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Chill Out Zone (EP)
''Chill Out Zone'' is an extended-play by UK Grime music, grime artist Wiley (rapper), Wiley, released independently on 12 July 2011 for free digital download. Two singles were released in preparation for the album: "Seduction (Wiley song), Seduction" featuring Alexa Goddard and "If I Could (Wiley song), If I Could" featuring Ed Sheeran. Background On 8 March 2011, Wiley (rapper), Wiley announced he would be working on a project with UK producer Jay Weathers in which he will release songs from him and Ed Sheeran, Alexa Goddard, Meleka, Sinead Harnett, Cherri V and Opium. During the production stages of the project, Wiley decided the songs were good enough to be compiled into an album, and in May 2011 he revealed the project had now turned into his next album, titled "Chill Out Zone" The album is the first to display Wiley's new genre which is a cross between Contemporary R&B, R&B and Grime music, grime called RnG (Rhythm n Grime) (pronounced: ''Riddim n Grime''). On 8 July 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiley (rapper)
Richard Kylea Cowie Jr. MBE (born 19 January 1979), better known by his stage name Wiley (formerly Wiley Kat), is a British grime MC, rapper, songwriter, DJ and record producer from Bow, London. Wiley is considered a key figure in the creation of grime music and often labelled the "Godfather of Grime". In the early 2000s, he independently released a series of highly influential eskibeat instrumentals on white label vinyl, such as the first in the series "Eskimo" and is known as a grime MC both for his solo work and for material released with his crew Roll Deep. Wiley first tasted success as a member of UK garage crew Pay As U Go, with whom he had a top 40 hit, "Champagne Dance" in 2001. Wiley has continued to make grime music while also releasing mainstream singles, such as the UK Singles Chart top 10 hits " Wearing My Rolex", " Never Be Your Woman", and his UK number-one " Heatwave". Wiley's eleventh album, '' Godfather'' (2017), peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grime Music
Grime is a genre of electronic music that emerged in London in the early 2000s. It developed out of the earlier UK dance style UK garage, and draws influences from jungle, dancehall, and hip hop. The style is typified by rapid, syncopated breakbeats, generally around 140 beats per minute, and often features an aggressive or jagged electronic sound. Emceeing is a significant element of the style, and lyrics often revolve around gritty depictions of urban life. The style initially spread among pirate radio stations and underground scenes before achieving some mainstream recognition in the UK during the mid-2000s through artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Lethal Bizzle, and Wiley. In the mid-2010s, grime began to receive popular attention in Canada. The genre has been described as the "most significant musical development within the UK for decades." Grime is generally considered to be distinct from hip hop due to its roots primarily being genres such as UK garage and jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music Music genre, genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of Pop music, pop, Soul music, soul, funk, Hip hop music, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive Record producer, record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, Pitch correction, pitch corrected vocals, and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic music, Electronic influences are becoming an increasing trend and the use of hip hop or electronic dance music, dance-inspired beat (music), beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music and pop culture and pop music. Pre-history According to Geoffrey Himes speaking in 1989, the progressive soul movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of [R&B] i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100% Publishing
''100% Publishing'' is the seventh studio album by English grime artist Wiley. It is named "100% Publishing" because the album was written, produced and mastered in its entirety by Wiley while working independently of a label. Big Dada re-signed Wiley to release the album and was released on 20 June 2011. The first single, " Numbers in Action", was released on 5 April 2011. Critical reception ''100% Publishing'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 67 based on 20 reviews. Aggregator website AnyDecentMusic? gave a 6.6 out of 10 based on a critical consensus of 22 reviews. In a review for ''Pitchfork'', Nate Patrin wrote: "''100% Publishing'' bristles with the reflexive jabs and on-the-spot opinions that tend to come during long-distance sparring sessions with the nebulous flogging masses. Wiley wasn't always the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evolve Or Be Extinct
''Evolve or Be Extinct'' is the eighth studio album by English grime artist Wiley. The album was released on 19 January 2012 as a double-disc album. Two singles were released from the album, "Link Up" and "Boom Blast". The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 97 on 22 January 2012, then climbed up to number 86 in the UK Charts in its second week. Upon discussing the album, Wiley said: "I came to a point in my life where I realized that hadto actually evolve and I was just trying to put myself to the test, and make a real album that I would make. I used to do things and not finish them. This time around I actually did concentration from the start. If something wasn't right, I went back and I said, 'Wiley, this isn’t right.' Not to say on the other lbumsI didn’t work hard, but it’s just that this time I actually did concentrate, and it’s probably the first time I ever have." Critical reception Upon release, ''Evolve Or Be Extinct'' has received fairly positive f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seduction (Wiley Song)
