July, 2017 | L.A. Leakers: Justin Credible and DJ Sourmilk

Terrace Martin & The Pollyseeds Drop Collaborative ‘Sounds of Crenshaw, Vol. 1′ Project [STREAM]

Terrace Martin has made a name for himself as a GRAMMY-nominated artist and one of Kendrick Lamar’s go-to producers. Behind the curtains Terrace has assembled a soulful group known as The Pollyseeds, that blend hip-hop, R&B, and Jazz.

With a wide array of talent, the group consists of Terrace, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, Marlon Williams, Robert “Sput” Searlight, Craig Brockman, Chachi (AKA Problem), Rose Gold and Wyann Vaughn. The group has blessed the music world with their debut project, ‘Sounds of Crenshaw, Vol. 1’.

Running with a total of 13-tracks the project is led by the singles “Intentions” & “Funny How Times Flies.” The combination of the acts is a viable concoction of quality musicians, which serve something tremendously good, that you don’t hear every day.

Stream ‘Sounds of Crenshaw, Vol. 1’ below via Apple Music.

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Zoey Dollaz Shares ‘M’ap Boule’ Track List [PEEP]

Zoey Dollaz will be dropping his highly-anticipated ‘M’ap Boule’ EP this Friday, July 21st and today he paints fans a picture of what’s to come by sharing the official track list.

Loaded with 7-tracks, ‘M’ap Boule’ contains some star-studded features. On “Post & Delete” he collaborates with Chris Brown, while linking up with Future on “One of One” and the “RichMix” version of his celebrated single, “Bad Tings,” which also features Tory Lanez.

Other features include Casey Veggies on “Oh Yeah Yeah,” A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie on “It’s OK,” and Ricky Remedy on “Mula.”

It’s been a busy year for Zoey, who toured with Future on the “Nobody Safe Tour,” and the work load figures to get busier after this release. Be sure to grab it this Friday, July 21st and check out the full track list below.

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Hip-Hop / R&B Overthrow Rock As Most Popular Genre In America [PEEP]

For years Rock-N-Roll music has been the most dominant genre of music in the United States. With all the recent advancements, the combination of hip-hop and R&B have dethroned rock for the first time in history, as the most popular genre in the US.

In a semi-annual report published by Nielsen Music, which calculates consumer activity, hip-hop makes up for 25.1-percent of music consumption. Rock followed with a close 23-percent. This marks the first time hip-hop and R&B have exceeded rock’s numbers since Nielsen began keeping track of America’s music consumption.

Most of hip-hop and R&B’s revenue has come from streaming this year. The study shows that 29-percent of all “on-demand” streams come from hip-hop and R&B music, while rock dominates album sales in the country with 40-percent of revenue coming from album sales.

With Apple Music continuing to align themselves with notable hip-hop and R&B acts that have worldwide stardom and TIDAL being ran by hip-hop royalty, Jay-Z, the chances of this trend continuing are quite definitive. Album sales in this day and age continue to decline, as streaming is taking over and will only get bigger in the Internet era.

Kendrick Lamar already has the biggest album of the first half with ‘DAMN.’, which killed shit with record-breaking streaming numbers. Ed Sheeran’s ‘divide’, Drake’s ‘More Life’, Bruno Mars’ ’24k Magic’ and Migos’ ‘Culture’ follow the mega-album.

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New Video: DJ Holiday & 2 Chainz – “Wassup Wid It” [WATCH]

Back in March DJ Holiday dropped the 2 Chainz-assisted single “Wassup Wid It.” Holiday follows the single with the visuals shot in Atlanta, where he and Tity Boi stand by a fuming police car with smoke coming out. Chainz is also shown with fire coming from his head similar to Kendrick Lamar’s “DNA.” video.

Watch below.

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Meek Mill Shares Chapter 2 & 3 Of “Wins & Losses” Short Film [WATCH]

(UPDATE 7/19)

Meek has unleashed “Chapter 3: The Price” of his “Wins & Losses” movie.

Watch below.

Yesterday Meek Mill unveiled his “Wins & Losses” short film with chapter one of the series. The Spike Jordan-directed film moves on to chapter two today, which shows the life of young black men living in the inner city. Meek is shown on a corner reciting rhymes while his partners shoot dice before shooting it out with rivals.

‘Wins & Losses’ the album will be released this Friday, July 21st and include features from Chris Brown, Future, Rick Ross, Ty Dolla $ign, Young Thug, Quavo, The-Dream, and others.

Watch “Chapter Two: The Trap” below.

