pic.twitter.com/SZjXdzuYGh — young lack sleep (@isaiahrashad) August 26, 2016 It’s safe to say that Isaiah Rashad is the next artist up to release a new project via Top Dawg Entertainment. After releasing a video for “Free Lunch,” the 25-year-old wordsmith unveiled the cover art to his upcoming album called The Sun’s Tirade. The artwork (see […]
Audiomack Jeremih’s “Pass Dat” was already a bouncy jam, but the R&B singer kicked it up a notch and delivered a star-studded remix featuring Chance the Rapper, Young Thug and The Weeknd. The original version already had The Weeknd vocals so it’s Chano and Thugger that most shine on the remix version. The Chicago rapper […]
OVO Sound / Warner Bros. Records In the current landscape of music, remaining an enigma is no easy feat. Maximum exposure has become the name of the game and with social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat enabling artists to document their lives — and the public to have an up close and personal […]
Interscope The success of Rae Sremmurd’s 2015 debut album, SremmLife, proves that hip-hop is becoming a little less harsh on “party rappers” these days. Considering hip-hop was built and bred in the clubs and not just in the minds of uber-lyrical street poets, the brothers from Tupelo, Miss. are staying true to the culture’s roots. Swae Lee and […]
Alli Harvey, Getty Images Killer Mike has teamed up with celebrated visual artist/scholar Fahamu Pecou for a bone-chilling new single, “Emmett Still.” Pecou is the artist responsible for the visuals on Killer Mike’s standout 2012 release, R.A.P. Music—his paintings also appear on the hit ABC series Black-ish and the Fox juggernaut, Empire. Pecou is well known for his intersection of […]
Def Jam 2016 is turning out to be a pretty good year for 2 Chainz. Felt Like Cappin’, the mixtape he dropped in January, put him in good standing for a promising year and ColleGrove, his collaboration album with Lil Wayne, also faired decently well with fans. On top of that, he has had a string […]
TDE When TDE president Dave Free mysteriously tweeted an album release date for their next artist on its label, many fans speculated it could be Isaiah Rashad or Ab-Soul. Well, it looks like the mystery may be solved with the release of Rashad’s jazzy single, “Free Lunch.” Produced by Cam O’bi, the track boasts fluttering […]
RCA Records R&B singer Miguel brings the funk on his latest single, “Cadillac,” which is from the upcoming soundtrack for Netflix’s hip-hop-based drama, The Get Down. The song, which premiered today (Aug. 4) on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 program, will take listeners back to the 1970s where funk and disco music reigned in the clubs. […]
Tidal Yasiin Bey has been slowly making his return to the music game by releasing several tunes on different streaming platforms. The artist formerly known as Mos Def is back with another song, this time as one-half of the collaborative duo Dec. 99th with Chicago-based producer Ferrari Sheppard. The moody song “HYMN,” which was released […]
