On Friday Absolute Radio announced the result of its song of the decade vote: shockingly the top 10 doesn’t include the Arctic Monkeys, Strokes or White Stripes but does include two songs each by The Killers & Snow Patrol, a…
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Best Albums Of The Noughties
Tagged with: Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, Common, Dizzee Rascal, Elbow, Estelle, Fleet Foxes, Gomez, hip hip, jamie lidell, Jazzanova, Jose James, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, list, Marc Mac, Nitin Sawhiney, Norah Jones, noughties, Ohmega Watts, Omar, paul weller, radiohead, rock, the streets, The Strokes, Tuomo, Ty, Visioneers, zero 7
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Best Songs Of The Noughties
So, when Absolute Radio announced their quest to find the best songs of the decade, I said that I found it hard to pick any. Well, I’ve changed my mind, thanks to some inter-office discussions (ending in this playlist) and…
Tagged with: amerie, Amy Winehouse, Aqualung, Arctic Monkeys, ben westbeech, Coldplay, Common, Damon Albarn, Dizzee Rascal, garage, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, hip hop, indie, jamie cullum, jazz, Jose James, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Lily Allen, mark ronson, N.E.R.D., noughties, paul weller, pharrell williams, R&B, radiohead, rock, the streets, The Strokes, Travis, zero 7
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Dizzee Rascal’s Tongue & Cheek Nike Airs
Whilst some people crave a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, for many the way they know they’ve made it is when they get their own pair of trainers. Well, with the release of the limited edition Nike Airs…
Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers (feat. Armand Van Helden)
After years of being critically acclaimed but ignored by the mainstream (a situation similar to that described by The Roots in Act Too with the line “when we perform it’s just coffee shop chicks & white dudes”) Dizzee rascal has…
M.O.P. & Busta Rhymes – Ante Up
I’ve just been flicking through the crap that makes up Saturday TV when I came across one of these interminable ’50 Best (insert genre here)’ shows on 4music. Except that this particular show was being presented by our next Prime…
Tagged with: Busta Rhymes, Dizzee Rascal, hip hop, M.O.P., remix, Sam and Dave, samples, soul
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The Best Songs Of 2008
I was going to call this post the best singles of 2008 but living as we do in the age of iTunes, I’m just not sure how relevant singles are these days. That said, I’ve tried to restrict my choices…
Tagged with: Adele, Baby Charles, Calvin Harris, Charlie Dark, Chase & Status, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Zinc, Elbow, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Friendly Fires, gilles peterson, J.A.M, Jamie Liddel, Jeff Buckley, Jose James, Kano, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, N.E.R.D., paul weller, Public Enemy, The Courteneers, the streets, Vampire Weekend, Wylie
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Chase & Status feat. Kano – Against All Odds
As I’ve mentioned before I can’t stand any of the major breakfast DJs so have my car stereo tuned to Radio 4 (I find listening to news of the world’s imminent collapse on Today much less annoying than even 30…
Dizzee Rascal For Prime Minister
Paxman – Do you believe in political parties in Britain Rascal – Yeah, they exist, I believe in them. I don’t know if I care Paxman – Well why don’t you run for office? Rascal – See, that’s a very…
The Brighton Port Authority – Toe Jam (feat. Dizzee Rascal, David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)
Courtesy of Chungaiz, comes this track from The Brighton Port Authority (BPA) which appears to be a new band from Fatboy Slim (AKA ex-Housemartin Norman Cook). It features David Byrne on vocals (who seems to be doing all his best…
Tagged with: big beat, David Byrne, Dizzee Rascal, fatboy slim, house, The Brighton Port Authority
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