Catch Me If You Can

Monday 1st June sees the release date for 3 albums from 3 of the UKs leading male artists.

Skepta is droppin "Microphone Champion" his follow up to his debut "Greatest Hits", Wiley drops "Race Against Time" & Bashy finally drops "Catch Me If You Can" his long awaited debut album.

Late Manoeuvres TV caught up with Bashy near the end of last year - where he broke down what to expect from his first album, as well as what it was like to be a recording artist with a day job, his acting career & where "Bashy" came from...

You can catch Bashy performing at I Luv Live's 5th Birthday Bash at Sound, Leicester Square on Monday too!

Check Late Manoeuvres TV for part 1 of this interview:

http://www.youtube.com/latemanoeuvrestv

G-City U18 MC Competition 2009 - Winner!

The competition was launched 21st December 2008 & closed 28th February 2009 - we had over 40 downloads of the official competition track [produced by MNP Productions] and finally it's time to announce the Champion as judged by Danger, DJ Fade & MNP Productions.

Shouts out to Pete @ Images Plus for providing the winners t-shirt & also Chequers Bridge Youth Arts Centre, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, The Citizen & Gloucestershire News for helping promote the competition!

Log back onto this site Monday 1st June 2009 to find out who won!!!

Check the DJ Fade myspace blog for full competition rules & info:

http://www.myspace.com/deejayfade

Late Manoeuvres TV - G-City Pt 1 [Explicit Lyrics]

On Wednesday 13th May 2009 I invited some of the biggest MCs repping G-City aka Gloucester to come to the studio for a live set.

This included Villain Dash Villz, Impact, Ultra Dizzle, Danger & Monday (No Morals)

Since Late Manoeuvres - the radio show - came off air back in February 2008 we have still continued to come with big artist interviews as well as footage from live shows & performances...

Check Late Manoeuvres TV for more info:

http://www.youtube.com/latemanoeuvrestv

Drake - The Drought Is Over [Mixtape]

October's Very Own Drake is all over this new mixtape - not a full follow-up to "So Far Gone" that dropped near the beginning of '09 - but more just a compilation of previous stand out mixtape tracks with a few new tunes & freestyles.

Since dropping Drake's track "Successful" on my radio show back in February - I've been telling everyone to expect big things this year from this Young Money affiliate.

Hold tight for the full length debut album "Thank Me Later" coming later this year... 

Check his myspace for more info:

http://www.myspace.com/thisisdrake

Amerie taking it back!

Amerie is back for 2009 with new release "Why R U" and she is taking it back to the 80s with not just a sample from Ultramagnetics MCs "Ego Trippin" track but what sounds like the full instrumental, with just added instruments and her vocal.

This is something we've not heard done in a minute - but Amerie has always shown love for the 80s in previous releases.  Hold tight for her 4th, and Def Jam debut, album dropping this Summer "In Love & War".

Check her myspace for more info:

http://www.myspace.com/ameriemimarie

ILuvLive 5th Birthday 1st June

One of the biggest regular live UK events I Luv Live is celebrating it's 5th Birthday next month at Sound in Leicester Square, as well as the long awaited release of Bashy's debut album Catch Me If You Can, with performances from Bashy, Baby J, Mpho, Kele Le Roc and more... this will be BIG!

For more info check:

http://www.myspace.com/iluvliveuk

The Young Lioness

Been on road last couple weeks attending shows, performing at shows... 1st of May I was lucky enough to see a singer/songwriter who I have wanted to see perform live since I first heard of her back at the start of 2005.

In fact the 1st time I heard of her was not even through her music but it was listening to a radio presenter who was saying how she had to be one of the most underrated artists out there and how he couldn't stop listening to her album. (Thanks for that intro G Money!}

From when you hear someone make up that much noise about an artist you've never heard of before - you kinda have to make an effort to listen - especially with the internet allowing you to do so with such ease (remember when sometimes just had to take that chance when buying an artist's album back in the day!)

When I first listened to her - I could hear how even though her musical style was Soulful - she was just as much influenced by Hip Hop.  Her debut album, "Complex Simplicity", is just as the title describes... complex emotions broken down into the most basic of elements, that of drums, melody and artistic expression.

I had heard that she had already performed once in the UK at the Jazz Cafe, but then her follow up album, The Young Lioness, had been repeatedly put back year after year, so thought it was unlikely to see her in the UK again at least until her 2nd album had finally dropped (2009?)  Luckily when checking her myspace I saw that she had a one-off show scheduled for this year.

After speaking to a few friends who had already seen her first performance at the Jazz Cafe, one who said she was good, one who said I might end up disappointed by her live performance, I decided to see for myself.
 

Despite circumstances not being in her favour, technical difficulties, not having her own band, Teedra put in an impressive performance rising above the frustration of the bad organisation and just let her soul and singing abilities shine through.  With a length of show to rival most 'full concerts' (her performance was billed as a special guest performance) she more than delivered.

Here is a lil' sample footage from the show, the picture quality is poor but you can catch the vibe and hear for yourself that she can actually sing live!

Hear more from Teedra Moses and order her latest mixtape, "Lionhearted - Young Hustla Vol III" here:

http://www.myspace.com/teedramoses

Introducing

12 months since the launch of Late Manoeuvres TV & we have a new blog page for updates on Late Manoeuvres related news & much more...

Check out the footage of live shows, interviews & more already on Late Manoeuvres TV...

http://www.youtube.com/latemanoeuvrestv

Hold tight for the 1st Late Manoeuvres TV MC set recorded this Wednesday plus an interview with one of the most talked about new US artists to break through in 2009 Asher Roth...

watch this space!