D.R.A.M. – ‘Big Baby D.R.A.M.’ [STREAM]

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D.R.A.M. has officially dropped his highly anticipated debut album “Big Baby D.R.A.M.”

The rapper has already been riding the success of the main single off the album, “Broccoli” featuring Lil’ Yachty, which earned a Top 10 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Others on the album include Erykah Badu on “WiFi” and Young Thug on the high-powered “Misunderstood.”

Get lifted with D.R.A.M. by pressing play below to stream the album via Apple Music.

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Joey Bada$$ – “Front & Center” [LISTEN]

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Joey Bada$$ takes a break from the “Blank Face Tour” with ScHoolboy Q to drop his new song “Front & Center,” where he raps about his different experiences with the ladies. The track is produced by the very talented Cookin Soul.

Joey will be going overseas soon for the second leg of the “Blank Face Tour” beginning the first week of November.

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A$AP Ferg – “New Level” (REMIX) Feat. A$AP Rocky, Future & Lil’ Uzi Vert [LISTEN]

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A$AP Ferg takes “New Level” to a newer level with the offcial remix featuring Future, A$AP Rocky, and Lil’ Uzi Vert as part of his 28th birthday celebration. The original song dropped about 10-months ago, so it’s kinda weird to be getting the remix now, but we’ll take it.

Ferg is also getting ready to hit the road for the “Turnt and Burnt” tour with Playboi Cardi and Rob Stone starting October 30th in Iowa. In the meantime listen to the “New Level” remix below.

Happy Birthday, Ferg!

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Jay-Z Is Nominated For Songwriters Hall Of Fame Induction

ATLANTA, GA - FEBRUARY 23: Jay-Z attends the So So Def anniversary party hosted by Jay Z at Compound on February 23, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA – FEBRUARY 23: Jay-Z attends the So So Def anniversary party hosted by Jay Z at Compound on February 23, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/Getty Images)

It’s a cold hard fact that Jay-Z is one of the illest lyricist to have ever rocked a mic, and he’s being recognized for it with a nomination to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2017 class.

Along with Hov other nominees include Madonna, Babyface, Kool & the Gang, Gloria Estefan, George Michael, Bryan Adams, Sly Stone, and other greats.

Jay was initiated into the game in 1996 with his classic album, ‘Resonable Doubt’, which just celebrated its 20-year anniversary. Since then the Brooklyn rapper has gone on to drop another 11 solo albums, been the recipient of 21 GRAMMY Awards, 8 MTV VMAs, 7 BET Awards, and 3 American Music Awards.

Voting for the Songwriters Hall of Fame begins next month, while the Annual Induction & Awards Gala will take place June 15th of next year in New York City.

Good luck, Hov!

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Kanye West Calls Out Jay-Z & Says There Won’t Be A ‘Watch The Throne 2’ [WATCH]

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Kanye West is in his feelings about Jay-Z not coming to visit him at his house following his wife, Kim K’s robbery at gun point in France.

At a “Saint Pablo Tour” stop in Seattle last night ‘Ye called out Hov by saying he called him, but didn’t visit him following the Kim K incident in France by saying, “Don’t call me after the robbery and say, ‘how you feelin?’ You wanna know how I’m feelin come by the house.”

Yeezus followed by angrily saying, “I can’t take this shit, bro,” he said. “Our kids ain’t never even played together.”

That wasn’t Kanye’s only gripe with Jay, as he also went on to say that ‘Watch The Throne 2’ will never happen because of some “Apple, TIDAL bullshit,” the same reason the Watch The Throne version of Drake’s “Popstyle” never made it on the ‘VIEWS’ album.


West also revealed how Jay didn’t want the Watch the Throne version of “Popstyle” to be on ‘VIEWS’ out of respect for Meek Mill.

“Jay thought of a couple lines. I said, ‘Man, just go ahead and throw that on there. They’ll be so surprised. He probably wouldn’t expect you to be on there.’ And [Drake] was like, ‘Oh shit, The Throne is on this shit!’ Then Jay thought about it and, out of respect for Meek Mill, he ain’t want to be on the track. And I said, ‘Look, I’ll call Drake, I’ll call Meek, I’ll call y’all…we gotta squash this shit. We gotta let people have this song!’ But then it went out of that territory and it went into some TIDAL shit, some political shit, some shit about percentages on songs.”

Let’s hope things can get fixed and we do end up getting ‘Watch The Throne 2’. “Do it for the kids, bro”

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Jeezy – “Going Crazy” Feat. French Montana [LISTEN]

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Jeezy is currently on a media tour to promote his upcoming project ‘Trap Or Die 3’. The Snowman collaborated with French Montana for “Going Crazy.”

The new single “Going Crazy” will appear on ‘Trap Or Die 3’ along with 15 other songs. The project is expected to be released on October 28th and will have other collaborations with Lil’ Wayne, Chris Brown, Yo Gotti, and the late Bankroll Fresh.

Press play to hear “Going Crazy” below.

PRE-ORDER ‘TRAP OR DIE 3’ HERE

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2 Chainz – “Good Drank” Feat. Gucci Mane & Quavo [LISTEN]

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2 Chainz nabs fellow ATLiens, Gucci Mane and Quavo for the Mike Dean-produced “Good Drank.”

