Goodbye, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehn, Au Revoir!

Cloud 5 is saying goodbye. Well, to blogger.com at least. We are on the move to another part of the stratosphere...new year, new home and whatnot. It's been real y'all...hopefully you'll join us in our new location. We can now be found HERE.




Peace, love and chicken grease...hopefully see you on the other side!

Ri & Ellie
x

What You Got.... Have you got it???

Hey every body!

Its has been too long I am ashamed! You know xmas is nuts!

Anywho... Myself and Ri headed down to Bar Music Hall down in Shoreditch for "What You Got"!? Artist Special hosted by the lovely talented Eleanor.

The night was a mix and blend of Artists Musicians Poets Rappers and Dancers the event delivered the Creme de la Creme of London. The crowd were also given that chance to show us what they got! All in all it was a great vibe all smiles in the venue and fantastic talent. Host Miss Eleanor even treated the crowd with her voice.

Singer Miggy One of my favorite acts that night. He really got the crowd going.

The act below are the guys from Liverpool. Not only did they hype up the crowd they were jumping around so much during mid rap on fell off the stage! lol But its all good no one cared as they delivered to the crowd! **thumbs up**

Jukeboxx Representing North London also came through.

Over all it was a really good night! Great talent that needs to be recognised I look forward to the next one!

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S Dubba-ya...to the V (with Miss Faith E)

Yes yes people what's good? Today I bring you the tale of another Wednesday outing :-D

So it was ran-dom but my friend Sim (@Poetress1) asked me if I wanted to go to the SWV/Faith Evans concert like the day before and not being one pass up such opportunities, I was like "Hell yeah!". So the next day (hindered by that enemy of progress TFL) I made my way down to the O2.

First thing...we had seated tickets...front row centre on King's Row and for those of you who know Indig02, that's the VIP section. Totally not expecting to have such a good view but that was hooked up by the legend that is Chris Phillips (Choice FM). When we got in and sat down, there was a warm-up act on...can't remember their name for the life of me but they were your typical 4-piece girl group, good not amazing.

The crowd wasn't packed I have to say but the vibe was chilled - just the way I like it and of course, things really got poppin' when SWV took to the stage. Coko, Lelee and Taj may look a little older (still stunning) and have that healthy "age" weight but they SANG just as well as ever. Performing classics such as "You're The One", "Rain", "Right Here" and the TIMELESS love song "Weak", it had the crowd hyped (but in a good way). They made the night for 3 fans when they picked volunteers from the crowd to come on stage with them to lend a helping hand with the performance of "Weak". I'm kicking myself that I don't have a pic but there was one dude who literally jizzed when Coko picked him...he'll never have a birthday present like SWV serenading him with their pitch-perfect rendition of "Happy Birthday" again I'm sure of it!

After a short intermission, it was time for Faith to take to the stage. Admittedly, I was a little apprehensive because the Sisters With Voices KILLED it but there was no need. Faith killed it too. She can still blow equally as well as she always did. Her renditions of "Soon As I Get Home", "True Love", "All Night Long", "You Gets No Love" and "If I Had One Wish" reminded me that Miss Evans had TUNES! Myself and the rest of the crowd were almost disappointed when she left the stage without performing THE track "Love Like This" but fortunately, her DJ pulled it back and she returned and gave the people what they wanted.

Honestly, it was a good night...thoroughly enjoyed. It took me on a nice little trip down memory lane back to the 90's when R&B was R&B, high top hair was cool, you could get away with wearing leggings as trousers (*side eye*) and cartoons like Thundercats, Doug and Hey Arnold ruled the roost. SWV, Faith Evans, I salute you ♥

Below are a couple of pics and vids of the night. Typically, I forgot my camera so I only had the shambles Blackberry on which to document my highlights. Apologies in advance!

