Gearing up for the start of Jay-Z’s “4:44 Tour,” Vic Mensa releases the visuals for his ‘The Autobiography’ single, “Rollin’ Like A Stoner.” Directed by Vic himself, the video shows the Chicago rapper “Rollin’ Like A Stoner, as he goes on a trippy journey, where he travels by car, motorcycle and flies.
Vic will be Jay-Z’s opening act on the “4:44 Tour beginning next month at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Watch below.
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Opening up about personal issues and lashing out against name-sayers, while tackling social issues is what Vic Mensa does on his highly-anticipated album, ‘The Autobiography’.
As the new breed of Roc-A-Fella (Now Roc Nation), Vic Mensa delivers his 15-track debut album with tantalizing songs and a punch-packing list of collaborators consisting of Pharrell, Pusha-T, Weezer, Ty Dolla $ign, The-Dream, and Saul Williams.
“This album is really my blood, sweat, and tears, and everything that I’ve learned up to this point in life,” explained Vic about the album. “I kinda had to go through a lot of different things to even be able to put this album down on wax.”
Executive produced by the combination of No I.D. and Jay-Z, Vic revealed that Hov, who called the Chicago rapper “a once in a lifetime artists,” also helped pick every single on the album.
“He was instrumental in helping me pick the records that were going to make it and some of the lyrical content,” he explained, “and just helping me to mold the shape of the story to make sure that it pushes along and that it takes you on a journey.”
Stream ‘The Autobiography’ below.
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A week before dropping his highly-anticipated debut album, ‘The Autobiography’, Vic Mensa has decided to share it with fans a week early through National Public Radio (NPR).
As the new breed of Roc-A-Fella (Now Roc Nation), Vic Mensa delivers his 15-track debut album with tantalizing songs and a punch-packing list of collaborators consisting of Pharrell, Pusha-T, Weezer, Ty Dolla $ign, The-Dream, and Saul Williams.
Just last week he had an album listening in LA, where Jay-Z introduced him and praised him heavily. Upon reaching the stage, Vic explained what this album meant to him and what it took to put together.
“This album is really my blood, sweat, and tears, and everything that I’ve learned up to this point in life,” he explained. “I kinda had to go through a lot of different things to even be able to put this album down on wax.”
Press the link below to get the early stream via NPR.
‘THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY’ EARLY STREAM
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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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Biebervelli is doing it for the culture on his upcoming “Purpose” Stadium Tour. Having already killed it on his original “Purpose Tour,” the Biebs is packing some more action for the next phase of the “Purpose Tour.” By calling on Vic Mensa, Migos, Kehlani, and Martin Garrix to accompany him on the trek, Bieber is adding some punch to his lineup that recently included Post Malone.
Global EDM DJ, Marin Garrix and Kehlani will open on two dates, Migos will hop on for five dates. Vic Mensa, who is getting ready to drop his debut ‘The Autobiography’ album will use the opportunity as extra promotion by hitting all nine dates of the North American stadium tour.
Having originally begun the “Purpose World Tour” in March 2016, Bieber has sold out 64 North American dates and 52 shows overseas.With Europe, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand in the books, Biebs will add another dimension to his potential final phase of the “Purpose World Tour.”
“I’m excited to kick off the U.S. stadium leg of this tour with the support of T-Mobile,” said Bieber in an official statement. “I’m looking forward to bringing an amazing show to the fans, bigger and better than ever.”
Check out the nine dates below and where each artist will perform.
THE “PURPOSE” NORTH AMERICAN STADIUM TOUR
July 29 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium – Migos, Vic Mensa
Aug. 5 – Pasadena, CA – Rose Bowl Stadium – Kehlani, Vic Mensa
Aug. 12 – Denver, CO – Sports Authority Field at Mile High – Kehlani, Vic Mensa
Aug. 18 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium – Martin Garrix, Vic Mensa
Aug. 23 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium – Migos, Vic Mensa
Aug. 24 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium – Migos, Vic Mensa
Aug. 29 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium – Migos, Vic Mensa
Sept. 5 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre – Martin Garrix, Vic Mensa
Sept. 6 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre – Migos, Vic Mensa
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A day departed from sharing the track list for his forthcoming album ‘The Autobiography’, Vic Mensa is spreading his “Wings” on the new single off the debut album, featuring Pharrell Williams and Saul Williams.
