Example (@Example) – Close Enemies (Video)

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Following on from his #2 single ‘Say Nothing’, Example is back with his new single ‘Close Enemies’, which premiered on Radio 1 as Zane Lowe’s ‘Hottest Record In The World’ on 26th September 2012.

Produced by Alex Smith, ‘Close Enemies’ is the second single off Example’s 4th album, ‘The Evolution of Man’ – due for release on 19.11.12 – and features remixes by DJ Wire, Woz, Joker, Jakob Liedholm and Riddim Commission.

‘Close Enemies’ is out on 11.11.12 on Ministry of Sound Recordings.

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Barney Artist (@BarneyArtist) – Mystery (Video)

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Mystery is Barney Artist’s third single from his forthcoming EP #BAEP which is out in October. Directed by Gerald Boye and produced by Alfa Mist.

Lyrics

Verse1
Homes (holmes) its elementary I’m primary in secondary thoughts
Close your eyes jump on this wave and see this brothers sure (shore)
Lyrics I create paints a canvas with colours
The colours ain’t even prominent but still abundant for sure
You don’t know me? I’m Barney with a capital B (be)
Myself and ensure (insure) that I’m admiral
Wealth in my health I thank God for my attitude
Free’d all of my thinking and gave me my latitude
With that said I’m dying to break bread
Faith is the currency was something my mum said
Spend it in three secs
Without thinking twice
Once again
I’m left back like I’m up in defence
My speech sends a deep sense of regret
With these men who seem set on repping these… ends
They’re liar liars ’bout weapons they can’t acquire
They say they’re fire but the only heat they have in their hand is a blowdryers
Driest bars I keep on hearing ’em
Creative rappers go Houdini start disappearing
Finding them is harder than meeting (meat in) a vegetarian
I cut kids out like I performed a cesarean
All you baby rappers that just wanna ball
Or the fruity ones that want us to stall
Alfa Mist and Barney Artist
The combo is so retarded
Leaving rappers in a box after seeing doctors, The Tardis

Chorus
It’s the rap, rap, rap
I’m flowing only promoting all the fact, fact, facts
All the fact, fact, facts
I hope you’re promoting knowing all my rap, rap, raps x2

Verse 2
The vibe that I be spitting
Whilst handling what I’m gripping
Acrobatics with latin coz languages I be flipping
Static when I be sitting
Hold ransom like I’m with the Gibson.. Mel
Inhale,
Shopping like retail
Topman stop scams with fraudulent details
I’m stopping to speak well
whilst topping my details
Intel processor with less of a keen spell
I’m Underground like a sewer
21 without a gun but tongue is a ruger
I spit till my pupils dilate
Probably think my white mate robs bars coz hes Nick from a Brewer
It’s truer than anything measuring yeah I’m close to my ruler
I’m spitting like veterans yeah I’m close to a trooper
The dexterity element of my Speeching impediment
Means I’m hands on when I enter the booth coz I’m Clued up

Chorus
It’s the rap, rap, rap
I’m flowing only promoting all the fact, fact, facts
All the fact, fact, facts
I hope you’re promoting knowing all my rap, rap, raps x2

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Squingy (@SquingyUSG) Feat. Exo (@ExoUSG) & Lefty (@LeftyUSG) – Money On My Mind (Video)

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The above visual serves as the theme song for the film Fedz:

Squingy the CEO of the hottest indie record label USG, teams up with the most talked about production outfit Show N Prove and come up with a commercial tune MONEY ON MY MIND. Exo and Lefty from the USG label provide slick bars to this catchy song.

Top Dog decided to test the tune out, not in a nightclub, on the radio or TV, but on the streets of Shoreditch, London.

“I have always thought, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were some of the best rebels and gangsters in the music industry, they came up with the most crazy ideas, didn’t ask permission and JUST DID IT. I mean the Beatles playing a live gig on the rooftop in a posh part of London. The fans loved it, the police tried to shut them, but they had to try to find them first. So with the song Money On My Mind, I decided let’s do this old school, take USG and a ghetto blaster out onto the streets, do the tune, and let’s see the reaction from the public. We decided to go to Shoreditch, which to me is the new cool West End, Shoreditch is not as commercial as up west, Shoreditch is still evolving, it still has an edge, with uptown girls, funky art galleries, graffiti, restaurants, bars, tourists, photographers studios, boxpark, shoreditch house, Internet and advertising companies. Graffiti is on a wall one day and gone the next. So I thought it would be fun to see how, Shoreditch reacted to the artistry of USG. Fedz Movie had graffiti up for the soundtrack sampler featuring USG and a host of other UK hip hop artist, it was on the old street and Shoreditch high street junction. The Fedz graffiti attracted a lot of attention, then one day a fly poster company papered over it. We found the person who did it, his name and his mobile number spoke to the company, told them they had papered over our graffiti, a work of art, but we decided if people were trying to shut us down, we would do a Beatles on them. We had graffiti for Fedz up in Birmingham and other cities, so they could not stop us. We decided to use graffiti as a backdrop for the video. So watch what happens when Squingy and USG hit the streets of Shoreditch.” – Top Dog

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