A Me B
“A Me B” aka Amy Burns is a 16 year old Hip Hop artist from Wigan. She says on her MySpace profile that in 2009 she started taking her music seriously but it sounds to me like she’s been working hard at her sound, writing and production techniques for years.
One of the things that I love about Amy is that despite her American influences she has kept her voice and British accent. There are no pretentions with this girl. I’m blown away that she plays her own instruments and produces her own tracks – something that not many can do as well as write.
I tell you what – it’s not going to be long before A Me B is snapped up by a label, and I reckon we could be looking at a major label.
I’d love to cover every song in this review but her MySpace is full of brilliant tunes so I’ll pick my one’s to watch.:
“Pressure” is currently the first track on her MySpace player and it has a very dystopian sound to it which I love. If early Human League were Hip Hop this is what their music would sound like I’m sure. There’s a very creative and f**ked up drum pattern to start it all off. One second you think the song is going to have a fast beat, next you think it’s slow – then when you’re not expecting it you’re taken upbeat again…. genius.
“I’ll Be Me” begins with a lovely choir then we’re taken into a haunting beat and synth line. It then breaks and Amy starts with her brilliant pedestrian rapping. If you actually stop and listen to the lyrics they take on a dimension of their own which is a well written blend of story telling and social commentary.
“One By One” has a great hook to it in the chorus and the looped vocal sample that starts the song off adds to this infection. I can see me either waking in the morning with the song running through my mind or I’ll be driving and it’ll pop in there and for a brief moment I’ll wonder where it’s come from.
A Me B is on my “One 2 Watch” list for 2010 and I hope to get to see her live soon. She has performed at the Manchester Academy, Dry Bar (Manchester), The Picket, O2 academy in Liverpool supporting ‘KOF’ and she was also a winner of L.a.c.y P Clubs got talent and a National Finalist of Open Mic UK last year, falling in the Top 20 out of 8000 people.
