Month: November 2017

New Video: Meek Mill – “Fall Thru” [WATCH]

Even while behind bars, Meek Mill is continuing to advance his ‘Wins & Losses’ album by making moves.

Today the Philly spitter, who is currently serving a 2-4 years prison sentence for “probation violations,” dropped the visuals for his ‘Wins & Losses’ standout single, “Fall Through.” This video joins “Save Me,” “Price,” and the Young Thug-assisted “We Ball” as album songs to get videos.

In the romantic video, Meek Mill spontaneously drops in on a love interest, who he’s crushing hard on. Meek is also shown draped in dirt bike gear in a Philly neighborhood, where he takes a stroll down memory lane with his beautiful girl. At the end of the video, the screen fades to black and “#Justice ForMeek” pops up on the screen.

Watch below.

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New Music: Logic – “Broken People” Feat. Rag’N’Bone Man [LISTEN]

Hot off his two GRAMMY nominations for his powerful “1-800-273-8255” single featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, Logic delivers his newest song, “Broken People” featuring Rag’N’Bone Man. On it he spreads some more powerful messages.

Listen below.

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Miguel Performs At “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” [WATCH]

Last night Victoria Secret rounded up their best models for the 2017 “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.” LA’s very own, Miguel provided the soundtrack along with other musicians, but really shined on the stage, performing “Pineapple Skies.”

As models continued to show off their strut on the catwalk, Miguel continued to display his musical talents with a rendition of “Told You So.” Models like Adrianna Lima, Bella Hadid, Jasmine Tookes, and Elsa Hosk all flaunted their sexy looks to the sounds of Miguel.

Both “Pineapple Skies” and “Told You So” will appear on Miguel’s forthcoming ‘War & Leisure’ album, set to be released this Friday, December 1st.

Watch Miguel perform below.

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New Music: N*E*R*D – “1000” Feat. Future [LISTEN]

Pharrell made it official last week that N*E*R*D’s forthcoming ‘No_One Ever Really Dies’ album will be released Friday, December 15th. The group has followed up the announcement with their third single off the album.

For the third single N*E*R*D has linked with Future for “1000,” which really showcases what the group does by creating different sounds and combining different genres to create abstract music. “1000” combines Hip-Hop, Funk, Rock, and Electronic music.

“1000” joins “Rollinem 7’s” featuring Andre 3000 and “Lemon” featuring Rihanna on the upcoming album. It will be released December 15th, the same day Eminem makes his own comeback with the release of his highly-anticipated ‘Revival’ album.

Listen below.

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CyHi The Prynce Talks ‘No Dope On Sundays’ & More W/ Justin Credible & DJ Sourmilk [WATCH]

With CyHi The Prynce’s debut album ‘No Dope On Sundays’ available everywhere now, the G.O.O.D. Music rapper stopped by the #LIFTOFF on Power 106 to discuss it with Justin Credible and DJ Sourmilk.

In the nearly 30-minute conversation, CyHi talked about the process in creating his debut album, why it took so long, certain tracks, getting music clearances, and more. Aside from album talk, CyHi discussed Kanye West’s catalog and greatness.

Make sure you go get that ‘No Dope On Sundays’ if you haven’t already.

Watch the full interview below.

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Joyner Lucas Tackles Racial Relations, Tension & More In “I’m Not Racist” [WATCH]

Racial tension has been increasing in America since Donald Trump took the reign as President of the United States. Race-related conversations can be very uncomfortable, but Massachusetts rapper, Joyner Lucas tackles the topic on his new song “I’m Not Racist,” which he coupled with a powerful video.

The video shows a white man and black man having a conversation at a table that gets heated. The white man wearing a “Make America Great Again” cap begins the conversation in Joyner’s voice. With the camera affixed on his face the “MAGA” supporter touches on slavery, the black community using the n-word, Eminem, white privilege, and more.

