Ms Bee is Backing Britain Part 1:UK MUSIC

UK MUSIC IN CONTEXT (Well on the 'URBAN' tip)

The Current Urban Music scene

Thanks to the likes of Dizzie,Plan B,Tinchy,Roll Deep Crew (1),Chipmunk,Tinie (well their number 1 singles or albums) 2009 and 2010 saw the rise in popularity of UK Garage or UKG ,which are predominately the Bassline, Dubstep, Funky and Grime genres.Which are music genres which all derive from the Garage Music scene in the late 90's and early Noughties.

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Oh don't you just miss the Garage days !!!


If you weren't too young back then that is !!!

Remember the hits from Artful Dodger,Shanks & Bigfoot ,MJ Cole,The Architechs,So Solid Crew,DJ Luck & MC Neat and Wookie.
Have a look at the links below,as a reminder of the genre's popularity 10 years ago:

UKG Artists and Producers to Look out for :

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 Labrinth (2)  the producer behind Tinie Tempah recent hits has signed with Simon Cowell's label SYCO Music.His debut single Let the sunshine is out in September.


Labrinth has also produced Loick Essien's debut single,Love Drunk Loick has recently signed to RCA/Sony BMGand has previously featured on singles such as Bashy's Black Boys and Chipmunk's Beast.

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Other  emerging  artists include Dubstep artist/producers Rusko (3)

Benga known for 2008 hit Night with Coki,also was being one third of Magnetic Man who currently have the top 10 hit I Need Air.He has also the producer behind Katy B's current single Katy B on a mission.

 

Scorcher whose debut single  on Geffen UK/Polydor Records ''It's My Time'' is released in September.

  

 

Devlin whose debut single ''Brainwashed'' is released later this month

  

 

  







America's Appreciation of UK Music 

Well let me just list the British Artists who have been successful in the US in recent years :

Male:Coldplay/Jay Sean/Taio Cruz

Female:Adele/Amy Winehouse/Duffy/Estelle/M.I.A
  







Artists who are set to break America 2010/2011

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You all should of heard of N-Dubz (4) by now (unless you don't live the UK) and/or seen their recent Channel 4 documentary  Being .... N-Dubz. It now looks like their hard work has paid off,as they have recently signed to American label Island Def Jam whose roster of artists include Rihanna, Kanye West,Ludacris and many more.Other artist who are reported to head over to American are Chipmunk,Plan B and Scorcher.

US Artists and there love for UKG :  

Snoop Dog was quick to discover Dubstep in 2009 around the time it started to blow.At the time the scene couldn't believe it when he covered Chase & Status' Eastern Jam.Have a look at Snoop's version :

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(WARNING YOUR SPEAKERS MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED DEPENDING ON YOUR REACTION TO THE TUNE)

Diddy:After recently collaborating with Tinie Tempah,Tinchy Stryder and Chipmunk, Diddy has teamed up with Skepta (5).Skepta is known for being in Grime collective BOY BETTER KNOW and has also had solo success with hits Bad Boy and Rescue Me.

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This resulted in the Grime Remix of his latest track.;Diddy Dirty Money - Hello Good Morning ft Skepta.

The remix has had great reception from the underground scene,twitter,airplay (BBC1xtra and Kiss 100 where the song premiered),even the Guardian Newspaper are talking about it,check out http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/aug/03/diddy-hello-good-morning-skepta for more info

Picture References:

1.http://www.officiallyurban.com 2.goldmanbailey.com 3.goingotherplaces.com 4.http://www.contactmusic.com/ 5.punchbowlblog.com