What makes a great critic?

A critic is some one who constructively judges something and the informs the masses of whether the piece under examination is worth any attention. What makes a great critic is not just experience but also what they know about the subject. This means they should be able to analysise the form, structure, language even. For instance if it is a film they are reviewing then the should know the technical terms, the history of film and also be able to relate to the viewer on thier level. Remember a critic must bare in mind that the audince watch, look or listen for pleasure.

People ask me what do I know about the subjects I critise and I say that having studied my subjects to a technical level and have an passion for these subject I feel qaulified to voice my opinion knowing that I know what I am talking about and can analysise the piece in any context knowing that I can support my critisism with constructive comments.

I review music, theatre, books and fims. I have studied music, theatre and english to A-Level standard. These subjects have taught me how to analysis these art forms breaking them apart to appreciate the beauty and hard work that goes into these forms. So much of this goes unappreciated by the audience but a critic can look and see beyond and truely judge its worth.

I feel I can critcise even better having written creatively and written music. This means I can put myself in the shoes of an audience and a critc when reviewing my own work in editing process.

Critics are judged to cruel dislikable people, but we know our subjects well enough to give a true honest opinion, where we are not having to gain favour of the artist(s) to gain respect. A critic is definately the person to fear as they make or break an artist.

However a rare gem of a critic is the one that is instinctive and intutive on what the next trend will be, as well as what is crurrently trending. As I critique a lot of new up and coming artists I have to know what will be big, what is big but won't last and what is never going to make it. A critic is never wrong and the only person who can contest a critic is another critic who has the same amount of knowledge on that subject.

EXCLUSIVE REVIEW - It's the south east - fortune favours the rich

Well, discovered a more alternative sound on the Island Records label. 2 very talented london boys, who are predicted to be the new 'The Streets'. These cheecky cockney lads produce and write thier own stuff. Its very dancey and alternative sounding. Its a beautiful mixture of spoken word over instrumentals. If you are picky about your music the closest people I can say they are similar to are The Streets, Lydia Lunch and Nick Cave. These lads will definately make you laugh with this conceptual album and if your even harder to please sing along with them. Its concept is a man who falls in love with a girl only to find out as the so eloqeantly put it is a slag. I dare you to play this loud when your parents are at home and I double dare you to play it to your grand parents.

Tracklist

Intro - Pure instrumental, will lead you to think this is a classical album which it isn't. Makes a perfect instrumental to do your own spoke word stuff over.

Round and Round ft Amelia - Very dancey song, can see it played in a club one of my favs to skank to.

On top of the world - Lovely song, slightly like the reverand and the makers. Makes you wanna sing along

Dirty slags ft ILS - Halarious even though it makes you wanna go on a feminist strop with the language but you have to remember thier cockney lads so chill and enjoy.

The start of an end - sets the theme in place here as you find out she is a slag

Best Mates Bird - OMG i was laughing so hard at this and singing along coz it was too funny to keep a straight face to. My fav song on the album.

Fortune favours the rich - latin beat and narritive story lyrics, i love the accents to the point i forget how much they swear. Makes you wanna dance drunk to it

We can't decide - A slower song, funny but its kinda cynical in approach and like a debate or conversation. I like it quite inspirational for how men think about women and sex.

Chinese Whispers - Slag been at it again and thier metaphores are getting funnier. Funny tune with some great string backings with the drum beat.

Waiting - Sad song, made me wanna cry. beautifully written, bit like Plan B with the masculine honest sentimentality.

Constantly stoned - Got that feel to it and its soooo funny, sing alongish and honest about weed . I love it!

So overall I love it, its funny and brilliantly cheecky. So download it at http://www.zshare.net/download/7375145208bb6f07/. Be a daredevil and try it, I'm sure you'll like it xx

EXCLUSIVE ALBUM REVIEW!!!!!!! PRE-RELEASE

I think I have just heard the next big release from Island Records. A young man called Liam Heart, and oh my oh my he definantly one of the ones to watch if you love your R&B. I have been sent a copy of his album to review, however it is not released until November 17th 2010. So you guys are gonna have to wait until then to listen to what I'm talking about. However you can find him on youtube - the song to look for is 'worth more than gold', its a beautiful song.