With Pharrell taking care of the production and vocals on the introspective song, Saul Williams handles the outro with some vocals of his own, while Vic stays true to his art and drops some lyrical bars over the soulful production.
“I got so many issues, I should be my own publisher / The beat is my therapist, Skateboard, paint the picture / A portrait of the artist formerly known as Vic / I read the signs, I was close to overdose like Prince,” raps Vic.
Last night Vic premiered the track at a listening event, where Jay-Z introduced him and praised him highly.
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Vic’s debut album, ‘The Autobiography’ will be released July 28th and include features from Pharrell, The-Dream, Pusha T, Ty Dolla $ign, Weezer, Chief Keef, and others.
Listen to the new single below via YouTube.
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Vic Mensa has been consistently killing everything he touches. From his 2016 ‘There’s A lot Going On’ project to his LA Leakers’ #FREESTYLE016 to his recent ‘The Manuscript’ capsule, and everything else in between, the Chicago MC has showcased his talents.
With fans hungry for more music, Vic is eager to feed them July 28th with his debut album, ‘The Audiobiography’. Attached with the cover art, Mensa shared the news on his Twitter with a caption saying, “THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 7.28.17.”
In another Tweet the Roc Nation signee said he excited fans with the chance to listen to his forthcoming album. All fans need to do is visit a select bookstore where Vic will be, take a picture with him, and they are automatically in the running. Peep the locations below.
https://twitter.com/VicMensa/status/884811399179886592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rap-up.com%2F2017%2F07%2F11%2Fvic-mensa-announces-debut-album-the-autobiography%2F
It is expected Vic will collaborate on the album with other Roc Nation artists and G.O.O.D. music producers like Mike Dean.
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Vic Mensa puts on for Chi Town in the video for “OMG” featuring Pharrell and Pusha T.
Co-directed by Shomi Patwary and Vic, the video takes you around the Southside of Chicago with Vic, who rides in a droptop coupe. The video includes cameos from Chicago staples like Joey Purp, Smoko Ono, Towkio, Hollywood Holt, GLC, Mano, KAMI, Young Chop, Papi Beatz, and others.
Pharrell doesn’t appear in the video, while Pusha stands alongside Vic as he spits his fiery verse.
“OMG” is off Vic’s ‘The Manuscript’ capsule, which dropped a few weeks ago. The 4-track EP also includes the single “Almost There” featuring Mr. Hudson.
Watch the video for “OMG” below.
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This week was led by two killer LA Leakers freestyles from 2 Chainz and Vic Mensa. Creddy and Milk didn’t only let one go this week, they freed two. Along with that Chainz dropped his highly-anticipated album. Other barz provided by Big Boi, Big Sean, Uncle Murda, 50 Cent, Cam’ron, and others
Peep the hottest barz of the week below.
