SO happy Adele is back. We posted her new single a couple days back, now watch her perform another new single called ‘Someone Like You’ live on Later with Jools Holland.

Wow. That’s all I have to say. Wow. Her voice is stunning, this song is gorgeous. A beautiful ballad in keeping with the type of thing we heard on her debut (unlike her new single which is a bit of a departure). She’s of a different calibre.

Adele’s new album is called 21 and will drop next year. Can’t come sooner.

New video from B.o.B, off his album Adventures of Bobby Ray…

With the help of Ski Beatz Talib returns with some fire. This number is taken off his forthcoming Gutter Rainbows which drops in January – it’s the rappers 5th album.

It’s coming, yea? Ok. We’ll see.

Drizzy has told GQ that his second album will be called Take Care. He will once again be working with 40 and is rumoured to be recording with 9th Wonder too. According to the publication he’s also trying to collaborate with Justin Timberlake.

All sounds good to me.

Shouts to NR

I just stumbled across this song, I believe it was released last year, and then this video (which I don’t think is the official video, but was uploaded a couple months ago) and I’ve been left completely spell bound. Musically speaking, this is ridiculous. Visually, it is incredible.

The editing and cinematography in this piece is beautiful. The simplicity of it – the dancers and the choreography, throw together with sharp editing behind a backdrop of gloomy terrain. The sky! Do you see that sky? Inspired.

I am completely new to Of Porcelain, real name Josh Mayer aka Ooah, but after hearing / seeing this I quickly rushed to his online digs – most noticeably his myspace, facebook and bandcamp.

I  discovered his latest project A Southern Summer’s Breeze which was released late last year (I believe?) – I’ve just pressed play on it and yea, it’s safe to say Of Porcelain has a new fan.

His compositions are stunning. Dark and elusive. Composed brilliantly. I think I’ve fallen in love a little.  It’s 3am right now, I’m sure this has helped elevate my infatuation.

Listen to A Southern Summer’s Breeze via his bandcamp player below. Expect more of this on PinBoard from here on out.

Part 2!

As promised Marsha Ambrosius drops part 2 of her ‘SexTape’, this 13 minute mix includes tracks from Boyz II Men, Maxwell and more. But what makes these ‘tapes’ so special is that they feature Marsha singing over the top of them, adlibing and harmonising.

It’s that time again peoples…

Previous: Marsha Ambrosius – ‘SexTape (Part 1)’

Another great video from Plan B, this time for his new single ‘Love Goes Down’ taken off his album The Defamation of Strickland Banks.

Fabric on a Monday is not my usual thing, but exceptions can definitely be made when it’s of the Ryan Leslie calibre. EC1 was lucky to play host to the majorly underrated, extremely talented musician, producer and singer. Luckily, inside the venue, there was enough appreciation in the room, to make R-Les realise London has his back.

Arriving the minute the American touched the stage, I fought for my space to see as much of the band and the man himself.  The first half of the show, I have to admit, I was slightly disappointed. The heavy reliance towards the pre programmed sounds to recreate the track and not the live instruments made it feel more like a club PA, rather than a live concert at times.

Going through half live and half sung tracks ‘Rock U’, ‘Just Right’ and ‘My Girl’, it took the excitement of Ryan taking off his top and bearing a wifebeater to bring my attention back (Lol)

Tracks like ‘Addiction’ were definitely crowd pleasers. Every girl in the audience happily took up the role of Cassie, confessing their addiction to him. Singing repetitively ”I’m addicted to you!”

‘Quicksand’ was another favourite of mine and led the way with less production into the second half of the show. The guitar solo was H-Amazing and was what I was waiting for. Rock, funk and soulful all wrapped up in one, shout out to R-Les’s guitarist!

After praising London for welcoming him, he bought out one of our very own to join him on stage. Bluey Robinson performed his independently released track “I know” (circa 2009) with R-Les, this time wearing his rapper mask. It worked and although the majority of the crowd seemed to never have heard of Bluey, they seemed to ‘preciate the vocals.

Finishing the night with bangers ‘Diamond Girl’ and ‘I Wonder’ made me wonder why this guy does not get the  recognition I believe he deserves. He’s crazy talented. He had none less then five different types of keys on stage. FIVE! Who does that??!

Despite not hitting the charts, I am a believer that good music will always shine through. If ever you want an example:  Ryan Leslie at Fabric. True shining star.

New tune from T.I featuring Eminem. It’s called ‘All She Wrote’ and while I would love to say great things about this one, I can’t help but feel a little underwhelmed. This should have been a lot better, no? And why, oh, why does Eminem feel the need to ‘sing’ on every track? Fair enough he merks this track, especially towards the end but singing is not the one.

Oh, and while you’re here you can peep the tracklist for T.I’s upcoming album Mercy after the jump…

Download: T.I Feat Eminem – ‘All She Wrote’

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Nas & Damian Marley put on one of the best gigs this year when they hit London Town, for those who missed them that time round fear not – they’re heading back. The Distant Relatives collaborators are going to be hitting UK shores in March 2011 and playing London (Wembley Arena, March 31st, £28), Glasgow (02 Academy Glasgow, April 1st, £27.50) and Manchester (02 Apollo Manchester, April 2nd, £27.50) (info below). Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.

You definitely need to see this show. They both collaborate so well on stage, not to mention do incredible solo sets too. 3 shows in one.

We’ll be giving some tickets away soon, keep it locked.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu*ck!

Shy FX has decided to give away the Breakage Pattern Moschino remix of his new single ‘Raver’ for…Free. I cannot express in words how crucial it is for you to listen to you LOUDLY and on some next madness speakers/headphones. Get ready. Just…Press play!

Download: Shy FX Feat Kano, Donae’o & Roses Gabor – ‘Raver’ (Breakage Pattern Moschino Remix)

Previous: Shy FX Feat Kano, Donae’o & Roses Gabor – ‘Raver’ (MJ Cole Remix)

Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson stars in “Winnie”, a biopic of Winnie Mandela, wife of former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela. The film also stars Terrance Howard (as Mr Mandela) and documents her struggles and achievements during the years he was imprisoned.

Mrs Mandela was not happy about the making of this film, I think she’s going to be continually pissed when she sees the f*ckery that is Jennifer Hudson’s face prosthetics. What is that? They couldn’t have just used make up to show her aging? She looks like the granny from the Nutty Professor. Badmind, but true.

Not entirely convinced of this film just yet. My first moment of doubt was hearing that Terrance Howard was playing Nelson Mandela. Truestories.

The film is released in 2011.

Tell me this guy ain’t high as a motherf*cking kite right here…

This is rumoured to be Dre’s first single off Detox. At this point, who knows. I just can’t believe we’ve waited this long only to find a track featuring Akon. What the f*ck is that? I’m hoping this isn’t the first single and just a random throwaway because this really isn’t worthy of the epic wait we’ve had to endure.

Download: Dr. Dre Feat Akon & Snoop Dogg – ‘Kush’