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New Video: WizKid – “Come Closer” Feat. Drake [WATCH]

A week after the official release of “Come Closer,” formerly known as “Hush Up the Silence,” WizKid drops the visuals for the Drake-assisted single. The DAPS-directed video is shown dancing while also paying tribute to his home country of Africa.

The models in the video are shown wearing traditional African outfits consisting of headdresses, dashiki-inspired dresses, and also get their beautiful faces painted. Although Drake does not appear in the video he did bless the track with the verse. This single follows Drake and WizKid’s successful “One Dance” collaboration, that also features Kyla.

“Come Closer” is the first single off Wiz’s RCA debut album, ‘Sounds From the Other Side’. Watch the video below via YouTube.

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New Music: Dave East – “Free Smoke (EASTMIX)” [LISTEN]

Dave East covers Drake’s “Free Smoke” off the critically-acclaimed ‘More Life’ album. With his freestyle, East gives his take on baby mama rumors, “Love & Hip-Hop”, LeBron James’ “ugly” face, Donald Trump, Ricky Rozay’s beef with Bidrman, and declares Ross has the “hardest album out.”

The East Harlem rapper also says who’s music he prefers to play during his sexual encounters and plugs his endorsers, Ethika by rapping, “Never claimed to be a legend in this rap game / I just let the people say it / I fuck your bitch with Tory Lanez on / Only Ethika, no Hanes on.”

This EASTMIX follows The Weeknd’s “Party Monster” cover. East is currently working on his next project ‘Paranoia’. In the meantime listen to “Free Smoke (EASTMIX)” below via SoundCloud.

https://soundcloud.com/whoisdaveeast/dave-east-free-smoke-eastmix

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New Music: WizKid – “Come Closer” Feat. Drake [LISTEN]

As promised WizKid delivers his new single “Come Close” featuring Drake, which is guaranteed to make you do yu ting and get your dutty wine on. The combination’s last single “One Dance” was a massive success and soared to the top of the charts.

If you recall the Afrobeat-produced track was leaked in January and played on OVOSOUNDRADIO as “Hush Up the Silence”. “Come Closer” is the final version of the song and is the first single off Wiz’s forthcoming, debut album ‘Sounds From the Other Side’.

A video for the single has been shot and is expected to be released next week. In the meantime you can listen to “Come Closer” below while you wait.

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Sampha Covers Drake’s “Controlla” [WATCH]

During an appearance on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge, OVO affiliate, Sampha covered Drake’s “Controlla” with killer vocals while simultaneously playing the piano. Sampha collaborated with Drizzy on “The Motion” off 2013’s ‘Nothing Was the Same’ and appeared on ‘4422’ off The 6 God’s ‘More Life.’

Watch Sampha’s “Controlla” cover below via YouTube.

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Drake Scores Seventh Consecutive No. 1 Album & Breaks Record For Most Hot 100 Hits For Solo Artists [PEEP]

UPDATE: Drizzy continues to break records with his ‘More Life’ album. Every song on the album is currently charting on the Billboard Hot 100 and he has now broken the Billboard record for most Hot 100 hits among solo artists with 154.

With the new record he passes his YMCMB boss, Lil’ Wayne, who has 135. Many people have criticized Drake for having over 20-songs on the album, but the move has proved to be a smart one with all 22-songs charting. In doing so he’s beat his own record for ‘Views’ and The Weeknd’s ‘Starboy’ with the most simultaneously charted Hot 100 songs from one single project.

With “Passionfruit” at No. 8 and “Portland” at No. 9, Drizzy follows Ed Sheeran to simultaneously have two songs on the Top 10.

Below is a list of artists with the most Hot 100 singles.

207, Glee Cast
154, Drake
135, Lil Wayne
108, Elvis Presley
91, James Brown
87, Jay Z
82, Chris Brown
81, Kanye West
77, Nicki Minaj
75, Ray Charles

When Drake said “More Life, more everything,” he really meant it. More success, “more chune for your headtop,” and of course more No. 1s.

With the early projections it should come as no surprise that Drizzy has earned his seventh consecutive No. 1 album with ‘More Life’ topping the Billboard 200 chart. In doing so he tied with Eminem and Kanye West for second most No. 1s amongst hip-hop artists. Jay-Z still maintains the throne with 13, so Drake still has work to do, if he ever wants to dethrone his counterpart.

