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Mistajam Has Got A New Key To The Undergound

Production Sandy — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:21:11 +0000

Team Jam kicked off a brand new week with the WORLD EXCLUSIVE of Pro Green & Lilly Allen's new track 'Just Be Good To Green'. If that wasn't big enough Giggs passed through the show to talk about his new album, his passion for wrestling and why his son thinks his music is whack. Tuesday was another big show with Roll Deep in the Guest Mix and Donaeo passing through to play his brand new record to the 1Xtra jury - it just keeps on getting better!

Nero's Jam Hot Guest Mix!

Producer Helena — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:42:53 +0000

Dubstep duo Nero passed through the 1Xtra towers last night and dropped a heavy guest mix! Behind this weeks Jam Hot banger 'Innocence', Nero talked about their musical heroes, tracks they wish they'd made, plus what really happened with Smurfie Syco on their beat... Click on the photo now to hear the show!

New DJs take over!

Producer Helena — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:36:44 +0000

Tuesday night on the show saw 3 of 1Xtra's new DJ signings pass through. DJ Illmana, Swindle, and Stanza. Listen back to Tuesday's show to find out a bit more about them and hear their exclusive mini-mixes!

Check out their new show In New 1Xtra DJs We Trust this Sunday night.

It's All About Bright Lights

Production Sandy — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:55:00 +0000

Last night DJs Die & Interface and vocalist William Cartwright passed through the show to talk up their Jam Hot record of the week, and of course, gave us a live rendition of the drum and bass banger. If you like your DnB with a soul twist you've got to check this out, Will's voice blew us all away... Listen back to Thursday's show NOW about an hour in...

Pro Green's In The House

Production Sandy — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:27:51 +0000

Professor Green was live in the studio last night, on the day of release of his new single 'I Need You Tonight'. He played his exclusive live session recorded recently at the BBC's Maida Vale studios. Listen back to the show as we put your questions to him - he talks about the new album, his thoughts on battling these days, the thing that's helped him to pull the girls, and ......find out what Mistajam is so desparate for Pro Green to do he's actually willing to wear a tutu for it!

Check out the 'I Need You Tonight' video from Pro Green's Maida Vale Session above, and there's more here.

Sukh Knight and P-Money Talk Slang Like This

Production Sandy — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:08:35 +0000

This weeks Jam Hot record is courtesy of Sukh Knight and P-Money. They passed through 1Xtra towers to perform a live version of 'Slang Like This' and Sukh Knight mixed up some of the heaviest dubstep tunes in a special guest mix. Make sure you listen back here.

Bashy and Akala Collaborate on XXL

Production Sandy — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:19:18 +0000

Fresh out of the studio Bashy and Akala ran over to the 1Xtra building to play us the exclusive remix of XXL. Make sure you listen back to the show here. Plus, Bashy spoke about his role in the new Noel Clarke film 4.3.2.1.

Lil Silva In The Guest Mix

Production Sandy — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:04:15 +0000

Last night show was full of BIG tracks from Jamie Foxx, Sidney Samson and Benga. Make sure that you listen back here and check out the 'Guest Mix' courtesy of Bedford's finest Lil Silva (can you tell he's a ladies man).

Tinchy Stryder Mixtape Exclusive

Production Sandy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:41:57 +0000

Tinchy Stryder will be passing through the show tonight to play EXCLUSIVE tracks from his new mixtape 'Before the Storm'. If you want to download it for FREE click here. The password is 'fleegangoriginaljammer'.

Akala's XXL

Production Sandy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:14:08 +0000

The Hip Hop Shakespearean Akala passed through the show tonight. He spoke to Mistajam about how his trip to Brazil changed his life, how Shakespeare is for the man dem and what his plans are for this year. Plus, he performed his new record 'XXL' live on the show.

Listen back here

Mistajam Auditions For The A-List Crew

Production Sandy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:41:55 +0000

Last night the A-List crew took over an hour of the show. J2K, Brazen, Baby Blue, JJ and Wiley (via his mobile phone). Listen back to hear Mistajam auditioning to be part of the A-List crew and find out what questions we asked them in 'Ask A-List Anything'. Check the video below to see how Jam's audition went!

How Much Do You Know About Newcastle?

Production Sandy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:20:44 +0000

Listen back to last nights show, where I tested J2K, Rox, Tinie Tempah, Skepta and Sway about how much they really knew about Newcastle. It's worth a listen just to hear them all attempt to do the
Geordie accent - J2K was the funniest by far!

Click here to check out more videos and pictures from Newcastle.

Sandy's Shenanigans In Newcastle

Production Sandy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:54:40 +0000

On Saturday night I was in Newcastle as part of 'In New Music We Trust'. I was running around backstage with my mic and camera representing team Jam. I made a few drinks behind the bar with Mclean, spoke to Rox about fashion and Tinie made me a cup of tea while he was waiting to go on stage. Here's a sneak peak of how much Tinie smashed it on stage in Newcastle- it was crazy!

Click here and check out all the other pictures and videos from Newcastle.

Sandy x

Bashy, Beats and Badness!

Production Sandy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:11:06 +0000

Last night Bashy passed through the show to perform his track 'When the Sky Falls' as it's this weeks 'Jam Hot Record of The Week'. He spoke about his music, new film 'Shank' and ideal on screen lady.

Plus...we played the impressions game!. Bashy, CJ Beatz (Bashy's DJ) and Loick Essien (who features on the track 'When the Sky Falls' and Chipmunk's 'Beast') all got involved. We got them to do famous lines from big films such as Scarface, Forest Gump, Terminator and Coming To America - it was too funny!

Listen back to Bashy's performance, CJ Beatz Guest Mix and if you're a fan of 'Coming to America' you need to listen to Loick Essien's performance of 'Sexual Chocolate'.

Team Jam x

Brand New Guest Mixes From LMFAO & DJ@War

Production Sandy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:30:22 +0000

Tonight we bought you TWO brand new 'Guest Mixes' from Redfoo and Sky Blu aka LMFAO and DJ@War. If you're a fan of old skool hip hop and electro pop, you can listen back to these mixes for the next 7 days.

Team Jam x