Wed 15 Jul 2009
Mikey: You might of heard of the name associated with Ye’s 808s & Heartbreak, and to most Mr. Hudson may sound like one man, but last night England’s 1st band to sign with G.O.O.D. Music/Universal made their mark on NYC. The five piece ensemble showcased some new cuts from their upcoming US debut tentatively titled Straight No Chaser. Even with Mr. Hudson’s lead singer suffering from several throat related illnesses’, the group definitely proved themselves to be more then Coldplay’s replacement.
(Shouts to Linda L.)
July 16th, 2009 at 12:40 am
Hey miss info great look on the Mr. Hudson piece. They are a great band I have there first UK album A Tale of Two Cities when they were Mr. Hudson and the Library’s and you can definitely hear the influence they had on Ye’s 808’s album. I think they’re a great addition to the G.O.O.D music family adding a little diversity to is the mostly hip-hop and R-n-B Label thus far. The lead singer actually is Mr. Hudson Tho Miss Info; his name is Ben Hudson and when healthy has a great voice reminds me of a cross between Sting and Chris Martin a little. Anyways as always info your up the the hottest things first even before they hit the masses I look forward to some great music from the US debut.
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missinfo Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 2:44 am
much love! But I gotta give the props on this to Mikey Fresh. he was the one who got this footage for us all : )
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July 16th, 2009 at 1:06 am
It’s like a delicate balance between tepid and bland.
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July 16th, 2009 at 2:45 am
I hope Kanye kills with this one.
It’s the closest we can get to reparations.
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pellypell Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 10:27 am
That’s a joke right?
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PB Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Yeah. Simma down.
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July 16th, 2009 at 11:33 am
The problem i have is that there r thousands of mcs,producers and singers in the most deprived parts of London, alot of whom have REAL talent,but Kanye chooses help the people who don’t even make hiphop.Its frustrating to see ni@@as in london goin hard, only to be upstaged by some gimmick shit, that aint hiphop.lady sovereign is a prime example of what i mean.artists and producers in uk are pullin their hair out knowing that only the fake gimmicky artists, who only got onto hiphop in 2000, get noticed. dizzie rascal is another example…not a rapper, in fact a lot of them dudes used to diss hiphop back then, because they thought garage music was goin to be bigger, but then it fell face flat!! dizzie is a garage MC, not a rapper.if u want uk hiphop, its black twang or roots maneuver, they have always fully represented.
sometimes i wish ppl from u.s knew the full story about alot of these phoney artists
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ezmac Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
It happens over here too gimmicks are global lol
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mertz Reply:
July 17th, 2009 at 2:41 am
yea yeah roots manuva!!!!
i actually agree with everything you saying, and i think it’s real funny to observe this, and you dead on with dizee because anyone who was trying to find some international music and was tuning in to the garage seen uk style knew all about dizee. i think he’s changed, but he hasn’t changed that much, just now that he’s offish i guess over there and more people here know him…but he can spit, and i haven’t heard him shit on the game, but i do know he was concerned about where he would fall in, if people would think he was a hip hop artist or not, just cause he uses different beats, and his flows different. anyways lol, i am undecided about this whole mr.hud experiment. i mean i actually have no opinion. i understand people might like it but i just don’t know. i’m trying to give him a chance, since he’s supporting one of our local artists who’s getting some lime…but i don’t like “gimmicks” and i haven’t been able to peg him yet. it seemed to work for ye though.
. we like some roots and twang here though. bootlegg their stuff like crazy, and i’m telling you not black people but 100% white people. it’s funny. i don’t know a lot of heads hear who actually listen to uk hip hop.
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MrDualCitizen Reply:
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:19 am
I agree 1000% on the Lady Sovereign reference. I respectfully disagree about the Dizzee Rascal statement though. Just because garage music and grime (Dizzee Rascal is more Grime than Garage) isn’t what we would hear on the radio in the US, why does that automatically not make it a form of hip hop or make it gimmicky. I don’t know if its just me but I would consider Grime a variance of hip hop and it is still a HUGE genre in the UK, especially the underground scene. That is the wonderful part about the beautiful genre that is hip hop, it is not so constrained to fit a certain mold. I might be wrong.
I’m not so sure either about getting into the technicality of discussing the difference between garage MC and rapper. He is rapping nonetheless.
Also everyone has to admit that most genres, hip hop especially, evolve over time. Today different genres are colliding and collaborating which I don’t necessarily see as a bad thing. Its a way for people from different backgrounds to experience something or someone they wouldn’t necessarily listen to.
I’m not sure why you would knock Kanye just because he chose to work with someone who isn’t hip hop. If Kanye as the head of the G.O.O.D. Music label only worked with Hip Hop arists, that would not only be incredibly simple minded but also a bad business decision.
If people are still wondering whether to get on the Hudson bandwagon or not check out some of his older stuff on Youtube. Dude undoubtedly makes Good Music (pun intended). I suggest his songs “Bread & Roses” and “There Will Be Tears”. He is an excellent musician as well. He’s got a video on his myspace of him chilling and playing an instrumental piano verson of “There Will Be Tears”. No question Supernova is a commercial song but it is good none the less.
Also for the record, to the beautiful Miss Info and Mikey Fresh, Mr. Hudson is not a group. Mr. Hudson is one man who has a band also known as the Library.
P.S. – Sorry this is so long!
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July 16th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
lol…..that’s Coldplay’s replacement….that’s like saying Nate Robinson is Shaq’s replacement
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mertz Reply:
July 17th, 2009 at 2:45 am
lol. maybe it’s about the potential.
my thing with the whole thing is that you know there is only one coldplay. i mean they can be your influence or whatever, and i know people make money trying to be imitations, but there is always only one of something. you have to stay true to yaself and be an individual. i mean if mr.hudson is truly good and inspirational, he will make it either way. he don’t need this coldplay-hiphop moniker. he should do him. they don’t need to manufacture him. if he is good people will recognize. the dude has an interesting ear for music though,and a good voice.
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July 16th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
When you look and sing like Sting (and Kanye is backing you) G.O.O.D. things will happen to you.
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