He is like a mixture of Neyo, Usher and Chris Brown. Beautifully sweet tunes, will definately go down well with all the romantic souls and I can predict he will have a huge following of teenage girls with that voice. He writes all of his own songs too so thats another added bonus to why I think he is one of the next big things.

What is surprising is that on first listen you may think he is Amercian, but he is actually from Essex (England). Well who would of thought that in Essex they produce singers and songwriters of this callibre.

The album is called Love and is about precisely that. Remember available on 17th November and for the record I am not affliated with Island Records.


Track List

Love - beautiful chord progressions, with a very soulful beat. I can see this being sung on Glee because its got that sing along feel to it. Garrunttee the chorus will be stuck in your head by the end of the song.

Save Me - Marching rnb drum beat, smooth lyrics, very Chris Brown in 2007. Not as depressing as the tittle suggests but definately break up song material.

Need You - Slow dancing song, definately a hit with the romantic boys. Would make a good song for a movie soundtrack.

Go! - Remarkably for a song about finding out his girlfriend cheating its very laid back and almost saying I don't care just tell me the truth. I see this in the charts released as a single over the next few months.

Tell Me why - very soulful, can imagine it remixed for a club, its got that feel to it.

Afriad - Honest, and very touchig, one of my favourite tunes

Just stay together - Early Neyo style, Just can see a winter top ten here!!!! Makes you wanna sing into your hair brush, as an sdult it makes me feel like I'm 13 again and head over heels in puppy lust.

Gotta Do with me ft Michelle - A very grown up track, got girl doing some club moves, wishing there was a guy here to dance with. Its quite a naughty track written in a nice innocent way.

Through my eyes - very romantic, modern day Ray Charles, makes you wanna street dance.

Home - Soulful, talking about trying to get his girlfriend to see and open up. Makes any single girl fresh from a relationship wanna cry with its sentimentality.

Right here - true RnB right here, takes you to the days of Marvin Gaye and Barry White, got a slight hint of horns too, giving it that old school classy feel. Now I'm really starting to fall in love with this track, its so true about guys in relationships and how they should be.

Too far to end - Now this is a true love ballad, reminds me of R Kelly vocally here. It feels like he is singing to you and that just makes you fall in love even if your the most wisest of cynics about love.

Lies - A deep social observation, anyone who has had a hard life can emphasis with this and will draw some raw deep emotions from everyone who listens. Got a lemar feel to it.

I just can't - Touching love song, that makes you think of Usher, when hes being romantic

Much more than friends - Omg take away the backing this would still be an amazing song accapella, got a 90s feel about it in terms of rnb then.

Worth more than gold - Sweet sweet song, another of my favourites, loved the video too. He is defo worth more than gold on this scene.


So people get this album when its released, even if you didn't like my review coz you'll kick yourself later when he hits the charts big time.

Remember Liam Heart - Love released 17th November 2010 xx

CelibacyVsIntimacy - Kaiz La Kazie

This is an exclusive!!!!!

This mixtape is based on a story about a young woman who meets a guy and is attracted to him. Almost falling in love with him, until she finds out that he has a girlfriend already. The mixtape is based over 48 hours, the first half is her meeting and being attracted to him, aptly named Intimacy and the second half is her reaction to finding out he has a girlfriend. Hence its called celibacy. This conceptual mixtape is very clever as all the intimacy tracks begin with I and the celibacy tracks beginning with C. This is the 6th mixtape from Kaiz La Kazie, released 1 year to the day from her first ever mixtape Migrate adapt was ever released.
A little known fact is this is based on true events and proud to say that the night out and meeting of friends was about me (Jazzle) and Trae going clubbing with Kaiz La Kazie in Vauxhall. Awful night at club but jokes times when out of there. But what happens in Vauxhall stays there lol.

