After bringing us the official visual accompanyment to the original version of “Girl On Fire” the title track of her fifth solo studio album, Alicia Keys grabs the Young Money repping Barbie queen Nicki Minaj to do her thing on camera for the Inferno version of the track. [...]
November 2, 2012
Verse
Music Videos, Soul/R&B/Alt
Big Sean‘s been steady on his grind lately, dropping his Detroit mixtape, preparing for the release of his sophomore album and beginning a new Vlog series. He’s still got time to put in performances for his fans though, and at the Jam’n 94.5 Monster Jam in Boston he brought out the slightly less ubiquitous J.Cole to treat [...]
November 2, 2012
Sam Gould
Hip Hop, Music
Lazy Habits, the eight-member Hackney, London hailing Hip Hop group, prep for the release of their forthcoming debut album, out this November, with the official video for their new single, “Bulletin.” [...]
London based duo Pandr Eyez offer a funk laced electro R&B soundscape with their new single “Physical Education” – out now through independent label Double Denim. [...]
November 2, 2012
Laura Arowolo
Music, New Music, Soul/R&B/Alt
With the third instalment of Nipsey Hussle‘s The Marathon series set to drop on December 21st, the rapper who was once (for a short while, at least) L.A’s greatest hope has a busy month ahead of him. He’s decided now is the perfect time to unveil the artwork for the project, titled TM3: Victory Lap. Hopefully some moves [...]
November 2, 2012
Sam Gould
Cover Art, Hip Hop, Music
Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, has unveiled a new file-sharing site set for release on January 19th, 2013, the anniversary of Megaupload’s shut down by U.S. authorities. [...]
November 2, 2012
Seán J. Grannum
Lifestyle, Tech
With her album due for release in only a couple of weeks time, Billboard magazine has chosen this years Girl On Fire Alicia Keys to cover their November issue with a striking image showing off her short hair-do and flawless face. [...]
November 2, 2012
Nura Abdela
Music News, Snapshots, Soul/R&B/Alt
When I saw the clip for Kendrick Lamar‘s “Rigamortis“, in which his brass section do him wonderful service on the street, I couldn’t help but think that musicians playing instruments on the block is something we need to see more in hip hop videos. As a result, I was more than a little pleased to [...]
November 2, 2012
Sam Gould
Hip Hop, Music, Music Videos
After dropping the audio for this off back in August, rising UK rapper and actress Paigey Cakey delivers the official video for “Hood Swag” featuring Princess Nyah. [...]
November 2, 2012
Verse
Hip Hop, Music Videos
When rappers try to sample the moody RnB of The Weeknd they often get a hard time from his fans and from critics who think his is a sacred sound not to be messed with. With “Know Betta”, a Taylor Gang double act of Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa actually do a surprisingly good job of [...]
November 2, 2012
Sam Gould
Hip Hop, Music, New Music