Love,

Ri
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Young, Black and Fab pt Uno

Hey hey! Sticking to the vein of showcasing what we believe to be great music, today I present to you a dude I've been watching on Youtube since about '08. He is Mr Ryan M Tedder (not the guy from One Republic). This Ryan Tedder hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the US of A and is a producer.

I have to say this guy is SICK. From his early Youtube days of producing on Fruitloops (which you tech heads out there will know is a basic piece of Apple software) and churning out banger after banger, to his collabos with talented young singers such as Lwam (fellow Pittsburgh resident) and Katrina Bello, he has always been destined for great things and not to mention, he is a TALENTED keys player too.

Ryan Leslie rates him, he has created his own production outfit called the Upscale Music Group and now, he has stepped onto the dizzy heights of some big boy projects. He has co-produced parts of US rapper Wiz Khalifa's album and the latest update I have seen, is that he has now jumped onto Kandi's (think Don't Think I'm Not) new album with none other than Ne-Yo entitled Kandi Koated.

His sound incorporates everything I love about music; melody, soul and a damn good b-line so Ryan Tedder, Cloud 5 salutes you.

P.S. when this guy BLOWS, member I told you UK...

Proof of the talent? See some of my personal faves below...

Until our next rendevous, live, love and achieve y'all

Ri

x





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Rapsody – Return Of The B-Girl (Mixtape)

Wow its been awhile for me hasn't it! Just wanted to make sure I came back correct you know!

So right now I just downloaded Rapsody's new mixtape and I got to say this got me in the mood to just blog randomly. The first Lady of 9th Wonders label, the female rapper delivers Return of the B-Girl to the streets with some serious beats from 9th Wonder, Khrysis and many more greats. The album also has some great collaborations such as Rag Digga, Big Daddy Kane and Skyzoo. The album delivers some real good music. My personal favorites are 'Make Me Say' ft Heather Victoria 'Angel' ft Laws and 'The Intro' to the album. Although these are my favorite tracks the album itself is deff worth a listen to make sure you download peeps.

Download the new album follow the link!

http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2010/12/07/rapsody-return-of-the-b-girl-mixtape/

Follower her on Twitter too!

http://twitter.com/#!/rapsodymusic

Listen, Love & Enjoy.

Peace out x

Ellie

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Foreign Exchanging Part Dos!!

Ok so I'm excited. Proper.

Today folks, the genius that is Ellie has secured us tickets to see our BELOVED Foreign Exchange!! They shall be in London performing at Cargo on Thursday 6th Jan 2011 and we both cannot wait!

I like to think that Ellie and I had a hand in getting Phonte, Nicolay and the rest of the exchange to London with our countless and tireless @'s on Twitter begging them to come and now finally they shall be gracing the mean streets with their presence. Over the top reaction much? Most def but oh well! There's only one word for me right now, your conclusions are correct...GASSED.

Tickets are available here. I'ma leave you with one of my personal faves while I attempt to deflate myself in preparation for Jan.

Peace and foreign chicken grease!

Ri

xx

Black Girls R-O-C-K!

Heyyy there peeps! So it's been another HOT minute since you last heard from us but we are back. back, BACK el-oh-el!

Today's post is on something I saw on BET near the beginning of the month (don't ask me why I am only now getting round to blogging it *side eye*). It was the Black Girls Rock award show.

Black Girls Rock is a charitable organisation in the US set up in 2006 by DJ Beverly Bond and focuses on enriching the experiences of women of colour. Through art education, public service and cultural exploration, Black Girls Rock serves to build the self-esteem and self worth of Black women through personal development. Their mentoring schemes and enrichment programmes are aimed at girls between the ages of 12 and 17.

This year, Black Girls Rock teamed up with BET for a special awards show hosted by the beautiful Nia Long to celebrate the achievements of Black women - not just celebrities but those who have made great contributions through their work and philanthropy. Below is video review of the night:



The performance of the night was for certain the collabo between four of the Neo-soul world's most talented females on the classic track "Four Women"...



Amazing.

Until next time peeps, live, love, achieve :-)

Ri
x

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