Track listing
[C]elibacy Vs [I]ntimacy..

FRIDAY
˚˚Anything˚˚ ft Ridez

[I] Think Why Not [Part 1] - Sexy sounding strings, and very sauve lyrics, she is thinking about being with him. Beautifully sweet lyrics.

[I] Could Be - Bit more upbeat, vocalising every girls thoughts when she is in love. Very expressive.

[I] C U Searching - Very funky soul beat, describes herself in totaly honesty though a little arrogantly but it is done with such class.

[I] M Not Easy To Handle - Very Jazzy almost got a ska feel to it, she is trying to distance herself but she is laying it down for him.

[I] M Talking 2 U - got a 80s rnb feel to it, reminds me of Terrance Trent d'Arby with a dash of Whitney Houston. Talking about herself and wanting to change her standoffish behaviour.

[I] Like You - Very futuristic in style, talking about how she never falls for love. Makes you feel intoxicated like she is. Reminds me of Basement Jaxx' laid back tunes.

[I] Can B Vulnerable - Bit reggae and soul combined, the drumbeat kinda is showing her gaurds falling and the vocals show the steady flow of vulnerability.

[I] Think Why Not [Part 2] - She talks about having to distancing herself as she is drunk and doesnt wanna be a one night stand. Very dreamy beat.

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SATURDAY

**Wifey Skit** ft Jazzle Dunne

[C] Real Intentions Now - Bit harsher now, very poetic even though she is heartbroken, he even is suggesting she becomes his beat and she isnt having it

[C] I Dont Fuck - She is putting it straight, very feminist quite uplifting beat

[C] The Sweet Talk ft Ridez - Sharp slightly jarring until 15secs in where it become slightly chinese style, very honest about being fooled.

[C] Im Drunk - Very reminicent of The Streets with the spoken word element, any drunk broken hearted girl will relate to this. Honest and on the road to repair.

[C] The Dirty Scrap Of Saturday ft Ridez - very honest about the early morning of out clubbing, mix of styles here.

[C] How Ugly It Gets - Very soulful but funky, she looks at herself and wonders if its because of her as a person

[C] Invisibilty - Sad, acoutic song, talking about rejection, also going to be used in a play next year called Da Galdem written by Jazzle Dunne (Me).

[C] The Salt Water - Dark beat, about crying beautifully written, simple but complicated.

˚˚Moon Beautiful˚˚ - futuristic sound, very dreamy, beautiful makes you feel like you're looking at the moon with her intoxicated.

All concepts and Ideas written, arranged, and portrayed by Kaiz La Kazie.
Vocals By Kaiz La Kazie. Additional Vocals By Ridez and Jazzle Dunne.
Tracks 1,2,3,7,9,12,13,14,16,17 and 18 produced by Kaiz La Kazie.
Track 10 produced by Sinister Samurai
Kaiz La Kazie Copyright 2010 ©

"This tape is dedicated to anyone that didnt think the best would ever happen to them. And for those who never believed they would still be standing.

Thank You For Downloading My Mixtape.
It means a lot and I would like to shout out the following.. *Deep Breath*

Redstripe, Alex, Samurai, Whyrez, Jazzle, The Barbican Poets, Roundhouse,The Roundhouse Poets, Heads frm BANM, DV8 & Pointblank, Amede, Blitz,Vicky, Carlene, CD Spinz, Julie, ,Fidel, Jacob, Maggie
Ridez, Sae, Multi,HdN, Soulj,T-Funk,
my sisters, my "sisters", all da female MC's that have holla'd, any one thats booked me 4 a show, and interviews, im eternally grateful.. <3
any one I left out was probably for a good reason.. but on a real .. masiv luv to all the people that support my music and enjoy my tunes. u make me wanna carry on regardless. i spent a long time on this one, making sure everything is on point. please, if u feel this mixtape is good, dont be shy to hit up your peoples and recommend it. <3 massive love.. Kaiz La Kazie..."

