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Interview with Haydn from The Stow

After impressing us with their energetic single, Give A Damn, when we reviewed the track back in June, The Stow have been featured by several well-respected music websites including: MTV’s ‘The Wrap Up’ and NME. While Give A Damn captured the imagination of music fans across the country and received airplay on music televisions channels, local radio […]

Chrome Chats to NBM

London singer/songwriter Chrome has already featured on two UK number one records with Dizzee Rascal. In 2008 Dance Wiv Me topped the charts and that was followed up in 2009 with Holiday. Since topping the charts, Chrome has been busy preparing his first album and honing his skills. On August 28th Chrome unleashes his debut […]

The Stow - Give A Damn Review

The Stow

Having already put their own unique twist on famous songs from the likes of: Kanye West, Devlin, Tinie Tempah, Cheryl Cole and Adele — gaining a large underground following in the process, thanks to their presence on YouTube, The Stow are now preparing to explode to the forefront of the UK music scene with their self-penned […]

Melo Kan – Signs

Up until recently I was completely unaware of who California-based rapper, Melo Kan was. That was until I discovered his latest track, Signs. Upon hearing the track I was instantly captivated by the catchy lyrics, chirpy melody and Melo Kan’s faultless delivery of the track.
Melo Kan is not some mercenary who has identified the […]

Layne Harper Interview

Layne Harper is a Memphis-born rapper who recently secured a record deal with the legendary, Def Jam, record label. Big things are expected from Layne this year, and he took time out to talk to NewBeatsMedia about: his hopes for 2011, what it is like to have had tracks produced by Kanye West and Q-tip, […]

KOF – All Good

After a very successful 2010, a year that has seen him collaborate with Grime icon and Roll Deep member, Wiley, as well as gaining airplay from BBC Radio 1, BBC 1Xtra, Galaxy and Juice FM for his summertime single, and MOBO record of the week Fire It Up. Liverpool artist KOF has decided to close the year […]

Rap Is Power - Duval's Prodigy

Rap Is Power, real name, Daniel Stallings is an eighteen year old rapper from Jacksonville, Florida. After being so impressed with Rap Is Power’s One Man Mission mix tape earlier this year I was eager to listen to his latest offering Duval’s Prodigy.
As with One Man Mission’ R.I.P has once again collaborated with other acts, […]

Mavrique talking to NBM

Mavrique is a well respected rapper from Jacksonville Florida. We have spoken to Mavrique a few times before and he continues to impress us. He has recently achieved over 100 thousand downloads in one week for one of his mixtapes world wide and continues to help the ever growing Hip-Hop scene in Jackson Ville. We decided to […]

The Prolegend Movement : Black Diamonds

NewBeatsMedia readers will already be aware of Jacksonville resident, Rap Is Power following last month’s review of his excellent One Man Mission mixtape. The Prolegend Movement is another product of the Jacksonville, Florida music scene. Jacksonville isn’t really synonymous with producing major rap stars, but The Prolegend Movement are looking to change that with the […]

Introducing: One Man Mission

Jacksonville rapper Rap Is Power (R.I.P) has teamed up with Mavrique & Warner J on his mix tape One Man Mission, I sense that the title of the mix tape is based on R.I.P’s One Man Mission to return to the old-school days of Rap music. Although to suggest that R.I.P has solely created a mix tape of […]

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