Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Another Gift From Us To You...
This is something real exclusive so don't ignore this opportunity. The Bigger Picture would like to present to YOU some of the hottest hip hop, rap, RnB and even pop music production right now! This guy manufactures these magical masterpieces on a daily basis and you need to hear them!!
Go to 'What's Hot' on the right hand side of this page to check it out NOW!
Go to 'What's Hot' on the right hand side of this page to check it out NOW!
Monday, 30 May 2011
Is This Tupac In Young Jeezy's Video?!?
Go to 1:37 !!
Tweet me your thoughts and also, so far who in your opinion has done the best version of 'Hustle Hard' !
@rikybains1
Tweet me your thoughts and also, so far who in your opinion has done the best version of 'Hustle Hard' !
@rikybains1
Friday, 27 May 2011
MUSIC POWER 100: The Full List
Take a look at the list of apparently the 100 most powerful people in music, we at 'The Bigger Picture' think its all wrong but what do you think?
Click the link below to check it out, get at me on twitter with feedback, your response will get included in the forthcoming article about this list!
http://gu.com/p/2pbey
Click the link below to check it out, get at me on twitter with feedback, your response will get included in the forthcoming article about this list!
http://gu.com/p/2pbey
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Listen to 'Rock n Roll Remix' - Raekwon feat. DJ Khaled, Game , Pharrell & Busta Rhymes by clicking on 'What's Hot' on the right hand side!
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Lil Wayne Drops His Brand New Single ....
It's called 'How To Love' and it comes from the forthcoming anticipated blockbuster 'Tha Carter IV', it is super super good so go check it out in the 'What's Hot' section of the blog which can be found on the side panel.
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Lil Wayne Drops His Brand New Single ....
It's called 'How To Love' and it comes from the forthcoming anticipated blockbuster 'Tha Carter IV', it is super super good so go check it out in the 'What's Hot' section of the blog which can be found on the side panel.
Blade Brown: Exclusive [Part 2]
British rapper Blade Brown hailing from Bermondsey gives an exclusive insight into music and his life.
If you haven't already, go and purchase 'Bags and Boxes' and 'Financial Times' , they truely are two excellent mixtapes providing both quality and quantity
This is just part 2 of 4, look out for the following parts in the very near future!
If you want to catch the first part scroll down or find the link in the archives on right hand side of the page.
You can follow Blade Brown on Twitter @blademusic
If you haven't already, go and purchase 'Bags and Boxes' and 'Financial Times' , they truely are two excellent mixtapes providing both quality and quantity
This is just part 2 of 4, look out for the following parts in the very near future!
If you want to catch the first part scroll down or find the link in the archives on right hand side of the page.
You can follow Blade Brown on Twitter @blademusic
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Tyler, The Creative
The 'Yonkers' star has gained millions of fans worldwide largely due to his unpredictability, his explosive use of words and of course the unique and innovative production.
" He takes the script of mainstream rap and burns it on the microphone "
What is often forgotten is that Tyler produces. He produced the viral sensation 'Yonkers' and the majority of the music on the new album Goblin is his own and follows the same suit. While he stays true to his carefree, outspoken and volatile manner he definitely does not play ball with the industry, he takes the script of mainstream rap and burns it on the microphone. He's the actor, the director and the producer and he wants his film to be as vulgar, electrifying and against the grain as possible.
The long sock wearing, skateboard riding, horror story sharing rapper from California has assembled over 9 million views in just three months for the shocking but highly creative song 'Yonkers'. He definitely has a buzz around him and not just a local one, worldwide. After the success of that he could quite easily have collaborated with the big names but he has remained interestingly close to his own circle 'Odd Future' and this has helped the other members of the collective to rise above the water for a little fame for themselves.
One thing that is always highly respected on The Bigger Picture is quantity. We'll come onto quality soon but quantity is unquestionable here, Tyler presents you over 90 minutes of sound for 9 Pounds.
Each song is more like a movie than a song, the artist paints pictures with words, tones and rhythmic music. Each one of these instrumentals could be the backing track for an epic movie scene. The production and the creative freedom transmitted through the music are absolutely worthy of applause.
He proves his production prowess with the track entitled 'AU79' which is just music and empty of vocals, it provides a welcome pause after the hectic bass-heavy preceeding songs but simultaenously it is a showcase of his talent on the buttons.
Speaking of special effects, Tyler evidently enjoys replicating the devil's voice on his tracks as a kind of allusion to his conscience to attempt to double his possessed image, which he has successfully portrayed to millions and which millions have bought into very quickly.
" The mind of a madman combined with the creativity of a genius "
It is refreshing when you hear him spit in the normal fashion, with just his voice and the beat, it resembles the essence of a great rapper with pockets of potential but then he hurries back to indulging in his twisted alter-ego.