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New Video: OMB Peezy – “Try Sumthin” Feat. Yhung To (SOBxRBE) [WATCH]

Signed to E-40’s Sik Wid It Records, OMB Peezy has been making a lot of noise out the west. Originally from Mobile, Alabama, the rapper relocated to Sacramento and has been blazing every track he gets on since. Most recently Peezy clicked up with Yhung To of SOBxRBE for “Try Somethin.”

Along with the single OMB Peezy dropped the visuals directed by K. Welch, which you can watch below.

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New Video: Phora – “Numb” [WATCH]

A few weeks ago I checked out Phora’s SOLD OUT homecoming show at The Regent Theater in DownTown LA. I was fascinated seeing all his fans that knew all the words to his songs. With relatable messages and catchy lyrics in his music, it’s quite easy to see why his following is so concrete.

Next month Phora will be releasing his ‘Yours Truly Forever’ album, which will include recently-released single, “Numb.” On the profound single Phora battles his addiction and depression demons with tell-all lyrics that paint a picture of a person going through the struggle. The 22-year-old rapper goes into full detail of how he dealt with his issues, something many can relate to.

“In a time where a lot of music just sounds like blah, and everybody wants to pop Xanax, and be ‘turnt,’ I felt like speaking out and showing a different view and perspective,” detailed Phora about the single “Numb” in an Instagram post. “During the time of writing this song last year, I was going through an addiction that I felt like I couldn’t break, I didn’t know how to get away from this depression. I’m not scared to show my weaknesses, I’m not afraid of my past, I’m not afraid to show you my mistakes and who I am…. that’s everything that makes me who I am.”

Phora is in the midst of his headlining “Yours Truly Tour,” which began last month with eight consecutive SOLD OUT shows on the West Coast.

His forthcoming ‘Yours Truly Forever’ album will be released August 18th and include previously-released singles “To The Moon,” “Sinner Pt. 2,” and “Rider” The three aforementioned singles have all surpassed a million views on YouTube and “Numb” figures to do the same. Watch the video below.

PRE-ORDER ‘YOURS TRULY FOREVER’

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New Video: Vic Mensa – “Rage” [WATCH]

Vic Mensa has been warming up his debut album ‘The Autobiography’ with new music. Keeping the ball rolling, Vic released the second single, “Rage” off the forthcoming album.

“Rage” is a powerful single about Vic’s struggles with depression, addiction, and anger. To match the heartfelt single, the Chicago spitter accompanied the single with a video, where he is involved in a plane crash that nearly takes his life.

Earlier today Justin Bieber announced Vic Mensa would be joining him on all nine of his “Purpose” stadium tour stops.

Watch and listen to “Rage” below.

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Full Playlist From The Shade 45 #LEAKSHOW On 7/16 [PEEP]

If you tuned into the #LEAKSHOW on Shade 45 yesterday, you know we played some of the hottest music out from artists across the country. Justin and Milk also played their new Salva-produced single “$UCIO” featuring O.T. Genasis, Kap-G, and Trinidad James.

Check out the full playlist below with mixes from B-Eazy, Nitrane, and Gabe C.

DJ NITRANE

JAY-Z – Smile
Cyhi The Prince Feat. Schoolboy Q – Moving Around
Dom Kennedy – Word Around Town
JAY-Z – Caught Their Eyes
Calvin Harris Feat. Travis Scott – Prayers Up
The Dream Feat. Fabulous – Summer Body
Bryson Tiller – Run Me Dry
IAMSU Feat. 24 HRS – I Can’t Lose
Future Feat. YG – Extra Luv
JAY-Z – Bam
Travis Scott – Butterfly Effect
Ruffyiano – Plug

DJ GABE C

RJ – Is It Mine (Feat. Ty Dolla Sign)
Calvin Harris – Cash Out (Feat. SchoolBoy Q, PartyNextDoor and D.R.A.M)
LNDN DRGS – On Sight (Feat. Larry June)
Kamaiyah – One Love (Prod. PLO)
DJ Quik – Pitch in a party
Eric B. & Rakim – I ain’t no joke
Vince Staples – Big Fish
Kendrick Lamar – Element
Jay-Z – 4:44
Roy Woods – Instinct (Feat. MadeInTYO)
LA Leakers – $UCIO

B EAZY THE DJ

Belly x LA Lakers – #Freestyle004
Half-A-Mill – Green Light
DaBoyDame, Blac Youngsta & Mozzy – Double Up
RoccStar ft. Rob Stone – No Se
2 Chainz ft. Quavo & Gucci Mane – Good Drank
Nipsey Hussle – County Jail
2 Chainz ft. Travis Scott – 4AM
The Cool Kids – TV Dinner
DJ Quik & Problem – Chachi’s Ride
Snoop Dogg ft. Devin The Dude, Wiz Khalifa & DJ Battlecat – 420 Blaze
Mike Will Made It ft. Kendrick Lamar, Gucci Mane, Rae Sremmurd – Perfect Pint
Slim 400 ft W.C. – Klassik Blassik
2Pac – Troublesome
AD ft. John Hart – If You Want To
Kurupt – We Can Freak It
RJ – Brackin
G Perico – Bacc Forth
Dj Mustard & YG – Pop It, Shake It
RJ ft Blac Youngsta – Thank God
Dom Kennedy – Word Around Town
Jay 305 – 99
LA Leakers – $UCIO

