It's a Big Thing

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This!

Been busy but here's a catch up!

been working at the Trapstar Shop this summer!

Also cant get enough of that dance/electro/house/dubstep beat that keeps my feet tapping and ass shaking and this is one of my hot tracks for the summer...oooohhhh yyeeeaaaahhhh!

Shout to my boy Ash Catch'em who I have been working with on his PR for his second mixtape
check out the intro and click here to download the full mixtape for FREE!

Indian Wedding Season of course!

I've attempted and succeeded in doing this


but failed in this mission....still trying though


Also I wish I had someone to play this for...or someone played it for me...is that sad? - This song raises the hair on my neck and sends chills down my spine!

Belle Amie - Girls Up (jme grime remix)

Not many contestants off the X-factor- who don't make it- come back with a song that only sounds great but showcases their talents and shows real potential for their future. Belle Amie did it with their debut single 'Girls Up', a song about flaunting what you got and not subcoming to social stereotypes of what makes a woman beautiful! Unfortunately one member down (I cant even remember what she looks like tbh) but fear not! Their one member up on thos JME Grime remix of their single which is just as good as the original. Check out the video for a funny pictorial and enjoy!

SBTRKT

One of my favourite tunes at the moment, SBTRT ft. Little Dragon - Wildfire, the Drake remix. The vocals of Little Dragon are hypnotising me right now as I write this post and listen simultaneously.

I heard it at YOYOs last night and felt like I was the only one who was singing and dancing along like groupie...usual shit!

I'm feeling this guy who has an interesting take on Trip pop, Electronic and Dance music, that reminds me of 90s electro beats and dance groups like Sneakerpimps. It's got bass, dubstep and break beats tones for the new age raver. The debut album SBTRKT is out now and a sexy Rinse FM mix is downloadable from their website. I've yet to purchase the album which also features from Roses Gabor and Jessie Ware, pay day couldn't come quicker.

get to know!

Shadez The Misfit - Exhibit Freestyle

The anticipated release of Misfit Maximus is upon us and Shadez the Misfit exhibits this teaser aptly names 'exhibit freestyle' which is available for free download

Fresh flows and words of consciousness to fill your ears a Shadez covers his rendition of Jay Electronica's popular Exhibit A.

Catch Shadez headline the infamous YOYO's performance stage from 10pm on the 30th June.

see you there!

@ShadezTM

http://shadezthemisfit.co.uk/

Maverick Sabre - I Need - Live from Angel Studios

I know in true diva style I should be posting Beyonce's 'Who Run The World (girls)' video, but im sure everyone else will for me...this song is resounding within me right now where I need a bit more than just...

'I need sunshine, I need angels, I need something good, yea

I need them blue skies, I need them good times, I need something good, yea Something Good'

Swindle - Mood Swings

Vibzing to this banger from my friend who never calls DJ Swindle...animation and artwork by that creative guy I cant wait to work with Karim

this premiered on The Vinyl Factory today, check out their post also.

Stööki Launch : 20.05.11

Got something exciting for all you magpies!

On the 20th of May (this FRIDAY!!!), the Red Bull Studios will be transformed into a mark making playground, where your body becomes the application and the room is your canvas.

Guests (you guys) will get the chance to play with the installations and purchase 1 of the 30 extremely limited edition, black & gold, Stööki jewellery pieces. I like the sound of this!

Here some of the details I swiped from their facebook page

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There will be 3 mark making stations for you to engage with on the night:

✖OBSCURA✖ – A backdrop of a 3 dimensional Stööki jungle, with a video projection of our artwork for you to pose and model in front of. All images will be uploaded on to Facebook.

✖CONSTELLATION✖ - A large scale dot to dot placed on the wall, using numbered pins, UV lights and audience participation to complete the image of a zodiac constellation.

✖TAG ME✖ - The Craft Makers want this launch night to be one to remember. So instead of having a tag wall, were creating a gigantic, 8 foot tall, T-shirt for you to share some love.


***Your DJ's on the night will be***

• Radi (BOUNTY),
• Hipsters Don't Dance,
• Erol Sabadosh (Ponystep/Circus),
• Sarah Young &
• LUKEY (STÖÖKI DJs)

This is what Friday nights should be about, creative fun, freebies and music, So get your asses

down there!

Date and Time:

20 May · 19:00 - 23:00

Address:

The Red Bull Studios

155-171 Tooley Street

London, United Kingdom

People could learn alot from Seals

It's a line that I've found myself repeating and more so on a regular basis

people could learn a lot from seals

I say this because I go out a lot in London as part of work, pr, events, networking, but more than anything, just to have a good time, I love to dance!

My ears are blessed with music from different genres, my feet dance to the beat of different drums, I clap, I cheer, I even shout out a "WHOOOOPP" and even attempt to whistle....note that I said 'attempt' a whistle, and even when I fail who cares I'll just brush it off and scream 'WHOOOOP' again!