What this album does is leave you very perplexed. I listened to it from start to finish, I still don't know if I 'get it' yet. I'm not sure if I just wasted an hour of my life or if I've encountered the mind of a madman combined with the creativity of a genius splattered on to paper and spat with genuine venom onto a microphone.
On various tracks we gratefully receive insights into his real human soul, on 'Golden' he reveals a softer compassionate side to himself but carried with the vehicle of uncompromised hardhitting delivery.
"N***as saying free Earl without even knowing him/
They're missing a new album, I'm missing my only friend/"
Tyler, The Creator brings to the table raw emotion and passion which is spiced up with hints of fictional horror. He has come to stardom at a time where glitter and glamour grace the global stages of music. What Odd Future do with their music is burn everything down back to the bare basics - true emotion, genuine meaning and story telling to entertain the masses without sticking to scripts or guidelines. While they light up their paths with unforgiveable uncaring inferno, I hope that it sparks the flames within the music industry as a whole and reminds artists what the purpose is and what a blessing it is to have the ability to speak to millions across borders and across differences.
I'll leave you with one of my personal favourite tracks off the album GOBLIN which was leaked earlier in the month but officially released on May 10 :
You can follow Tyler, The Creator on Twitter @FuckTyler
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Mission Possible
Go to Wikipedia , search "Grime (Music)" and scroll down to the section extrinsically entitled "International growth" .
What you have stumbled across are three paragraphs. Each one throwing names and figures and venues at you in the attempt to suggest that Grime music as an entity is growing internationally.
It has quite the opposite effect and it highlights the half-hearted breakthroughs in the past and therefore the lack of prominence of this genre of music on a global stage. The writer tries to salvage some integrity by connecting international growth with increased live grime concerts..
But Hyde Park and Leeds are hardly international are they? Nice try but unfortunately an unsuccessful rescue mission.
HOWEVER...
Speaking of which, if this controversial, uncommercially friendly genre of music is so unappealing to artists worldwide - then why has a young man from Toronto, Canada decided to take the reigns at 140 bpm?
The MC I am talking about is Tre Mission and he gave a rather conclusive answer in an interview with MTV UK:
From a personal perspective it really is a breath of fresh air to hear different accents 'do' grime. I look forward to him collaborating with a number of UK MC's. I hope his footsteps on the Grime path encourage other international MC's to follow, thus rendering Grime a mission possible.
So if you are not already aware of the man I suggest you check out "When I Come Thru" and "Hold Up" on YouTube.
But you know we bring you THE latest music so without further ado , I present to you the brand new track entitled "World Go Crazy" :
You can follow Tre on Twitter @TreMission
What you have stumbled across are three paragraphs. Each one throwing names and figures and venues at you in the attempt to suggest that Grime music as an entity is growing internationally.
It has quite the opposite effect and it highlights the half-hearted breakthroughs in the past and therefore the lack of prominence of this genre of music on a global stage. The writer tries to salvage some integrity by connecting international growth with increased live grime concerts..
But Hyde Park and Leeds are hardly international are they? Nice try but unfortunately an unsuccessful rescue mission.
HOWEVER...
Speaking of which, if this controversial, uncommercially friendly genre of music is so unappealing to artists worldwide - then why has a young man from Toronto, Canada decided to take the reigns at 140 bpm?
The MC I am talking about is Tre Mission and he gave a rather conclusive answer in an interview with MTV UK:
"In Toronto, everyone’s next door neighbour is a rapper and they all seem to be doing the same thing, so I try to give people a breath of fresh air and it seems to have worked so far"
From a personal perspective it really is a breath of fresh air to hear different accents 'do' grime. I look forward to him collaborating with a number of UK MC's. I hope his footsteps on the Grime path encourage other international MC's to follow, thus rendering Grime a mission possible.
So if you are not already aware of the man I suggest you check out "When I Come Thru" and "Hold Up" on YouTube.
But you know we bring you THE latest music so without further ado , I present to you the brand new track entitled "World Go Crazy" :
You can follow Tre on Twitter @TreMission
Monday, 16 May 2011
Blade Brown: Exclusive [Part 1]
British rapper Blade Brown hailing from Bermondsey gives an exclusive insight into music and his life.
If you haven't already, go and purchase 'Bags and Boxes' and 'Financial Times' , they truely are two excellent mixtapes providing both quality and quantity
This is just part 1 of 4, look out for the following parts in the very near future!
You can follow Blade Brown on Twitter @blademusic
The video comes courtesy of www.dannymeetswemboss.com, you can follow them @wemboss.
If you haven't already, go and purchase 'Bags and Boxes' and 'Financial Times' , they truely are two excellent mixtapes providing both quality and quantity
This is just part 1 of 4, look out for the following parts in the very near future!
