Month: January 2017

New Video: Migos – “T-Shirt” [WATCH]

It’s been a busy week for Migos. Earlier this week they shared the tracklist, cover art, and release date for their forthcoming album ‘C U L T U R E’, and today they end the week by dropping the visuals for “T-Shirt” co-directed by Quavo.

The three trap-eteers show off their fur as they dress as eskimos wearing Versace snow boots. As they roll around the snow in snowmobiles accompanied by models, they stop to practice archery before rolling to the cabin to sip on hot chocolate.

With not even a full day of being released, the video has received critical acclaim by fans and Chance The Rapper who questioned if Quavo has ever directed in the past, before saying the video deserves an Oscar.

The track is set to land on ‘C U L T U R E’, which is set to be released January 27th.

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New Music: Kehlani – “Undercover” [LISTEN]

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Kehlani’s debut album, ‘SweetSexySavage’, may have taken over a year to complete, but the Bay Area songstress is showing it’s near completion by releasing new music off the project.

On the new track which samples Akon’s “Don’t Matter,” Lani Tsunami sings about a forbidden love that “they” don’t want to see, but she’s committed to make a reality.

Lani spoke to Zane Lowe on Beats1 about her delay and the process behind making her somewhat delayed album.

“I was making the album for like a year-and-a-half,” she told Zane Lowe. “It was so annoying. We’d have a date and then we’d make something else and it’s like, ‘This is cool. Let’s do more of this.’ Then we’d make something else and I’d meet another producer I was obsessed with and we’d vibe. It kept getting pushed back.”

‘SweetSexySavage’ is set to be released January 27th. The album will include “Undercover” along with “CRZY,” “Advice,” and “Distraction,” which have all added hype to the long-awaited album. Listen to “Undercover” below.

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New Video: The Americanos – “In My Foreign” Feat. Ty Dolla $ign, French Montana, Lil Yachty & Nicky Jam [WATCH]

The Americanos drop the action-packed visuals for their single “In My Foreign” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, French Montana, Lil Yachty, and Nicky Jam. The single will be featured on “xXx: Return of Xander Cage,” the third installment of the “xXx” franchise.

While the video shows footage from “xXx: Return of Xander Cage,” it also shows the artists featured on the track stunting in foreign vehicles and motorcycles as models dance around them.

“xXx: Return of Xander Cage” will hit the big screen worldwide on January 20th.

Shoutout Felli Fel!

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New Video: DJ Mustard – “Ridin’ Around” Feat. Nipsey Hussle & RJ [WATCH]

It’s an LA affair in the video for DJ Mustard’s “Ridin’ Around” featuring Nipsey Hussle and RJ.

Mustard stays true to the song’s title, as he along with his LA allies, Neighborhood Nip and RJ ride around LA in foreign whips.

“Ridin’ Around” is off Mustard’s ‘Cold Summer’ project which he dropped last year. The single follows “Want Her” featuring YG and Quavo.

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New Video: Ab-Soul – “Womanogamy” [WATCH]

The utmost amount of ratchetness is displayed in Ab-Soul’s not-safe-for-work video for “Womanogamy” off his recent album ‘Do What Thou Wilt’.

The Yellow Nguyen-directed video begins with a group of men trying to get in a strip club by saying they have some sort of connection to Soul and other members of TDE. Soulo then pulls up in a black Corvette before making his way into the ratchet strip club.

“Womanogamy” is the third single off ‘DWTW’ following “D.R.U.G.S.” and “RAW (backwards)”.

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[WATCH]: “Extra” by K Camp and Ty Dolla $ign

Photo Cred: Getty Images/ Prince Williams

“She so extra” K Camp and Ty Dolla sing in their new collab “Extra.”

The video starts out with them entering a secret underground club which consists of girl’s twerking, dollar bills, nice cars, and gold chains.

The duo trade off sitting in a gold throne; these two are kings for the night.

This song is featured on K Camp’s mixtape that was released in October. RARE, featured artists Ty Dolla $ign, Young Dolph, Slim Jxmmi and many more.

Check out this track below and make sure to play it at your next turn up.

New Video: Big Sean – “Moves” [WATCH]

Big Sean shows he’s got the “Moves” in the colorful Mike Carson-directed video for his most recent single. Carson also directed the video for Sean’s “Play No Games” featuring Chris Brown and Ty Dolla $ign.

“Moves” is the third single off Sean’s forthcoming album ‘I Decided’, which is set to drop February 3rd. “Bounce Back” which is also slated to be on the album has already received the same video treatment.