But then I look around for a brief moment and realise im the only one....the crowd is still, too cool to move, too cute to clap..like statues at the Tussuad Waxwork museum minus the smile... their blank stares and motionless bodies freak me out...This post was inspired by my night out to iLuvLIVe yesterday at Cargo. Went to go support my boy, but I still cheered for anyone who did their thing...and why not! I was disgusted when I saw a girl, mocking people around her cheering and having a good time...I just thought, did someone not just pour out their talents to you on a stage, did your brain not make that connection. Are you now infact just standing there stuntin and tryna crack jokes with your friend mocking the performer cos you have NOTHING BETTER TO SAY!!?!?!!

It seems that some people in the UK don't know how to show appreciation, instead they stand in the crowd and sniger and dish out opinions not facts and try belittle those they don't understand and performances that are beyond their creative pin head imaginations. Why do people shy away from anything not hype/cool or the in thing...I swear if you didn't come out to have a good time you came out to pose.

Personally -I think- It's worse in todays youth (not all of you) and the pattern will continue as the crowds get younger....God I hope not! This generation of cool, hipster kids is fantastic but it's not original, cool or hip. What does it take to impress you guys; a dirty second hand/vinatge supreme t shirt, Jordans and a snap back from Ebay (probably fake too). Folk copy the 80s and 90s flare for fashion but you don't share their enthusiasm and appreciation for music and whats put before you. I think some of you follow hype so much that you've lost your own identity to recognise what you actually like and what you don't...Llow it!

If you go out, try really listening to whats going on around you, have a good time otherwise you're gunna spend your adult years looking back at pictures of the night you wore a cool outfit and posed...thats it! Go out, enjoy yourself, stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and what they will say or think if you just got on the dancefloor and was the only one dancing. these people dont pay your bills, feed you, clothe you or house you....they are just people and probably are dying to break out too.

It's no surprise to me when I hear stories of Rick Ross ending his highly anticipated concert within 30 mins because people didn't out to have a good time, no they came to play wanksta's! And yesterdays reports of Wiz Kalifa being ambushed in the club on his first night in London: WTF!? you fake gangsta's need to stop this shit, you're ruining it for the rest of us. Eventually, when artists don't come, dont want to perform here, don't ask why...

A lot of people are surprised that I'm 28...I think this boils down to the fact that I party like a 22 years old rockstar, my enjoyment for life and happiness to embrace new things has kept me young and wrinkle less and peopel think cos im getting down and having a good time I must be young!...No!....and it's funny cos the young ones look older than me, stop frowning ya'll..

in conclusion

A seal = enthusiastic, claps , cheers,

people - dead robots....could learn a lot from seals!

Archangel - Beville

Beville - Archangel by BEVILLE

I got sent this to post elsewhere and after I did, I heard it and couldn't stop playing it!

Immediately taken by the Drake-kinda flow and Yeezey-kinda tones...mmmmmmm

I'm still getting to know so why dont you get involved!

Shystie - Your Welcome

Download Shystie's New Mixtape here

Katy B - Go Away

Katy B's album has been on heavy rotation in my car and if you have been a co-pilot you would know this...Actually Katy B has been on heavy rotation since I heard angelic vocals on many house tracks in the last couple years.

The album in a sentence is basically: love for raving and the joys & pains & heart felt emotions that come with men/boys/love...story of my life I swear hahahahaha

"...you open your eyes, watch me lying there

what good to know what you see, once i get to know what you feel

and what you think, if only i could step in your skin

but you see i already know, it'll end in tears when you carry out all my fears

being here's a dangerous game, ill end up insane

and only have myself to blame..." < this is scarily real!

This song has struck chord with me...I need to be braver next time

ILOVEKARIMO

ON MY RECENT TRIP TO AMSTERDAM I MET UP WITH MY FRIEND KARIMO WHO I COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED WAS THIS MADLY TALENTED AND ARTISTIC GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND BEAT PRODUCER.
I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF HIS WORK WITH YOU, SO YOU CAN SEE THE LEVELS OF CREATIVITY AND DEPTH IN KARIMO’S DRAWINGS.

BELOW IS THE ARTWORK FROM HIS MIXTAPE: DEATH STARS 3: ATTACT OF THE BABYLON SLAYERS

DARK, INTRICATE DESIGNS, LAYERED WITH DETAIL, KARIMO’S DRAWINGS REALLY REMINDED ME OF ARTIST RICK GRIFFIN WHO WAS ONE OF THE LEADING DESIGNERS OF PSYCHEDELIC CONCERT POSTERS IN THE 1960S CALIFORNIA AND LIKE GRIFFIN; KARIMO DESIGNS CRAZY POSTERS EVENTS, VINYLS AND TEE’S.

RICK GRIFFIN:

KARIMO:

RICK GRIFFIN’S WORK WAS POPULAR WITHIN THE SURFING SUBCULTURE IN THE USA. HIS MOST RENOWN WORK INCLUDED HIS COMIC STRIP ABOUT A SURFER NAMED “MURPHY”. MOST KIDS TODAY WOULD ASSOCIATE “COWABUNGA” WITH BART SIMPSON, BUT IT WAS RICK GRIFFIN’S “MURPHY” THAT COINED THE TERM WAY BACK IN THE 1970S.