“I’m not racist, I’m just prepared for this type of war,” the White man aggressively rhymes. “I heard Eminem’s rap at the awards, who’s he fightin’ for?/Y’all can take that motherfucker too, he ain’t white no more/It’s like you wanna be so famous, you’ll do anything for attention and a little payment/I can’t take you nowhere without people pointin’ fingers/Pants hangin’ off your ass, you ain’t got no home trainin’.”

Once the white man has got some things off his chest, the black man continues with rebuttals for every point the white man tried to make. He then continues by speaking on police brutality, use of the n-word, culture vultures, racism, and more.

“You wanna copy our slang and everything that we know/Tryna steal Black culture and then make it your own, whoa,” the Black man raps. “Fuck, I’m exhausted, I can’t even drive without the cops tryna start shit/I’m tired of the systematic racism bullshit/All you do is false shit, this the shit that I’m falsed with.”

Watch the video below and share it with somebody.

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Dr. Dre Reveals The Release Date For Eminem’s ‘Revival’ Album [PEEP]

The time has finally come for the official release date of Eminem’s long-awaited, highly-anticipated ‘Revival’ album. In a Tweet Dr. Dre shared a video of a medication video, that was used to announce his “Walk On Water” single. The video revealed the release date of December 15th. In the caption Dre wrote, “Use as prescribed by your doctor. @Eminem.”

‘Revival’ will be Eminem’s eighth studio album and ninth album overall. It comes four years after Em dropped his ‘The Marshall Mathers LP 2′ album. The album was originally supposed to drop November 15th with no press, but it comes now with minimal press. As we know, Em don’t really need any press to move units.

There isn’t much information album other than the December 15th release date and that it will include the Rick Rubin-produced “Walk On Water,” which debuted at No. 14 but sunk down to No. 55 in its second week. If Eminem’s track record stays true, the album should be laced with fire.

Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.

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Jay-Z & Kendrick Lamar Lead The 2018 GRAMMYs With Most Nominations [PEEP]

Once again the hip-hop genre will run the GRAMMYs. The 2018 GRAMMYs will be headed by Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar, who lead the pack of with most nominations.

Hov leads everyone with a total of eight nominations, including Record of the Year for “The Story of O.J.,” Song of the Year for the apologetic “4:44,” and Album of the Year for his 13th studio album, ‘4:44’. Jay is already one of the most nominated artists ever with 74 career nominations and 21 wins.

Following Hov is Kung-Fu Kenny, who celebrates seven nominations, lead by Album of the Year for his critically-acclaimed ‘DAMN.’ album. Dot is also nominated for Record of the Year with “HUMBLE.” Kendrick is sure to be on Hov’s platuea by the time he hangs it up. To date he has earned 20 nominations and seven victories.

Elsewhere Bruno Mars is nominated for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. Childish Gambino scores five nominations surrounding his ‘Awaken, My Love!’ album. Meanwhile artists like Lil Uzi Vert, Cardi B, Goldlink, SZA, and Khalid score their first-ever nominations.

Logic is also nominated for his “1-800-273-8255” single.

The 60th annual GRAMMYs will take place Sunday, January 28th from Madison Square Garden in New York City. CBS will air the event at 8 pm local time.

Check out the full list of nominees below.

RECORD OF THE YEAR
“Redbone” – Childish Gambino
“Despacito” – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber
“The Story Of O.J.” – JAY-Z
“HUMBLE.” – Kendrick Lamar
“24K Magic” – Bruno Mars

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Awaken My Love! – Childish Gambino
4:44 – Jay-Z
Damn. – Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama – Lorde
24K Magic – Bruno Mars

SONG OF THE YEAR
“Despacito” – Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
“4:44” – Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson (JAY-Z)
“Issues” – Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter (Julia Michaels)
“1-800-273-8255” – Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury & Khalid Robinson (Logic feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid)
“That’s What I Like” – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (Bruno Mars)

BEST NEW ARTIST
Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
“Love So Soft” – Kelly Clarkson
“Praying” – Kesha
“Million Reasons” – Lady Gaga
“What About Us” – P!nk
“Shape of You” – Ed Sheeran

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
“Something Just Like This” – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
“Despacito” – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
“Thunder” – Imagine Dragons
“Feel It Still” – Portugal. The Man
“Stay” – Zedd & Alessia Cara