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ppngzp

EXCLUSIVE MIXTAPE

Just been given the first copy of Celibacy Vs Intimacy striaght from Kaiz La Kazie! Gonna listen to it and blog in half hour when i listened and will break it down track by track. The only blog you will see to do this as I'm awesome. will provide link when finished and see if you can spot any names on it you recognise lol xxxxx

Musical Taste update - Grime

Man since leaving london there is only one thing I haven't been able to leave behind. Strangely enough that is the underground music scene, also known as Grime. For those who don't know what it is, it's a UK version of Rap/Hip-Hop, but with faster lyrics and grimier beats (hence the name). Most people would know the names of NDubz, Skepta and Whiley, the leaders of this type of music, however they are too commercial and sugar coated for my taste. So I will outline some artists I have to rate at the moment, some you may and may not know along with suggested listening.

My first choice is Ghetts, popular with the poverished in London as it is something they can relate too. His lines are a gutter poetry, a clever mixture of wordplay, realism and fantastic collaborations. His albulm Calm before the storm is a good place to start as some of these tunes have been in the charts such as Skadoosh and Artillery.

My next choice is what I would consider as one of the next big things. A North London boy,called Darkz, anyone who listens to Radio 1 Extra would have heard him and some of the following artists On 'Fire In the Booth'. His lines are an interesting wordplay and his flow is slightly easier on the ear than Ghetts but musically his equal. He is also a great producer! I would suggest listening to Shut up and He can't love you.

Another unknown star is Ragz Orginale. With a new albulm on the way, released in October called Re-Invention is about precisely that (yes with a feature from yours truely), he is an artist that uses dark humour to convey life in London as a youth. He is also a great dresser, reinventing fashion as well as the music scene. Suggested listening would have to be Episode (from the albulm) and Wordplay versus ragz orginale.

Now moving on to some one you may know, Plan B, actor and MC. He has starred in films alongside Noel Clark and Micheal Caine. His Albulm, the defamation of Strickland Banks is a concept albulm about a young man who is wrongly accused of Rape and his musical journey throughout. Its a mixture of Grime and Soul, pushing the boundries furthur, his next albulm is a reggae style one, so in short a very versatile performer. I would suggest you listen to Charmaine, Paint it blacker and Set me free.

A Hidden gem, is Dazzle, lesser known than Ragz and Darkz but still worth a listen, another North London lad, but looking to move up in the industry by mixing genres like Plan B, so high hopes for this one. Suggested listening would be Tired and Fire in the booth.

I love a deep underground producer called Uncle Mix, who founded Wordplay studios back in 1993. Just listen to any of the Wordplay versus stuff to hear his productions.

So go away and a listen and report back what you think.

Message - Poem EXPLICIT!!!!!

Darling you think you’re a big man
Trying to convey your feelings through grime
You aint nothing but scum
Fucksake you got an absyss on your bum,
Your back is sick, why did u even take your top off in the first place
Your man boobs make my tits look small
Hell you got hair on your nipples longer than my head hair
Ginger pubes, small dick and wonky teeth
Dunno what I saw in you in the first place
When Im on my own I feel more safe
You tell me you can see clearly
But you cant even speak properly
We were oppersites, you a cheat me faithful
A big mistake on my part
Your sex was so wack,
Your best mates would have had me on my back
Even when you were smoking crack
But I was a good girl which made me a greater fool
Now you made me bad, and ur getting mad
Say bitch this and slag that
I just have to say prick I aint ever going back,
Back to you, back to the poverty, back to STDs
Just one look at your cock made me refuse to get on my knees
I made myself so much wetter,
Now u say you found somebody better
Who gives a fuck shes blonde and 5 foot 3
She aint nothing compared to me
And now im free
Free to do as I please
Without a man to stalk me and keep
Checking my phone, making sure I weren’t fucking no1 when u weren’t at home
First thing I did when I left was go to the clinic
To clean you off of me,
At least on the NHS that’s free
Your dick was so slack no wonder I turnt to black
Im going somewhere and u aint
I shoulda sent you to pen
Just so I knew you were gonna get raped everyday
But Im too nice and covered in ice
Your cold and alone
So think next time you try to bell my phone
Otherwise you’ll hear how he makes me really moan
Yes so text G, Kev, Sean, Rock, Martin, darrall, Pay and Rude my number
That way I can show them what you did and so there can
Remind you how good I am in bed
And how tight my pussy is
Then you’ll think back to the time
You said u would never hit me again
Now go and do me and the world a favour
Slit your wrists arsehole you aint man enough
To do even that are you?
No your not so go cry like an ickle bittle baby
Goodbye mwa x