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L.A. Leakers – SUCIO ft. O.T. Genasis, Trinidad Jame$ & Kap G [LISTEN]

Our newest single is finally here, we linked with O.T. Genasis, Kap G, Trinidad Jame$ and Salva for this one and it’s ready to be shared with the world! “SUCIO” is a spanish word meaning “dirty,” in slang terms it can also mean “scandalous.” I’m sure we ALL know someone that’s scandalous that you can dedicate this one to. A tagless version is available on iTunes, Spotify and all other digital platforms. Let us know what you think!!!!

Meek Mill Unveils Part 1 Of ‘Wins & Losses’ Movie [WATCH]

Meek Mill will be releasing his third studio album ‘Wins & Losses’ this week. In support of the upcoming album, the MMG spitter has released part 1 of his “Wins & Losses” movie, which correlates with the album and Meek’s experiences.

This past week Meek teased the movie on his Instagram and he has now unveiled part 1 of the short film, titled “The Rebirth.” Directed by Spike Jordan, the three-minute clip tells a real story of one of Meek’s past experiences. Other parts should be coming in the next few days as we get close to the album’s release.

‘Wins & Losses’ the album will be dropping this Friday, July 21st and include features from Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Future, The-Dream, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, and others.

Watch part 1 of the “Winz & Losses” movie below.

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New Music: Lil Wayne – “Dinnertime” [LISTEN]

A few weeks ago Lil Wayne dropped his surprise ‘In Tune We Trust’ 4-track EP to keep fans entertained while he works on freeing ‘Tha Carter 5’. Fans are now being fed Weezy’s unreleased “Dinnertime” single, where Weezy rips a couple different instrumentals.

“Dinnertime” was originally supposed to be on ‘Tha Carter III’, but was left off and has now surfaced online for your listening pleasure. On it Weezy raps about his status in the industry and eating rappers at “Dinnertime.”

“Rappers call on me ’cause I’m the best rapper rappin’ / Rappers, you can call me the best rapper rappin’ / I’ma dog, I’ma beast / I’ma feast,” he raps.

Listen to “Dinnertime” below.

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Jay-Z Makes History By Topping Billboard 200 With ‘4:44’ Album [PEEP]

In just two weeks of its release, Jay-Z’s 13th studio album, ‘4:44’ earned RIAA platinum certification. Since then it has received a double platinum certification and Jay-Z has made history by topping the Billboard 200 chart and in-turn becoming the artist with the most No. 1 albums among solo artists of all-time. Hov has the second-most chart-topping albums of all-time behind only The Beatles, who have a total of 19, respectively.

Hov did numbers the first week of eligibility selling 262,000 equivalent album units (174,000 traditional sales). Those numbers also became the fourth biggest week for any 2017 album release. Even though

It’s quite an extraordinary feat considering ‘4:44’ was only available on TIDAL exclusively for the first week, which took away from sales. In addition TIDAL didn’t turn-in first week numbers to Nielson Music, making it ineligible for the chart that week. Since then the album has been made available on all formats and physical copies are now available and include three additional bonus tracks.

Beginning in 1998 with Hov’s ‘Vol.2… Hard Knock Life’, all his solo albums have reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. His collaborative albums with Kanye West (‘Watch the Throne’), R. Kelly (‘Unfinished Business’), and Linkin Park (‘Collision Course’) have also all reached the top spot.

‘4:44’ – @S_C_’s 14th #1 debut on @Billboard 200 Chart. He continues to have the most #1 albums of all solo artists. https://t.co/zrWz0UN8tF pic.twitter.com/3RRXdaJmwJ

— Roc Nation (@RocNation) July 16, 2017

CONGRATS, HOV!

Check out the Billboard 200 Top 10 below.

BILLBOARD 200 TOP 10

1. JAY-Z – 4:44 – 262,000
2. 21 Savage – Issa Album – 77,000
3. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. – 54,000
4. DJ Khaled – Grateful – 50,000
5. Ed Sheeran – ÷ – 36,000
6. Imagine Dragons – Evolve – 35,000
7. Him – Something to Tell You – 32,000
8. Calvin Harris – Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 – 30,000
9. Various – Moana Soundtrack – 29,000
10. Drake – More Life – 29,000

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