All posts by Sam Gould

Weezy continues to embrace the new year with renewed energy by dropping off new music from I Am Not a Human Being II, a swag-heavy cut entitled “Rich As Fuck“. [...]

Killa Cam had a relatively quiet 2012, but having closed out the year with a solid guest appearance on Wiz Khalifa’s O.N.I.F.C. album, Harlem’s king of the double entendre opens 2013 with some new music of his own, a track entitled “You Know This“, which premiered on Power 105 last night (December 3rd). [...]

Having blessed the final weeks of 2012 with her Audrey Hepburn-inspired mixtape Audrey Hepburn: An Audiovisual Presentation, SoulCulture verified songstress Chrisette Michele is all set to keep the good music coming with her fourth studio album Better, for which she now has firm a release date. [...]

We recently brought you news that two of rap’s most prominent female personalities were beefing, but all might not be as it seems in the ongoing (online) feud between Azealia Banks and Angel Haze. [...]

Mikky Ekko has to be one of the most exciting talents in the world of pop as the new year begins. After appearing on Rihanna’s vulnerable Unapologetic single “Stay,” the Louisiana-hailing vocal prodigy made an impressive entrance onto the scene in 2012, and with a debut album featuring collaborations with acclaimed producers Paul Epworth, Clams Casino, John [...]

Grammy Award-winning RnB crooner and neo-soul pioneer Maxwell is due to drop the second instalment of his Summers trilogy in the coming months, and to build interest for the project, he’s unveiled a ‘partial tracklist’ for our viewing via Instagram. [...]

Whilst many music fans think dubstep producer Skrillex makes EDM that’s 80% aggression, 20% wobble and 0% melody, he’s started 2013 with a little reminder of why he’s still well respected by many of his music-making peers, dropping a little three-track EP that rejects brostep in favour of a multi-layered, more UK-oriented sound. [...]

After making a name for himself with last year’s mixtape Rocketshipshawty and the independently-released album Up & Away, it was inevitable that LA-hailing rapper Kid Ink would sign to a major eventually. RCA Records is the label he’s decided to align with, and to celebrate a new year filled with major label $$$ and major label prospects, Kid [...]

Anyone else still got T.I.‘s latest album on repeat? Tip came for the crown with Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head, and along the way he proved that he had energy to burn. Plenty of that energy was on display when the Kang dropped by Jimmy Fallon’s late night show on Thursday (January 3rd) as guest performer, [...]

A Tribe Called Quest‘s “Electric Relaxation” is one of those tracks I’ll simply never tire of listening to, a track shot through with the spirit of hip hop as the mischievous rap gods intended it, so you can imagine my excitement when I heard this latest rendition of the track, a live offering from Q-Tip [...]