Those deflated triangles of cardboard pastry sold in supermarket Indian snack selections bear as much resemblance to a flaky, freshly fried samosa as a Krispy Kreme does to a proper jam doughnut.
Politics aside, he plainly adores the young Poles in his orchestra, and after performing at the Royal Albert Hall they were all going to be invited back to his house, along with Kennedy's guests in the audience, for "a proper jam, yeah".
Investing a few thousand dollars each, Def Jam proper is born.
Since the i8 lacks a proper trunk, I jammed my luggage in the back seat and took off to LA down I-15.
"Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland) was inspired by a flirting exchange Furtado had with Attitude, who co-wrote the song She has characterised the fifth track, "Showtime", as "a proper R&B slow jam".
Q gave the album three out of five stars and described it as "Hugely likeable, terribly noisy and cute, as well as being jammed with proper pop songs".
Story" (Def Jam), his first proper solo album after many mixtapes and releases by his earlier group, Playaz Circle, sold 147,000 copies in its first week out, making it only the third debut album this year to open at No. 1. (The others are by One Direction and Jack White — blame it on Adele, who has dominated the chart for much of the year).
In proper Soul Clap fashion, the jams were slow and slinky (I don't think I heard anything above the 118 BPM mark), the installations were magical (shout out whoever designed the fluorescent techno-hammocks), and Nicky Digital and his super dope moustache got backstage to capture it all.
Odds are you haven't tucked into a nice plate of bangers and mash lately, or a proper Victoria spongecake filled with raspberry jam.
Probably not of British food, because odds are you haven't tucked into a nice plate of bangers and mash lately, or a proper Victoria spongecake filled with raspberry jam.