Comeback/reinvention

Comeback/ reinvention

This is the reinvention
Slipping seamlessly from one form to another
Like a cigarette getting smoked down to letters
Changing grime to something
That will be tattooed on your brain
We are going to blow your mind with our mouths
Jazzle will do it sexually
Ragz will do it verbally
Making your head spin
And get you high like your on cheese
This is not just a reinvention
It’s a reincarnation,
A revolution of self control
What this was before is not what it is now
Its evolved
But underneath it all,
It’s the same,
Its just an upgrade
This is Ragz Originales Reinvention
An evolution of grime,
The essence is the same but the contents has
Changed and Its here to blow your mind
This is the reinvention….

Money - Evils and temptations

If she had a grand for every time he beat her
She would be a millionaire
Instead she is broke and broken
She has no more integrity so she thinks to
Please him to earn money she has to sell herself

If he had a grand for every line
He would be a millionaire
Instead he’s broke, spitting broken bars
No more drive so he stand on the Camden high road
Waiting for someone to come up to him asking for an eighths.

She’s slumpt against the toilet door
Trying to get her fix before she goes to work
She only started snorting coke coz it was cool
Now no one wants to sign her, coz her face aint the same

He’s running, shanked man for his oyster
Wearing dark clothes, hiding the blood.
Not wanting to go to prison, but needing to get to the studio
He doesn’t realise he was caught slipping on CCTV

She wakes up, in the middle of a bed
Silk sheets, an empty bottle of champagne clutched between her tits
Her head pounding like she was last night - hardcore
She sees a grand on the bedside table with a thank you note

He buys her pussy
Buying it, coz it’s the only
Way he knows women sleep willingly with him
Its his addiction,
Fuelled by the PIMP called money

She dresses like she is rolling in it
look at her bank acoount its overdrawn
brassed, to fuel an addiction for Gucci
She is a slave to fashion and money

Jazzle and Ragz try to
Earn it without it corrupting their minds
Trying to avoid being seduced into the high life
They gotta keep it real, or forget their roots

Cant live without it
Constantly needing it
Spitting and writing to make it
This is the reinvention



I want I want I want
that’s the chant a mother hears
From her kid when shes in Brent cross
The kid don’t realise Daddy sells mommy
Just so they can eat

The teenage son lifts anything
That aint pinned down
Just so he can compete with his mandem
On who has the best phone

She slips her hand deftly in to the strangers bag
The wallet poking out, begging to be picked
She does it to fuel her drug habit
Started by her career



Jazzle, turns down the glamour modelling offer
2 grand to get her kit off seems tempting but
She refuses coz she is rich in integrity
Ragz, turns down a clash,
Publicity to increase record sales,
He refuses coz hating only make you poorer.
This is the reinvention.


Evils of Money / Comeback

Money is societies dirtz
The ways of getting it are just as bad
There aint no honest way when your 19
And livin in LDN, where the endz u rep
Determines what you do to get P
Central peeps use sex,
South use weaps
North use drugs,
East true gangster thugs
West use robbery
In London this is just our commodity
Some of us try to make our living in an honest way
Like trying to break into the music scene
Or even flaunting what we got for magazines
But we are trying but the demand for the next big ting is what turns us
So as we sit in our yards, ways of making money come to mind
Prostitution, benefit fraud, A/Cs, shotting weed,
Robbing yards, shotting da PS3 and TV
All to pay for the new Ipod, or freshest crepes
Champagne, silk sheets or VIP tables for top clubs
Females selling their bodies to get dough
Men using the wifeys to do the drug running
Fathers telling sons to rob banks instead of hitting the bitch
Just coz she wont pick up the draw at 4
Mothers telling daughters to put more clothes on
Not knowing its all gonna come off just so she can get a pack of fags
Brothers and sisters getting stabbed and shanked
For their phones and oyster cards.
Some of us like Ragz and Jazzle
Aim for the stars from the gutter
Constantly graftin making sure they aint stereotyped
Just coz their age and professions
Its time for a revolution and
This is the reinvention….



