Who are the most sampled artists in hip hop?

Sampling in hip hop is an age old tradition that takes a piece of music and elevates it to something completely different. It’s super common – it would be a surprise if your favourite rap tracks didn’t have some hook or beat that’s been taken from elsewhere to make it …

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16/09/2019
Laura Hamill

The 1975 win big at the Brit Awards

The winners of the 2019 Brit Awards have been announced. Indie outfit The 1975 walked away with two of the biggest awards of the night – British Group and British Album of the Year. Hugh Jackman opened the awards ceremony with a track from the hugely popular The Greatest Showman, …

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25/02/2019
Laura Hamill

Childish Gambino makes Grammy history

The 2019 Grammy awards saw history being made as This Is America became the first rap song to be crowned Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Childish Gambino beat out strong competition from Drake, Post Malone and Cardi B to bring home Record of the Year – …

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12/02/2019
Laura Hamill

8 of the craziest conspiracy theories in music

The world of music is full of some crazy but surprisingly convincing conspiracy theories. Is Avril Lavigne really Avril”¦ or was she replaced by some girl called Melissa? Who knows? We look at some of the weird and wonderful conspiracy theories that plague musicians. Paul McCartney is dead This one …

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31/01/2019
Laura Hamill

Missy Elliot inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

The 2019 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees have been announced, with Missy Elliot becoming the first female rapper to be inducted. Elliot is only the third rapper to be inducted too, following in the footsteps of Jay Z in 2017 and Jermaine Dupri in 2018. Joining Missy in the Hall …

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22/01/2019
Laura Hamill
Music

5 of the best British debut albums of the last 5 years

When it comes to recently released debut albums, which truly are the best of British? We look at the best debut albums released by British artists since 2013. 2013: Disclosure ”“ Settle Duo Disclosure, made up of brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence, dropped their first album back in 2013 to …

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22/01/2019
Laura Hamill

7 of the best albums of 2018

When it comes to entertainment, 2018 completely smashed it out of the park. The games have never been better, the movie releases were incredible but not much could top the musical offerings of the last 12 months. But, which LPs outshone the rest? Here are the 7 best albums of …

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02/01/2019
Laura Hamill

National Album Day!

The album is celebrating its 70th birthday! Saturday 13th October marks the first ever National Album Day, commemorating 70 blissful years of the incredible beauty that is the album. To properly celebrate the occasion, an expert panel of judges have compiled a list of 70 iconic album covers from the …

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12/10/2018
Laura Hamill