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Jay Rock Announces New Album ‘Redemption’ + Release Date [PEEP]

Even on TDE’s “The Championship Tour,” Jay Rock is in album mode and has announced his first major label album ‘Redemption’. The long-awaited LP will be his third overall and follow 2015’s ‘90059’. It is slated to be released on June 15th.

Along with the announcement, Jay Rock unveiled  the dark album artwork, which shows him on a street at dawn, looking up at the sky. The photo was shot by TDE president Dave Free, who handles a lot of the label’s art direction.

Recently the Watts rapper released the first single off the album titled “Win.” He has been spotted working in the studio with ScHoolboy Q, Tee Grizzley, and YG recently. It is expected that the TDE roster will be featured on the album.

Rock will continue on “The Championship Tour” along with Kendrick Lamar, SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and other TDE members. The tour runs through June 16th, a day after his album drops.

Stay tuned for more info.

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New Music: Jay Rock – “Win” [LISTEN]

It appears that Jay Rock is beginning the rollout for his forthcoming third album as he drops his new “Championship” single “Win,” which is co-produced by Boi-1da, Vinylz and CT.

While Rock has teased music in the past couple months, TDE CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith revealed that the Watts rapper’s next album will be called ‘Redemption’ and is lined up to be released on Interscope Records. His past albums have all been released independently through TDE.

Listen below.

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New Video: SZA – “Doves In The Wind” Feat. Kendrick Lamar [WATCH]

SZA and Kendrick Lamar channel their inner Bruce Lee in the martial arts-inspired video for “Doves in the Wind” off Solana’s ‘Ctrl’ album.

TDE collaborator, Nabil directs the video, which is shot in the desert. TDE’s first lady plays the role of a karate kid, while Kung-Fu Kenny takes the role of Mr. Miyagi. On her way to get to K. Dot, SZA goes thru obstacles before sitting for some tea time and then fights some warriors.

Watch below.

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New Video: SZA – “Broken Clocks” [WATCH]

SZA brings together her Top Dawg Entertainment family in the fun video for “Broken Clocks” that includes cameos from ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and his model boo, Yaris Sanchez.

Dave Free co-directed this video along with SZA, who flashes back to her younger days in the video and attends Camp Ctrl and Camp Vanderwoffenberg. The younger day SZA partakes in summer camp activities like roasting marshmallows while reminiscing on her early days, before the modern day SZA finds herself on the floor at a strip club.

Watch below.

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SZA To Release Deluxe Version Of ‘Ctrl’ With Six Bonus Songs [PEEP]

Last month SZA’s GRAMMY-nominated debut album ‘Ctrl’ earned a RIAA platinum certification. Apparently TDE’s first lady isn’t done with the album and has plans to release a deluxe version that will include six bonus songs.

On Twitter SZA recently teased the bonus release when a fan asked if she “could drop this as a bonus track to ctrl,” referring to an alternate version of “Love Galore.” Solana responded to the fan saying, “Yah got about 6 bonus tracks so far 🤔 we got room ta add.”

This isn’t the first time she’s hinted at a deluxe version of her debut album. If you recall she dropped an unreleased track back in August of last year and mentioned the video for it was already shot and edited. She went on to say there was “regret not putting it on the album Dat wat da delux is foe.”

There is reportedly portions of the album of sessions with Mark Ronson and Tame Impala.

In other news SZA will be hitting the road with her TDE labelmates for :The Championship Tour,” which will begin May 4th and end on June 16th.

 

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Kendrick Lamar Gets Candid In Interview With BBC Radio 1 [PEEP]

Getting candid with BBC 1 Radio’s Clara Amfo, Kendrick Lamar went in-depth about a variety of topics like his GRAMMY’s performance, the music he’s been inspired by, going undercover when in the U.K., and his desire to make a cameo in the “Black Panther” sequel.

The most interesting topic of the interview was definitely Kung-Fu Kenny sharing his desire to star in the “Black Panther” sequel as a villain and showing love for he Michael B. Jordan’s Killmonger character saying, “He was a villain but he was loved and misunderstood…so if I could I’d play a Killmonger for sure.”

In the interview Kendrick also reminisced on getting booed early in his career when he was a hypeman and opener for TDE labelmate, Jay Rock.

“I’ve been booed before, you know,” said Lamar. “It happened. It happened. When I first started for sure. It’s one of them things. I hear these stories all the time when they feel like the person onstage wasn’t doing good. I knew I was doing good right, but for new artists, it’s a place where people don’t necessarily know what they like. You know? And sometimes to respect a certain artist you have to be in the cool factor. You know? I wasn’t in the cool factor yet, so they don’t know what to think.”

Listen to the full 90-minute interview by clicking the link below.

LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE

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New Music: Mozzy – “Nobody Knows” Feat. Jay Rock & DCMBR [LISTEN]

Mozzy has been on an absolute wave to start the year and all signs are pointing to him having a massive year. After receiving a shout out at the GRAMMYs from Kendrick Lamar, Mozzy appeared on TDE’s ‘Black Panther: The Album’. With a project on the way the Sacramento rapper unveils his new single “Nobody Knows” featuring Jay Rock and DCMBR.

“Nobody Knows” is the first single off Mozzy’s forthcoming ‘Spiritual Conversations’ EP expected to be released March 2nd. He is also working on his next album ‘Gangland Landlord’, which remains without a due date, but might be coming out later this year.

Listen below.