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Kaleidoscope EP -Coldplay
Lust For Life – Lana Del Rey
Evolve – Imagine Dragons
Rainbow – Kesha
Joanne – Lady Gaga
÷ (Divide) – Ed Sheeran

BEST DANCE RECORDING
“Bambro Koyo Ganda” – Bonobo feat. Innov Gnawa
“Cola” – Camelphat & Elderbrook
“Andromeda” – Gorillaz feat. DRAM
“Tonite” – LCD Soundsystem
“Line Of Sight” – Odesza feat. WYNNE & Mansionair

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Migration – Bonobo
3-D The Catalogue – Kraftwerk
Mura Masa – Mura Masa
A Moment Apart – Odesza
What Now – Sylvan Esso

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
“You Want It Darker” – Leonard Cohen
“The Promise” – Chris Cornell
“Run” – Foo Fighters
“No Good” – Kaleo
“Go To War” – Nothing More

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
“Get You” – Daniel Caesar feat. Kali Uchis
“Distraction” – Kehlani
“High” – Ledisi
“That’s What I Like” – Bruno Mars
“The Weekend” – SZA

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
“Laugh And Move On” – The Baylor Project
“Redbone” – Childish Gambino
“What I’m Feelin’” – Anthony Hamilton Featuring The Hamiltones
“All The Way” – Ledisi
“Still” – Mali Music

BEST R&B SONG
“First Began” – PJ Morton
“Location” – Khalid
“Redbone” – Childish Gambino
“Supermodel” – SZA
“That’s What I Like” – Bruno Mars

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Free 6LACK – 6LACK
Awaken, My Love!” – Childish Gambino
American Teen – Khalid
Ctrl – SZA
Starboy – The Weeknd

BEST R&B ALBUM
Freudian – Daniel Caesar
Let Love Rule – Ledisi
24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Gumbo – PJ Morton
Feel The Real – Musiq Soulchild

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
“Bounce Back” – Big Sean
“Bodak Yellow” – Cardi B
“4:44” – JAY-Z
“HUMBLE.” – Kendrick Lamar
“Bad And Boujee” – Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
“PRBLMS” – 6LACK
“Crew” – Goldlink feat. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy
“Family Feud” – JAY-Z feat. Beyoncé
“LOYALTY.” – Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna
“Love Galore” – SZA feat. Travis Scott

BEST RAP SONG
“Bodak Yellow” – Cardi B
“Chase Me” – Danger Mouse feat. Run The Jewels & Big Boi
“HUMBLE.” – Kendrick Lamar
“Sassy” – Rapsody
“The Story Of O.J.” – JAY-Z

BEST RAP ALBUM
4:44 – JAY-Z
DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar
Culture – Migos
Laila’s Wisdom – Rapsody
Flower Boy – Tyler, The Creator

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Baby Driver – (Various Artists)
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 – (Various Artists)
Hidden Figures: The Album – (Various Artists)
La La Land – (Various Artists)
Moana: The Songs – (Various Artists)

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
“City Of Stars” – Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone
“How Far I’ll Go” – Auli’i Cravalho
“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever – ZAYN & Taylor Swift
“Never Give Up” – Sia
“Stand Up For Something” – Andra Day feat. Common

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Calvin Harris
Greg Kurstin
Blake Mills
No I.D.
The Stereotypes

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
“Up All Night” – Beck
“Makeba” – Jain
“The Story Of O.J.” – JAY-Z
“Humble.” – Kendrick Lamar
“1-800-273-8255” – Logic feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid

BEST NEW ARTIST
Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
“Love So Soft” – Kelly Clarkson
“Praying” – Kesha
“Million Reasons” – Lady Gaga
“What About Us” – P!nk
“Shape of You” – Ed Sheeran

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
“Something Just Like This” – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
“Despacito” – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
“Thunder” – Imagine Dragons
“Feel It Still” – Portugal. The Man
“Stay” – Zedd & Alessia Cara

