Daily Archives: May 16, 2013

As The Weeknd gears up for the November 13th release of his debut album, Trilogy – an amalgamation of his three independent mixtape releases House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence – snippets of the newly added songs which will feature on the project have surfaced. [...]

Top Dawg Ent transport us to the chilled West Coast by way of Tae Beast on his latest outing, The Tae Beast Tape 2. The talented producer who is 1/4 of Digi+Phonics, the in-house production team at TDE, gives us some subtle funk soundbeds, layered drum patterns, soft chimes and more on the 14 track [...]

Mississippi emcee/producer Big K.R.I.T.‘s debut album Live From The Underground gets the chopped n screwed treatment by Swishahouse co-founder Michael “5000″ Watts for your downloading and listening pleasure. [...]

West Coaster Casey Veggies sees his most recent project Customized Greatly 3, which features highly vibe-filled tracks “Get That $”, the Jhene Aiko-assisted “Life Rhymes”, “Verified” and “Garden”; get a reworking from the ‘Chopped Not Slopped’ master OG Ron C and DJ Candlestick. [...]

Here’s an intriguing musical partnership: genre-busting producer Toro Y Moi and Odd Future’s Hodgy Beats have linked up for the B-side remix to Toro’s “So Many Details”, which drops on vinyl on November 23rd. The original was a super chilled, funk-influenced piece of synthpop but the addition of Hodgy around the 2.20 mark and some [...]

Kanye West resumed his role of Kenny West on The Cleveland Show last night on Fox, in a episode that saw Cleveland accidentally entangle himself in the hip hop Illuminati‘s conspiracies. “Menace II Secret Society“, the Season Four premiere, included guest appearances from Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, ?uestlove and will.i.am, all as members of a secret [...]

Saigon‘s sophomore album The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread & Circuses (tracklist here) drops tomorrow (on Election Day) and it’s shaping up to be a mature, politically-aware showing from The Yardfather. After dropping three video-accompanied singles already, Saigon’s back with a fourth, entitled “Blown Away“, which comes complete with a hard-hitting political message. The visuals show Sai giving [...]

On his recent trip to London ahead of the release of hisnew album, R.E.D., Arkansas born Grammy winning R&B star Ne-Yo sat down with SoulCulture TV to discuss his views on bringing soul and substance to Dance music, his appreciation for Country music and storytelling, and experiencing unconditional love in a new way through fatherhood. [...]

DāM-FunK‘s new instrumental track “Kruisin ’2gether” sees the modern king of boogie-funk take us on a trip through LA at sundown. [...]

Underground Virginia emcee Skillz is probably best known for his annual Rap-Up freestyles, but he’s also got an LP entitled Thoughts Become Things on its way and here’s the first single from it: “Bring The Sparklers Out”. [...]