Feel Tha G.O.O.D.N.E.S.S!!!

Ladies & Gentlemen! Guess who's BIZACK??? Yeah its 'We Plug G.O.O.D Music' and its still ALOT! So Sorry we left you BUT let's get right back into the music, shall we?

Ok I received this in my inbox 2 weeks ago and BOI I've wanted to share it sooo bad from my first listen but ALAS... Anyway its been on constant rotation on the 'We Plug G.O.O.D Music' radio since then and the more I listen, the more blown-away I am! We gotta shout out 'this m.et.al chic' for the hook up cos its ALOT! Right... the artiste is called Symun (as in Simon) and his sound could be described as 'adult contemporary R&B with a fusion of Neo-Soul & Hip-Hop' (what a mouthful), I'd just call it GOOD MUSIC and according to the man, his songs are predominantly about 'love' with influences such as D'Angelo, Maxwell, Eric Bennet & Sharrie Williams... let's just listen please?




What you just heard is titled 'Hey Baby' and if I may be so BOLD as to proclaim it one of the best R&B records I've come across all year... and not even that appalling rap verse (ok it's not entirely bad but it wasn't necessary in the least bit) could take the shine off the song! & the production on this record, courtesy E.Kelly = beautiful although I don't quite get the pronounced cymbal sounds at about 3.22 minutes??? Now I dunno if you'll be shocked as I was but this fella is Nigerian & Nigerian based!!! I KNOW I KNOW! I wouldn't have guessed it myself cos to be honest, he sounds WORLDWIDE baby lol! WE WANT SOME MORE! Well I dunno bout you but I know I do...




Awwww bless! This one's one of them sweet boy love songs alie? I love it though! The production is again by E.Kelly and it's got that smooth & sultry feel to it & although it kinda starts sappy (as you would a love song), I like how the chorus perks the whole song right up... and the keyboards right after the 3 minute jump? WE LOVE THAT!!! The forthcoming debut album is aptly titled 'Love, Life & Music' and I dont really have to ask you 2 look out 4 it, do I? The music sorta speaks for itself! I know I'll be gettin my copy...

You know what? It's looking more & more like I had nothing to do with finding the artistes for this right here cos I was put unto this next feature by my homegirl 'DT' a couple months ago. You must have heard of him BUT if you haven't, get to know now cos he is literally ABOUT to BLOW all over here in London. His name is 'L', yes just 'L' (as in the sweet-toothed detective in the Anime classic 'death note'???). He is half-British and half-Nigerian and the moniker 'L' apparently could also be said to mean either 'London' or 'Lagos' but yeah... we dunno what genre we'd call his music. His Facebook page calls it 'insane' while his Myspace calls it lyrical, experimental & hardcore... it's definitely different! Why don't I let you listen and we can come to a conclusion together...




That very short introduction you've just heard is called 'KING' and its produced by Bibby Jones (SO ON POINT!!!). You definitely see what I'm saying when I say it's hard to place the sound into a particular genre??? If I had to, I'd say it was alternative more than anything... Experimental? Yeah sure we could say that... G.O.O.D Music? Definitely!!! There's NO question! I'd have wished it was a bit longer but what can I say? We don't always get what we wish for lol!!! Let's get back to the music x




& now that's the full debut single from the 22 year-old Londoner/Lagosian titled 'My EX'. I like this song, it's got everything that a first single should have & that bit more! It's radio-friendly so you can see it gettin love from the mainstreams (which answers to L's 'business-man' side) & it's a really GOOD record (Bibby Jones is on production on this as well) BUT personally, I prefer 'King'. Look out for the video sometime next month and its being directed by acclaimed UK director, Luke Biggins, check out some pictures HERE.

