Daily Archives: May 23, 2013

After giving us “We Get By” and “Andre“, Jojo gives us a chance to listen to her forthcoming mixtape/free album Agápē ahead of it’s December 20th release. Premiered by Complex the 13-track sophomore mixtape project, which was created with some of her peers including Elijah Blake and The Backpackkids (Austin Brown, Scott Bruzenak, & Tommy [...]

Counter-cultural hip hop collective The Black Opera are firm believers in speaking truth to power, a phrase that originated from The Quaker faith, and on and their latest track, a political take on A$AP Rocky‘s single “Fuckin Problem,” they embrace another Quaker ideal – that of anti-violence, with a list of grievances addressing the ills [...]

With his mixtape Est in 1989 Pt. 2.5 set to drop on December 24th, Southern production sensation Mike Will Made It links up the ATL and the Chi-Town for his new exclusive, a collaboration with Chief Keef and Brick Squad’s Young Scooter, entitled “On It.” [...]

After much anticipation, we present to you the track that is, without a doubt, the most exciting thing peeped on the tracklist for A$AP Rocky‘s forthcoming debut Long.Live.A$AP. Over ominous, head-nodding production from Hit-Boy, a veritable posse which includes the best up’n’comers from NYC, L.A., the South and Detroit (Danny Brown goes in) team up for “1Train“, and [...]

We all know Rita Ora is an extremely talented singer and performer, but on the evidence of this new video, she clearly listens to some good rap music too. On Monday night, the Roc Nation pop star performed at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan, making up for a gig that was cancelled in October due [...]

With her debut album slated for a February 2013 release, the quirky and extremely talented Charli XCX brings us her new single, “You“, which puts her own spin on the opening track from electronic producer Gold Panda‘s 2010 release Lucky Shiner. If the original was defined by its jittery, hypnotic sound, in particular that addictive [...]

Despite being named Executive Vice President of Def Jam last year and regularly producing for some of hip hop’s biggest names, veteran Chicago producer No I.D. still has time to craft the occasional instrumental for himself, and yesterday (December 17th), he posted two brand new compositions to his SoundCloud account. [...]

The Source’s “Man of the Year” and G.O.O.D. Music affiliate 2 Chainz brought some Southern swag to Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show last night (December 17th) with a performance of his latest Based on a T.R.U. Story single “I’m Different“. Whilst I doubt that many people in the crowd know the rapper from his Playaz Circle [...]

T.I. must be feeling generous today. Having just dropped his eighth studio album Trouble Man: Heavy is The Head earlier this morning, Tip decides to let fans stream the new LP in its entirety. The album, which borrows its title from Marvin Gaye, features guest appearances from the likes of Andre 3000, R.Kelly, Meek Mill, Lil Wayne, [...]

Here’s a brand new track from Grand Hustle’s female star Iggy Azalea, titled “Boss Lady“, and set to appear on NYC media personality Simone “The Boss Lady” Amelia’s forthcoming, ladies-helmed rap compilation Woman on Top. After appearing alongside other star ladies on ‘Vh1 Divas‘ over the weekend, Azalea asserts herself as a female boss in her [...]