You might want to sit down for this. It’s been in on the cards for quite some time, but finally Funk Flex has managed to get Royce Da 5’9″ up to his Hot 97 studio to spit a freestyle. Heavy on the promotional run for his new album as part of the duo PRhyme with […]

8 years ago

You know it’s going to be a good day when Sade releases new music. Asked by Director Ava DuVernay to create an original song for the upcoming Disney movie A Wrinkle In Time, Sade surprisingly agreed. The result? The No I.D. produced “Flower of the Universe”. Sharing the track at midnight last night via Twitter, DuVernay […]

8 years ago

Who do you think topped the list? Naming children after celebrities isn’t a new concept, in fact it’s been going on for centuries. However, the ability to be able to document the exact numbers via statistical analysis is a relatively new notion. Enter: Names.org. Discovering for example that zero babies in the UK were named […]

8 years ago

Martin Shkreli’s fuckery has finally caught up with him. Charged with defrauding investors in Retrophin, the pharmaceutical company he co-founded, Martin Shkreli is currently in jail awaiting his March 9th sentencing. As part of his conviction, Judge Kiyo Matsumoto has ordered the “playboy of pharmaceuticals” to forfeit $7.36 million in assets, which includes the one […]

8 years ago

Rest in peace to a music retail legend. It’s a sad day in the music world as it’s announced that Russ Solomon, founder of Tower Records, has passed away at the age of 92. According to the Sacramento Bee, Solomon suffered a heart attack while watching Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony. “He was giving his […]

8 years ago

Remember those old No Limit covers? Well, Steve Aoki has taken it upon himself – with some help from Ours&Yours and DJay Brawner and Blake Greenbaum of Anthem Films – to recreate some of those iconic pieces of artwork by Pen & Pixel in video format. Dropping the visuals for his Lil Uzi Vert-assisted single “Been Ballin”, […]

8 years ago

Independent success. Do artists really need to be signed to a major record label to be successful? Judging from what happened on Friday when Ocean Wisdom’s Wizville album hit Top 40 on the Official UK Album Chart, perhaps the answer is no. Independence has long been celebrated but there isn’t always a pot of gold […]

8 years ago

Fueled By Ramen knows talent when it sees it. The popular emo label has a new star on its books and he goes by the name of nothing,nowhere. and he is without face to the general public. Announcing his debut album on the label that has housed the likes of Gym Class Heroes, Panic! at […]

8 years ago

Sleeping rough never looked so good. Sigala keeps the hits coming with his latest smash “Lullaby”. Teaming up with BRIT Award winner Paloma Faith, it might be cold outside but the pair’s new single has summer success written all over it. “This was a track I initially wrote a while ago and I loved it […]

8 years ago

Could Nas be Hip Hop’s next billionaire? Thanks to a series of smart investments, Nas is rapidly becoming one of Hip Hop’s most astute businessmen. His Queensbridge Venture Partners was an early investor in tech company Ring, which manufactures WiFi cameras and doorbells, and has now potentially earned him a pretty substantial amount of money […]

8 years ago

Prayers up for Rick Ross. MMG rapper Rick Ross is reportedly in hospital after being found unresponsive in his Miami home on Friday (March 1st) with signs pointing to pneumonia. It’s being reported by TMZ that someone from inside the rapper’s home dialled 911 and described Rozay as “slobbing from the mouth” around 3:30am on Thursday. […]

8 years ago

Triple threat. Rae Sremmurd fans rejoice! The rapping duo from Mississippi have gifted their fans with three brand new tracks. Taken from their upcoming triple album SR3MM, the duo has collectively released “Powerglide”, while individually Swae Lee has delivered “Hurt To Look” and Slim Jxmmi dropped off “Brxnks Truck”. “Powerglide” pays homage to Three-6-Mafia’s “Side […]

8 years ago

MC B! Rapping better than most rappers, Beyoncé sent the internet into a frenzy today with a verse on the new DJ Khaled record, “Top Off”. Teaming up with husband JAY-Z and Atlanta rap titan Future, Beyoncé sounds like she’s having a lot of fun flexing her rap muscles on this one. Proving she can […]

8 years ago

Wiley, winter and William. As part of the 2018 honours list, The Godfather of grime, Wiley, today visited Buckingham Palace and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to music. Joining Marc Almond and former editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Alexandra Shulman, who respectively received an OBE and CBE, all of […]

8 years ago

Record That Changed My Life In the first episode of JOE’s new series Record That Changed My Life, reggae legend David Rodigan MBE breaks down what makes Catch A Fire by The Wailers so special. Released in 1973, Catch A Fire was the first album The Wailers (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer) released on Island Records. […]

8 years ago

A previously unheard Chris Cornell track surfaced this week. Titled “You Never Knew My Mind” and recorded for an upcoming Johnny Cash album by the name of Johnny Cash: Forever Words, it’s one of the last solo recordings the former Soundgarden and Audioslave singer did before his untimely death in May of last year. In […]

