Is it a little on the pretentious side? Maybe. Does it look like’s he’s trying too hard to be avant garde? Some might think so, but that doesn’t mean that Jaden Smith‘s video for his new song “Fallen” lacks entertainment value. The clip starts off in 1867 Calabasas, Calif., and you see Smith get shot by an invisible […]
FBG1017 It was only a matter of time before Gucci Mane and Future linked up again following Guwop’s prison release but little did fans know they would actually hammer out a six-track mixtape and drop it out of thin air. Continuing the traptastic momentum the duo had with the first Free Bricks project, Wop and Hendrix […]
Neilson Barnard, Getty Images Sophisticated beats, innovative rhymes and group chemistry. For some reason this fundamental approach to good hip-hop song making has been largely forsaken but not by Run the Jewels. Take their latest single “Legend Has It” for example, off their forthcoming RTJ3 album. It’s produced by El-P, Wilder Zoby and Little Shalimar and contains a dope voice loop, punchy […]
Manolo Rose and Dave East teamed up for the new cut “Monopoly,” where both rappers say they have too much money and power for a woman to love them for the people they are. “You love me for me, but who are you kidding,” the hook goes, which actually borrows a line from Kanye West’s “Devil in a […]
Epic Records This probably wasn’t the rollout French Montana was hoping for with MC4, a sophomore album that would confirm his hit-making abilities to the rap game and beyond. Short for Mac & Cheese 4, the rapper was hoping to follow up his acclaimed Mac & Cheese mixtape series by making the fourth installment an actual album. […]
Ben Rose, Getty Images DJ Jazzy Jeff and Rhymefest created and debuted their new duo last month called Jeff & Fess. Now they’ve released another track entitled “Acquired Taste” featuring Eric Roberson. The group’s first song together was “No Fear” which proved that the two are a formidable pair. Now, the two school influencers are showing their variety with this new smooth, […]
Epic A Tribe Called Quest is giving a wake-up call to America on their new album, We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service, a dedication to a fallen soldier while at its core a celebration of family and teamwork. The project finds the group retaining their classic sound with lyrics of the times. “Gotta get […]
Freddie Gibbs returns to the rap game with a vibrant new single called “All Day” produced by hitmaker Harry Fraud. The song marks the first release since he was acquitted of a sexual charge in Vienna earlier this year. Gangsta Gibbs sounds lyrically sharp on the head-nodding banger, which samples Alexander O’Neal’s classic 1987 ballad, […]
Def Jam Recordings Common’s latest album, Black America Again, couldn’t have come at a more crucial time. With Donald Trump elected president, Black America and many minorities aren’t supporting the new Commander-in-Chief and his racist rhetoric, which makes much of the progress that got the Obama administration in power feel completely reversed. Rappers like Common have campaigned tirelessly […]
Soundcloud In response to the nation being in a state of shock and despair following Donald Trump’s victory to become the 45th president of the United States, Rapsody delivers an uplifting message of hope with her new single, “Fire.” Over a jazzy production provided by 9th Wonder, Kash and Khrysis, the North Carolina rhymer addresses […]
