Music
Lessons learned by Tinchy Stryder
They say that life is a constant learning process and Tinchy learned a good lesson this year. That you can be the best but you may not necessarily get the recognition for it as he found out when he lost out by not winning a MOBO Award. Not to worry though as the 22-year-old has been nominated for...
The Princess and the Frog: Disney’s black fairytale
The film, featuring a black princess, is released in the US this weekend under the most intense scrutiny of any children’s film in history. It began in the Promised Land. Well, not the Promised Land, but the estate of the same name that covers 42 acres of prime mountaintop real estate in Montecito, north of Los Angeles — otherwise known...
Pied Piper: Join the hip-hop dance revolution
Limited £10 tickets available for all other performances, please check www.barbican.org.uk/piedpiper for details. Join the hip-hop dance revolution as East London’s largest and most innovative street dance troupe, Boy Blue Entertainment, take to the Barbican stage. Pied Piper is an adrenalin fulled explosion combining original choreography with a bold urban soundtrack.Visit the Pied Piper microsite to see video trailers,...
DaVinChe Hero featuring Cleo Sol
‘Hero’ featuring Cleo Sol is DaVinChe’s amazing new track following hot on the heels of the huge ‘Rider’ mixtape which featured Tinie Tempah, Tinchy Stryder and Wretch 32.A powerful bass driven beat and DaVinChe’s trademark clever strings combine with soaring vocals from Cleo Sol to create an anthem of confidence, strength and success. What do you think of the...
Lethal B’s got swagger & style
Lethal B tells us all about swaggizzle style, his rowdy O2 Academy tour and how he is giving back to the ladiesSo today you’re rocking this whole old Hollywood look, have you worn anything like this before? Yeah, I have done for the MOBOs. I’m not afraid to take it somewhere else.What’s you’re typical look? I’m a t shirt, jeans and...
Alexandra Burke’s new video Broken Heels
Former Flavour cover girl Alexandra Burke and looking sexier than ever in her new video Broken Heels taken from her album Overcome. The single is released on January 11th and sees the X-Factor winner donning American football attire and wearing it well. Read her interview with Flavour here and leave your thoughts on the video below.http://www.youtube.com/v/cei1TFaSihw
2010 Pedal it Pink makes Christmas guilt free
If like most of us, the Christmas holidays mean a month of over indulgence followed by a full January detox and new fitness regime... Well, why not prepare for the ‘season to be jolly’ with an early New Year’s resolution? Set yourself a ‘get fit goal’ by entering Pedal it Pink now and make Christmas guilt free!On Sunday...
Lashes with attitude
Finishing that all important party look with strip eye lash extensions is on trend for this seasonWhy not follow our top application tipsAlways make sure the eye lashes and surrounding skin is free from oil, and pick the lashes up with tweezers this will also prevent oil from the fingers from touching the lashesFirstly bend the lashes to mirror...
iTunes releases this years best sellers list
This week Apple's iTunes released Rewind 2009, its lists of the year's best and best-selling media. Kings of Leon's "Only by the Night" was the best-selling album and also named best album of the year. Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" was the best-selling song.It won't be a surprise to know that Michael Jackson was named artist of the...
Natural ‘Good For Your Skin’ Mineral Makeup
Give the gift of Natural Beauty with Purity mineral eyeshadows.At just £3.50 each they make an ideal Christmas stocking filler for the makeup addict in your life!Regular Purity users are raving about the colours, the favourites being classic Taupe, Shimmer Pink and Sparkly Gold and White Highlighter. All great for the party season!Containing only natural crushed minerals, Purity eyeshadows...
Charity raises over £4000 for a nursery in Jamaica
The Stewarton Fund Charity Fashion Show held on November 14th at Karibu Education Centre, Brixton was a roaring success raising £4,224.50 (565,373.15 JMD) to aid an impoverished nursery school in Clarendon, Jamaica called the Stewarton Early Childhood Centre.Beautiful models wearing the fashion lines DZaina, House of Esther and Danielle Morgan London strutted the catwalk to a packed crowd at...
Say Goodbye to Orange peel skin in just 21 days
Peachy Pink – a new range of slimming and cellulite combating underwear is taking the UK by storm since the makers had 50 real women keen to beat their cellulite march through the streets of London.The clinically proven slimming and shaping anti-cellulite pants and leggings have just gone on sale in Debenhams stores across the country and have been...
King of the Castle review
Hailed as ‘the UK's fastest growing innovative Black theatre company’, Tell Tarra latest production tells the story of Cornellius (Aymer), a newly retired Jamaican who’s keen to return to the country of his birth. Having assumed his wife Precious (an excellent Marcia Mantack) has the same ideas he’s begun preparations for the pair of them to be on their...
VV Brown heads Young Voices concert
VV Brown recently headlined the Young Voices Concert in the 02 where school children were given the opportunity to sing alongside her on stage. “It’s nice to be a part of something where you are giving back to the community and raising money for charity. It’s something that’s a lot more spiritual and fulfilling. When you see thousands of...
Criminals do crime, but I’m Griminal cos’ I do grime!
Griminal is the hottest new grime artist on the scene. He is looking very dapper, dressed old Hollywood style for his Flavour Magazine shoot. Griminal takes five from posing to answer some questionsYou are looking very dapper, real smooth….are you feeling the look? Yeah I really like it, its not something I have ever rocked before but its cool. Something...
