Month: March 2017

New Video: Run The Jewels – “Legend Has It” [WATCH]

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Fresh off their performance of “Legend Has It” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Run The Jewels drop the video for the highly-touted single. In the video, Killer Mike and El-P are put on a police lineup, which they believe was a setup.

Watch the video below via FaceBook.

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New Video: O.T. Genasis – “Thick” Feat. 2 Chainz [WATCH]

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O.T. Genasis and 2 Chainz hit the strip club to show their love for voluptuous women in the provocative video for their collaboration, “Thick”.

Both rappers celebrate “Thick” women at the strip club decorated with “Thick” balloons and banners. The two then hold a contest for “Thick” strippers on the runway with awards for the thickest booty and best twerker. Backstage you will find the “Thick” strippers doing interviews about their curviness.

“Thick” is off O.T.’s ‘Coke N Butter’ mixtape that dropped last November.

Watch the video below via WorldStarHipHop.

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New Video: Lecrae – “Blessings” Feat. Ty Dolla $ign [WATCH]

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Lecrae praises his “Blessings” in the video for his grateful single featuring Ty Dolla $ign.

The Calmatic-directed video was shot in Los Angeles, where Lecrae and Ty hang out around their loved ones. Lecrae looks back at pictures in family photo albums, plays games with neighborhood kids, and dances with old and young relatives.

Lecrae told HipHopDX about the vision behind the video saying, “For ‘Blessings’ we wanted to do a video that just kind of focused on everyday things we take for granted: family, gatherings, good food, good people, just God being the source of the simple things.”

Watch the video below via YouTube.

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New Music: Mike WiLL Made-It – “Razzle Dazzle” Feat. Future [LISTEN]

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Yesterday Mike WiLL Made-It dropped a new banger off his upcoming ‘Ransom 2’ called, “Come Down” featuring Chief Keef and Rae Sremmurd. At the same time there was a song floating around the Internet called “Razzle Dazzle” featuring Future. Today, Mike gives fans the official Future collaboration.

The playful title doesn’t translate to the lyrics, as the track finds a gloomy Future rapping about his sister’s health condition, amongst other serious issues.

“Razzle Dazzle” follows previously released singles, “Come Down,” “On the Come Up” featuring Big Sean, “Hasslehoff” featuring Lil Yachty, and “Gucci On My” featuring YG, 21 Savage, and Migos. ‘Ransom 2’ is set to drop this Friday and will be loaded with other features from Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Rihanna, Gucci Mane, and more.

Listen to “Razzle Dazzle” below via Apple Music.

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Lineup For “FYF Fest” Announced [PEEP]

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Summer is approaching although the weather outside doesn’t show it. With that said festivals will begin to roll out their lineups. Today, the “Fuck Yeah Fest” festival also known as FYF Fest announced theirs, with Missy Elliot, BJöRK, Frank Ocean, and Nine Inch Nails all headlining.

The three day festival will take place at Exposition Park in Los Angeles from July 21st to July 23rd. Aside from the headliners, it boasts a talented lineup that consists of: A Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, Solange, Run The Jewels, Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, Kehlani, Mijad Jordan, and many, many more.

Missy Elliot will bring a nostalgic effect as she will co-headline the first night along with BJöRK. Day 2 will be headlined by Frank Ocean and for the finale, Nine Inch Nails will close the festival out.

As of now this festival is Missy Elliot’s only scheduled show this year. Frank Ocean was supposed to perform at the festival in 2015 but cancelled. For A Tribe Called Quest it will be their first West Coast show since they dropped their final album, ‘We got it from Here…. Thank You 4 Your service’.

Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 24th at noon PST. General admission weekend passes will cost $299, VIP weekend passes will go for $549. Single-day tickets will cost $125 and be made available for purchase in mid-April.

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Joey Bada$$ Goes Off Over Future’s “Mask Off” On #Freestyle005 [WATCH]

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Liftoff, Liftoff.

Joey Bada$$ dropped by Power 106’s #LIFTOFF show to talk about his upcoming ‘All Amerikkkan Bada$$’ album, his 2-Pac comments, and more with Justin and Sourmilk. Following the interview the “Brooklyn Bada$$” spit some intense bars over Future’s “Mask Off” instrumental for #Freestyle005.

The New York rapper will be dropping ‘All Amerikkkan Bada$$’ on April 7th and will include the single “Legendary” featuring J. Cole. In the meantime get warmed up for the album by watching #Freestyle005 below.

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Ice-T & T.I. Join Forces As Ice-T.I. For Mash-Up Performance On “Kimmel” [WATCH]

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Both Ice-T and T.I. are OGs in the rap game. Between the two they have a pretty heavy catalog. Jimmy Kimmel brought both OGs together as Ice-T.I. for “Mash-Up Monday” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”.

The duo was joined by a live band as they recreated their hits. T.I. set the tone with “Bring Em Out” before giving the floor to Ice-T to perform “O.G. Original Gangster.” In a natural fashion the two went back-and-forth and intertwined the hits that got them where they are today.

Get your 90s and early 2000s on by watching this dope mash-up of Ice-T.I. below via YouTube.

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New Music: Raekwon – “This Is What It Comes Too” (Remix) Feat. Ghostface Killah [LISTEN]

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Raekwon will drop his new album ‘The Wild’ this Friday. Leading up to that he drops a remix to “This Is What It Comes Too (Remix)” featuring his Wu-Tang partner, Ghostface Killah. The original version of the song dropped back in February and will be on the upcoming album.

Listen to “This Is What It Comes Too (Remix)” below via SoundCloud. This track makes me nostalgic.

