The New Year List.

Start as you mean to go on. Consequently, it's only fitting that Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Who Gon' Stop Me" is the perfect catalyst to dead the plateaus of 2015. If that's not enough, you have the option of amping up on a purely instrumental level to Labrinth - "the UK Timbaland."

Worry about yourself - you can catch Janelle Monae and Limp Bizkit exploring similar sentiments. Shedding nonsense is the theme here, so you know Jhene Aiko is queued. A timid voice with prolific powerful messages. You better sway! And do so all the way into Little Simz' "Wings" with peak self-belief.

Skepta's crowning of the new year-new me feels on Chipmunk's "Someone To Love Me" is the seal:

"Do some work. Talking about doing work, is not doing work."

And with that, Happy New Year folks!

Sounds like: Hype music

Skanks like: Warm-up > workout > cool down
For: Motivation

The Monochrome List.

Sometimes in life, you've gotta get sinkhole deep profound and manifest your melodrama, nahmean? Let me help you:

This playlist features sombre piano notes accompanied with sad slur champ Ghostpoet, and some unsettling glitch loops common to Crystal Castles' sound. SZA's "Teen Spirit" and Ruff Sqwad's "Misty Cold" breezy additions are mandatory for winter's sake, as is Sam Smith's intensity on Nirvana. As a pick me up, you can always rely on DMX to make you involuntarily skank to some diabolical raps, in addition to Mike Skinner's intro in "Empty Cans" which is faultless. Thank you for The Streets.


I was introduced to The Feeling somewhere in between Sixth Form and wondering what happened to Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Long story short, her husband (Richard Jones) is the bassist, and these guys created a ballad on Rosé wine. White Zin for the win.

Sounds like: A transition from self-pity to TOTAL LIFE DOMINATION

Skanks like: A sluggish two-step - head bob

For: The night