Daily Archives: May 23, 2013

The Weeknd‘s got a busy weekend. Prior to his set at Lollapalooza 2012 tonight, the OVOXO crooner found himself in Montreal yesterday (August 3rd) for the Osheaga Festival, which was also blessed by the likes of Snoop Dogg, Common and The Black Keys. Courtesy of Montreality, you can catch up on a portion of Abel’s [...]

A few days ago Mariah Carey, mainstream R&B’s last mohican (with the obvious exception of Mary J. Blige and Trey Songz), set the internet’s universe and commercial radio a light when she finally released her highly anticipated Rick Ross and Meek Mill featured single,  “Triumphant (Get ‘Em),” to the masses. To help kick start her single and forthcoming album’s campaign, the vocal [...]

With a little over three weeks until its release, Slaughterhouse unveil the tracklist for their debut album, welcome to: OUR HOUSE. The features may be kept to a relative minimum – understandable when you have a tandem of four emcees leading the charge – but each one looks worthwhile. Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz, B.o.B., Cee [...]

Fresh off the news of both a Jet Life compilation and a probable full-length collaboration with Smoke DZA, Curren$y unveils the artwork for his upcoming mixtape with fellow weedhead Wiz Khalifa, Live In Concert. The joint (pun intended) project serves as the follow up to their 2009 mixtape, How Fly, and will release on Thursday [...]

Last weekend we brought you footage of acclaimed singer/composer Emeli Sande‘s cover of Christian hymn “Abide with Me,” for the 1 Mic, 1 Take series, a song she also performed during last week Friday’s grand opening of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. [...]

To no surprise, Curren$y‘s never not working. In a recent interview with AllHipHop, the New Orleans native announced a bevy of future releases from his Jet Life Recordings camp, which include two exciting prospects in particular. In addition to a Jet Life compilation, which will be titled Curren$y Presents… New Jet City, Spitta may also [...]

BJ The Chicago Kid‘s career is taking leaps and bounds. With his debut album, Pineapple Now-Laters, which was released back in February, receiving strong acclaim from both critics and fans, the R&B crooner has signed to Motown. BJ announced the news via Twitter following a show in his hometown of Chicago on Thursday night (August [...]

He may have only two singles under his belt with the Bink!-produced “Jay-Z Interview” and “Old School Caddy” featuring Kid Cudi, but producer Hit-Boy is already hinting at a legitimate career as a rapper. And come this Tuesday (August 7th), the G.O.O.D. Music-signed beatmaker – who is best known for producing Jay-Z and Kanye West‘s [...]

DJ Clue isn’t the only DJ with big name features on his mixtape. Grand Hustle-aligned boardman DJ MLK has locked down a feature from T.I. for his Goodnight Don’t Exist In #ATL mixtape, on the “F*ck It (So What)” cut. After delivering an extended sermon for all his haters, Tip gets ignorant over an organ-tinged [...]

For his latest foray into mixtapes, one of the game’s most prominent choppers and screwers Slim K pours a little purple into JMSN‘s acclaimed †Priscilla† project. The original, which dropped at the beginning of the year, has caught many industry ears with its striking and forward-thinking sound. And as if it wasn’t serene enough, Slim’s [...]