50 Cent’s new music video Do You Think About Me
Hollywood stunners Tamala Jones and 50 Cent's ex Vivica Fox join the rapper to feature in his new video Do You Think About Me, which see's Miss Fox go crazy when she think's that he's forgotten about her. What do you think of the song and vid? Leave your comments below.http://www.youtube.com/v/EX8sjbsJj-I
X-Factor: Finale Fever
As X-Factor draws to a close, we catch up with the finalists Joe McElderry, Stacey Solomon and Olly Murs, and the most feared judges in England to find out what this weekends final holds in store.This years X Factor has been bigger than ever, from the strangely addictive Jedward, to Ollys crazy legs and the stealth Dagenham dynamo Stacey,...
Cherri V: Sweeter than your average berry
As singer/songwriter Cherri V poses for the camera in a stunning ruffled white dress embodying the spirit of Snow White – the character from the popular children’s fairytale – like the fictitious cartoon character, you are enchanted by her beauty and her feisty, but sweet nature make you instantly fall for her charms.While on the shoot, Cherri V explained...
15 Celebs we love on Twitter
Oh the joys of Twitter! As if we really needed another excuse to stay addicted to our phones, this latest edition to the social network takeover, has succeeded in consuming all of our “spare time”. By asking one simple question Twitter has managed to bridge the ocean sized gap between celebrities and everybody else. Through regular, unedited and somewhat...
Music’s One-Hit Wonders named by Billboard
Billboard has named Daniel Powter, whose song "Bad Day" topped the Billboard charts for five weeks in 2006, the one-hit wonder of the decade. The magazine defined a one-hit wonder as any act whose second song didn't reach the top 25. To be fair, it only considered the years 2000-2007, because last year's hit-makers might still have another one...
3 copies of R&B Anthems to giveaway
Flavour have gotten their hands on 3 copies of R&B Anthems for 3 lucky readers to win. This album contains a diverse range of classics from 1979- 2009 spread chronologically across 3 discs.http://www.youtube.com/v/-IB2ataUX-A&hl=en_US&fs=1& CD1 starts with a round up of the best of the current crop of R&B from early 00s to present day, starting with Gnarls Barkley ‘Crazy’ &...
Smartbox Unforgettable Experience Hunt
Launching simultaneously across 5 major cities: London, Berlin, Tokyo, New York and Sydney, Smartbox invited Flavour, other journalists, bloggers and a few members of the public to take part in the first worldwide experience hunt. The principle is simple: the competitors have to solve clues in order to reach the location of the final and ultimate experience.We met at...
Kasha: the strongest lyricists in the UK?
With 2010 upon us we will start to read articles on artists that are tipped for the top in the New Year and Kasha is one of them. His raw, emotional and poetic style that accompanies an electric mix of street vibes, subtle punk tones is guaranteed to make people stand up and take notice. Having being labelled as...
Paper Heart
Told in the style of a heart warming documentary, the enjoyable and often amusing Paper Heart is not your average romantic comedy. Sweet, funny and pleasantly peculiar, comedienne Charlyne Yi doesn’t believe in love. In an attempt to change her aforementioned opinions, she and director Nick Jasenovec travel across America asking what is love? And how do you know...
Gabriella Cilmi cooks a mean sauce
Flavour catches up with Gabriella Cilmi after her performance at the Vinspired awards.Have you ever supported voluntary organisations in Oz? I’ve performed at some charity events but the thing I like about v is that I am working with people my own age. V makes volunteering fun! And that’s how it should be, cos that keeps you interested. For example...
Do you know where your daughter is?
Do You Know Where Your Daughter Is? Director Angie Le Mar hits the nail on the head with the accurate language and portrayal of urban teenagers in her play that looks at sex, friendship, absent fathers and overbearing mothers showcasing what happens when communications breakdown between a mother and her daughter.Centred on Carla, who is at college and approaching...
BBC Sound of 2010
Fifteen of the best rising music stars have been named on the longlist for the BBC's Sound of 2010.The list is designed to highlight the most exciting musical talent for the coming year and the artists have been picked by 165 UK-based tastemakers.They each named their favourite three new acts and those with the most votes were put on...
Michaela: The Birth of a Poet – ‘Fixing Barbie’ album
When you hear the words fixing Barbie it instantly makes you think what’s wrong with Barbie? Well this is what Michaela is trying to rectify with this album. With tracks like ‘Love is’, ‘Next’ and ‘Beautiful’ we realise just what she’s trying to say about Barbie and to woman worldwide. What is that exactly? To be empowered. However if...
I am Greeds – ‘Volume in Silence’
'Volume in Silence' couldn’t have launched at a better time than now. This album is not one you will listen to once and leave on the shelf but you’ll be able to listen to the tracks more than twice over. It appeals to every area of life, even if it’s not your life Greeds lyrical talent will allow you...
Winners announced for the Black Tie Comedy Awards
On Sunday 29th November 2009 the first annual Black Tie Comedy Awards with Kojo the comedian and the beautiful model/ actress Rachel Ritfeld hosting. Fresh from co-starring as lovers in the movie Find Her Keep Her the pair had great chemistry on stage. Proceedings started 2hrs late. And before you think ‘hmmm, black people time’ it was actually...