The Hip Hop Chronicle UK

Earlier this afternoon I had the pleasure of interviewing one of the rising stars in R&B, Melanie Fiona.
 
This has been one interview that I have been looking forward to for a while. I first saw Melanie at her showcase in New York back in February. I was amazed at the way she took to the [...]

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The Dream believes that the Auto-Tune craze makes people realise how much of an art singing actually is.

Speaking to The Hip Hop Chronicle UK on a Def Jam Conference call, Mr. Radio Killer doesnt believe the vocal enchancement is killing the craft of singing.
“I think it’s making us actually more aware, what singing and the [...]

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Earlier this evening I spoke to Amerie on a Def Jam Conference Call. The talented R&B singer has signed with Def Jam for her brand new album “In Love & War”, which hit scheduled to drop on August 11th 2009.

I am looking forward to this album because I think Amerie has a strong voice and [...]

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About an hour ago, I have the pleasure of speaking to Fabolous on a Def Jam Conference Call.
The rapper’s new album ‘Loso’s Way’ is out June 30th. Fabolous has recently talked about the album being more auto-biographical and being inspired by the classic Gangster movie ‘Carlito’s Way’ but I was interested in the Alchemist produced [...]

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Late last week, I had the chance to sit down with UK rapper Bashy at his album release party.
Bish Bash Bosh has released his first album “Catch Me If You Can” on Monday. Singles like “Ransom” and “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” have been recieved well.
In this interview I speak to Bashy about his [...]

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In the second part of this exclusive interview, The Chef speaks on respect in Hip Hop and the lack of it in Hip Hop.
He speaks on paying homage to the members of the Wu Tang.
Rae talks RZA involvement in the process of the album as well as working with Dr. Dre
And finally Rae talks to me [...]

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On Monday, I had the chance to interview Raekwon during his stay in London. We knocked a 20 minute interview so I decided to send out the first part today and second part tommorow.

In the first part of the interview, Rae talks about why he put Criminology 2 as a buzz record.
The Chef tells me [...]

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Yesterday I had the honour of sitting down with two legends of Hip Hop, Sadat X and D.I.T.C. member Diamond D.

In my opinion, these two artists have had a great impact in Hip Hop with what they have achieved with their crews and groups but also with the quality of music they have consistently put [...]

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Recently I spoke to rising R&B star Timothy Campbell. 
 
Born in Milwaukee but now residing in Atlanta, Timothy has worked with some the industry’s finest R&B acts, producers and writers including Tank, Shawanna of DTP, the late Left Eye, Teddy Bishop, Brian M. Cox, Eddie “Gypsy” Stokes, Chucky Charles, Pretty Ricky, and Jazzy Pha.
Campbell has recently [...]

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I caught up with Guru & Solar earlier this week. The veteran MC and New York producer are dropping their fourth project together entitled ”Guru: 8.0 - Lost & Found”.

The album is the follow up to the fourth installment of the Jazzmatazz series ‘Back To The Future’, which featured the hit single ‘State of Clarity’ with Common.
Noone can [...]

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Josh-X-an-tus is a 22-year-old R&B artist. He burst onto the scene with his hit single ‘Let’s Ride’ featuring Jadakiss.
The Julliard trained musician is fast becoming a rising star in R&B and is working on his debut album ‘Can I Live’, whoch features the likes of Red Cafe, Busta Rhymes and Jadakiss.
Josh speaks to The Hip Hop Chronicle UK about how [...]

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I caught up with the legend that is Elliott Wilson at the Rap Radar Offices In New York City.
 
As I said to Elliott right off the bat, I am a fan first. I have been picking up his magazines for years and he’s a fantastic writer.
This is one of the perks of running a site like [...]

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The Hip Hop Chronicle were in attendance at the 6th Annual Urban Music Awards at the Indigo2 Arena in London.
The Awards helps to showcase both underground and ‘overground’ talent in UK Urban Music.

Artists like Bashy, Tinchy Stryder, Ms Dynamite, Dwain Chambers, Richard Blackwood, actors from the soap Hollyoaks and many more stars of the UK [...]

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