You can follow Blade Brown on Twitter @blademusic
The video comes courtesy of www.dannymeetswemboss.com, you can follow them @wemboss.
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Stardom Is No Foreign Object ...
... Well not for Tinie Tempah!
The platinum plaque selling Plumstead man has just released a brand new free mixtape which goes by the strangely self-deflating title of "Foreign Object".
(You can find a Download link at the bottom of the page)
The words 'Foreign Object' imply the intrusion of an alien-species and the cover art presents Tinie with a cup of tea and a stern look as if to insinuate 'The British are [Finally] here'. So the packaging has a distinctly home-made feel but the content is still predominantly Americanised with US productions and US collaborations/ features.
Tinie's head takes up the majority of the cover art which is arguably appropriate as the music itself reflect Tempah in an ambitious, egotistical and self-preserving manner:
The London boy is definitely not holding back in his US invasion, explicitly declaring his aim to sell gargantuan quantities of records is something we would criticise or brush off as humour with any other UK artist. But with Tinie the tale is different, he has an international buzz and is consistently delivering big commercial successes with his singles, without the need to collaborate with many major names thus far.
It is no secret that Tinie has adapted his flow and style of delivery since the days of "Hood Economics" and "Wifey". His vocal chords in the booth now tread precariously around the thin line of 'Original' and 'Trying to be American'. He dances around his words in a playful fashion allowing his music to reach particularly young Americans who tend to associate the British accent with dullness and monotony.
The unanticipated Russel Brand 'Skits' in the mixtape break up the songs nicely and cleverly remind the listener that this is a British record.
For me, the most interesting track on the mixtape is 'Hitz' it has an eyebrow-raising in-your-face hard rap/ rock sound and serves as a signpost which states "I Can Do Hip Hop Too". It is also interesting to note that a lot of the tracks are hit hip hop songs which are currently out and Tinie takes the backing music and laces his vocals on them, to almost inadvertently suggest that he has the credibility, the quality and the relevance to be on these records with the 'big boys'. To some extent I believe this is a mixtape aimed at the industry as much as it is for the fans.
Read between the lines and you'll see Tinie is constantly telling you that he deserves to be placed at the pinnacle of the pop pyramid.
We can confirm that 'Till I'm Gone' Featuring Wiz Khalifa will be the next official single and what with the song reaching over 120,000 hits in around 72 hours, there's no rationale why this couldn't be another smash hit single.
From a personal perspective the mixtape launches off rocket-fueled as Tinie comes out of his corner fighting on 'Hustle Hard', 'Sh**ted on 'Em' and '6 Foot 7' to name a few. Then the fire peters out towards the end with almost routine songs such as 'Bass Down Low Remix' and 'ET remix'.
I firmly believe that he adequately demonstrates that he is technically equipped and has a fluctuating flow which could keep the international market interested and listening. You can see this for yourself on certain American dominated sites which usually take a critically dismissive stance on UK acts, such as Thisis50.com where Tinie is generally being praised by the masses.
I'd like to conclude this review with two gifts for you. One is my favourite track from the mixtape which is quite unusual because I am not usually an advocator of auto-tune.
And if you, like me, prefer the human voice to that of a computer then open up your mind for this track entitled 'Racks on Racks Remix'.
Volumes up please. This is what I call a 'Vybzerz'.
There is one more gift for you, a download link to the free mixtape!
http://www.zshare.net/download/9010888440c8d9d2/
You can follow Tinie Tempah on twitter @TinieTempah
The platinum plaque selling Plumstead man has just released a brand new free mixtape which goes by the strangely self-deflating title of "Foreign Object".
(You can find a Download link at the bottom of the page)
The words 'Foreign Object' imply the intrusion of an alien-species and the cover art presents Tinie with a cup of tea and a stern look as if to insinuate 'The British are [Finally] here'. So the packaging has a distinctly home-made feel but the content is still predominantly Americanised with US productions and US collaborations/ features.
Tinie's head takes up the majority of the cover art which is arguably appropriate as the music itself reflect Tempah in an ambitious, egotistical and self-preserving manner:
Tryna sell a billion call me Elvis Presley/Look At Me Now (feat. Lil Wayne)
Keep it old school, you n***as' elementary/
The London boy is definitely not holding back in his US invasion, explicitly declaring his aim to sell gargantuan quantities of records is something we would criticise or brush off as humour with any other UK artist. But with Tinie the tale is different, he has an international buzz and is consistently delivering big commercial successes with his singles, without the need to collaborate with many major names thus far.
It is no secret that Tinie has adapted his flow and style of delivery since the days of "Hood Economics" and "Wifey". His vocal chords in the booth now tread precariously around the thin line of 'Original' and 'Trying to be American'. He dances around his words in a playful fashion allowing his music to reach particularly young Americans who tend to associate the British accent with dullness and monotony.