What would you do to get a million quid?
Sleep with somebody famous and file a paternity suit
Rob a bank
Sell your soul trying to sell drugs
Marry someone old enough to be your grandparent
Take part in an A/C
This is what most kids would do living
In London and broke.
All committing crime just to
Wear designer clothes and have the latest gadgets
Whilst fuelling a wild party lifestyle,
Sex weed and booze
EMA spent on JD and fags
But people like Jazzle and Ragz
Try to earn a living in the honest way
Whilst trying to get off benefits
And on to the road of fame.
But that leads to even more temptation
Having to buy the finest bling
And having to avoid getting into debt
Coz everyone is doing coke and that’s a
Grand a gram, The temptation to car jack
Grows when your passing a rolls Royce phantom
Looking at the cash machine in horror when you see ,
Your balance in over draft, even if it is 49 p
Your flashing back to when you had over 5 grand in your account
Just last week, your mind reels when you price up
Your over excited shopping spree,
A grand and a half on upgrading your man,
A weekend away to see your nan and go clubbing - £400
£600 in Ann Summers
2 grand on refurbishing the flat in Ikea
£500 on going on dates.
You don’t realise how quick it goes
And when your broke sitting in a cold yard
You think damn if I only spent that money wiser
Then you think Money is evil and as you start a fresh week
Graftin, you feel this is the reinvention.

Social Comment - The youth today

Lets look at the youth of today. Thier culture surrounds life on the streets, Jeremy Kyle and the degradation of women. Yes I am talking about a majority and excuse me if you are one of the minority of the youth of today in London. The majority wear Jogging bottoms that hang below the buttocks, hoodies and new era caps, the females wear clothes that would only seem fit in a gym or a strip club. What is fashionable in the catwalk gets so distorted to the rags that they adorn our streets with. It disgusts me how the fashoin of today has slipped so poorly since the seventies. A woman should look like a lady not a prostitute on her day off and the men should look respectable not like thugs. I tried a social experiment of my own, taking one of these males. Binning his former attire and I went shopping. Swapping the dark clothes for bright and cheerful colours, and swapping jogging bottoms for jeans. This worked amazingly and forced him to raise in his social standing amoungst his friends. My only downfall was his attitude. So disrespectful and demeaning. The music he listens to is partly to blame, it is labeled as Grime. This music is like a more street and underground version of Rap. The language is foul and makes Vickey Pollard look well mannered and respectable. It is all about violence and insinuating that women are sexual objects that have no feelings and are mens play things. So naturally sex with one of these men is not pleasant and very selfish, its just straight out doggy style with hair pulling and spanking, the post sex is just as awful, its finishing his duty on the females face/breast or arse. Then just leaving her to clean up. No romance or respect, just the gorging of his self centered lust. These men are violent too, as if that wasn't hard to guess. The rise of domestic violence in young couples is on the rise along with teenage pregnancies. This violence shockingly is very animalistic, not content with slaps or punches, they extend it to using whatever is at hand, whether its a remote, knife and even just boiled water. They do this pertly so the woman is their 'bitch', and so they can feel masculine. This is appalling the way they think and the use of Marajuana is extensive. This causes them to be paraniod and heavily dependant, as it is the only drug they can afford and won't destroy them as much as other drugs like crack and cocaine. I hope that this is just a phase that young people go through and not a prediction of what the world will be like in 10 years time. I am appalled at the state of the world today and hope that there are some women out there who are young, feminists and willing to change the world today.