Pro Era / Cinematic As much as it fits perfectly within the parameters that hip-hop was built on, rapping about the current political climate is something fewer and fewer rappers are doing these days. It isn’t necessarily a foregone requirement for artists who operate within the genre to be full-on social justice warriors but the […]
Grow House Films It’s safe to assume that everyday is 420 for Snoop Dogg, Devin The Dude and Wiz Khalifa, so it’s no surprise they gathered on the song “420 (Blaze Up),” off the soundtrack for DJ Pooh’s Grow House movie. Unlike some weed anthems, this one isn’t a turn-up song at all. Instead, all three […]
Legendary Atlanta production crew Organized Noize celebrated their rich musical legacy with their fantastic documentary, The Art of Organized Noize, last year. On Thursday (April 20), which is the official smokers’ holiday (4/20), the legendary producers surprised fans with a hypnotic new single called “Kush” featuring 2 Chainz and singer Joi. As the title suggests, […]
Paras Griffin, Getty Images If you got a chance to see J. Cole‘s documentary 4 Your Eyez Only this weekend, you probably noticed a new song playing and it’s called “Want You To Fly.” In the cut, Cole talks about spirituality, and he questions whether today’s youth can relate to the struggles people faced in […]
The Roots are one of Hip-Hop’s busiest and most successful acts in the game today. Between being the house band for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, their annual Roots Picnic concert series, releasing new music, and individual members’ solo pursuits, it’s remarkable that the Grammy-winning crew even has the time to take on their […]
Kevin Winter, Getty Images Kendrick Lamar is among the greatest talents to pick up a microphone. There was a two year gap between his new album Damn. and his previous studio LP, 2015s To Pimp A Butterfly, but his name has never left the tongue of rap fans and critics, despite somewhat shunning the spotlight that many of his […]
Subscribe to TheBoombox on Sometime ago, DJ Premier announced that he put together a five-piece band called The Badder Band, and the group just announced an 18-city tour. They recently completed their first full-length tour in Japan, and now they’re ready to bring their unique brand of live hip-hop to the American and Canadian masses. The Badder Band […]
YouTube Boosie Badazz is officially going toe-to-toe with the Biloxi, Miss. Police Department after a series of recent events. It all started when the Louisiana rapper and members of his family were pepper-sprayed by a mall security guard and once everyone was outside, a fight ensued. When things calmed down, Boosie’s family drove off but were […]
RCA Records For the past three years, GoldLink has been low-key carving his own lane within rap but has yet to reach the level of success he so unequivocally deserves. Since his 2014 debut, The God Complex, he’s been delivering smart rhymes over quickly-paced dance-centered beats—and not in the way Pitbull does either. His ability to combine […]
Subscribe to TheBoombox on A$AP Ferg is repping the “East Coast” on his new anthemic track, which features Bronx rhymer Remy Ma. The self-proclaimed Trap Lordian describes the song as “ground zero music” for “the children living in the sewer.” “The rap book is my Bible, just repent through it,” he adds. While the Trap […]
