Task Two - Artist: Ms Dynamite

Ms Dynamite

Ms Dynamite is quite a unique artist as there is not many female dubstep/drum and bass artists.

Thus being hard to compare to other artists. The way she is represented is quite natural and in touch with her music her music is heavily vocaled which takes some elements from pop while it also has a drum and bass/ dubstep beat. Most dubstep/drum and bass does not have much vocals as it is heavily focused on the beat/rhythm of the music.

Ms Dynamite is a very confident musician as she makes direct eye contact with the audience in both her videos and her Album Cover this shows she is contacting the audience directly 

Ms Dynamite has also changed her image and genre of music over time as in 2002-2004 she was a more soulful garage/rnb singer with a more innocent image where as now she has made a comeback on the dubstep/drum and bass scene, dubstep is one of the genres that has been derived from garage which makes this a good choice of music for her to go into.

She released her debut album, A Little Deeper in 2002, featuring the hit songs "It Takes More" and "Dy-na-mi-tee". In 2003, the album was released in the United States to critical acclaim. In 2002, Dynamite won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize, for A Little Deeper. She donated the £20,000 prize to the NSPCC.

Giving 20,000 to the NSPCC is quite a big deal and shows that she is not as greedy and money hungry in comparison to other artists as she has given money to charity.

In Ms Dynamites newer videos she is presented as a strong woman that can do things for herself a name of one of her songs is 'Nevasoft' which implies that she is not soft or easily beaten this is a great song choice to release on her comeback album.

The costume used is a leather jacket which shows that she is strong and dominant but she is also wearing demin shorts which emphasises her legs and shows her to be more girly she is also wearing high heels which connotate being sexy this reminds the audience that she can be a strong woman and still be girly and sexy at the same time.

Props which are used are Big Speakers this is a typical feature of dubstep/drum and bass music.

other props which are also used are guitars and drums which are more natural ways of creating music rather than with a dj deck/computer this connects to Ms Dynamites voice which is natural.

The set is in a dark room it looks to be in a basement it has dark lightning. This is linked to Garage/dubstep as some varieties of those genres is called 'underground'.

In concert Ms Dynamite usually has Dj with her to play the beat/mix the beat while she sings she does not mime, she sings live. She interacts with the crowd and gets them excited, dancing and having a good time.