''Chill Out Zone'' is an extended-play by UK Grime music, grime artist Wiley (rapper), Wiley, released independently on 12 July 2011 for free digital download. Two singles were released in preparation for the album: "Seduction (Wiley song), Seduction" featuring Alexa Goddard and "If I Could (Wiley song), If I Could" featuring Ed Sheeran. Background On 8 March 2011, Wiley (rapper), Wiley announced he would be working on a project with UK producer Jay Weathers in which he will release songs from him and Ed Sheeran, Alexa Goddard, Meleka, Sinead Harnett, Cherri V and Opium. During the production stages of the project, Wiley decided the songs were good enough to be compiled into an album, and in May 2011 he revealed the project had now turned into his next album, titled "Chill Out Zone" The album is the first to display Wiley's new genre which is a cross between Contemporary R&B, R&B and Grime music, grime called RnG (Rhythm n Grime) (pronounced: ''Riddim n Grime''). On 8 July 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Could (Wiley Song)
"If I Could" is a single from English rapper Wiley, featuring vocals from British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It is the second single released from his extended-play album, '' Chill Out Zone''. It was released on 15 May 2011 as a digital download in the United Kingdom. The music video was uploaded to YouTube on 1 May 2011. It was shot in Kingston, Jamaica and was directed by Ben Peters. Track listing * Digital download # "If I Could" – 3:07 Credits and personnel * Lead vocals – Wiley, Ed Sheeran * Producer – Jay Weathers * Lyrics – Richard Cowie, Ed Sheeran * Label A label (as distinct from signage) is a piece of paper, plastic film, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or product, on which is written or printed information or symbols about the product or item. Information printed ... – Elusive Chart performance Release history References {{Ed Sheeran songs Wiley (musician) songs Ed Sheeran songs So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Goddard
Alexa Goddard (born 21 December 1990) is an English Pop music, pop and R&B singer from Blackwater, Hampshire previously signed to Roc Nation. Born in Camberley, Surrey, Goddard was spotted singing at a talent contest at the age of 14. From 2007 she featured on three consecutive winter tours of the United States and Canada with American band Trans-Siberian Orchestra and performed a duet on "Child of the Night", a track from the band's 2009 album ''Night Castle''. In March 2010, Goddard created a YouTube channel with the username "AlexaMusicTV". She uploaded to this channel various videos of her own covers of R&B hits. She released four cover versions as singles, using social media such as Twitter to promote them. The biggest-selling of these was her version of "Turn My Swag On#remix, Turn My Swag On", which charted at Number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and Number One on the UK Indie Chart. Life and music career Goddard was born and raised in Blackwater, Hampshire, Blackwater, Hamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Sheeran
Edward Christopher Sheeran (; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, ''No. 5 Collaborations Project''. He signed with Asylum Records the same year. Sheeran's debut album, '' +'' (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011 and topped the UK Albums Chart. It contained his first hit single " The A Team". In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. Sheeran's second studio album, '' ×'' (pronounced "multiply"), topped charts around the world upon its release in June 2014. It was named the second-best-selling album worldwide of 2015. In the same year, ''×'' won Album of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meleka
Meleka is the former stage name for the English singer and songwriter Malika Ferguson. Biography Born Malika Ferguson, she created the pseudonym Meleka when working in the background, writing songs for other producers and artists. As Meleka, she was the featured vocalist on the funky house anthem "Go" with Crazy Cousinz in 2010. She now performs as Malika and since "Go" she has released several songs, including her debut EP, ''Songs About C''. She performed uncredited vocals on the 2019 version of "Flowers A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechani ..." by Nathan Dawe which reached No. 12 in the UK. References {{Authority control 1989 births Living people 21st-century Black British women singers Singers from London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiley (musician) Albums
Wiley may refer to: Locations * Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town *Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S. * Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany People * Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer * Wiley Miller, pen name of American newspaper cartoonist David Wiley Miller As a given name * Wiley Brooks (1936–2016), founder of the Breatharian Institute of America * Wiley Young Daniel, American judge * Wiley Nickel, American politician * Wiley Post (1898–1935), American aviator, the first person to fly solo around the world * Wiley Rutledge (1894–1949), American jurist, Supreme Court justice * Wiley Scribner (1840–1889), American politician * Wiley Wiggins, American game designer and actor As a surname * Alan Wiley, British football referee * Alexander Wiley, U.S. Senator * Austin Wiley, American basketball player * Autrey Nell Wiley, American literary critic * Cliff Wiley, American track and field athlete * Charles Wiley, American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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