NOW if you are a proper 9ja Hip-Hop head or shall I say if you're a proper Hip-Hop head that's Nigerian (because there's nothing like 9ja Hip-Hop in our eyes, Hip-Hop is universal!) then there's NO introducing this next feature... Its the Lyricist, the Icon, the Veteran! I was on his youtube channel a couple weeks ago and there's this mixtape on there 'Nigel Benn's Kraftwork: The Soul Edition', a collaborative work with a producer called Kraft & it's ALOT! Musically, it's just beautiful! Definite BIG-UPS to this 'Kraft' brova cos the production on this is NOT 2 be messed with! & You know we're definitely gonna get some tracks from the mixtape to feature for ya BUT we've got suthin else to hold you thru till then (so you can't say we don't take care of ya)... Enjoy!




New York Sound meets Lagos Style!!! This is called 'So Gangster' & it sample's Jay-Z's 'So Ghetto' from Life & Times Vol. 3! & it's taken from 'ModeNine Over Premo', a 19-track mixtape of Mode freestyling over a selection of D.J Premier beats. Now I know what you're thinkin... Naah he didn't OR did he? Check out my other favs after the Jump!




Remember this Preemo classic from Nas's Stillmatic? '2nd Childhood'? I hope you're lovin Mode on this as much as I am... Ohhhh Weeeee!!!




'I am NOT a star... I'm a BIGGER planet than Jupiter!' - ModeNine (2009)! Nuff said bredrin! Nuff Said!!! You should just download the mixtape HERE, enjoy it ladies & gentlemen & then come back here, let's conversate bout it!!!

Matter of fact, let's conversate about all the music on this 'We Plug G.O.O.D Music' feature... I especially wanna hear your take on Symun, I must say that 'Hey Baby' record is jus outta this world BUT yeah you tell me whatchu think... & what do you reckon bout that 'L' brova? We like him, how bout you?

Until the Next Time...

Its 'We Plug G.O.O.D Music' & Its ALOT!!!

Another Quick ONE!!!

So I dunno if you've noticed it too but I've been suspecting a pattern to the recent 'We Plug G.O.O.D Music' features and I spotted it while I was puttin together this latest blog... All of the music we showcase on each of our features literally span the globe... from the U.S 2 Africa and back to the U.K! While it's certainly not been intentional, it does go to show the GLOBAL appeal & reach of the 'We Plug G.O.O.D Music' movement!

... And like we always do it, let's get stuck right into the G.O.O.D.M.U.S.I.C!!!

The 'quintessential male R&B artiste' is somewhat of a rare/almost extinct phenomena in the U.K these days & has been for a while now I might add... YES we all know Craig David came thru & crushed the building BUT to be fair, dude went a bit more Capital Radio than Choice FM with those last two albums! C.D is still that dude though and for successful U.K R&B, he's undoubtedly one of the very few benchmarks... I definitely give nuff ratings to Jay Sean (he looks closest to breakin that ever elusive U.S market at the mo') & Nathan, Taio Cruz, Darren B & Lemar all rep their corners majorly BUT in Autumn of 2007, THIS REPLY to T2 & Jodie's 'Heartbroken' started gettin serious play everywhere and I was like 'who's this brova anyway?'

Well 'that brova anyway' was/is Soundbwoy Entertainment's 18year-old singer/song-writer from North London, Young Nate and he burst on the scene properly with this 'UKG sounding' stellar effort that had production oozing with the Soundbwoy signature... Lets listen!




& he even managed to get 08' MOBO Award winner, Chipmunk to jump on the radio cut remix generating over a hundred thousand views on youtube alone & constant rotation on Choice FM, 1 Xtra and cross-over radio station, Kiss FM... & I know you're liking that still but the real reason I'm featuring Young Nate on 'We Plug G.O.O.D Music' is this right here...




U-U-U-UKKKKK!!! What you jus heard is called 'I Wonder' (The colossal Wretch 32 graces the REMIX & its so heeaavvyyy yo!!!) and its official release date is May 11th and its the second single (at the back of 'Mixed Messages') of the forthcoming debut E.P, 'A Piece of Me' which is to be released this summer and after he KILLED IT at a rammed out O2 arena as the opening act for Bad Boy Record's Day 26 & Donnie Klang back in February, this kid is definitely the FUTURE!

DO you Like? Tell me... Tell me... Tell me!!!

