NEW MUSIC: Scorcher x Kano x Wretch 32 x Bashy - 'It's All Love (Remix)'

Scorcher calls on Wretch 32, Bashy and Kano for the remix of his most recent single, 'It's All Love'.

Take a listen and leave your thoughts.

NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Kano x Mikey J x Maxsta - 'Alien'

Have a look at Kano and Mikey J's second installment, featuring Maxsta on 'Alien'.

NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Kano x Mikey J - 'Random Antics'

Have a look and listen to 'Random Antics', the first in a series of releases from Kano and Mikey J.

The pair are working on a project entitled 'Not 4 The A List' which will see them put out a new track every week, starting on the 8th of September, via their favourite DJ's.

Each track will have an accompanying video which will be exclusive to one of their favourite websites.

'Random Antics' was premiered on Mistajam's show on BBC 1 Xtra last night, with the video being sent to Grimedaily.com.

What do you think of the track and video?

Download.

NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Shy FX x Kano x Roses Gabor x Donae'o - 'Raver'

Shy FX's new single 'Raver' featuring Kano, Donae'o & Roses Gabor is the first single from Shy's forthcoming album 'Larger Than Life' due out in 2011.

'Raver' will be released as a FREE download on Mon 6th Dec alongside remixes from Breakage, MJ Cole, Skream, B.Traits, Attacca Pesante, Benny Page and Shy FX himself.

NEW MUSIC: Lethal B - 'Pow' (2010 Version) [RADIO RIP]

Tim Westwood premiered the 2010 version of Lethal B's Top 10 hit 'Pow' today with Lethal B himself.

The new version features some of the MCs who featured on the original track and well as some new ones such as Kano, JME, Wiley, Chipmunk, Ghettz, 2Face,

LOL at Wiley's "budubududadada" lyrics sounding like Flirta D!

Lethal B is trying to get 'Pow' to #1 this Christmas...another 'Rage Against The Machine' type plan.......

NEW MUSIC: Kano - 'Spaceship'

 Grime veteran, Kano has released his latest single 'Spaceship' which is the second instalment taken from the accredited 'Method To Maadness' album. The new track, produced by Chase and Status definitely reveals why Kano still remains as one of the best artists the UK has produced in recent years.

Check out the video.



'Method To Madnees' is available to buy and download now.

Are you feeling this track?
RVB

SOCIAL WRITERS MEET.......Kano

Currently on tour with the Gorillaz, Kano took a break to sit down with us and talk about the tour, his new single and being compared to JLS' JB.

Let’s start by talking about your SB.TV exclusive KA:47 video – we're absolutely loving it! Especially the line about JLS, do you really get compared to JB that much?

[Laughs] Is that his name? Yeah I have a bit, I can’t even lie. Yeah quite a bit. To the point that the next person..

You wanna run her over?!

Yeah! But it’s all cool, it’s all jokes.

Your new single 'Upside' is due for release this month, what was the inspiration behind the track?

Well the inspiration behind the track was, well, musically it was trying to make something that was very epic, but also keep people guessing. Like the way the song starts, you would never know that I was going to come in that punchy and that energetic, and then it breaks down again. So it was kind of those fast moments but there were cool moments just to really keep it moving, that was the idea for doing it. And lyrically, it was just..I’m still trying to work that bit out!

How long did it take you to come up with the track?


It all happened in one day. As tracks do, you develop them over weeks, sometimes even months, until you get to that end product so you think"this is okay now". The particular person I worked with on it, Craigy, he’s a guy that, like we will do a session, and I’ll say, "Yeah I’m happy with it" and he’ll be like "Okay, I’ll email I to you so when you get home it’s there", and then I’ll get home and it’s not there and I’ll think I’ve got problems, then in the morning I’ll get the email like "Yeah I just had an idea when you left so I just changed it and now it sounds like this." And it’s like oh my gosh! So that track was developed quite quickly.

What made you choose to feature Michelle Breeze?

The guy that produced it, Craigy, he has got a band called Why Why Peaches with Michelle so I’ve worked with them both together on a song before and when were talking about people to sing the hook, he wrote the hook, I was like let’s get Michelle, I love her voice, so we got her in and she just did it.

Your musical sound is very diverse as can be seen through some of your collaborations. Would you still consider yourself a Grime artist?