2 CHAINZ – “REALIZE” FEAT. NICKI MINAJ
“Hydrocodeine with the Visine / Master bedroom on the right wing / This a Philippe not a Breitling / Fuck her to sleep, she had pipe dreams” – 2 CHAINZ
“She say she doin’ it, where? / She wanna sit in my chair / But she could never be my heir / Checks, clear, Bible, swear / They ain’t buggin’, I go off / Asahd Khaled with the cloth / Dwayne Carter of the north / Dwayne Wade in the fourth” – NICKI MINAJ
“I’ve been winning 8 years consistently, at least respect it / Papoose wrote a Ether record / But I broke Aretha record / See this is chess, not checkers / You can not check the checkers / Did Nas clear that “Ether” record? / Nah, but I broke Aretha record” – NICKI MINAJ
2 CHAINZ – “BLUE CHEESE” FEAT. MIGOS
“I’m havin’ blue cheese / And I’ma get it by any means / Flexing on niggas like Hercules / Fucking on bitches with double D’s / I met the plug, got 100 keys / Give me that block and I gotta seize / These niggas sick homie wanna get rid of me / I’m at the top and they under me” – CHAINZ
“Hard work beats talent / Dope boy meets talent / Don P and eat salad / Walking around, my feet Bally / Sisquo and St. Ives / Six guns, eight knives / Potato on the barrel of it / Make you niggas hate fries”
“Most of you niggas is under mes, I’ma give ya ass some to see / My car don’t have car keys, my crib got palm trees / Pussy smell like sardine you, need to get up of my lawn please / This a real nigga conversation, real nigga demonstration real niggas”
“This that Dre mixed with 3K, Wayne and Kanye / Andale, want no bullshit, no need to perpetrate / Purple drank in that dirty cup, down south, MC Eiht / Down south MC Eiht, LA call me down south MC Eiht”
“Man I got a dog, I paid 10 G’s for it / Fucked up her hair and bought a quick weave for it / Somebody please come and get these boys / L.A. Leakers, come and get these boys”
“I’m tired of hearin’ niggas sayin’ they’re better than Pac / Watch your mouth ‘fore I slap mothafuckas / My clip loaded, no subliminal shots / I get at mothafuckas, I don’t @ mothafuckas”
“Shout out to XXL Freshman slow class / I’m a dropout though, pick your crew better / I love you Vanessa but you know it’s time to do better / Screw whoever, I will murder all of you together / Catch you in your old school and hit you in your New Era / The pills ain’t what’s poppin’, just ask Heath Ledger, yeah”
“Watch your tone, youngin’, this is grown folk business / My niggas is in the trenches with hammers and wrenches / And some ratchets, I mean ratchets, could be some of your bitches / Anybody could get rushed, I feel like Russell Simmons”
“I ain’t talkin’ ’bout record deals or who got signed / I ain’t talkin’ ’bout record sales or views on Vine / I mean, who got rhymes? It’s an art to war / I got Sun Zu lines, let me start with furl”
“You don’t want that smoke, I’ll put a hole in your throat / And make it easier for you to talk out your neck”
FUTURE – “CONGRATULATIONS (REMIX)”
“Came from the bottom, they envy me / I’m drippin’ sauce tremendously / Promise, never give ’em sympathy / I told my momma the money comin’ fast, fast, fast / In this industry / The ones who used to envy me / I’m turnin’ up on ’em instantly, yeah”
BIG BOI – “IN THE SOUTH” FEAT. PIMP C & GUCCI MANE
“Two rollies at the same time, I’m too cool / Gucci, is you locing? ‘Cause that motherfucker Crip blue / Suwoo Bentley and the Forgies Suwoo, too / And I know two Jews, eat a case like it’s fast food” – Gucci
BIG BOI – “FOLLOW DEEZ” FEAT. CURREN$Y & KILLER MIKE
“File ’em into a line wearing … / Young niggas with hammers / And daily body drops / OG survive you still alive / A lot of niggas not / Smokin’ for my dead homies / While i ride around” CURREN$Y
“Mannie Fresh on the beat, he put that wobble on it / He blessed the nigga the B-I-G, now watch me gobble, homie / I put the bottle down, hit the throttle, got ’em now” – BIG BOI
UNCLE MURDA – “ON & ON” FEAT. 50 CENT & JEREMIH
“Ok, Im saying she crazy, she saying he crazy / You know that kinda crazy you need baby / You should just give me the right time I send you the flight time / Show you ‘round New York, we could sit down & talk” – 50 CENT
“Nope you never heard the word swagger, / Shout to Dan man, but I define the word dapper / Dapper Cam, no clothes on / Gotta prodigy, stab your brain with your nosebone / Shit, got that line from the Infamous / Black Trump though, look at my apprentices”
“Uh, picture me rollin’, hey / One of America’s Most Wanted, yeah / Picture the old me, yeah / You shoulda told me it was me against the world, you shoulda told me / I swear I shed so many tears, you shoulda told me yeah yeah / Uh, then I went Thug Life like Pac”
BARZ OF THE WEEK: VIC MENSA – “#FREESTYLE016”
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Every time Vic Mensa comes up to freestyle for the LA Leakers it’s a problem. Last time the Chicago MC rolled up he torched ScHoolboy Q’s “THat Part.” This time it’s no different as he spit some barbaric rhymes over Prodigy’s classic “Keep It Thoro” instrumental.
