Top Dawg Entertainment Existing within the TDE crew can come with its ups and downs – just ask Ab-Soul. The Carson, Calif. native was revered as one of the crew’s most promising acts circa 2012, but after the release of his 2014 album, These Days…, critics were writing him off as the crew’s token bench warmer but […]
Dreamville / Roc Nation J. Cole had a hell of a task on his hands while creating the follow-up to 2014 Forest Hills Drive. His first two albums, Cole World: The Sideline Story and Born Sinner, had plenty of good about them but not everything hit the mark. That was especially evident in his attempts at making radio […]
DJ Snake’s dance hit “Let Me Love You” Featuring Justin Bieber has garnered several DJ remixes, and now it gets a soulful reworking courtesy of veteran R&B singer R. Kelly. Unlike the EDM/pop version by Bieber, the lyrics are completely revised to fit Kels’ cool-as-ice vibe as he yearns to be in the arms of […]
It’s getting quite chilly out here, but Yo Gotti is heating things up with his posse track “Castro” featuring superstar rappers Kanye West, Migos’ Quavo, Big Sean and 2 Chainz. The song will appear on the Memphis rhymer’s upcoming mixtape, CM9. Over a bass-heavy trap-inspired beat the rap quintet compare themselves to Pablo Escobar and […]
Babygrande Records Smoke DZA first met Pete Rock 12 years ago. At the time, the Harlem MC was an aspiring rapper in his early 20s. His first interactions with Rock were carrying his crates of vinyl records into clubs just so he could get inside. Things have changed drastically in the dozen years since those first meetings. […]
Heavy On The Grind Ent. Whether it was an overhaul of unreleased material just sitting around on E-40’s hard drive or he had an urge to flex when it came to the amount of songs he’d release in a single year, the Bay area legend decided to drop The D-Boy Diary: Book 1 and 2 […]
Soundcloud U.K. rhymer Little Simz is returning to the rap game with her second album titled Stillness In Wonderland, which arrives on Friday (Dec. 16). But before the project hits online stores, the British rapper released a new single called “Poison Ivy.” Produced by SHE, the minimalist track boasts wailing guitars and bongo drums. On […]
Glassnote Entertainment This year, the actor Donald Glover has been showing his face much more than his alter ego Childish Gambino. Glover has been busy giving fans the critically acclaimed 10-episode dramedy Atlanta this fall. On the music side, he released the virtual reality smartphone app Pharos and performed in a desert while embracing his inner warrior. Atlanta […]
The Weeknd XO By the time House of Balloons reached its fifth anniversary last winter, it was clear The Weeknd had come a long way from the shadowy crevices of Toronto’s bursting underground. After his song “Earned It” landed on one of 2015’s biggest movie soundtracks, Fifty Shades of Grey, and he carved his drug-addled […]
Here is my official cover art for “TRU”, the ep, which will be available for pre order this week on iTunes. This photo means a lot to me. It’s not about exploiting myself, as many would like to believe. Yet, it is about accepting myself for how I am. Letting go of all the fears, […]
