Big Sean (@BigSean) Speaks On Clique Record With Kanye West (@Kanyewest) & Jay-Z (@_S_C)

September 8, 2012 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews 1 Comment  

Before the VMA’s on Thursday, Big Sean spoke on record with MTV and admits that he was shocked to find out that Jay-Z and Kanye West both ended up on the track with him. Big sean also  explained that he recorded his portion of the song in London for Kanye West, and hadn’t heard much about it until a recent phone call informed him that both Jay and Kanye would be included on it.

“I did the chorus in London to the beat and ‘Ye liked it or whatever [but] I was the first one to do my verse. So I did my verse first, sent it back to him, and didn’t hear anything back.

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Josh Osho (@JoshOshoMusic) – SoulCulture Interview

September 8, 2012 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews No Comments  

From SoulCulture:

Prior to the release of his well received SoulCulture released The John Doe EP, Island Records signed singer & songwriter Josh Osho dropped into our Shoreditch HQ for cup of tea and an in-depth interview.

In this segment of our interview the young South London hailing artist, who recently released his debut major label album L.I.F.E and featured on Childish Gambino’s Royalty mixtape (Gambino also featured on Josh’s latest single from the L.I.F.E LP “Giants”), gave us his personal thoughts on Music vs. The Music Industry and the meaning and thought process behind his latest free release The John Doe EP.

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Mike GLC (@mikeglc) – My First Mixtape

September 5, 2012 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews No Comments  

From The Grime Report:

One of the UK Rap games most acclaimed Artists Mike GLC discusses His first mixtape in this extremely candid interview which He really explains the whole situation His life was in during before the release of His seminal UK Rap mixtape ‘A Long Good Friday’ which has sold over 130,000 copies independently to date and spawned the UK Rap classic ‘Letter to my Girlfriend’ as well as influencing a lot of Artists to Rap.

Look out for part 2 of this interview as well as Mike GLC’s forthcoming ‘Last Of A Dying Breed Vol 2’ which will be out soon.

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Harry Shotta (@HarryShotta) – Track by Track: “Moonlight Hustle” (@SBTVOnline)

September 5, 2012 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews No Comments  

This is the first episode of “Track by Track” which is a new series on SBTV where we get artists to talk through their current mixtapes/albums/projects & also artists to talk through material from the past.

Harry Shotta talks us through his latest mixtape which drops exclusively on SBTV on September 9th 2012. Hear from the man himself about the story behind each track.

Track list:

1.More Than A Tape
2.The Anthem
3.Succesful [Featuring Hipman Junkie]
4.Angels
5.The Reason [Featuring Propane]
6.Level Up [Freestyle]
7.Fire Barz 2 [Featuring Mynature & Little Dee]
8.Addict
9.Dignity
10.Eyes On The Prize [Featuring Fatal & Dreps]
11.Look Inna Yourself [Featuring Navigator]
12.Thats How Were Movin [Featuring David Boomah]
13.Part Man & Part Machine [Freestyle]
14.Lean Back [Freestyle]
15.Hands Of Time
16.Behind Barz
17.Waking Up To You [Featuring Tayong]
18.I Still Love Ya
19.Moonlight Hustle
20.End Credits

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Nicki Minaj (@NickiMinaj) Endorsing Mitt Romney (@Mittromney) On Lil Wayne’s Dedication 4

September 4, 2012 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews No Comments  

Last month Nicki told MTV News that fans would go nuts when they heard her feature on Dedication 4, but maybe she was also anticipating them going nuts when they heard her bars about Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Nicki and Wayne rapped over the beat of Kanye West and G.O.O.D Music’s “Mercy,” but it’s this line that she endorsed Romney that caught everyone’s attention: “I’m a Republican voting for Mitt Romney/You lazy bitches is f—g up the economy.”

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Fazer (@IamFazer) – RWD TV (@RWDmag) Interview

September 2, 2012 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews No Comments  

Unwisely known as the one from N-Dubz who ‘doesn’t do anything’, 25 year-old Fazer, has spent the last 11 years substantiating his skills. One look at any of the trio’s album sleeves and you’ll see Richard Rawson stamped all over the credits. The self-taught piano playing rapper, songwriter and producer sits down with Danny Walker to discuss submitting tracks for Rihanna, Sky’s The Limit and not being allowed to the Killer video casting…

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