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1. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis 2. Lil Wayne Ft. Drake & Rick Ross - She Will (Remix)
3. DJ Khalid Ft. Keyshia Cole, Chris Brown & Ne-Yo Legendary
4. Game Ft. Chris Brown - Pot of Gold 5. Sean Paul Ft. Alexis Jordan - Gotta Love You 6. Drake - Headlines 7. Jay Rock Ft. Rick Ross & Bird Man - Hood Gon Love It 8. Mavado & Ne-Yo - I Know You Want Me 9. Busta Rhymes Ft. Reek Da Villan - My Conglomerate 10. Wretch 32 Ft. Josh Kumra - Don’t Go
Mark Ronson Record Collection 2012
60 SECONDS WITH... GHOSTPOET
The London-born singer and producer has recently been nominated for the 2011 Mercury prize, an award for outstanding newcomers. We caught up with him for a chat...
Grace Shutti
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You got nominated for a little something! Something, something... Pluto, Saturn? MERCURY! Yeah! Yeah, yeah...
How does that feel? Really good. Really, really good because... It’s amazing, really, to be connected with something like that and in the same group as the likes of Adele, James Blake, Met- ronomy... It’s crazy. Really, really, really, really encouraging for me.
What are you going to do if you win? I think if I win I will jump in the Thames; that’s my plan! I think just being part of it and being nominated for me is amazing and if I could just push ahead and do something with it and, you know, better my career, then so be it. Win
or not, I’m a winner!
Okay, I have a quick question: Peanut Butter Blues and Mel- ancholy Jam: how the hell did you come up with that? That came about when I had to come up with a title after the album was completed. It was kind of an analysis of the album, like summing up the album, and for me I thought, ‘What were the emotions that was coming from it? What was the overall thing about it?’ And for me it had a lot of melancholy and grey and blues and, you know, the idea of being in the blues and down-and-out and stuff like that. So that’s how the ‘blues’ and ‘melancholy’ parts came in. And I thought to myself, ‘What other things associated with that in my life?’ And it’s food; I like eating food when I feel down or not myself. Jam and peanut butter are the things I like... I was just trying to be smart!
Would you encourage young people to go for music? If that’s their passion. If it’s what you really want to do then yeah. I feel that you gotta be happy, you know what I mean? You gotta do something that you can wake up in the morning and want to do. It’s difficult; I’ve worked in a lot of sub- jobs that I never wanted to do but I had to pay the bills. If you have the opportunity where you get to do what you want to do it’s worth it. You may not see the rewards in the beginning; it may take a long time but it’s satisfying to do what you want to do!
If you were stranded on a des- ert island with someone, who would you want it to be? I would invite Spike Lee, Del boy because he’s funny, and for a desert island you need a chef, innit, so Jamie! Jamie Oliver. That’s the one!
Okay, can you give us an exclusive? I made a demo track today... ‘Hampton South’. It was made in Southampton when we went there for a gig, and I work with like a live band for my live shows so we collaborated on stuff as well. So it was made there, and I called it ‘Hampton South’, and made the demo of it today. I’m hoping I can get it ready in time for the tour and then when we go to Southampton we will play it there!
Exclusiiive! Eeexclusiiive?
Ghostpoet will be perform- ing at festivals in Europe. Visit
www.ghostpoet.co.uk to find out where you can catch him.
Thanks to Version, Ronson is the master of revamping other people’s tunes, but this time he is giving his own track a fresh sound. We give you ‘Record Collection 2012' featuring Pharrell Williams, MNDR and two of our very own, Wiley and Wretch 32. The features revive the swagger that the original had and present an exciting, updated version while each of the electrify- ing remixes (which are ‘fuckin bangas’ according to the genius) represent a different scene. The single was released on the 5th September on Kitsune; if you haven’t already, check it out!
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