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New Video: DJ Khaled – “Just Us” Feat. SZA [WATCH]

Shortly after releasing his ‘Father of Asahd’ album, DJ Khaled shared the visuals for the long-awaited “Higher” single featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend. Khaled comes right back with the video for the SZA-assisted “Just Us,” which samples OutKast’s “Ms. Jackson.”

The action-packed video draws inspiration from the popular HBO series “Game of Thrones.”

Watch below.

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New Video: SZA, The Weeknd & Travis Scott – “Power Is Power” [WATCH]

SZA, The Weeknd, and Travis Scott got the stand out track “Power Is Power” off the “Game of Thrones” soundtrack. The Anthony Mandler-directed clip was shot in Los Angeles and inspired by the final season of “GOT.”

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Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Ty Dolla $ign & More Make Appearances On “Game Of Thrones” Soundtrack [STREAM]

Some of the biggest names in hip-hop all align for HBO’s hit series “Game of Thrones” soundtrack entitled ‘For the Throne (Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones)’.

The soundtrack includes 14 original tracks like The Weeknd, Travis Scott, and SZA’s collaboration “Power Is Power” and A$AP Rocky and Joey Bada$$’s “Too Many Gods.” Other apperances include Ty Dolla $ign, Jacob Banks, and more.

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New Music: SZA, The Weeknd & Travis Scott – “Power Is Power” [LISTEN]

We know that HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is currently the hottest show on TV. SZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott join forces for their first collaboration “Power Is Power,” which they hope matches the show’s energy and becomes the hottest song out.

The trifecta’s collab will be on the “Game of Thrones” soundtrack. A$AP Rocky, Ty Dolla $ign, Joey Bada$$, the late Lil Peep, A. CHAL, and more will also appear on the 14-track soundtrack.

Listen below.

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Kendrick Lamar & SZA Score An Oscar Nomination [PEEP]

Kendrick Lamar and SZA are making their rounds during Awards season and they’re adding a Oscar nomination to their resume after being nominated for Best Original Song for their mega hit “All The Stars” from the blockbuster film “Black Panther.”

If all the stars do come out to play and all the stars do align they will be competing against Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” from the film ‘A Star Is Born’, Marc Shaiman’s “The place Where Lost Things Go” from the motion picture ‘Mary Poppins Returns’, David Rawlings and Gillian Welch’s “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from the film ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ and last but not least Diane Warren’s “I’ll Fight” from ‘RBG’.

This year has been amazing for the ‘Black Panther’ cast and collaborators of the soundtrack securing nominations at the Golden Globes as well as the Grammy’s and now seven nominations at the Oscars including Best Picture, Original Song, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Production Design, and Costume Design.

If Kendrick Lamar can somehow pull off this win for Best Original Song he will add an Academy Award to his trophy shelf along with his 12 Grammys and Pulitzer Prize and that right there is a stamp of legacy. Best of luck to K. Dot and SZA on grabbing this prestigious award!

Good luck Dot and SZA!

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Travis Scott, Miguel, SZA & More To Celebrate Mac Miller’s Life At Benefit Concert [PEEP]

The hip-hop community lost Mac Miller to a sudden, unfortunate death a few weeks ago. Family an friends will celebrate his life with a benefit concert on Wednesday, October 31st.

“Mac Miller: A Celebration of Life” will take place at the Greek Theatre in L.A. on Halloween day. The concert was organized by Mac’s mother, father, brother, 4 Strikes Management, which has partnered with Live Nation for the event.

The date coincides with the day Mac was supposed to perform in at the Greek in L.A. on his “Swimming Tour.” Miller’s rap homies like Travis Scott, Ty Dolla $ign, Miguel, ScHoolboy Q, Chance The Rapper, Anderson .Paak, Thundercat, J.I.D, and more will perform.

Tickers will be on sale this Friday, October 5th at 10 am PST. All proceeds will benefit the launch of the Mac Miller Circles Fund (MMCF) that will provide programming, resources, opportunites, and more to different communities through the arts.

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New Video: SZA – “Garden” [WATCH]

SZA finds herself in a green paradise with beautiful waters all around her in the video for “Garden (Say It Like Dat)” off her debut album ‘Ctrl’.

The video is directed by Karena Evans, who also did Drake’s “God’s Plan” and “Nice For What” visuals. This 4-minute clip however is a little different and is shot in the beautiful Hawaiian island of Maui, that she explores along with her co-star Donald Glover.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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New Video: Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All The Stars” [WATCH]

What Top Dawg Ent. has been able to do with the ‘Black Panther: The Album’ is nearly unmatchable from any other albums in the past couple years. Having already released three hard-hitting singles off the soundtrack, TDE returns with the visuals for Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “All the Stars” single.

Directed by frequent collaborator Dave Meyers and “The Little Homies” (Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free), the video includes imagery inspire by the upcoming Disney superhero film. In one scene K. Dot is shown walking around with actual black panthers and is held above a crowd of supporters in another.

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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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