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Kendrick Lamar Performs At 2018 Brit Awards [WATCH]

Adding intensity to the 2018 Brit Awards, Kendrick Lamar delivered an electrifying performance of “FEEL.” and Rich The Kid’s “New Freezer” in front of thousands inside London’s 02 Arena.

Turning the “0-2 into the 0-3” Dot began the performance on the ground, where he laid on top of a clear rectangular stage prop. He kicked things off with a performance of his ‘DAMN.’ single “FEEL.” Soon after Rich The Kid emerged inside the rectangular box, bashing the window of an orange Lambo as the two performed “New Freezer.”

During the performance Kung-Fu Kenny announced the release date for Rich’s forthcoming album rapping, “Rich the Kid’s album on the way / 3/30, save the date.”

At the award show Kompton Kenny won the award for Best International Male Solo Artist. See it below.

Watch the performance below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzDSlcnN1Jw

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TDE Unleashes Star-Studded ‘Black Panther: The Album’ [STREAM]

With Marvel’s highly-anticipated “Black Panther” movie hitting the big screen nationwide next week, Top Dawg Entertainment releases the star-studded ‘Black Panther: The Album’, which draws inspiration from the movie and was curated by the label.

Aligning all the all-stars, the 14-track soundtrack includes some of hip-hop and R&B’s biggest acts like Kendrick Lamar on five tracks, TDE’s first lady SZA, TDE members ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, and Ab-Soul. Other artists that make appearances are The Weeknd, Future, Travis Scott, 2 Chainz, Swae Lee, Khalid, Vince Staples, Anderson .Paak, Mozzy, Jorja Smith, Zacari, amongst others.

The film’s director Ryan Coogler praised Kendrick and his music saying he had been trying to track him down for years and “Eventually I caught up with him a couple years ago,” and from there they brought the Compton rapper in to watch part of the film. After soaking in some of the movie Kung-Fu Kenny got right to work.

According to K. Dot’s top producer, Sounwave, the soundtrack was put together during most of “The DAMN. Tour.”

Much of the soundtrack came together during “The DAMN. Tour,” according to Kung Fu Kenny’s trusted producer Sounwave. “[During] ‘The DAMN. Tour,’ we probably came up with 50 percent of it—the production, the hooks and ideas,” he said. “When we got back from the tour in September, that’s when we were able to execute our ideas and reach out to people we respect and whatnot … kind of just put the stamp on it. So, I want to say those two months was the most vital on that tour, in terms of creative process.”

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Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, 2 Chainz, SZA & More Tapped For “Black Panther” MST [PEEP]

These days everything Top Dawg Ent. touches turns into gold, they have turned into the Oprah of this music stuff. With the task of crafting the soundtrack for the upcoming “Black Panther” film, TDE and CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith put together a masterpiece.

The upcoming is set to include recent singles like Jay Rock’s “King’s Dead,” which features Kendrick Lamar, Future, and James Blake, as well as K. Dot and SZA’s “All the Stars.”

Aside from those two big records and artists, the soundtrack will also include new music from The Weeknd, 2 Chainz, Travis Scott, Swae Lee, ScHoolboy Q, Mozzy, Jorja Smith, Ab-Soul, Anderson .Paak, and more.

‘Black Panther: The Soundtrack’ will hit all digital platforms on February 9th, with physical copies set to be released February 16th.

Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film which stars Michael B. Jordan, Chadwick Boseman, and Lupita Nyong’o will hit the big screens on February 16th.

Check out the full track list below.

black-panther-tracklisting

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SZA Performs “Broken Clocks” At The GRAMMYs [WATCH]

TDE was well represented at last night’s GRAMMYs with Kendrick Lamar sweeping his nominations and delivering a killer performance. SZA may not have picked up any GRAMMY awards, but she did make noise with a performance of “Broken Clocks” off her GRAMMY-nominated ‘Ctrl’ album.

Watch below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=86&v=LyIAxXOex7g

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Kendrick Lamar Opens The GRAMMYs With ‘DAMN.’ Medley [WATCH]

Going into the night, Kendrick Lamar was poised to pick up a few GRAMMYs for his critically-acclaimed ‘DAMN.’ album. To open the show, he gave the audience an amazing performance of songs off his recent album.

Joined by U2, K. Dot began with the American flag flying on the monitors behind him as he performed a verse from “XXX,” which features the Rock group. He continued by doing the last verse on “DNA.” before Dave Chapelle momentarily took over. Dot then proceeded to freestyle, rapped some words from “New Freezer,” and closed it out with his “King’s Dead” verse.

On the night, Kung-Fu Kenny swept the awards by picking up all five GRAMMYs he was nominated for. Congrats to the Compton GOAT and the entire TDE team.

Watch his performance below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdyegeGkdL4

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TDE Announces Full Label “The Championship Tour” [PEEP]

One of the hottest rosters in the game has to be Top Dawg Entertainment’s. For some time fans of the label have been tweeting the big Dawgs and demanding a complete joint tour with every artist on the label. It appears the message has gone through, as TDE announced its first-ever full label tour.

“The Championship Tour” will boasts every artist on the label like Kendrick Lamar, SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SiR, and Lance Skiiiwalker. The only artist that doesn’t appear is Isaiah Rashad, who appears to be sitting it out to work on his album.

Over a three-month period the TDE roster will cover most of North America with production handled by Live Nation. It is set to kick off on May 4th in Vancouver, British Columbia and hit major markets like Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Florida, Dallas, and many more.

Tickets will go on-sale to the general public this Friday at noon local time on Ticketmaster.com. American Express members will be able to purchase tickets before the general public in select cities, starting tomorrow at 10 am local time.

See the full itinerary below.

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