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Legendary, Notorious, You Simply Can’t Ignore…
March 9th: for some it is just a regular day, for others a day to remember. The true hip-hop addict probably knows why. 18 years ago Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. ‘The Notorious’ Biggie Smalls, died at the age of 24. Reason for yours truly to dig a little into the history of this legend and try to trace the tracks B.I.G. left in hip-hop scene.
Name Your Legend
In a time where the term ‘legend’ is thrown about before artists have even released their debut, we ask important voices from all walks of the music industry to tell us who their legends are and what they mean to them.
Madonna: Legend Or Not?
Madonna used to be a legend. USED to be. That was until in the early noughties, when she decided to start parading around in leotards that were far too small for her and create music that was far from the masterpieces that she’d created to gain the title ‘Queen of Pop’.
How To Become A Legend
On March 11th, SMILEfest 2015 saw music gurus Gary Powell, Alex Banks and Lou Cooper gather their collective musical knowledge to both critique and advise burgeoning music students and the tracks they produced. With extensive experience in the music industry from varying different areas and angles, all advice was taken on board fervently.
John McClure - Top 5 Albums
The Reverend and The Makers frontman talks Matthew Cooper through his favourite albums of all time
Fallen Legends
So what is it that happens when stars become superstars – or legends?
Is it a medical condition? Is the air they breathe more rarified? Or is it that they simply become unstable, being rendered seemingly incapable of standing upright?
Where Do Legends Come From?
So what is it that happens when stars become superstars – or legends?
Is it a medical condition? Is the air they breathe more rarified? Or is it that they simply become unstable, being rendered seemingly incapable of standing upright?
Legends Of The Guilty Pleasure
One person’s treasure is another person’s trash, and unfortunately, Audio Addict’s writers listen to a lot of trash. From Daniel Bedingfield to Abba, Enya to Ringo, here the team justifies their favourite bangers and clangers without looking like bumbling idiots.
Kanye West: Dick Or Not?
Without a doubt, one of the biggest names in terms of not only music, but also culture, is that of Kanye West. Across the years, there have been multiple critically acclaimed albums, countless huge singles, ingenious sampling and the birth of a fashion brand - along with an actual birth of a child. His influence on hip-hop is evident, but at times, forgotten.
Killer Queens
“Who run the world? Girls!” You may have heard Beyoncé’s statement lyric soundtracking your grocery shop in your local supermarket, pulsating out of a teenager’s car as they whizz past or blurting out of every radio station. Do girls run the world?
Legend In The Making
It's been said that modern music has come to a standstill, with everyone looking back instead of forward; particularly with the increase in sample-based genres, retromania is becoming almost impossible to avoid. But even artists who break away from current trends still need inspiration; artists such as Mitch Stevens, known to the world as Silver Bear Recordings prodigy Cholombian.