It’s something that I never really have, even from day one I never really said I was a Grime artist. I didn’t really feel that I was, I didn’t feel that I needed to say that. My music and my volume of work when that word came around didn’t only represent that. It definitely did represent that, it definitely did represent hip hop, dancehall, jungle, all those influences and it definitely represented the youth culture. But I just never was happy with just being called that. I don’t think artists ever are, they just want to be known as ‘I make music man’ without putting a title on it, but people have to. So I don’t really see myself that way. It doesn’t bother me though, if people say that, like it used to. I just didn’t like it, no one likes it because we didn’t make it up. We created a new music along with all the other people and producers that evolved the game and the scene and the music from Garage to what it now is. I don’t really put myself in a genre.

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VIDEO: Kano's Exclusive Freestyle For SBTV

Check out Kano's exclusive 'Artillery: KA-47' freestyle for SBTV entitled 'Weapon Of Choice'  - this is just a reminder to some of what a good lyricist Kano actually is!

ALBUM INFO & ARTWORK: Kano - 'Method To The Madness'

Method To The Maadness is Kano’s fourth studio album and his most accomplished, heavyweight offering yet. The album features collaborations with he following: Hot Chip, Chase & Status, Boys Noize, Wiley, Vybz Kartel, Damon Albarn and Diplo.  

Tracklist

1.  2 Left: Topic Of Discussion  (produced by Boys Noize)

2.  Get Wild ft Aidonia & Wiley  (produced by Boys Noize)

3.  iPod Generation  (produced by Kano)

4.  MAAD  (produced by Kano & Fraser T Smith)

5.  Spaceship  (produced by Chase & Status)

6.  Upside ft Michelle Breeze  (produced by Craigie Dodds)

7.  All + All Together ft Hot Chip  (produced by Hot Chip)

8.  Lady Killer ft Ghetts  (produced by Hot Chip)

9.  Bassment  (produced by A13)

10.  Crazy  (produced by Boys Noize)

11.  Slaves ft Why Why Peaches  (produced by Craigie Dodds)

12.  Jenga ft Vybz Kartel  (produced by Boys Noize & Diplo)

13.  Dark Days  (produced by Craigie Dodds)

Method To The Maadness will be released on 30^th August and preceded by uplifting lead-single Upside ft Michelle Breeze, out 23^rd August.

NEW MUSIC: Kano - 'Upside' ft Michelle Breeze [RADIO RIP]

KA is back with a new track, 'Upside', the follow up from digi-dancehall banger 'Get Wild'.

Are you feeling this track?

VIDEO: Kano ft Wiley x Aidonia - 'Get Wild' (Jamaica To UK)

 

Kano invites you on his journey from the UK to Jamaica and back to bring you his new club smash, 'Get Wild', produced by Boys Noize with guest features by dancehall don Aidonia and godfather of grime, Wiley.

On the first track released from his forthcoming fourth LP, 'Method To The Maadness', follow Kanos journey to Kingston, Jamaica to record 'Get Wild' in the studio with Aidonia before premiering the summer smash on Tim Westwood's BBC 1Xtra show in London as a birthday gift to his fans on May 21st.

Are you liking the track?

Video made by Rize Of The Robotz/SoulCulure Media

VIDEO: Gorillaz x Mos Def x Kano x Bashy Perfoming 'White Flag' And 'Stylo' On The Jools Holland Show

Last night the Gorillaz invaded he Jools Holland Show and gave two performances of 'White Flag', featuring London MCs Kano and Bashy, and 'Stylo' featuring Bobby Womack and American rapper Mos Def.

Check out the performances below

White Flag 

Stylo 

There will be more performances from The Gorillaz this Friday on the Jools Holland Show on BBC2

Thanks SoulCulture

MIXTAPE [AUDIO]: Kano - 'Jack Bauer - The 7 Day Edition'

Your favourite East London MC, Kano, has just dropped his new mixtape 'Jack Bauer - The 7 Day Edition'

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NEWS: Tinie Tempah To Take On The States?

Apparently Tinie Tempah's #1 UK single, 'Pass Out' is going to be released in the States, and it seems he has a few US fans already!

A label insider told The Sun: "The song is already being played over there and it is rapidly developing a big fan base.

"P Diddy is a fan and Tinie's management have been inundated with requests from top artists who want to be involved when he re-records the song for the American market."