So straight from an 18year-old British singing sensation that's about 2 BLOW, we're gonna take you over 2 Africa where another 18year-old (see what I did there lol) emcee is sounding like he's ready to get his 'shine' on all over the hip-hop circuits. He showed up @ last year's Nigezie Tru Search in Nigeria & WON in the North-Central region of the competition... & in ways that only we can, we've got a couple exclusive records! Ladies & Gentlemen, I Plug 2 Y.O.U... Skales!




This right here is called 'Feel the Music' and I must say that I quite like the tune! First of all, it's one of them musical records & you know how I get with them ones! The production is simplistic wiv its soft instruments and it just works... this record is one of em ones that'll sound sooo good liive... I see a live band going nuts wiv it and the fella on the hook? He sounds quite G.O.O.D to be honest and as for the emcee? Well he's good too! His flow is on point & he's very easy on the ear which is good but his delivery is patchy at times & them lyrics aren't anything special! However he's only 18 & if he sounds like this now, in a couple years & with the right opportunities to hone his craft, he'll definitely be BIG...

This next one is rather boldly titled 'Heading For A Grammy'




NOW I cannot get this tune outta my head... I been goin 'headin 4 a grammy, one man army' over & over for a whole week lol! Part of it, I think, has to do with the production on the record! the thumping beats are that G.O.O.D head bumping kind that we love and what did I tell you about the flow? Dude can switch up his style to go all energetic on a ridiculous beat like this and still go all gentle when he needs to, like on 'Feel The Music'. & did you notice the backing vocals on the second verse? I thought that was brilliant, it adds that haunting feel to the song. It sounds very much like a fight song and I suppose that moniker fits right in as Skales tells us he's literally gonna go tooth & nail to bring that Grammy back home... We wish him all the best & we'll be sure not to stand in his way!

BUT this is where I have qualms with his management team.... For a brova who's heading for a grammy? NO myspace? NO website? No reach? NO presence? Come on guys, what are you playing at?

ANyway ladies & gentlemen, what do we think of Skales???

Soo if the pattern we suspect is true, we'll have one more artiste 2 feature and they'll be from the states, if the pattern exists though???

Cue in 23year-old Nigerian Born, ATL based R&B recording artiste (honest to God, its all a coincidence), Keno Kenett or jus Keno for short (lol)... Describing his style as inspired by Blues, Jazz & Afro-Beat with influences to include Etta James, Donna Hathaway, Nina Simone & Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, what you get from this 8 year veteran is NO games... No gimmicks... just his voice in its true form and that's where he says the music lies. You would be permitted to expect ALOT from this airy falsetto singing ladies man, cos I know I do!

We got first dibbs on a couple records from his upcoming album (we think its gonna be called Love Drunk but we're NOT sure) & your opinions are very much needed and appreciated... First off is what might be the first single of the L.P, its called 'Selfish 24/7'.




Wow!!! He says he's got enough soul for an eternity & after hearing that, how can we doubt the kid... I know I'm always harboring on about how 'musical' certain records are & I hope you get what I'm on about BUT you can't fault this record, the production is so on point giving it that summer-in-your-'top-down'-riding-slow feel to it... the gentle lyrics & the dude's voice jus add to the GOOD MUSIC that is 'Selfish 24/7', although the talking at the end there could have been avoided in my opinion.

And to ride this listening party to the end, Keno laced us with an uncompleted version of another top tune from the album, it's called 'Never Gonna Stop' and the completed version is supposed to have a female emcee somewhere in there and the beats jus need to be tweaked a lil more but its sounding quite CRISP already... Aww where are my manners? Listen and let's continue this conversation in about 4minutes!




Like I was saying ladies & gentlemen... Real G.O.O.D Music right here or what do you reckon??? Your feedback is especially welcomed by Mr. Kenett himself and you know I always love the conversations!

And that's it folks from 'We Plug G.O.O.D Music' at the moment... all of your feedback and comments are much appreciated, please keep em coming! So as per usual... tell us who & what you're feeling? Who & what you're NOT feeling?... Keep it a 100 like always!

Until the Next Time...

From London 2 Lagos & Right Back x