1st and 15th Entertainment In a lot of ways, Lupe Fiasco has become one of hip-hop’s last conscious crusaders. He has had a rich, well-documented history of fighting against crooked record label jurisdiction, keeping lyrics respected whilst also campaigning for important philosophies that hip-hop was built on. On paper, Lupe should be every hip-hop purist’s favorite […]
Soundcloud The Wu-Tang legacy is in full effect with the upcoming release of Raekwon’s new album called The Wild. On Thursday (Feb. 16), Rae dropped a new single, “Purple Brick Road,” featuring G-Eazy. Produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. league, the song features soaring violins and a crackling drum beat. On the head-nodding track, Rae and G-Eazy rap […]
Def Jam The success of Big Sean‘s debut album, Finally Famous, may have afforded him the lifestyle he dreamed of, but the project also came with great expectation, which some critics would say he faltered under, using his underwhelming sophomore effort, Hall of Fame, as evidence of his decline. However, Big Sean would silence many […]
Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images After heating up radio with their smash hit “All The Way Up” and “Money Showers,” Fat Joe and Remy Ma will drop their Plata O Plamo album on Feb. 17, and today (Feb 10) they released a brand new single. The song is called “Heartbreak,” featuring The-Dream, where both MCs talk […]
Subscribe to TheBoombox on The-Dream is having a medical emergency and needs someone to resuscitate his love on the guitar-charging Trap&B ballad “Code Blue.” The pop-centric song is from the soundtrack for the film, Fifty Shades Darker, which is the second big-screen outing adapted by E.L. James’s best-selling S&M-inspired novels. The track features blaring guitars, […]
Diamond Lane Music Group Compton, Calif. continues to be a high-profile hotbed for rising rap talent, as evidenced by acclaimed exports like Kendrick Lamar and YG carrying on the tradition set by the city’s forefathers and pioneers. Compton rapper Problem appears to be next in line to make his hometown proud on a national level […]
Infamous Records Mobb Deep’s own Prodigy kicks off the new year on a solo tip, releasing his fifth album, Hegelian Dialectic (The Book of Revelation), as a one-man show. Coming off the release of his cookbook, Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook—inspired by his three-year bid in prison for weapons charges back in 2008– the Queens native […]
SoundCloud B.o.B just released a new single called “God is Gracious,” where he thanks the man above for allowing him to prosper, despite being so different from his contemporaries. “God is gracious, God is good / I thank God I made it out the hood / Misguided, misunderstood, eyes red like riding hood / Though around […]
Quality Control Music / 300 Migos reached rap stardom relatively quickly in their rap careers. Two years after their 2011 debut mixtape, Juug Season, they struck gold with the heavily acclaimed Yung Rich Niggas mixtape. Their song “Versace” from that tape got a co-sign and remix from Drake and soon became a hit. As a result, the triplet-style flow […]
Def Jam Jeremih brings us back to the R&B of yesteryear with his new single “I Think of You,” featuring Chris Brown and Big Sean. The Chicago crooner also sampled Montell Jordan’s 2000 gem “Get It on Tonite” for the backing music. On the catchy cut, the Def Jam recording artist tells a woman that he can’t […]