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Kaleidoscope EP -Coldplay
Lust For Life – Lana Del Rey
Evolve – Imagine Dragons
Rainbow – Kesha
Joanne – Lady Gaga
÷ (Divide) – Ed Sheeran

BEST DANCE RECORDING
“Bambro Koyo Ganda” – Bonobo feat. Innov Gnawa
“Cola” – Camelphat & Elderbrook
“Andromeda” – Gorillaz feat. DRAM
“Tonite” – LCD Soundsystem
“Line Of Sight” – Odesza feat. WYNNE & Mansionair

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Migration – Bonobo
3-D The Catalogue – Kraftwerk
Mura Masa – Mura Masa
A Moment Apart – Odesza
What Now – Sylvan Esso

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
“You Want It Darker” – Leonard Cohen
“The Promise” – Chris Cornell
“Run” – Foo Fighters
“No Good” – Kaleo
“Go To War” – Nothing More

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
“Get You” – Daniel Caesar feat. Kali Uchis
“Distraction” – Kehlani
“High” – Ledisi
“That’s What I Like” – Bruno Mars
“The Weekend” – SZA

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
“Laugh And Move On” – The Baylor Project
“Redbone” – Childish Gambino
“What I’m Feelin’” – Anthony Hamilton Featuring The Hamiltones
“All The Way” – Ledisi
“Still” – Mali Music

BEST R&B SONG
“First Began” – PJ Morton
“Location” – Khalid
“Redbone” – Childish Gambino
“Supermodel” – SZA
“That’s What I Like” – Bruno Mars

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Free 6LACK – 6LACK
Awaken, My Love!” – Childish Gambino
American Teen – Khalid
Ctrl – SZA
Starboy – The Weeknd

BEST R&B ALBUM
Freudian – Daniel Caesar
Let Love Rule – Ledisi
24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Gumbo – PJ Morton
Feel The Real – Musiq Soulchild

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
“Bounce Back” – Big Sean
“Bodak Yellow” – Cardi B
“4:44” – JAY-Z
“HUMBLE.” – Kendrick Lamar
“Bad And Boujee” – Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
“PRBLMS” – 6LACK
“Crew” – Goldlink feat. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy
“Family Feud” – JAY-Z feat. Beyoncé
“LOYALTY.” – Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna
“Love Galore” – SZA feat. Travis Scott

BEST RAP SONG
“Bodak Yellow” – Cardi B
“Chase Me” – Danger Mouse feat. Run The Jewels & Big Boi
“HUMBLE.” – Kendrick Lamar
“Sassy” – Rapsody
“The Story Of O.J.” – JAY-Z

BEST RAP ALBUM
4:44 – JAY-Z
DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar
Culture – Migos
Laila’s Wisdom – Rapsody
Flower Boy – Tyler, The Creator

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Baby Driver – (Various Artists)
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 – (Various Artists)
Hidden Figures: The Album – (Various Artists)
La La Land – (Various Artists)
Moana: The Songs – (Various Artists)

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
“City Of Stars” – Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone
“How Far I’ll Go” – Auli’i Cravalho
“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever – ZAYN & Taylor Swift
“Never Give Up” – Sia
“Stand Up For Something” – Andra Day feat. Common

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Calvin Harris
Greg Kurstin
Blake Mills
No I.D.
The Stereotypes

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
“Up All Night” – Beck
“Makeba” – Jain
“The Story Of O.J.” – JAY-Z
“Humble.” – Kendrick Lamar
“1-800-273-8255” – Logic feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid

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O.T. Genasis Annotates “Everybody Mad” [WATCH]

By now I’m sure that you’ve heard O.T. Genasis’ new banger “Everybody Mad.” In case you were wondering what the song was about, or who he was referring to when he said “everybody,” the LA rapper got with the folks at Genius to annotate the song’s lyrics.

If you haven’t heard “Everybody Mad” go listen to it now. O.T. got another one to go with “Coco,” “Push It,” and “Cut It.”

Watch the annotation below.

