As Mac Miller hides behind his producer alter ego Larry Fisherman, Ab-Soul & Dash are left out front to play with Sir Michael Rocks for his latest track, “In a Minute”. The 808-laden record is taken straight from Mikey’s upcoming mixtape While You Wait, which will serve as a starter while we wait for the [...]
May 23, 2013
DaveR
Hip Hop, Music, New Music
It’s nearly that time people, Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock aka the Black Hippy collective kickoff the good kid, m.A.A.d city world tour tonight, and to celebrate they remix one of the most popular (and controversial) tracks of the moment, Rocko’s “U.O.E.N.O.”. The West Coast representing team definitely did their thing on [...]
May 23, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop, New Music, Remixes
After bringing us a few freestyles and cyphers, XXL have joined forces with DJ Drama for a special mixtape for their 2013 XXL Freshmen campaign. The 17 track mixtape is packed with new tracks from ScHoolboy Q, Trinidad James, Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Logic, Action Bronson, Kirko Bangz, Travi$ Scott, Angel Haze and Dizzy Wright along [...]
May 1, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop, Mixtapes
After bringing us a couple of teasers from his Acid Rap project, which is set to be released on Tuesday, Chicago hailing fast rising emcee Chance The Rapper lined up with the good folk at Illroots for his latest visual from the project titled “Smoke Again” which features TDE representative Ab-Soul. Watch the slightly trippy [...]
April 29, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop, Music Videos
After Top Dawg Entertainment dominated the stage last month in Austin, Texas for the annual SXSW festival, they’ve now dropped a hilarious outtakes video to give their fans an insight into what happens behind the scenes of one of hip hop’s most exciting new crews. [...]
April 25, 2013
Natasha Nanner
Hip Hop, Music, Music News
Following on from “Money Team“, TDE’s self-dubbed ‘Black Lipped Bastard’, Ab-Soul joins forces with Mac Miller once again for this brand new track titled “The End Is Near”. With the Pittsburgh hailing Miller holding things down on the laid back and hypnotic beats, under his production alias Larry Fisherman, both emcees deliver some solid verses [...]
April 25, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop, New Music
Following the individual freestyle releases, XXL now brings us the first round of the 2013 XXL Freshmen Cyphers. [...]
April 23, 2013
Nemat Abdela
Freestyles, Hip Hop, Music
Since 4/20 there has been no shortage of weed anthems to smoke to as artists were out in full force to provide a soundtrack to get high to. Most recently, Ab Soul, Smoke DZA and Da$h got together for new track “Money Team,” as featured on Mac Miller‘s mixtape Showtime which was released yesterday under [...]
April 23, 2013
Nura Abdela
Free Downloads, Hip Hop, New Music
As the smoke literally begins to clear, we finally get to sift through the plethora of 4/20 themed tracks, music videos and mixtapes and attempt to share some of the goodies that were released yesterday. [...]
April 21, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop, Mixtapes
On sale April 30th, the new issue of RESPECT Magazine sees its cover taken by TDE‘s Black Hippy crew, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, SchoolBoy Q and Ab Soul. With the tagline, “Top Dawg Entertainment’s new rap dynasty is ready to rule the Hip-Hop world,” it looks like Kendrick and the Black Hippy movement are definitely [...]
April 18, 2013
Will 'ill Will' Lavin
Hip Hop, Music News