Vic kicked things off by threatening to slap any rapper that “claims” they’re better than Pac. From there, he goes on to speak his mind about the XXL Freshman Class saying, “Shoutout to XXL Freshman slow class / Ima drop out tho pick your crew better / I love you Vanessa (XXL EIC) but you know it’s time to do better.”
The whole freestyle is just filled with gems and other shots. I love how Vic isn’t scared to speak his mouth and how aggressive he gets on freestyles. Just press play below and hear for yourself. I’m done talking.
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This week brought a new Kendrick Lamar verse loaded with QUOTABARZ on the SZA collaboration “Doves In the Wild”. Vince Staples also dropped a new track off his forthcoming album, while Khaled did the same with the Drake vocals that are officially released for the world to listen.
Other drops this week from Vic Mensa, Juicy J, Ice Cube, Young Thug, 6lack, and of course we can’t forget Jay Electronica’s surprise release and ballad to Golden State Warriors’ wing, Kevin Durant.
Check out the hottest barz of the week below.
CLICK ON THE LINKS TO LISTEN TO THE SONG.
DJ KHALED & DRAKE – “TO THE MAX”
“I talk grey, I don’t keep it white and black / Only say “I love you” just so I can hear it back / Sometimes, other times I’d love to have you back”
“Now all of a sudden, people say we cousins / I keep hearin’ all this “You my brother” talk, I can’t relate to nothin’ / My broski down to ride”
VINCE STAPLES – “RAIN COME DOWN” FEAT. TY DOLLA $IGN
“I’m the man, ten toes in the street / I’m the blood on the leaves, I’m the nose in the Sphinx / Where I’m from we don’t go to police / Where I’m from we don’t run, we just roll with the heat” – VINCE STAPLES
“Ride in the drop top, son, why think? / Might get JFK’d, hope not I prayeth / If so, ain’t no thang to a G / I feel just like Snoop on Andre Day / I run North Side of the beach / Run these streets like Ali Bomaye / I’m Lou’ Bourgeois on the beat / Best bet, try not to compete” – VS
SZA – “DOVES IN THE WILD” FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR
“Niggas’ll lose they mind for it / Wine for it, dine for it—pussy / Spend time for it, see no colored line for it—pussy / Double back handicap and go blind for it—pussy” – DOT
“And the screw face when the bae look / Won’t get you no pussy / I mean, the fake chains and the gold names / For insecure, gon’ reassure you not to get pussy / You overcompensate too much for the pussy / You like to throw all kinda shade for the pussy / See, that’s what pussy niggas do / I know the ways of a pussy, I see pussy lookin’ at you / How many niggas get mistaken for clitoris in a day?” – DOT
“You could never trivialize pussy / But a bum nigga like you would try it (pussy) / I know what you really ’bout / High key, your dick is weak, buddy / It’s only replaced by a rubber substitute” – SZA
SZA – “PRETTY LITTLE BIRDS” FEAT. ISAIAH RASHAD
“Told you I like gentle giants so you softened up / And you been jack’n, bean’n, stalk’n just to get to me love / I wanna be your golden goose / I wanna shave my legs for you / I wanna take all of my hair down and let you lay in it / Spread all of my limbs out and let you lay in it” – SZA
“Diamond cerebral peek into your cortex / Be faithful and free and just play in your vortex / I see you lying and you fly by the pound / Fly by the ounce / Fly to the south / Don’t mind them bitches that’s cleanin’ my house” – ISAIAH RASHAD
JAY ELECTRONICA – “LETTER TO FALON”
“I was born on Tatooine / With dreams of saying / I kept going / The blind would undermine my plans / I kept growing / God blessed the child that has / I kept building / One can’t rewind the past / I push forward”
VIC MENSA – “OMG” FEAT. PHARRELL & PUSHA T
“Since I came in this shit, made my name a name brand / French kissing bitches in Paris, clubbing like a caveman / We threw up the pyramid, now they say we Illuminati / Fox fur cavalli, fuck Bill O’Reilly” – VIC MENSA
“No blood diamonds, I rock gold like a king / Jewelry so cold, made ’em blow the nose off the Sphinx” – VIC MENSA
“The weight kiss told us should never be misquoted (no) / Them guns that you wave on the camera? We been toting” – PUSHA
“We could go foreign for foreign until it’s boring / My sheep will keep jumping the fence until you’re snoring / Street poetry, I’m on Wale Folarin / ‘Til the world is mine like Illmatic and Lauryn” – PUSHA
VICE MENSA – “ALMOST THERE” FEAT. MR. HUDSON
“I tweak on every little thing / That’s why it took me so long / But the album is coming / It’s done for you n—as, hold on / I set the mode for ’em / Who was hot in the Chi’ before I, n—a / N/A, I do not know, nah n—a” – VIC MENSA
“Good cop, good cop, where is your dignity? / Where’s your empathy? / Where is your sympathy? / Bad cop, where’s your humanity? / Good cop, is that just a fantasy?”
