The last time Kanye West sat down with Zane Lowe, Yeezy was Mr Narcissistic but fast forward to today a much more humbled Kanye (well as humble as he can get) chopped it up with Zane about his experiences in the fashion industry, regarding Drake as the hottest rapper in the game right now, working with Paul McCartney and even broke down in tears when speaking on the passing of Professor Louise Wilson who was the director of the Central Saint Martins MA fashion degree.
SBTRKT recently stepped inside the famed Maida Vale Studios and performed a 4 track session for BBC Radio 1 which included his Sampha featured track ‘Temporary View’. SBTRKT’s upcoming album ‘Wonder Where We Land’ is scheduled for a September 23rd release.
Zane Lowe continues to interview Hip Hop royalty as the legendary producer known as Rick Rubin sits down with the Radio 1 presenter at his Californian studio where they speak on him working with everyone from Kanye West, Eminem, Johnny Cash, Black Sabbath to Ed Sheeran & more.
Ahead of his interview with Rick Rubin this coming Monday on BBC Radio 1, Zane Lowe gets his ‘Through The Keyhole’ on and gives us a guided tour of Rick’s recording studio ‘Shangri La Studios’ in California, where everyone from Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Adele, Eminem & more have recorded in recent times.
With his new sophomore album ‘x’ hitting stores June 23rd, Ed Sheeran passed through Maida Vale and the Zane Lowe show to perform his new tracks ‘Sing’ & ‘One’ which you can peep below.
Tinie Tempah brings out the guitars for his latest visual ‘5 Minutes’ which is supposedly produced by Radio 1’s Zane Lowe and taken from Tinie’s album of last year ‘Demonstration’.
Eminem’s ‘Radio 1 Live Sessions’ continue to surface and in the videos below we get to see Em perform his tracks ‘Survival’ & ‘Not Afraid’.
Some may still be unaware of Banks but the 25 year old singer/songwriter from LA has built a strong reputation this year after clocking up hundreds of thousands of listens via her Soundcloud account and has industry insiders tipping her as the next big thing. In the video below Banks pays homage to The Weeknd who she recently supported on tour and performs a cover of his track ‘What You Need’.
Zane Lowe wraps up his 4 part interview with Eminem where they speak on his signing skills, why he will never leave his hometown of Detroit, the difference between performing sober as opposed to being under the influence, touring & more.
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