If this is true, well done Tinie!

(Source: Digital Spy)

In other news, East London MC, Kano, has released his version of Tinie's 'Pass Out', which will be featured on his mixtape 'Jack Bauer' which he releases tonight at 9PM GMT via his website

NEWS: XFM Broadcasts World Exclusive Full Playback Of New Gorillaz Album

Damon Albarn and crew, know as the Gorillaz, are back with a new album, 'Plastic Beach', which will be released on Monday 8th March. The album features an exciting mix of collaborations with artists such as, Kano, Bashy, De La Soul and Snoop Dogg, including a collaboration with Mos Def and Bobby Womack for the first single off the album, 'Stylo'.


XFM will give an exclusive full playback of the new album on Tuesday 2nd March at 12pm. So all you Gorillaz fans make sure you lock in.

Xfm broadcasts on 104.9 FM in London, on 97.7 FM in Manchester and across the UK on digital radio, digital TV and online at xfm.co.uk

NEWS: Kano Responds To The Sunday Times Calling Him 'Foul Mouthed'

On Monday we told you how the government enlisted Kano to help promote school diplomas, and how The Sunday Times called him a "foul-mouthed rapper" and saw him as a controversial choice.

Well Kano, has decided to respond to The Sunday Times via The Guardian after speaking to journalist Joseph Patterson:

"The Sunday Times might call me a 'foul-mouthed' rapper, but at least I'm using my voice to do something positive for my community.

Recently, I wrote a song called More Than One Way to promote the government's diploma scheme.
I wanted to use my voice to do something positive. There are too many kids who don't think they can make it to the top. They give up before they have even started, but in my eyes everyone can succeed and it's really important that young people believe in themselves.
The Sunday Times wrote a negative piece about my involvement in promoting the diploma, trying to paint me as the stereotypical "bad-boy rapper". The piece was full of mistakes. For one thing, I'm not helping Ed Balls, I'm helping the future of our youth, and if it wasn't about that then I wouldn't be involved. "Foul-mouthed" or not, I'm doing more for my community than a lot of others. This scheme could potentially change a young person's future for the better, so how could you be against that? "

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Good on Kano for his response!

Do you believe that the government made a good choice by enlisting Kano to front this campaign? Discuss

NEWS: The Government Enlists Kano To Help Promote School Diplomas

East London MC Kano has been enlisted by the government's school secretary, Ed Balls, to help promote diplomas, Labour’s alternatives to GCSEs and A-levels.

The MC has produced a new song, 'More Than One' ,which has been released for free download today, accompanied with a video. Pupils currently studying for the qualifications have helped to produce the video.



Heavy promotion in favour for diplomas will begin today with TV advertisements, also featuring Kano.


Jack Grimston from The Times seems to feel that Kano is a controversial choice to front this campaign as "foul-mouthed rapper".
To read the article click here

Well done to Kano for fronting such a major campaign and inspiring the youth of today. If say Jay-Z was to front a similar campaign would The Times feel the same way??


Side note: I just need to point something out from The Times's article which stems off from a previous post; they go from calling Kano a rapper, to a Grime star, to a singer. *SMH* (I've truly had enough of journalists calling RnB singers rappers, and now calling MCs and rappers singers)

NEW FLAVA (VIDEO): Kano - 'More Than One Way'

A new track from one of the best MCs, Kano. This track is just a winter warmer, to get you ready for Kano's forthcoming currently untitled album, which is due out in Spring 2010.

What do you think of the track and the video?

NEWS: Kano Postpones London Show

Due to a late change in the recording schedule for his new album, Kano will now be in America next week - consequently his live date at Koko in London has been postponed. The hometown headline show was planned for 10th November but will now take place in early 2010, with the exact date still to be confirmed. Tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled date, or ticket holders can claim a full refund at the point of purchase. Kano and everyone involved would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

NEW FLAVA: Kano - 'NWMOS (Nigg*z Want My Old Sh*t)

Spitting over a Mikey J edit of Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 track "On To The Next One" (produced by Swizz Beatz), Kano addresses criticism of the direction of his new music, from fans/critics who seemingly want replication of his earlier material on 'NWMOS'

Click on the link below to download the track!

NWMOS - Kano.mp3

In other Kano news, yesterday saw the release of Kano's new single 'Rock N Roller' from his forthcoming album, which will be released in 2010.