Melanie

The Black Album was tipped to be Jay Z’s curtain call, even though he infiltrated the airwaves with Reasonable Doubt only eight years prior. And what an encore it would have been, had The Black Album actually been the final chapter in the Brooklynite’s discography. Jay pulled together a revered collective of production masterminds for this opus. Roc-A-Fella […]

Will you be voting today? I know I will. As I always say, without sounding too preachy, people died to give us the vote, so make the most of your vote. You may not like the leaders of the parties who are up to represent the country, but it is worth looking deeper than that […]

Picking just one Jay Z album for a die hard fan is a really hard job. It was a toss up between this, Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint all which feature in Jay’s own personal take on his top three. But it came down to memories for me and what each album evoked and being […]

For the last couple of weeks we have been focusing on songs of the day, from Sam Smith to Queen to Beyonce, the list has been rather diverse, but it is time to switch it up again. This week we are focusing on albums. And the reason we are doing that is because, I, the […]

OK folks we are switching things up a bit over the coming months as exams are looming and a lot of our writers are busy revising so there will be posts coming from a number of different people over the coming months, some who are very involved with the charity that runs b**p and some […]

Seldom do I feel the need to post on this blog and rightly so as you are left in the capable hands of our expert team of writers; but today one of that team was mentioned in the Houses of Parliament in Prime Minister’s Questions. Her mention was regarding the cuts to the curriculum and staff […]

Just after announcing the three gals she will be taking to this year’s X-Factor final, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini takes back the limelight by unleashing the lead off single from her up and coming album Only Human. The fourth album from our hometown sweetheart is due November 10th. Check out the latest song below  

Last week our first edition of b**p was printed and circulated to certain homes in West Gateshead. Due to budget constraints we are not in a position to print copies for everyone in Gateshead, but we are working towards that. The first edition however, was a testament to the work put in by a group […]