“Fuck the po-po actin’ like Deebo / Already know Craig let the brick go”
YOUNG THUG – “PULL UP WIT AH STICK (REMIX)”
“We ’bout to smoke them boys / Bring out the blocka, go fuck the crime stoppers / Push sniff, I’m a Rasta”
JUICY J – “BUTTERFLY EFFECT (TRIPMIX)”
“I said they cant fuck with the legacy not at all / Niggas say they Finna re-up I’d spent that in the mall / Even though Im a stand up guy niggas wanna see me fall / Like I had ‘em niggas come collect a nigga all I gotta do is make a call”
“A man, a man, a man all this blessings all this new love / Nigga that bounces back, they can’t handle that / I got my own shooter ain’t no comin’ back from that / I could never fold, why would I surrender?”
“I can never worry ’bout the next man / Been too busy focused on the next plan / Only thing I check is balances and texts, man / And really, baby, you to go to find your ex-man”
DORROUGH MUSIC – “#FREESTYLE015”
“My only real issue is Uncle Sam / I’m lit up I can’t put the buddah down / Smoking tree off in Hollywood hookah lounge / Smoking tree should be legalized everywhere”
“At 22 I was a millionaire / I really wish I was a billionaire / Bun B say I’m trill ima trillionaire / They been sleeping on me fuckin grizzly bear / They been sleeping on me time to wake em up with no alarm I just grab em and Shake em up”
BARZ OF THE WEEK: KENDRICK LAMAR – “DOVES IN THE WILD”
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One of the hottest tracks off the recently-released ‘The Manuscript’ EP, has got to be “OMG”. On it Vic Mensa collaborates with hip-hop legends, Pusha-T and Pharrell Williams, who delivers a hook and also produced the single.
Vic dropped the song on Zane Lowe’s Beats1 show. It is now available along with the complete EP for streaming and purchase on all platforms.
Along with “OMG”, ‘The Manuscript’ EP also includes the singles “Almost There” featuring Mr. Hudson, “Rollin’ Like A Stoner,” and “Rage”.
Stream the full project below.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAfr5cuJOxE
On the heels of Election Night, Vic Mensa performed his politically-raged “16 Shots” single off ‘There’s Alot Going On’ on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” last night.
With Travis Barker on the drums, Vic ripped through the strong lyrics putting an emphasis on social injustices and racism. During the performance Mensa is tackled by acting S.W.A.T. team officers, before he stops his performance to share some thoughts.
“I’m a young black man from Chicago and I’m tired of not being able to trust the police. I want to have faith in the men and women sworn to protect me. I don’t want to see another 17-year-old kid like Laquan McDonald murdered in the street,” he said before taking a shot a Trump. “Tomorrow we have the biggest election of our lifetime, so you gotta get out and vote against hate, because Donald Trump is a racist and if you don’t vote, racism wins.”
Other rappers like YG, Nipsey Hussle, and Jay-Z have also expressed their dislike of the Republican presidential candidate. It’s good to see high-profile artists use their platform to try to create change and make a difference.
Get out and vote!
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