Tag: Roc Nation

Jay Park Blazes A$AP Rocky’s “Praise The Lord” On #Freestyle049 [WATCH]

Jay Park was the first-ever Korean-American signed to Roc Nation and he came through the #LIFTOFF to show why. On #Freestyle049 Jay pulverized A$AP Rocky’s “Praise the Lord” with crazy, gut-wrenching bars.

Watch below.

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New Music: Gashi – “Blame It On The Bag” [LISTEN]

Brooklyn rapper GASHI has shown time-and-time again that he has big boy bars capable of being in the same ranks as your favorite rapper. The combination of singing and rapping is also a skill that many have in this game and he’s back at it with his new single “Blame It On The Bag.”

Look out for his ‘Stairs 2: Honesty Saves Time’ coming soon.

Listen to the single, which is accompanied with the video below.

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New Music: Justine Skye – “Fun” Feat. Wale [LISTEN]

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After announcing her new project ‘8 Ounces’ yesterday, Justine Skye returns today with the first single off the EP.

“Fun” which features Wale, showcases the songstress’ vocal capabilities, while Wale blesses the track with a pretty cool verse.

Justine, who is signed to Roc Nation, kept the writing and production of ‘8 Ounces’ in the family, by having The Dream write all 9 songs and his partner Tricky Stewart to handle all the production on the EP.

‘8 Ounces’ is available in many international markets now and can be streamed on Apple Music. Preview “Fun” featuring Wale by pressing the play button below. Enjoy.

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New Music: Yo Gotti – “Castro” Feat. Kanye West, Big Sean, Quavo & 2 Chainz [LISTEN]

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The “Champions” crew minus Gucci Mane reunites on Yo Gotti’s new banger “Castro.”

Kanye West, Big Sean, Quavo, and 2 Chainz all contribute to Gotti’s second single off his forthcoming album ‘White Friday’. The squad gets off over the bouncy instrumental with mentions of the late Fidel Castro, Pablo Escobar, Jennifer Lopez, John Travolta, and more.

Along with “Castro,” Gotti’s ‘White Friday’ will include the single “Weatherman” featuring Kodak Black and “I Remember” featuring DJ Khaled. It is slated for release Friday, December 23rd. In the meantime preview the track below via Apple Music.

In addition to his album drop in the coming weeks, Gotti announced he has signed a partnership with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. The Southern rapper will unite with the Roc, while still maintaining his CMG label. Congratulations, Gotti!

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Lil Wayne Reps Roc-A-Fella At Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival [WATCH]

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On various songs in Lil Wayne’s catalog, he has let it be known he is a “Muthafuckin’ Cash Money Millionaire.”

Saturday night the crowd at the “Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival” were caught off guard when Weezy altered the chorus of “I’m Me” with “I know that ain’t fair / but I don’t care, I’m a muthafuckin’ Cash Money R-O-C millionaire.”

It is a mystery whether Wayne is in discussions to join Roc Nation or if he was just looking to irk Birdman (who he’s suing for $51-million) by showing his allegiance to Jay-Z.

What is known is that Weezy partnered with Jay-Z as a co-owner of TIDAL a year ago. Could the Louisiana rapper be working on a new deal with Jay?

#FreeC5

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Pusha T – “Drug Dealers Anonymous” feat. Jay-Z [AUDIO]

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Pusha T and Jay-Z have teamed up to drop thrilling bars about their past lives as street corner pharmacists on “Drug Dealers Anonymous.” This is the pairs first collaboration since 2010’s “So Appalled,” off of Kanye West’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.’

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Fat Joe & Remy Ma – “All The Way Up” (Remix) feat. Jay-Z (Audio)

There’s been a lot of chatter around the industry of Jay-Z releasing some new music. Yesterday, a remix of Fat Joe and Remy Ma’s “All The Way Up” was released and featured a vicious verse from Hov. The Roc Nation head honcho makes various references from his D’usse cognac to bragging about all his GRAMMYs, but none was bigger than the “Lemonade” reference on the track.

“You know you made it when the fact/ Your marriage made it is worth millions/ Lemonade is a popular drink and it still is/ Survival of the littest,” he spits at the beginning of the verse. Can’t wait to see what else is to come from Hovito. There’s been rumors about a track with Future and DJ Khaled, along with others. He should make a big splash this summer.

Shoutout to Pecas for making this happen and listen to the confidence in Fat Joe and Remy Ma’s verses. You can hear they’re all the way back! Good to see!

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Beyonce Releases “Lemonade”

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Beyonce released her newest album, “Lemonade,” in a very personal, deep and unprecedented way.

Her HBO special Saturday night also turned out to be a visual album for “Lemonade,” where she shared intimate details about her life and every woman’s journey of self-healing. The message of the conceptual project was clear, she is not the one to be trifled with.

The series of formalized videos displayed what she does best: spread woman self-empowerment, shed light on civil issues and slay of course.

Yonce set a new precedent with the visual album being released in a way the music industry had never seen. It shows the innovative thinking by the people at Roc Nation.