YOU MIGHT RECOGNISE MURPHYFEATURED ON OF COLLAB BETWEEN VANS X RICK GRIFFIN IN 2009

I THINK A TRAPSTAR X KARIMO COLLAB WOULD BE INTERESTING…THOUGHTS IN THE COMMENT BOX PEOPLE.

FOR MORE ON KARIMO CHECK OUT: WWW.ILOVEKARIMO.COM

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Taken from my post on : iamatrapstar.com

I'M GOING COACHELLA NEXT YEAR

As festivals go, I'm still very new to many of them as I only really started attended any big ones in the last 2 years. Coachella is supposedly one of the biggest out door music festivals in the world.

Coachella (ko-CHEL-a, ko-a-CHEL-a) is a city in Riverside County, California; it is the easternmost city in the region collectively known as the Coachella Valley (or the Palm Springs area). Known as the "City of Eternal Sunshine", Coachella is largely a rural, agricultural, family-oriented community in the desert and one of the state's fastest growing cities in the late 20th century.

...thanks Wikipedia

The Festival was held over the weekend and as the footage comes through my heart sinks cos I missed it....Here's Magnetic Man's performance, enough to make this elephants mouth water.

Shystie 'Pirates Mixtape'

I LOVE SHYSTIE!!!!!! (say something!?)

I am wetting myself in anticipation of this dropping. Shystie is quality over quantity when it comes to new material and a real hard grafting female in the music industry who in my opinion doesn't get enough love. I highly respect this girls game, she stays true to herself in a male dominated industry. The preview alone for the new 'Pirates Mixtape' is enough to turn anyone into a fan of this progressive female talent...check it out for yourself!

but seriously Shystie...it's April, where is Pirates Mixtape??? :(

support the movement and follow her here

http://www.iamshystie.co.uk/

URBAN DEVELOPMENT: INDUSTRY TAKEOVER, Sat 16TH APRIL 2011

Support Team UK the right way!

"Taking place on Saturday 16th April 2011, the All-Dayer is set to bring you 8 hours of edutainment, jam-packed with performances from the hottest names in urban music, a range of innovative seminars, open mic sessions, essential master classes, workshops and exclusive urban cinema screenings"

Providing a platform for the next generation and inviting them to learn, debate, experiment, question and hear about urban music. Guest panelists on the day include Kano, Wiley, Twin B, Yasmin, G Frsh, P Money, SBTV, RWD and many more....tickets are £10 in advance...don't miss out if you're a budding talent or you just curious to know more.

No Love

Skits, Shadez The Misfit, Nate & Ash Catch Em - No Love (clean) Produced by Footstepz by TrapstarLDN

Watch this space for the video coming soon, produced by Footstepz, No Love is taken from the highly anticipated Trapstar Mixtape Rise of The Underdogs.

Check out SBTV X Trapstar Cypher for more from these 4 talented guys...don't sleep on em!

The Weeknd - House Of Balloons

After being recommended this North American band, I've kinda been hooked on The Weeknd. The freely downloadable debut mix tape House of Balloons is a regular on my personal music player.
When I first heard Wicked Game, I couldn't help but wonder if the singer was channeling Charlie Sheen. But after having this on constantly in the background at work, I hear Justin Timberlake Harmonies and real essence of Drakes dark, emotional lyrics...but at 20 years old it makes you wonder what is going on in kids heads these day. The mixtape is Laced with RnB tones (win) and while some songs are easy listening and some you have to take with a shot or 2 of rum...enjoy ..XO

Tracklist:
1. High For This
2. What You Need
3. House Of Balloons – Glass Table Girls
4. The Morning
5. Wicked Games
6. The Party & The After Party
7. Coming Down
8. Loft Music
9. The Knowing

Music feeds my soul

Pink Friday is a HUGE album, girl power all the way. This song particularily stands out to be, especially the second verse, it speaks to me right now where I'm in a good place...

PINK LONDON

Head Barbz Nicki Minaj; aka Nicki Lewinsky, aka Nicki the Ninaj, aka Nicki the Harajuku Barbie, finally graced the British Isles this past week. And with her she brought her own pink storm....getting mobbed at the airport to almost getting kicked out of The Dorchester and nearly arrested outside Buckingham Palace, Nicki did like only she coudl!

Unfortunately last week was an uber-busy-power-moves week for me and I never got to see her but in honour of her visit I donned my MAC Pink4Friday lipstick everyday - oh yes I was on-line very Friday/Thursday 00.00 on the dot, in December to try score me this limited Edition lipstick!

Von Mistry Barbz (me!) was looking extra cute this week, but not as Cute as HB!

Pink Catsuit...is this Casetta Playa?

This dress is outta this world literally!

Versace Dvea Geometric satin heels are to die for!

I'm not the biggest Fashionisha (see what I did there) in there world but I know someone who is...check out the other Nisha's page for the low down on Nicki's style and ...

"shoe game so crazy the mental asylum looking for me!"