Daily Archives: May 22, 2013

Star-studded collaborations are a given on DJ Khaled albums, but one item in particular which had mouths salivating on the recently-unveiled tracklist for his upcoming Kiss The Ring album is “Hip Hop”, featuring Scarface, Nas and DJ Premier, and produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E League. In response to the excitement for the record, Khaled releases this extended [...]

Given the nature of the release, the confusion surrounding a proposed posthumous Aaliyah album is understandable. The status of the LP and its contributing parties have swung like a pendulum in recent days; one moment Drake is set to executive produce the album, the next her family rejected any notions of a posthumous album, and [...]

Trae Tha Truth clearly has the pull to gather epic all-star collaborations. Following his “I’m On One” hit, which enlisted the talents of Lupe Fiasco, Big Boi, Wale, Wiz Khalifa and MDMA, and its remix, which rounded up Big K.R.I.T., Jadakiss, J.Cole, Kendrick Lamar, B.o.B., Tyga, Gudda Gudda, Bun B and Mark Morrison, the long-time [...]

Wiz Khalifa may be making headlines (and quite the material for punchlines) for his recently-unveiled and, erm, eccentric artwork for his upcoming O.N.I.F.C. album, the Taylor Gang captain is in the news again, specifically for his joint mixtape with Curren$y, Live In Concert. [...]

Ahead of his hometown concert where he will be performing his reload worthy mixtape/free album Popular Culture in it’s entirety, Smallville representative XV drops off this previously unreleased cut that didn’t make the mixtape. [...]

Cleveland, Ohio representative Machine Gun Kelly is finally set to release his first project since signing to both Diddy‘s Bad Boy and Jimmy Iovine‘s Interscope labels last August. With DJ Whoo Kid hosting, the raucous rapper will put out his EST 4 Life mixtape on Tuesday (August 14th), which will showcase both new and previously-unheard [...]

As we saw earlier this week, Rick Ross held the release party for his brand new album, God Forgives, I Don’t, at Miami’s King of Diamonds, a hip-hop-famous strip club frequented by high profile names like Lil Wayne, Drake and Diddy. While we got a look at some fan-shot footage of the event, MMG‘s go-to [...]

In addition to acts including A$AP Rocky, Killer Mike and headliner Snoop Dogg, Common also held it down for hip-hop at Montreal’s Osheaga Festival, which took place last weekend (August 2nd-4th). Not only treating the crowd to his deep catalogue of music, which includes classic albums such as Like Water For Chocolate, Be and last [...]

With a new project on the cards this year, Grime and Hip Hop inspired London rapper ItsNate makes an appearance this summer with “Stickers.” Bringing a smooth, laid back Hip Hop vibe provided by UK producer Footsteps, the Piff Gang affiliated emcee shares his relatable, every day stories with an engaging lick of charisma and [...]

“To tell a true story you have start at the beginning.” On his recent visit to London to promote his new documentary From Nothing To Something: The Art Of Rap, Gangsta Rap pioneer, actor and now documentary director Ice-T took some time to talk to us at SoulCulture, dropping gems of wisdom on the absence [...]