Blog: First Up!

7 months ago Sinden unleashed the snippet of 'Pull Up Wheel Up' on his soundcloud and yesterday finally Fact premiered the new single in full. 'Pull Up Wheel Up' features Natalie Storm and comes with remixes from Dillon Francis and John Roman when it drops the 5th of March on Sinden's own label Grizzly. Have [...]

Remember 95 South's booty bass anthem 'Cheer for Me' or Daphne and Celeste's 'U.G.L.Y'-song that appeared in the first Bring It On-movie? Whether you do or not, if you're into tracks with chants that could be the anthem for a cheerleading-movie you will LOVE the first single off Madonna's upcoming 12th album "MDNA" (set to [...]

"LIVE FAST DIE YOUNG BAD GIRLS DO IT WELL, LIVE FAST DIE YOUNG BAD GIRLS DO IT WELL"! Yes it's time to unleash them bad girls folks cause here finally goes the official video for M.I.A.'s latest single, the Danja-produced 'Bad Girls' (buy here). Peep the video directed by Romain Gavras below:

First Up! loves Danish mc Lucy Love and now it's time to get familiar with another hard hitting talented rapper from Denmark. Linkoban hails from Copenhagen's Brønb but it was while she was living in London she became inspired to turn her once private affair with music around and experiment on a full-scale level. After [...]

You've already been treated with the Iggy Azalea-featured 'I Think She Ready' off FKi's - "Transformers N The Hood" mixtape, originally set to drop last week. Well, a week late here it is, 16 hot tracks presented by Diplo, Heroes & Villains and Mayhem featuring guests like Iggy Azalea, Natasha Mosley, Mike Fresh, Travis Porter, [...]

Roses Gabor has been featured on this site many times like when she appeared on Shy FX's huge 'Raver'-track or Buraka Som Sistema's 'We Stay Up All Night' for example but she's never had her own entry, until now that is. Cause here's her very first mixtape called "The Wonderful World Of Roses Gabor Vol. [...]

The last time the remarkable woman Melesha O Garro more known as Lady Leshurr dropped something online all her social network outlets were hacked and all her videos with hundreds of thousands views were deleted off youtube. Now she kicks off 2012 with a fresh new start and what better way to do it with [...]

We said it before and we say it again, one to watch this year is Chippy Nonstop. Recently she's been working on something with Kreayshawn, she's featured on Major Lazer's upcoming second album and here's a brand new single from Chhavi herself called 'Wut U Want'. Just as her previous release 'Ki$$ Pon Da Cheek' [...]

If you're not already familiar with the name Princess Nyah that was on everyone's lips for her huge track 'Frontline' back in 2009, well it's about time you get to know this girl hailing from Harlesden. Over the past years she's been working with everyone from Donae'o to Ghetts and been dubbed as the princess [...]

Gnucci Banana is featured on Schlachthofbronx upcoming album "Dirty Dancing" that drops in exactly two months meanwhile Spoek Mathambo is gearing up to drop his second solo album "Father Creeper" on Sub Pop March 13th (download the first single off the release, 'Let Them Talk' ft. Yolanda below). However, a while the married couple joined [...]

The Scion A/V-camp comes through with yet another big free EP release and this time it comes from 12th Planet. With his 28-city North American tour set to kick off in Miami on February 2, enjoy "The End Is Near" featuring guests like Flinch, Skrillex, Kill the Noise, SPL and more: 1. 12th Planet & [...]

This is such a good week people. First here it is, the full and brand new Danja-produced single by M.I.A called 'Bad Girls'. The single goes on sale tomorrow and not only does the official Romain Gavras-directed video drop on Friday, there's more new heat from M.I.A. in the pipeline this week as Madonna drops [...]

Azealia Banks can lay a couple of hectic weeks behind her, not only did she land a record deal with Universal, no she also followed in the steps of Lady GaGa and premiered her new track 'Bambi' at the Thierry Mugler fashion show in Paris for the MUGLER Mens FW 2012-line by Nicola Formichetti and [...]

Here it is folks, the first single release off Schlachthofbronx's upcoming second full length album "Dirty Dancing" that will drop at the end of March on Disko B Records. The single is a double release of 'Slowine/Dickie Riddim', the first is described as "techno cumbia" and the latter features none other than the legendary Warrior [...]

I love how the brand new official solo single from DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia gets branded as "the first dubstep gangsta rap song of all time" and labeled dubhop. Newsflash, say hello to King Fantastic, they invented that shit in 2010, so no I love you DJ Paul but the "always staying innovative [...]

Every spring leading up to a release of a new album from M.I.A. tend to be a good one and well, the spring of 2012 will be one of them as M.I.A. gearing up to drop her fourth full length release this summer, and my guess is that she will, in true M.I.A.-fashion name it [...]

Remember the write up I did on Edwina Johnson aka. EJ back in mid November? If not, well it's time to get acquainted with this girl that was born here in Stockholm, raised in Gothenburg but moved to London at the age of 12 as EJ is definitely one to watch. In my previous post [...]

Yes, here's another great album release to add to the list that will rule the Spring of 2012 as the German bass kings Schlachthofbronx announce their new album "DIRTY DANCING" to be released 30th March on Disko B. 2011 was a huge year for the duo as they dropped the "Carimbo" EP, in my personal [...]

After her massive cover of Frank Ocean's 'American Wedding' Yasmin now comes through with some new own material. Yes, as a thank you for all the support on her new single 'Light Up (The World)' (cop it here) ft. Shy-FX & Ms. Dynamite, she gives her fans an acoustic version of a new song called [...]

Marcel Cartier joins forces with Akala, Nana D and producer Agent of Change and brings to you this Kwanzaa present with one loud and clear message: "Get Your Hands Off Africa". This is the third taster from the forthcoming album by Marcel Cartier and Agent of Change called "History Will Absolve Us" which is due [...]