8 years ago

THIS IS SOMETHING NOT TO BE MISSED! If you’ve never seen Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes play live then what the hell is wrong with you!? One of the craziest live acts on the planet, they’ve just announced that they will be assembling their full band for a landmark live show in Camden’s very own Dr. […]

8 years ago

So, Drake does pen his own lyrics. If you’re a fan of Drake’s pen game then it looks like you’re going to be able to own a piece of the rapper’s early work if you’re willing to fork over $54k. Discovered over a decade ago, a rare notebook belonging to Drake featuring some handwritten lyrics […]

8 years ago

#RIPTrayvon Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story is set to premiere in July. Produced by JAY-Z, the first trailer for the docu-series that takes a deep look at the controversial case involving slain teen Trayvon Martin has now been released by Paramount. Integral in launching the Black Lives Matter movement, the case saw 17-year-old Trayvon […]

8 years ago

Congratulations are in order. Robin Thicke became a father for the second time last week when his girlfriend, April Love, gave birth to the couple’s daughter, Mia Love. Born February 22nd, the singer took to Instagram to make the announcement in a video post that saw him cuddling a crying Mia at the hospital, with […]

8 years ago

It’s been a while since we last heard from drum & bass legends Pendulum, seven years to be exact. Today announcing their return, the boys from down under have a brand new album coming and a whole host of new live shows for 2018. The Reworks is a project unlike any other released by the band […]

8 years ago

Happy 2.0. As the EELS ready the release of their 12th studio album, The Deconstruction, they’ve released a video for new single “Today Is the Day”. Directed by Gus Black, and starring Mike Mitchell of Netflix’s LOVE, a series that EELS frontman E also stars in, the video is as upbeat as the song itself. […]

8 years ago

JOE PREMIERE! One man band Youngr is back with a brand new video and we’re exclusively premiering it. Adding to his extensive catalogue of re-works, rising star Youngr shows no signs of slowing down with the release of “Remember”. Adding a unique twist to the Michael McDonald original “I Keep Forgetting”, which became a globally […]

8 years ago

Acoustic love. It’s not just his hair he’s cut, James Bay has also cut a new version of his single “Wild Love”. Stripping it back to an acoustic version, it’s a beautiful rendition of his first new song in three years. Debuted as the “Hottest Record In The World” on Annie Mac’s Radio 1 show, Bay […]

8 years ago

We love this guy! Listed on JOE’s 2018 Ones To Watch list, Louis Berry is someone we have been keeping a watchful eye on and today the man from Liverpool releases his latest single, “Stumbling”. Choosing to leave his acoustic guitar in its case for this one, “Stumbling” is a little more electronic than we’ve […]

8 years ago

Bobby Tarantino is back on his flexicution shit! Rapper Logic returns after a hell of a year that included some huge success surrounding his now 4x platinum selling single “1-800-273-8255”. Gifting fans with new track “44 More” late last night, the Gaithersburg, Maryland MC gets back on his double-time spitting on the follow up to his […]

8 years ago

Gang Signs & Prayer is now platinum! The BPI have today announced that following Stormzy’s epic BRIT Awards performance last night at London’s O2 Arena, the MC’s debut album, Gang Signs & Prayer, has now been certified platinum in the UK. In a tweet issued today, it read: “Ahead of our normal #bpiAwards announcements, we’ve […]

8 years ago

Time for a Grime Minister

8 years ago

Another year, another BRIT Awards. That’s all folks, the BRIT Awards 2018 are over! Taking place at The O2 earlier this evening and hosted by Jack Whitehall, the majority of those expected to win, won, however there were a few underdogs who came up big too. Did your favourites walk away with a gong? See […]

8 years ago

September in Liverpool it is then? Revealed on Capital Liverpool this morning by Capital Breakfast‘s Adam, Gemma and Dylan, the lineup for Fusion 2018 features some of the biggest names in music. Headlined by international superstars David Guetta and Shawn Mendes, Fusion will once again be bringing some of the world’s biggest artists to Otterspool […]

8 years ago

Game of Zones. Lebron James has been the centre of a lot of scrutiny as of late. From the dysfunction of his team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, to the controversial trade that saw his point guard, Kyrie Irving, leave the successful franchise with the reason apparently being because he no longer wanted to play with ‘the […]

8 years ago

Things will never be the same again. Tipped as one of our ones to watch for 2018, Youngr unleashes another addictive bootleg, this time in the form of “Remember”. Flipping Michael McDonald’s classic “I Keep Forgetting”, which was later sampled on 90’s Hip Hop smash “Regulate” by Warren G and Nate Dogg, “Remember” is yet […]

8 years ago

“Hey now, you’re an All-Star!” Tonight the NBA hosts its annual All-Star game. Taking place at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, home of the L.A. Lakers, it’s the first All-Star game with the newly changed format, where instead of East vs. West teams were picked in a draft stye format by captains Stephen Curry […]

8 years ago

I guess we’ve all come a long way, baby! Fatboy Slim has announced a 20th anniversary reissue of We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby, and it just makes us all feel old. The fact that the album turns 20 this year is a big deal, it’s mind blowing. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we […]

