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N-Dubz are a British hip hop group from London, based around Camden Town. They were previously signed to Polydor Records before joining All Around the World Records. They have had eight top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart, the most successful being "I Need You", which charted at number five. All of the members of N-Dubz were born in Camden Town, North London and each attended several different schools, meeting together for the first time at when they were about 13 at Haverstock School, and coming together as group for the first time at about this age under the management of Dino's father, Byron Contostavlos (formerly o
N-Dubz are a British hip hop group from London, based around Camden Town. They were previously signed to Polydor Records before joining All Around the World Records. They have had eight top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart, the most successful being "I Need You", which charted at number five. All of the members of N-Dubz were born in Camden Town, North London and each attended several different schools, meeting together for the first time at when they were about 13 at Haverstock School, and coming together as group for the first time at about this age under the management of Dino's father, Byron Contostavlos (formerly of Mungo Jerry), who died on 12 April 2007. They had a hard upbringing, living on tough estates and experienced a lot first-hand as teenagers, including violence, depression, drug abuse, extreme financial difficulty, bullying, and gang culture.
Uncle B is the MOBO award winning first album released by N-Dubz. It was released on 17 November 2008. The album is dedicated to former N-Dubz manager (father of Dappy and uncle of Tulisa) Byron Contostavlos, who died shortly before the band were signed to new label All Around the World. It entered the official UK Albums Chart at number 11. On 6 January 2009 it was announced on the official "All Around The World" website that the album had gone platinum. In total there have been 7 songs released from this album, either under Polydor Records, All Around The World Records or self-released by the band under their label LRC. The album was a long time in the making as the group drifted between labels.
Against All Odds is the second platinum selling studio album by N-Dubz. The album was released in Ireland on 13 November 2009 and was released on 16 November 2009 in the UK. The group are expected to be releasing the album worldwide under Def Jam Recordings in early 2010.
The album includes 6 collaborations including a new version of "Number 1" which was originally a collaboration with Tinchy Stryder. Stryder's first verse was kept on this version but the second verse is sung by Tulisa and the third verse is a rap by Fazer.
The album had received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Entertainment.ie gave the album one star out of five. The review stated, "The problem is that their brand of music is such lowest-common-denominator stuff that it manages to offend even those that it's aimed at through its sheer awfulness. With a debut album ('Uncle B') that went platinum in less than a year, all the trio needed to do was write a quick follow-up to cash in on their popularity, and they’ve done exactly that. There's little creativity involved in these grimy tunes, smothered in layers of synthesised vocals and rapid-fire raps". The Guardian gave it a mainly positive review, although they felt the album was "hardly exploding with originality, and the various references to Facebook and how many records they've sold do grate". It finished by saying that "N-Dubz are bound to be inescapable in 2010 – most probably because they will be being blasted out of a mobile phone on the bus". Digital Spy gave the album a solid 4/5 review.
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