The mellow song kicks off with 2 Chainz rapping about his drug dealing days and his fallen homies. That verse is followed by Gucci rapping about incarceration and his success following his prison statement. Quavo smoothes it out with the hook. Listen below.

Expect a video for the single soon, as it has already been filmed.

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Fetty Wap – “Island On My Chain” [VIDEO]

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Fetty Wap come thru with a new song titled “Island On My Chain.” The song came with an accompanying video, where Fetty shows off his iced out jewelry while he dances around.

This single may be the first single off his sophomore album titled ‘King Zoo’.

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Chance The Rapper & Frank Ocean Attend President Obama’s Last State Dinner

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Chance the Rapper and Kenneth Bennett arrive for a State Dinner in honor of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife Agnese Landini at the White House October 18, 2016 in Washington, D.C. / AFP / ZACH GIBSON (Photo credit should read ZACH GIBSON/AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama’s term is coming to an end. On Tuesday, Obama hosted his final State Dinner at The White House and was joined by Chance The Rapper and Frank Ocean.

Both rappers showed up with someone special, a parent. Chance brought his father, who worked behind Obama in the past when the President was a senator in Chicago.

Ocean, brought along his mother to the event as well as a pair of black and white checkered Vans he wore to the event.

Considering Donald Trump is a presidential nominee, this could be the last time we see any hip-hop figures at The White House for a while.

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Eminem Drops New Single And Announces New Album [LISTEN]

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Eminem for president!

It’s been a while since we heard from Eminem. The rapper returned today with a new song “Campaign Speech,” where he goes at Donald Trump with a vicious, rhythmic just over 7-minute flow.

Em holds no punches back on Donald Trump, George Zimmerman, and others in a very Slim Shady-isque manner delivering very graphic lyrics that are guaranteed to pierce your ears. The lyrics and delivery are reminiscent of freestyles Eminem rapped early on in his career.

Listen to “Campaign Speech” below.

 

In addition to the song, Marshall also hinted at a new album he’s currently working on dropping in the near future. The last album he released was ‘The Marshall Mathers LP 2’ in 2013.

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“Unfasten the safety latches / And slam on the brakes in traffic so hard / I snapped the relocation brackets for the monster tires / ‘Finna get a murder case and catch it / Like you threw it at me encased in plastic”

“Consider me a dangerous man/ But you should be afraid of this dang candidate/ You say Trump don’t kiss ass like a puppet?/ ‘Cause he runs his campaign with his own cash for the funding?/ And that’s what you wanted?/ A fuckin’ loose cannon who’s blunt with his hand on the button/ Who doesn’t have to answer to no one?/ Great idea!”

“I’m giving Daniel Pantaleo a refresher course on excessive force and pressure points / Dressing George Zimmerman in a fluorescent orange / Dress and four-inch / Heels to address the court / With a bullseye on his back, his whole chest and torso / Are left on the doorsteps of Trayvon’s dad as a present for him / In my present form / I’m Desert Storm.”

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Kanye West Drops Dates For Second Leg Of “Saint Pablo Tour” [LOOK]

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On his “Saint Pablo Tour” Kanye West has already stopped a fan from climbing onto the stage, came for Kid Cudi, and called out “rappers” for using his stage design idea.

Let see what other shenanigans Ye can get into as he announced the second leg of his contagious “Saint Pablo Tour.” The new set of shows includes about 23 dates, starting November 17th in San Jose, California.

This week Kanye’s “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” was named the number 1 song on Urban radio.

Tickets for the new shows will go on sale October 22nd on Live Nation and American Express holders will be able to purchase tickets in advance on Wednesday October 19th at 10 a.m. through Friday October 21st at 10 p.m.

See all the second leg tour dates below.


Nov. 17 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose
Nov. 19 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
Nov. 22 – Fresno, CA – SaveMart Center
Nov. 23 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
Nov. 26 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Nov. 28 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
Dec. 1 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
Dec. 2 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Dec. 4 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – BB&T Center
Dec. 6 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
Dec. 8 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
Dec. 9 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
Dec. 11 – Albany, NY – The Times Union Center
Dec. 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center *
Dec. 15 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Dec. 16 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
Dec. 18 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Dec. 20 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
Dec. 22 – Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills *
Dec. 27 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center
Dec. 28 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Dec. 30 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Dec. 31 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

*=Rescheduled

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Tiara Thomas – “OTW” [LISTEN]

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Not sure where she’s going, but Tiara Thomas is “OTW” in her new single.

The songstress dropped the new single today and proceeded by promising more new music is “on the way” as well on her Twitter. As of now there is no news that she is working on an album, but the single may land on a mixtape.

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D.R.A.M. – “Cash Machine” [VIDEO]

Big Baby D.R.A.M. rides around the neighborhood on a tricycle with a money gun and shoots a lot of dinero in the video for “Cash Machine” directed by Lacey Duke. The rapper is also pictured wearing an all-pink outifit, reminiscent of Harlem rapper, Cam’ron.

D.R.A.M. will be dropping his debut album ‘Big Baby D.R.A.M.’ on Friday, October 21st.

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