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New Music: Wale – “Running Back” Feat. Lil Wayne [WATCH]

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ESPN isn’t a usual place to debut new music, but don’t tell that to Wale. The DC rapper made an unprecedented move today, as he debuted “Running Back” featuring Lil Wayne on ESPN’s First Take.

While Wale performed with a live band behind him, Lil Tunechi came out of nowhere to deliver his verse on “Running Back.” The song is expected to be featured on Wale’s forthcoming album ‘S.H.I.N.E.’, the follow-up to 2015’s ‘The Album About Nothing’.

Both Wale and Wayne love sports as much as they do music and have been guests in the past on ESPN’s First Take. Wale even recorded the show’s theme song in the past.

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Rocky Banks Drops “K.Y.H.U.” – “Trust In Banko” Trailer #1 [WATCH]

Indie Pick of the Week alumni, Rocky Banks is destined to make 2017 his year.

After making himself a force to be reckoned with last year and dropping a plethora of hot tracks, he is gearing up to release his debut album, “Trust In Banko” in February. To add more hype to the project he released a trailer for the project along with a song.

In the Bird Medina-directed trailer video, the Houston rapper is talking to a therapist about his different issues and demons he fights on the daily, before exploding and having to be restrained by guards.

Look out for my guy Rocky, who has already secured a spot at this year’s SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. He’s definitely an artist to keep a watchful eye on this year.

Cheers.

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New Music: Wale – “Smile” Feat. Phil Ade [LISTEN]

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While fans wait for Wale to release his highly-anticipated, forthcoming album ‘SHINE’, the MMG rapper continues to feed them new music as a reward.

With the album close to completion, Wale teams up with Phil Ade and gives the fans a reason to “Smile” this new year, over the Pro Reese-produced instrumental.

On the song Wale shows love to his family and team, while also discussing Donald Trump’s upcoming presidency, social issues like police brutality, and criticizes right-wing extremist. Press play below and “Smile.”

https://soundcloud.com/walefolarin/smile-feat-phil-ade

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Beyoncé & Kendrick Lamar Set To Headline Coachella [PEEP]

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Headlines were made a few months ago with the prospective possibility of Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar being headliners at this year’s Coachella. Fans of both artists can now rejoice as Coachella made it official today that both Yoncé and K. Dot will headline.

It’s not the first time both headliners have performed at the festival, Beyoncé has popped up at a couple festivals in the desert before, most recently during her sister Solange’s set in 2014. She also joined her hubby, Jay-Z onstage in 2010. Kendrick Lamar took the stage in 2012 and appeared as a special guest for both Ice Cube’s set and Anderson .Paak’s last year.

This year Queen Bey will close things out on Saturday April 15th, following Future, Gucci Mane, ScHoolboy Q, and other’s respective performances.

King Kendrick will close out the weekend on April 16th, following DJ Khaled, Lil Uzi Vert, Kehlani, and other’s take the stage.

The same lineup will be featured the following weekend for an encore from April 21st-23rd as it always does.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will take place at its usual Indio, Calif. location for two weekends in April. Other notable hip-hop artists include Travis Scott, Mac Miller, and others.

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Migos Share ‘Culture’ Cover Art & Release Date [PEEP]

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Migos made a major splash in 2016 by dropping anthem after anthem. This year the trio is looking to pick up where they left off, as they revealed the cover art and announce the release date of their forthcoming album ‘CULTURE’.

The colorful artwork for the album which will be released January 27th, shows a collage of Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff, along with doves, white roses, flames, and other things.

Just a few months ago a rumored tracklist for ‘CULTURE’ surfaced on the Internet and included the single “Bad and Boujee” featuring Lil’ Uzi Vert. The rumored tracklist was just that and no official tracklist has been made available.

As for “Bad and Boujee,” the single can very well be featured on the album after its major success on YouTube, with numbers soaring past 75-million and stacking at No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100, making it the group’s biggest success to date.

“If you like the single, the album will blow your mind,” said Pee and Coach K of Quality Control Music.

Yesterday the group also dropped the visuals for their single “Call Casting.”

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Chance the Rapper Hints At New Music With Childish Gambino

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Today, Childish Gambino, a.k.a. Donald Glover, was featured in Lil Chano’s IG post today with the caption “Hawaii then LA, back to work.” with a “#roscoeswetsuit” added to the end.  The hashtag “Roscoe’s wetsuit” refers to Gambino’s Because the Internet screenplay which Chance co-starred in.  Chance and Childish have been teasing a mixtape with the both of them since Gambino’s announcement about it in 2014 hence why this post has gotten people buzzing.

Everyone is hoping Lil Chano and The Great Gambino bless them with their mixtape sooner rather than later.

 

Hawaii then LA, back to work. #roscoeswetsuit

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