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New Music: Kodak Black – “Codeine Dreaming” Feat. Lil Wayne [LISTEN]

If you recall not too long ago Kodak Black was publicly beefing with Lil Wayne and even called him out saying he would knock him out. The two seem to have made amends since then, as they collaborate on Kodak’s “Codeine Dreaming” off his ‘Project Baby Two: All Grown Up’.

Listen below.

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Miguel Shares New J. Cole-Assisted “Come Through And Chill” Single + ‘War & Leisure’ Track List [PEEP]

Every time Miguel and J. Cole collaborate they create magic. The duo first linked on 2010’s “All I Want Is You” and then again on 2013’s “Power Trip.” The magic-making duo strike again with “Come Through and Chill.”

Miguel and Cole coast over the smooth production of Salaam Remi, who also produced the duo’s first collaboration in “All I Want Is You.” On “Come Through and Chill” the combination pleads for their love interest to chill and make up for lost time.

J. Cole also gets political in the process by touching on Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling as he raps, “Know you’ve been on my mind like Kaepernick kneelin’ / Or police killings, or Trump sayin’ slick shit / Manipulatin’ poor white folks because they ignant / Blind to the struggles of the ones that got the pigment / Lately I’ve been stressin’ ’cause it seems so malignant.”

“Come Through and Chill” joins “Told You So” and the Travis Scott-assisted “Sky Walker” on Miguel’s forthcoming ‘War & Leisure’ album, which is set to be released Friday, December 1st. You can see the full official track listing below and listen to “Come Through and Chill.”

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Jay-Z Shares Three New Videos For ‘4:44’ Singles [WATCH]

For a few consecutive weeks Jay-Z was releasing music videos for ‘4:44’ singles every Friday at 4:44 p.m. He eventually slowed that down and took a break from dropping visuals as he focused on his current “4:44 Tour” amongst other things.

Before Black Friday, Hov had dropped visuals for “The Story of OJ,” “4:44,” “Bam” featuring Damian Marley, “Kill Jay Z,” “Moonlight,” and one of the bonus tracks in “MaNyFaCedGod.”

Revisiting his 13th studio album, Jay dropped three new videos for “Smile” featuring his mother Gloria Carter, “Marcy Me” featuring The-Dream, and “Legacy.”

For the 8-minute “Smile” video Jay-Z nabbed Dominique Fishback to play a young version of his mother Gloria Carter, while the real Ms. Carter also shares a poem at the end of the emotional video. The video was written and directed by Miles Jay. It also stars Isi Laborde, Taylor Thomas, and Guy Lockard.

Watch below.

Next up Is “Legacy,” which is essentially a mini-movie that includes a cast of Susan Sarandon, Jesse Williams, Ron Perlman, Aldis Hodge, Kwame Boateng, Edi Gather, Jonathan Tucker, Marque Richardson, and Emile Hirsch. It is written and directed by Jeymes Samuel, who focuses on the prison system, mass incarceration, rehabilitation, and recovery.

Watch below.

Finally is the video for one of my favorite songs on the album, “Marcy Me.” In it a police helicopter is featured throughout the clip giving viewers a bird’s eye view of the Marcy Projects and different boroughs in NYC.

Watch below.

Jay-Z will continue his “4:44 Tour,” which will continue through December 21st when is stops in Los Angeles at the STAPLES CENTER.

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Ma$e Disses Cam’ron On “The Oracle” [LISTEN]

Shots with Ma$e’s name on them were fired on Cam’ron’s recently-released ‘The Program’ mixtape. Re-introducing himself as Murda Ma$e, the Harlem rapper wastes no time, as he quickly responds with a scathing diss track called “The Oracle.”

On the track, Ma$e calls out Cam, alleging he had sex with his own sister, while also saying he left Jim Jones hanging at Rucker Park. Ma$e goes on to touch on Cam getting shot in D.C., calling him a snitch, and saying Dip Set’s time is over.

“I’m pretty nigga wrist litty like sun wear, Diplomat only mean that you ain’t from here / You had a run here but y’all niggas is done here / All these pretty women and y’all niggas bring guns here / You way pass the gun every time you talk of me you sound like one time,” he raps.

Listen below.

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