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New Music: Mike WiLL Made-It – “Come Down” Feat. Chief Keef & Rae Sremmurd [LISTEN]

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It’s album release week for Mike WiLL Made-It, who will be releasing his highly-anticipated, long-awaited, ‘Ransom 2’ this Friday. In the process of dropping the super producer drops “Come Down” featuring Chief Keef and Rae Sremmurd.

With the 808s clapping, Chief Keef leads off by singing on the hook and rapping on the first verse. From there Swae Lee talks about the ups and downs of success. Slim Jxmmi follows rapping about his extensive shopping sprees on rodeo, his money, and the diamonds dancing on his neck.

“Come Down” comes a day after “Hasselhoff” featuring Lil Yachty. There is also a song called “Razzle Dazzle” featuring Future that is floating around, but hasn’t been made available on any platforms yet.

‘Ransom 2’ drops this Friday, March 24th, and will also include the lead single “Gucci On My” featuring YG, 21 Savage, and Migos, as well as “On the Come Up” featuring Big Sean. In the meantime stream “Come Down” below via Apple Music.

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Nicki Minaj Becomes The Leader With Most Hot 100 Hits Amongst Female Artists [PEEP]

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Fresh off her #3PackFromParis release, Nicki Minaj takes the title of the woman artist with the most single entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart ever.

The same #3PackFromParis release is what excelled Nicki and contributed to her advancement of surpassing Aretha Franklin, who held the title. The three singles off the Paris pack all landed on the chart with ”No Frauds” featuring Drake and Lil Wayne coming in at No. 14, “Regret in Your Tears” at No. 61, and the “Changed It” featuring Lil Wayne at No. 71.

Aretha, who held the title for over 40-years, still sits on the throne for most entries as a solo artist. Nicki has 44 entries on features and 32 as a solo artist. In today’s industry features are an essential part to many singles that make it on the charts.

Following Nicki and Aretha on the all-time woman’s list is Taylor Swift with 70, Rihanna with 58, Madonna with 57, Dionne Warwick with 56, and Beyoncé with 54, respectively.

With Nicki working on her follow up album to 2014’s ‘The Pinkprint’, which should be dropping later this year, you can definitely expect her to keep climbing the charts, breaking more record, and making more history.

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Drake’s ‘More Life’ Projected To Debut At No. 1 With Monster Numbers & Breaks Spotify Records [PEEP]

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As I write this Drake’s ‘More Life’ “playlist” is cranking in the background, streaming off of Apple Music. The infectious project has been the talk of the town since it was released on Saturday. Everybody I know has heard it, countless quotable lyrics have been tweeted, and the physical copies haven’t even been released yet. With that said it is no coincidence that the “playlist” (or album, whatever you wanna call it) is projected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Some of the projections that have been reported estimate it will sell anywhere from 500,000 to 550,000 (200,000-250,000 traditional album sales) in the US for the first week, ending on March 23rd, according to Billboard.

The success of the ‘More Life’ is set to surpass Drake’s ‘VIEWS’ album and become his most successful body of work to date. The project beautifully blends hard-hitting tracks like “Free Smoke” and “No Long Talk” with livelier tracks like “Madiba Riddim” and “Blem,” attracting a wide-ranging audience.

Billboard has reported that ‘More Life’ could break a record for most streams by an album’s singles, which was previously set by, you guessed it, ‘VIEWS’. The ‘VIEWS’ album garnered 163,000 streaming equivalent units (245.1 million song streams) in its first week.

Along with the Billboard projections, Drizzy continues to break records on both Apple Music and Spotify, where he recently became the first ever 10-billion streams artist. The newest broken record occurred on Saturday, when he earned best first day streams for an album with 61,302,082 streams on Spotify. On Apple Music he set the straming record in one day with 89.9-million streams. The record-breaking continued Sunday, when he dethroned Ed Sheeran with 76,355,041 streams on Spotify, making it the best one-day streamed album.

With all the early success and unprecedented numbers are indicators that ‘More Life’ will be Champagne’s seventh consecutive No. 1 album, though he considers it a playlist. His only album to not reach No. 1 was his debut album, ‘So Far Gone’. Guess it really is “all hits no misses.”

‘More Life’, more success.

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Trey Songz Announces “Tremaine The Tour” & Shares Track List For ‘Tremaine The Album’ [PEEP]

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In support of his forthcoming album, ‘Tremaine The Album’, Trey Songz announces his 20-date “Tremaine The Tour”.

The tour is set to begin on May 3rd in Detroit and close June 3rd in Los Angeles. Along the way Trey will visit Chicago, NYC, Atlanta, St. Louis, Nashville,  Philly, DC, Virginia, New Orleans, Las Vegas, and other cities.

Along with the announcement of the tour, Trey also shared a track list for ‘Tremaine The Album’, which drops March 24th. Check it out below.

Atlantic Records will hold pre-sale ticket sales beginning March 28th. A Pandora pre-sale follows March 29th and general tickets are set to be released March 24th. Check out the full schedule below.

TREMAINE THE TOUR DATES

May 3 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 4 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
May 5 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
May 6 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
May 11 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head
May 12 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
May 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
May 14 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre
May 16 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
May 19 – New York, NY – PlayStation Theater
May 20 – Richmond, VA – Carpenter Center
May 21 – Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
May 24 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theater at Midland
May 25 – Dallas, TX – Bomb Factory
May 26 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
May 27 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theatre
May 28 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
June 1 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
June 2 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
June 3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Novo

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New Video: Tory Lanez – “Anyway” [WATCH]

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Tory Lanez finds himself somewhere in Europe for the “Anyway” video directed by Midjordan.

The Canadian MC goes to high in the video as he goes atop of a soccer field in his verse where he rhymes about how he games up females. From there, Tory meets up with some models and friends in a darker setting, where they all celebrate with champagne and marijuana smoke.

Watch below via YouTube.

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