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Interview with NADEL PARIS | A Fiery, Confident and Talented Artist !

1) Hello Nadel, can you please tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Nadel Paris. I am a recording artist, music producer, songwriter, dancer, and actor, born in Paris, France. My music is a blend of various styles fused with pop and electronic dance beats. I started in music early, signing a recording […]

The Ten Best Samples in the History of House Music

Josh Baines & Angus Harrison   “The problem with music today is that nobody writes their own stuff, all these producers and rappers and DJs are just stealing other people’s tunes”…is an opinion you might sometimes read in the comment section under a Youtube video, often accompanied by a creepy statement about how girls were […]

Kid Cudi | Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’

Scott Mescudi’s latest tome, the 87-minute Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’, is the most focused he’s sounded since 2010’s Man on the Moon II, with the same drawbacks that have always plagued him. Scott Mescudi does not make small projects. His shortest album, Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon, runs 41 minutes, and last year, he somehow wrung […]

T.I. Us or Else: Letter to the System

T.I.’s political tenth studio album presents itself as a warning to black Americans who find themselves labeled social disruptors for simply trying to live their lives harmoniously. T.I.’s tenth studio album Us or Else: Letter to the System emerges from Us or Else, a six-track EP from September 2016 that found him in a revolutionary mood. The new LP, […]

Jamie Kent – All American Mutt

Jamie Kent – All American Mutt By Lance Wright Northampton, Massachusetts native Jamie Kent’s latest studio release, All American Mutt, deserves consideration as one of the most inspired releases of recent years. Kent has established quite a solid reputation since his 2009 debut with the full length album Neoteny and has logged hundreds of live […]

Kleenex / LiLiPUT | First Songs

First Songs collects Kleenex’s output from 1978 to 1982. Their gleefully anarchic music still feels like liberation, reveling in the limitless freedom that comes with tossing logic aside. Kleenex began with a crash. It transpired one night not long after they’d formed, in Zurich of 1978, while the germinal punk group was onstage. They had but four tunes then—“Beri-Beri,” “Ain’t You,” […]

Monsieur Nov: Rebirth of French Neo Soul

By Celeste With an incredible voice backed by lush R&B melodies, Monsieur Nov is France’s answer to artists like Musiq Soulchild and Miguel. Monsieur Nov makes what we would call “Neo Soul” for a hungry French audience. There’s a hole in the market for a French Musiq Soulchild-type artist, and Nov is determined to fill […]

Arabian Prince | TOP L.A. DJ

Before Arabian Prince officially started recording, he found his way in Los Angeles’ electro movement as one of the first west coast DJ’s to make a name. Arabian met with many ground-breaking musicians such as Unknown Dj, Ice-T, Egyptian Lover, The Taylor Brothers, DJ Pooh, DJ Slip, and many more. He was a DJ at […]