‘More Life’ scored dominating numbers of over 500,000 equivalent album units, making it the biggest opening and dethroning his ‘Views’ album. Competing against himself, Drake broke records for streaming equivalent units with 257,000 through 384.8 million streams of individual tracks. The “playlist” broke Ed Sheeran’s traditional album sales units with over 200,000 broke both Spotify and Apple Music streaming records.

Through all the success physical copies of more life haven’t even been released yet. They will hit store shelfs on March 31st.

Check out the Billboard 200 Top 10 albums below.

BILLBOARD 200 TOP 10

1. Drake – ‘More Life’ – 505,000
2. Ed Sheeran – ‘÷’ – 119,000
3. Rick Ross – ‘Rather You Than Me’ – 106,000
4. Various – ‘Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack’ – 99,000
5. Depeche Mode – ‘Spirit’ – 64,000
6. Bruno Mars – ‘24K Magic’ — 51,000
7. Various – ‘Moana Soundtrack’ – 50,000
8. Future – ‘Future’ – 40,000
9. The Weeknd – ‘Starboy’ – 39,000
10. Migos – ‘Culture’ – 37,000

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Justin Credible’s “Leaks of the Week” W/ ‘More Life’ Playlist Review [WATCH]

Justin Credible gets to it every week. With new music coming, Creddy always tells you what’s atop his list and what you should be listening to. This week with ‘More Life’ out, J reviewed Drizzy’s project and shared his favorite tracks off the “playlist,” project, album, or whatever you wanna call it. Watch below and look out for a new “Leaks of the Week” every week! Also catch Creddy and Milk on the Power 106 #LIFTOFF show from 7 p.m. to midnight every night!

Watch below.

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SXSW Link Up: Nef The Pharaoh Talks About Performing On The “Formation Tour”, His Relationship With Drake & More [PEEP]

I pulled up to an IHOP parking lot on a humid day in Austin and linked up with “Big Tymin”, Nef The Pharaoh. We sat in his Sprinter van and talked about all kinds of stuff. He told me about his whole experience of performing at Beyonce’s “Formation Tour” and being brought out by DJ Khaled. We also discussed his relationship with Drake and how Drizzy supports him, his upcoming ‘The Chang Project’, he told me his all-time favorite E-40 song, and more.

Listen to the full interview below via SoundCloud.

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New Music: Drake – ‘More Life’ [STREAM]

On the 39th episode of his “OVOSOUNDRADIO” show on Beats1, Drake gives fans his highly-anticipated ‘More Life’ “playlist,” as promised.

To ring in the 22-track “playlist,” Drizzy dropped “Free Smoke,” which he has teased along his “Boy Meets World Tour” in Europe. On “Free Smoke” the 6 God confesses to “almost giving up on the music thing,” drunk texting J. Lo, who he samples on the album, and more.

‘More Life’ was first announced in October and was delayed several times as a result of the “BMW Tour” in Europe. It includes contributions from Kanye West, 2 Chainz, Travis Scott, Quavo, Giggs, Young Thug, PARTYNEXTDOOR, and more.

The project follows the ‘Views’ album, although it is considered as the “evolution of a mixtape.”

“It was getting tough to be like, ‘I’m dropping a mixtape but it’s for sale on iTunes.’ It was like, ‘Oh, that’s your album.’ I didn’t want people to say this is my next album,” he said in an interview on a previous OVOSOUNDRADIO episode. “Views was my album. This is something that, after Views, I was just inspired. I wanted to keep the music flowing.”

Stream ‘More Life’ in its entirety below via TIDAL.

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From House Parties To Main Stage: The Story Of Justin Credible [WATCH]

Get to know Justin Credible and his journey from djing house parties to being on the radio everynight and playing the hottest clubs, with Power 106’s latest episode of “Where Power 106 Lives featuring Justin Credible.”

Jus tells his story from where it all started by revisiting his old block in the San Fernando Valley, his middle school, and high school where he met J. Cruz. Through the journey Creddy talks about his passion for music, the influences in his life, how the L.A. Leakers got started, and his original dream.

The docu-series takes you inside parties with Drake to working alongside Dr. Dre on Beats1’s “The Pharmacy.” Press play below to watch via YouTube.

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Drake Announces Release Date For ‘More Life’ [PEEP]

More Chune for your head top!

Drake has been busy on the road with his “Boy Meets World” European tour. The tour has undoubtedly caused more delay of his forthcoming project, ‘More Life’. After announcing it in October of last year, the so-called “playlist” has experienced several delays.

