Here’s New Lease Music’s top ten albums of 2019. On the list, you’ll find an electric collection of hip-hop, R&B, alternative pop/rock and everything in between.
So it’s time for you to delve in and check out the hidden gems of last year. Top ten songs of 2019 will follow tomorrow…
10. ENTWINED – ELIAS
9. MY BODY MY SOUL VOL.1 – NATTY BOI ZOE
8. CABERNET SAUVIGNON – SAMURAI CHAMPS
7. The Flux session – any gama
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6. Beautiful Sin – Some Kind Of Illness
5. The Come Up – Dorian Thorson
4. SHON JAY – NOTHING IS FOREVEr
3. BEANSTOCK RECORDS PRESENTS: U.K.K.K (UNKLE KUZZIN KEET KOLBANG)
Released just before the Xmas period, pop/electro trio KYOTI‘s latest single ‘The Light’ is a song for those cold, winter months. They wanted to create something dark to reflect the season but that was ultimately full of hope and joy.
Singer Ed took influence from his own struggles with depression during the festive season to write the lyric. He said this about the track:
“The Light is a really personal song. Once we started writing I realised how complex and at times fraught the season can be. I’ve always been fascinated by the symbolism of light in the darkness and wanted that to be the main driving image behind the song. Last year I was in a very bad place in November and December which culminated in me calling The Samaritans, but thanks to a lot of self-care and therapy over the year my mental health has dramatically improved and for the first time in a long time I feel hopeful. It seemed to me that the line “I’m beginning to see the light” perfectly summed up that feeling.”
KYOTI have recently embarked on ‘Project Twelve’, where they will be self-releasing one track every month for a year. ‘The Light’ is track #3, with nine more to come in 2020. Their previous single ‘Restart the World’ was released through Seahorse Music (Bryde) and Kitsune Musique in early 2019, gaining airplay on BBC Wales and BBC Newcastle.
Have a listen to ‘The Light’ below…the proceeds of the single does to The Samaritans.
NEW LEASE MUSIC kicks off the new year with the top ten music videos of 2019! Based on both readers viewing and editor picks, a few of the videos featured were first shown on the blog in the previous year (2018) and managed to held on for a well-deserved place on this list.
Go ahead and check out the videos below! Make sure you tune in for the top ten albums of 2019 coming tomorrow….
As the newest addition to the creative, counter-culture collective known as The Black Opera, Detroit emcee T CALMESE shares some important life lessons in his new J. Bizness-produced single ‘Timing is $$$’.
Before I head out on the last post of 2019, I would like to wish each and everyone of you a very Merry (fun-packed) Christmas and a happy (off-the-wall) New Year.
Be sure to look out for the Top Ten Music Videos, Albums and Songs of 2019, coming very soon!
If your ear has been anywhere near the UK rap scene over the last two years, it would’ve been pretty tough to miss the rise and rise of C MONTANA. Cut from the same cloth of all the rap greats, the Londoner has built a profile based on his rags to riches tales and their visual accompaniments documenting his luxurious lifestyle, love of cars, women and jewellery. Now set to take his career to a new level, C Montana teams up with S Loud for the release of his single ‘Big Rich’.
Premiering with the ‘Voice of the Streets’, DJ Kenny Allstar on BBC Radio 1Xtra, the record is his final drop of the year and a big statement to let the world know that 2020 is his. Hitting out punchy verses on the laid-back reminiscent beat, C Montana shows exactly why he’s become one of today’s most certified and engaging rappers in the world of street tales.
Clearly a product of the early 00’s rap generation which was home to the likes of 50 Cent and Rick Ross, there’s something old skool hip-hop to his new skool output. Speaking of inspiring his youngers through both visuals and lyrics, C Montana embodies every inch of what it is to be a superstar rapper and an ever progressive businessman. Every visual and image is doused in the finest drip, the jet-set lifestyle and the racks of money, laid out bare next to the undercurrent of business, hard work, street life and trap houses.
Taking up music as a hobby to document his life, C Montana made his first major entry to the music game just two years ago with his debut studio recorded single ‘Drug Dealer’ featuring AyEm. The record gained 1.5 million YouTube views and subsequently the rapper has released numerous videos seeing his profile and fanbase soar. After a short hiatus and the demand from fans to hear more, C Montana has been unable to ignore the call any longer and jumped back into the booth to release the weighty ‘Big Rich’….check out the video below…