The unanticipated Russel Brand 'Skits' in the mixtape break up the songs nicely and cleverly remind the listener that this is a British record.
For me, the most interesting track on the mixtape is 'Hitz' it has an eyebrow-raising in-your-face hard rap/ rock sound and serves as a signpost which states "I Can Do Hip Hop Too". It is also interesting to note that a lot of the tracks are hit hip hop songs which are currently out and Tinie takes the backing music and laces his vocals on them, to almost inadvertently suggest that he has the credibility, the quality and the relevance to be on these records with the 'big boys'. To some extent I believe this is a mixtape aimed at the industry as much as it is for the fans.
Read between the lines and you'll see Tinie is constantly telling you that he deserves to be placed at the pinnacle of the pop pyramid.
You don't need a thermometer to tell who's the hottest/Till I'm Gone feat. Wiz Khalifa
Ip dip do motherf***a you are not it/
We can confirm that 'Till I'm Gone' Featuring Wiz Khalifa will be the next official single and what with the song reaching over 120,000 hits in around 72 hours, there's no rationale why this couldn't be another smash hit single.
From a personal perspective the mixtape launches off rocket-fueled as Tinie comes out of his corner fighting on 'Hustle Hard', 'Sh**ted on 'Em' and '6 Foot 7' to name a few. Then the fire peters out towards the end with almost routine songs such as 'Bass Down Low Remix' and 'ET remix'.
I firmly believe that he adequately demonstrates that he is technically equipped and has a fluctuating flow which could keep the international market interested and listening. You can see this for yourself on certain American dominated sites which usually take a critically dismissive stance on UK acts, such as Thisis50.com where Tinie is generally being praised by the masses.
I'd like to conclude this review with two gifts for you. One is my favourite track from the mixtape which is quite unusual because I am not usually an advocator of auto-tune.
And if you, like me, prefer the human voice to that of a computer then open up your mind for this track entitled 'Racks on Racks Remix'.
Volumes up please. This is what I call a 'Vybzerz'.
There is one more gift for you, a download link to the free mixtape!
http://www.zshare.net/download/9010888440c8d9d2/
You can follow Tinie Tempah on twitter @TinieTempah
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
One Good Thing About Music...
...When it hits you feel no pain.
Bob Marley.
Today, those who care and those who are aware comemorate the life and legacy of Nesta Robert Marley.
He grabbed the beautifully uncultivated sound of Reggae and allowed its branches to grow all around the world. His music truely touched the hearts of people in ways that only few people could. His music continues to do so and provides a message of solidarity which politicians couldn't even dream to create.
Bob grew up father-less and encountered the numerous inevitable consequent struggles. He believed strongly in placing the people's feelings onto vinyl and tape. Bob felt that the people were being neglected and music did not accurately portray the situations in society. The pain people went through could be numbed only by the ambient sounds of Bob Marley and The Wailers.
As one critic summarises in The Rolling Stone magazine:
Bob died aged 36 in Miami, Florida. His final words to his son were "Money can't buy life". We could argue all day long about that statement and its application and relevance today but for me, it would be a worthless process.
Bob Marley left a legacy, through his music he has become legend. As I was youtube-hopping today from one Marley video to the other, I came across a comment which said :
I think that more than sums up the magic he embedded into his music.
This is one of my favourite Bob tracks of all time I hope you enjoy it as much as I do -
Bob Marley.
Today, those who care and those who are aware comemorate the life and legacy of Nesta Robert Marley.
He grabbed the beautifully uncultivated sound of Reggae and allowed its branches to grow all around the world. His music truely touched the hearts of people in ways that only few people could. His music continues to do so and provides a message of solidarity which politicians couldn't even dream to create.
Bob grew up father-less and encountered the numerous inevitable consequent struggles. He believed strongly in placing the people's feelings onto vinyl and tape. Bob felt that the people were being neglected and music did not accurately portray the situations in society. The pain people went through could be numbed only by the ambient sounds of Bob Marley and The Wailers.
As one critic summarises in The Rolling Stone magazine:
Marley wasn’t singing about how peace could come easily to the World but rather how hell on Earth comes too easily to too many. His songs were his memories; he had lived with the wretched, he had seen the downpressers and those whom they pressed down."
Bob died aged 36 in Miami, Florida. His final words to his son were "Money can't buy life". We could argue all day long about that statement and its application and relevance today but for me, it would be a worthless process.
Bob Marley left a legacy, through his music he has become legend. As I was youtube-hopping today from one Marley video to the other, I came across a comment which said :
Marley's music is just the best natural drug ever
I think that more than sums up the magic he embedded into his music.
This is one of my favourite Bob tracks of all time I hope you enjoy it as much as I do -
Sunday, 8 May 2011
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