me hip-hop is just a way of expressing the human experience, that is two-sided. Some people may be too political and it gets too ideal. On the other side it's about the common person and about being cool, I think you need that balance. It doesn't all have to be conscious happy MCs because then we start living in a fantasy land. You need to discuss struggle and poverty because otherwise we forget and these things exist.
Is there a danger five years down the line when rappers are multi-millionaires, they will be rapping about issues not close to them anymore?
I think that there's a misconception that rappers get out from the hood. You become the vehicle for other people to get out. You still have to go pick them up physically from their concrete building and they might have a package of weed or a gun on them. That's how rappers get caught up.
I don't think that when you cross a certain bridge you start to hang around with different people. Your friends from the hood are the same killers, gang bangers, drug dealers as when you were twelve. You'll be surprised about how many rappers have to put [down] their real name to bail out their friends and family because they are still there.
How has Jay-Z and Kanye West influenced you as an artist?
When I was nobody, Jay-Z took a liking to me, he offered me my first record deal. He became my 'go to guy', my contact. I knew Kanye when he was the beat maker, and I watched him become the phenomenon that he is; one of the most talented performers in the world. So I learned from him how to entertain, and with Jay-Z it was more business.
Tell me about the super group 'Child Rebel Soldier - CRS' (Jay-Z, Kanye West and Pharrel Williams)?
We are all doing similar things, have the same likes and dislikes, goals and inspirations. So we got together and did the remake of The Razor, by Thom Yorke. We’re going to debut CRS after our tours, we don’t know what it'll be exactly; art, fashion, music…
Jay-Z will be the first hip-hop artist to headline the predominantly rocky Glastonbury. Is it a smart move on his part?
Festivals are such a mish-mash to me, when you go to festivals you see all this music in all its forms and variations, this year Jay-Z got one [a ridiculous show]. I’m building towards a ridiculous show, so hopefully I can come back and headline next year.
You've been quoted to say that you're going bail out of rapping after three albums, is that still so?
I'm 85 percent sure simply because the music business tears and wears on you. For me there's the recording and the performing side. I love performing but there comes a time when you think that I can't do this for ever. It's not a lack of wanting to make music, it's just the lack of wanting to be in the game. I'm setting myself up to be well, and then I want to enable others to come into music.
Interview: Julia Dinome
'Paris, Tokyo' will be release digitally on April 14th and physically on April 21st.
Mariah Carey is in London today to promote her new single and album. She will be at Selfridges in London signing copies of her latest single on April 1st 2008. She will be arriving through the front entrance of the store in a spectacular fashion at 4.55pm sharp.
The single ‘Touch My Body’ , currently #1 on the US i Tunes chart, hit the shops on 31st March.
Her new album, the follow up to the 10 Million selling #1 album The Emancipation Of Mimi, is out on April 14th, entitled E=MC².
Number one chart-topper Estelle will be signing copies of her brand new album 'Shine' on Monday 31 March at 6pm at zavvi, Oxford Street.
'American Boy ' featuring Kanye West raced straight to the top of the charts, and is enjoying a 2nd week at Number 1.
The new album ‘Shine’ which is released this Monday (31st March) includes guest spots from some of the hottest talent in the world today including Mark Ronson, Wyclef, Cee-Lo and John Legend.
Catch Estelle at 6pm, Monday 31st March
ZAVVI, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W1D 1AR
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Aynzli Jones, born in Hammersmith, raised in Kingston, Jamaica.
With a musical style that owes as much to Massive Attack and Wu Tang as it does Beenie Man and Buju Banton, he's definitely one you should be looking out for this year. After coming back to London to study sound engineering, 'Superflex' started performing his unique blend of dancehall toasting and pop hooks around the capital, including a high profile support slot with Ziggy Marley.
"I love performing," the 25-year old states excitedly. "On my first show, I tore the place down. I did my last verse and the place went nuts. I didn't even do the chorus I just dashed the mic and walked off the stage. Job done."
Watch 'Had Enuff' video
Catch him at one of these London shows at the end of March.
Live dates
Monkey Chews, Camden – Wednesday, 26th March
Yo Yo, Notting Hill Arts Club – Thursday, 27th March
Second album ‘The Odd Couple’ follows on March 31st
Here we go with the first single to be taken from the new Gnarls Barkley album 'The Odd Couple'. Taking it's cues from Soul Train ét al, 'Run' is a soul-sizzler of a tune, and showcases Cee-Lo's talents as a gospel howler to great effect.
Speaking about the forthcoming album Ceel-Lo said “It’s just bigger, badder, bolder and more arena-friendly. I know we’re always so modest, but let me toot my own horn. It’s really f***ing good.”
Released: MARCH 24TH
ALBUM EGO TRIPPIN’ TO FOLLOW ON MARCH 31ST
Oooh, wee! This smoking disco sizzler is the first single to be taken from Snoop's ninth (9th!) studio album "Ego Trippin', and if it's anything like what we can expect from the album, we have very good reason to be excited.
Speaking about the new album Snoop said "I just don’t give a f**k right now and I'm gonna do me, 'cause that's what I do best!"
Although still under wraps, it's rumoured to include some 80's influenced pop tracks; drawing inspiration from Prince, Rick James & George Clinton as well as groove-influenced R&B, and of course a good measure of the gangsta rap cuts that have made Snoop a hip hop icon.
Taio Cruz, the 23 year-old writer/producer/artist who has cut a swathe through the upper reaches of the American music industry with Dallas Austin singling him out as “the new Babyface”, has his eagerly awaited debut album “Departure” released on March 17th through Universal Records. Taio’s new single “Come On Girl” will be released on March 3rd. Signed to Universal in the UK and the legendary Motown Records in the US in a unique joint venture, Taio has spent the last few years writing and recording in the US with the likes of Tricky Stewart, the man behind Rihanna’s “Umbrella”.
Taio Cruz will also be supporting Boyz II Men live on tour From 24th March - 3rd April