8 years ago

Remy Ma’s new single gets the video treatment. Following the release of her new single “Melanin Magic (Pretty Brown)”, a track that features Chris Brown, Remy Ma has now unveiled some visuals to accompany the song that promotes self-love. Produced by Dallas Austin (TLC, Madonna, Boyz II Men, Janet Jackson), the track samples the classic […]

8 years ago

Mouth-wateringly good. Channeling her inner Erykah Badu, Jillian Hervey (daughter of singer, actress and former Miss America Vanessa Williams) gets right to the soul of things with new LION BABE song “Honey Dew”. Produced by Simon Sez, “Honey Dew” is another reason why people need to turn their ears to the music of Jillian and […]

8 years ago

Prepare to have your heartstrings plucked. Music truly is a powerful thing, just listen to the latest single from RHYE for proof. Simply put, it’s gorgeous! Titled “Song For You”, it starts off built on a bed of mid-tempo delicate guitar plucks and is then joined by more and more strings throughout while a steady drum […]

8 years ago

No, you’re crying! After teasing it for weeks via his Instagram, Drake has finally unveiled the video for his latest track, “God’s Plan”. Taken from his Scary Hours EP, the song landed as the lead single with “Diplomatic Immunity” the B-side. In the video Drake is seen giving away almost a million dollars ($996,631.90) to […]

8 years ago

Donald Glover stays winning. FX have announced the return of Childish Gambino’s critically acclaimed comedy series Atlanta. Titled “Robbin’ Season”, the second series of the show created by and starring Childish Gambino (real name Donald Glover) will premiere in the United States on FX on Thursday, March 1st, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT. Highly anticipated from […]

8 years ago

Black excellence. There’s been plenty of hype surrounding Marvel’s Black Panther movie as of late, and rightly so. It’s refreshing to see a universal brand such as Marvel bucking the Hollywood trend of choosing to cast white actors to play the roles of minorities – yes Ridley Scott, I’m looking at you for that piss […]

8 years ago

Summer has arrived, and it’s only just February! Premiered on Tuesday by Zane Lowe on his Beats 1 show, Nipsey Hussle’s “Dedication” has now arrived in full for us all to enjoy. Featuring Kendrick Lamar, the song, set to land on Nipsey’s highly anticipated Victory Lap album, is unapologetically west coast. The on-point lyricism and […]

8 years ago

It’s about to be a ‘Killer’ summer! Okay, if you haven’t already guessed by the use of clever (or so we think) puns, The Killers have just been announced as one of this year’s headliners for Latitude Festival. In its 13th year, Latitude will take place Thursday July 12th – Sunday July 15th in the […]

8 years ago

Now this is something special. When Jamie Isaac’s new song landed in my inbox I didn’t jump on it instantly. However, I regretted that decision once I finally got around to playing it. I got lost in the mesmerising backdrop of “Doing Better” before I even paid attention to the lyrical content and the accompanying […]

8 years ago

Numbers don’t lie. After the internet went into a frenzy last weekend when it was announced that the Spice Girls would be reuniting, the frenzy has translated into some colossal streaming figures. On the day Emma Bunton uploaded the photo of the girls reunited for the first time, global music streaming service Deezer saw streams […]

8 years ago

“You stay classy Roseville.” Paramore have unveiled their latest video, and in essence it’s an ode to Ron Burgundy and the San Diego KVWN channel 4 news team. Taken from their acclaimed 2017 album After Laughter, “Rose-Colored Boy” is a song that examines the difference in outlooks on life as explored in a relationship setting. […]

8 years ago

Show me those hands and feet. Lionel Richie won’t just be dancing on the ceiling this year ahead of his UK summer tour, he’ll also be dancing all over the pavement outside of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. In a recent announcement, the “All Night Long” singer will have his hand and footprints immortalised […]

8 years ago

It’s getting cold in here, so put on all your clothes! Joining forces with Diplo’s mega bass creation Major Lazer and Canadian’s third biggest musical export (behind Drake and Justin Bieber) Tory Lanez, internationally acclaimed producer Cashmere Cat drops off a visual for his new single “Miss You”. Filmed on an ice rink, the girl […]

8 years ago

Guess we’re off to Portsmouth then? The Prodigy have just been announced as headliners for this year’s Victorious Festival. Alongside Paul Weller, the two UK music heavyweights join The Libertines and Kaiser Chiefs at the top of the bill for the Portsmouth-based festival that takes place 24th-26th August 2018. Closing out the August Bank Holiday […]

8 years ago

Ladies and gentlemen… JMSN. If you’re not too familiar with JMSN you might want to start blessing your ears with the art he’s creating. Returning with a new single, “So Badly” is a combination of many things. It’s vintage funk, transcended soul, futuristic pop, fluid R&B, bespoke rock, the list goes on and on. And […]

8 years ago

Get Rich or Die Tryin’ changed my life. Can you believe it’s been 15 years since the release of Get Rich or Die Tryin’? Nah, me either. It seems like it was just yesterday I was sporting the latest G-Unit Reebok kicks and whatever G-Unit Ecko clothing I could get my hands on while screaming, […]

8 years ago