It’s really refreshing just like a cold glass of “Lemonade” on a warm summer day.

Listen to the full 12-track “Lemonade” album available on TIDAL now.

She couldn’t have planned the release any better with her Formation world tour kicking off on April 27th.

WRTTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @IamBNyce

L.A. Leakers Rewind: Feb 28th – Mar 5th

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This week has been major for fans of the hip hop culture with the releases of some highly anticipated projects we have been anxiously waiting for. Let’s get it started.

KENDRICK DROPS UNTITLED UNMASTERED

There’s been a lot of pressure on TDE CEO Top Dawg the past several weeks, over releasing Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Untitled Unmastered’ project. LeBron James was one of the many to put the pressure on.

The few days Top needed for a decision paid off for all K. Dot fans, with the project officially dropping at midnight. The ambiguous project contains eight tracks of recordings originally made in 2013 and 2014, which may be the demos that were left off his last album, To Pimp A Butterfly.

Listen to it here:

On the project Kendrick delivers his usual jazzy, melodious sound that vibrates the speakers with the bass lingering over his explosive lyrics.

Apparently LeBron likes what he hears.

These surprise projects really add excitement to the music. The project is available on iTunes, Spotify and TIDAL.

GKMC SHORT FILM RELEASED

In addition to the Untitled Unmastered project, Kendrick released the ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ short film that has been surfacing as well.

The short film shows the inspirations behind Kendrick’s freshman album, ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city,’ with actual footage and audio from his experiences.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG6HYwYDloI

THE UNRULY MESS HAS BEEN MADE

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis released their sophomore album, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made more than three years after their first album.

Their first album scored them a few GRAMMY awards and went platinum so you can see why this project has been anticipated for years.

The duo released the first single off the album last year. The single, “Downtown,” features old school cats, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz in a boisterous song that stimulates any old school hip-hop head.

This Unruly Mess I’ve Made has a nice, wide blend of features that you don’t usually see. From KRS-One to DJ Premier to Chance the Rapper to YG, the features are so diverse that even actor Idris Elba got a feature.

It’s quite ironic to see the diversity of the features, after-all the album does speak on many social issues like diversity, race and speaking out for things you believe in.

You can purchase the entire 13-track album on iTunes or stream it on Spotify.

2UNCHI STARS IN ‘COLLEGROVE’

After months of hype over Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz putting out a joint album, the pair finally gave the fans what they’ve been waiting for since it was first announced in November.

The collaborative album Collegrove joins the names of both the rappers respective hometowns of College Park and Hollygrove.

On the 13-song project you will find “Rolls Royce Weather Everyday” and “Gotta Love,” which they debuted on ‘The Tonight Show.’

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Lil Wayne went on SportsCenter a few weeks ago and discussed the original title of “Rolls Royce Weather Everyday” and the project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGlozMx4E2g

2 Chainz has five solo songs on the album including the Mike Will production “Mf’n Right.”

Enjoy the whole album here:

BIG TALK ALERT

DJ Khaled’s “major” announcement this week has made his price go all the way up. The self-proclaimed “King of the Anthems,” announced that he signed on to Roc Nation for a new management deal.

Khaled announced earlier in the week that Jay-Z will be managing him. What’s most interesting here is how he will manipulate his recent partnership with TIDAL’s competitor, Apple Music, for the We The Best radio show that airs every Friday on Beats1 Radio.

Check out the video where Jay welcomes Khaled to the ROC and gives him the last original Roc-A-Fella chain:

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

“It’s the ROC!”

LEO FINALLY GETS AN OSCAR

Leonardo DiCaprio is only one of the biggest actors of our generation. Before last Sunday’s Oscars, he was also one of the only biggest actors without an Oscar award.

That all changed for Leo as he finally won the award of Best Actor for his role on The Revenant.

It was nice to see Leo get what he’s been deprived of for years! I stick to my original tweet from Sunday:

In all seriousness take a look at Leo’s acceptance speech and the overall message.

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

It’s easy to cheer for guys like that. They need to give him an award for the selfless speech. Cheers, Leo.

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Jay Z Signs Belly To Roc Nation (News)

Today Roc Nation announced that they have signed XO’s very own Belly!

Belly is set to release his first studio album under the Roc in 2016.

Born in Palestine and raised in Canada’s capital city of Ottawa, Belly made a name for himself in the mid-aughts, collaborating with artists like Snoop Dogg, Scarface, Fabolous, and more. After taking an extended break from music following 2007’s The Revolution LP, the rapper formed a tight friendship with The Weeknd, launching their XO imprint.

Vic Mensa Talks Signing To Jay Z, Working With Kanye West & More w/ Justin Credible (Video)

Vic Mensa stopped by the studio with Justin Credible, and talked about signing to Roc Nation “Yo, it feels amazing! I’ve been the hugest Jay Z fan for like my whole life! Even passed just being a fan, I have a lot of faith in Roc Nation and how they do things.” He also touched on working with Kanye West, and much more.