It was originally supposed to drop December of last year, then pushed back to January, and then rumors surfaced, that it would be dropping during March 4th’s episode of OVOSOUNDRADIO, which was eventually scraped all together.

The 6 God seems poised to drop it and yesterday during a stop in Germany, Drizzy announced he would be going to the hotel following the show to put the finishing touches on the project.

On an Instagram video posted by Drizzy, the project was given an official release date of March 18th. Watch the ‘More Life’ promotional video below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRgjAbujvJJ/

I’ve speculated it’s taken this long, because the “playlist” will include over 25 songs.

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New Music: Nicki Minaj – “No Frauds” Feat. Drake & Lil Wayne [LISTEN]

Young Money’s “Big 3” reunite for the first time since “Truffle Butter” on Nicki Minaj’s “No Frauds” from her “3 Pack From Paris” releases.

Nicki, Drizzy, and Weezy all unite to call out frauds, phonies, and name-sayers over the Murda Beatz-production. Nicki, kicks off the track by delivering the response many had been waiting for, with gut-wrenching bars aimed at her nemesis, Remy Ma.

“You can’t be Pablo if your work ain’t sellin’ / What the fuck is this bitch inhalin’?” raps Barbz. “Tried to drop “Another One,” you was itchin’ to scrap / You exposed your ghostwriter / Now you wish it was scrapped / Heard your pussy on yuck / I guess you needed a Pap.”

Nicki goes on to speak on Remy’s credibility, while calling her out for plastic surgery rapping, “Sheneneh, you a fraud committin’ perjury / I got before and after pictures of your surgery / Ra took you to her doc, but you don’t look like Ra / Left the operating table, still look like ‘nah.'”

Along with “No Frauds,” Nicki dropped “Changed It” featuring Lil Wayne and “Regret In Your Tears.” However, “No Frauds” holds the most value of the releases, because it includes features from her labelmates, and she delivers a vicious response to Remy, on a track with the right bounce that should garner plenty of radio spins.

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New Music: DJ Khaled – “Shining” Feat. Beyoncé & Jay-Z [LISTEN]

In the midst of all the GRAMMY commotion last night, DJ Khaled surprised everyone by dropping a new single [*ANOTHER ONE*] titled “Shining” featuring power couple, Beyoncé and Jay-Z. [*ICON ALERT*]

The lively, inspirational single, co-written by PARTYNEXTDOOR, has Bey singing about her blessings and winning streaks from music to her pregnancy. Jay follows Yonceé by spitting gasoline and emptying his subliminal clip, which many thought were shots at Drake.

“I’ve been winnin’ so long it’s like alchemy / I’ve been playin’ cards with the house money / 21 Grammys, I’m a savage n***a / 21 Grammys, I’m a savage n***a / I shouldn’t even worry, backward n***s
12 solo albums, all Platinum, n***a,” raps Hov and goes on with, “I know you ain’t out here talkin’ numbers, right / I know you ain’t out here talkin’ summers, right / I know you ain’t walkin’ ’round talkin’ down / Sayin’ boss shit when you a runner, right?.”

The bars in my opinion were a direct response to both Drake’s singles “Summer Sixteen” and “Sneakin” featuring 21 Savage. Let me know what you took from it in the comments below. Many fans are questioning PARTNEXTDOOR’s loyalty with the writing credit, but he worked only on Beyoncé’s part and not Jay’s.

“Shining” is the first single off Khaled’s 10th album ‘Grateful’, which shows his son Ashad on the cover. Khaled announced Ashad will executive produce the upcoming album.

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59th Annual Grammy Awards R&B & Hip-Hop Winners [PEEP]

The 59th Annual Grammy Awards show was live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles last night and it turned out to be an EPIC night for the Urban music community.

Chance The Rapper made history by taking home his first GRAMMY for “Best Rap Album” and becoming the first artist ever win the award with a stream-only album. In addition to “Best Rap Album,” Chance also won “Best New Artist” and “Best Rap Performance” for his ‘Coloring Book’ single “No Problem” featuring 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne.

Chance shared a text from Drake, who’s on tour in Manchester, congratulating him on the wins and Lil Wayne sent out a tweet thanking Chance, Chainz, and the fans for his 5th Grammy award.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQbmqqghP7u/

5th Grammy!!!!!!! Thk God! My fam my Squad & my bros 2Chainz & Chance!! & every single fan!

— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) February 13, 2017

As for Drake, he nabbed his second and third GRAMMYs for “Best Rap Song” and “Best Rap/Sung Performance” trophies for his highly-praised single “Hotline Bling.” Drizzy followed his wins with a petty Instagram post that read, “Me and my chain are just here to collect the trophies for Work and Anti…howbowdah.” Many thought it was a shot at Rihanna, who didn’t win any awards.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQcNy2-DbbV/

Lalah Hathaway’s won Best R&B Album for ‘Lalah Hathaway Live’, while her song “Angel” notched the victory for “Best Traditional R&B Performance.” Other winners included Maxwell, who won “Best R&B song” for “Lake By the Ocean” and Beyoncé’s little sister, Solange won “Best R&B Performance for “Cranes in the Sky.”

Beyoncé took home two GRAMMYs, one for “Best Music Video” and “Best Urban Contemporary Album.” For Beyoncé, it wasn’t about the two awards she won and more about the big one she didn’t win being, “Album of the Year.”

Adele, who won the award made a graceful speech about Beyoncé and her work on “Lemonade,” saying she thinks it should’ve won the award over ’25’.

See the full list of R&B and Hip-Hop winners below.

RECORD OF THE YEAR
“HELLO” – ADELE
“Formation” – Beyoncé
“7 Years” – Lukas Graham
“Work” – Rihanna Featuring Drake
“Stressed Out” – Twenty One Pilots

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
25 – ADELE
Lemonade – Beyoncé
Purpose – Justin Bieber
Views – Drake
A Sailor’s Guide To Earth – Sturgill Simpson

SONG OF THE YEAR
“Formation” – Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“HELLO” – ADELE ADKINS & GREG KURSTIN, SONGWRITERS (ADELE)
“I Took A Pill In Ibiza” – Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
“Love Yourself” – Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
“7 Years” – Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

BEST NEW ARTIST
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
CHANCE THE RAPPER
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
“HELLO” – ADELE
“Hold Up” – Beyoncé
“Love Yourself” – Justin Bieber
“Piece by Piece (Idol Version)” – Kelly Clarkson
“Dangerous Woman” – Ariana Grande

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
“Turnin’ Me Up” – BJ The Chicago Kid
“Permission” – Ro James
“I Do” – Musiq Soulchild
“Needed Me” – Rihanna
“CRANES IN THE SKY” – SOLANGE

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
“The Three Of Me” – William Bell
“Woman’s World” – BJ The Chicago Kid
“Sleeping With The One I Love” – Fantasia
“ANGEL” – LALAH HATHAWAY
“Can’t Wait” – Jill Scott

BEST R&B SONG
“Come See Me” – PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake
“Exchange” – Bryson Tiller
“Kiss It Better” – Rihanna
“LAKE BY THE OCEAN” – MAXWELL
“Luv” – Tory Lanez

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
LEMONADE – BEYONCÉ
Ology – Gallant
We Are King – KING
Malibu – Anderson .Paak
Anti – Rihanna

BEST R&B ALBUM
In My Mind – BJ The Chicago Kid
LALAH HATHAWAY LIVE – LALAH HATHAWAY
Velvet Portraits – Terrace Martin
Healing Season – Mint Condition
Smoove Jones – Mya

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
“NO PROBLEM” – CHANCE THE RAPPER FEATURING LIL WAYNE & 2 CHAINZ
“Panda” -Desiigner
“Pop Style” – Drake Featuring The Throne
“All The Way Up” – Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
“That Part” – ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
“Freedom” – Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar
“HOTLINE BLING” – DRAKE
“Broccoli” – D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty
“Ultralight Beam” – Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
“Famous” – Kanye West Featuring Rihanna

BEST RAP SONG
“All The Way Up” – Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
“Famous” – Kanye West Featuring Rihanna
“HOTLINE BLING” – DRAKE
“No Problem” – Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
“Ultralight Beam” – Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream

BEST RAP ALBUM
COLORING BOOK – CHANCE THE RAPPER
And The Anonymous Nobody – De La Soul
Major Key – DJ Khaled
Views – Drake
Blank Face LP – ScHoolboy Q
The Life Of Pablo – Kanye West

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
“FORMATION” – BEYONCÉ
“River” – Leon Bridges
“Up & Up” – Coldplay
“Gosh” – Jamie XX
“Upside Down & Inside Out” – OK Go

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