Richie Wess & OG Maco team up on a track that honestly compliments both of their styles. This is Richies most recent release since the release of Undefeated featuring Yung Simmie that dropped last month. Also this is the newest OG Maco collab since his project Lord of Rage released last month this track is dope looking forward to more music from both of these dudes.
Listen to War below.
While President Obama is winding down on his second term and making some last rounds as POTUS, this little girl is just not ready to see him go.
Crying that she’s not ready for a new president, her mom records her epic tears as she reassures her that “it’ll be okay,” and even suggests they write a letter to Obama before he leaves the White House for good.
Think we can get Obama to cheer baby girl up?
(AllHipHop News) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are prepping to release their next full length album on February 26. This Unruly Mess I’ve Made will include contributions from several Hip Hop legends. For example, the track “Buckshot” features rap G.O.A.T. contender KRS-One and producing icon DJ Premier.
“Macklemore’s manager reached out to my manager Ian and told him that they wanted me to hook up a scratch sequence to tie in the lyrics that Ben [Macklemore] wrote,” explains Premier on how the song came together. “Ryan did the track and we got on the phone to discuss the theme about their younger days running the streets and tagging graffiti. I draw as well, so it made total sense!”
He continues, “After I sent my parts back, they asked if I knew how to get in touch with Kris [KRS-One]. I reached out to Kris’s wife and since he is a dope graffiti artist as well, he was the perfect choice and he laced the verse overnight. The whole combination made it a complete jam for the history books.”
Besides working with Macklemore, Lewis and KRS, Premo also produced a recent cut for Yuna’s upcoming album Chapters, due out on May 20. “Places To Go” provides a classic Hip Hop soundbed for the Malaysian singer-songwriter to display her vocals. Fans of the New York based super-producer should be on the lookout for PRhyme 2 with Royce da 5’9″ as well.
Listen to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Buckshot” featuring KRS-One & DJ Premier and Yuna’s “Places To Go” produced by DJ Premier below.
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(AllHipHop News) Amber Rose stopped by the new OWN talk show It’s Not You, It’s Men starring Tyrese Gibson and Rev Run. The sit down included Rose disagreeing with the program’s hosts about the idea that what a woman wears plays a role in how she will be treated by men.
“The comfortablity [sic] some people find in wanting to touch or g#### you – it’s just like the energy that’s being sent out there that creates that type of response,” stated Tyrese.
Amber replied, “No it doesn’t. If I’m laying down with a man butt naked and his condom is on, and I say, ‘You know what? No, I don’t want to do this. I changed my mind.’ That means no. It doesn’t matter how far I take it or what I have on. When I say no, it means no.”
Rev Run then suggested that people should “dress how you want to be addressed.” The author of How to Be a Bad B*tch and “S### Walk” organizer went on to add that a woman dressing sexy does not mean she is necessarily looking to have sex with a man.
It’s Not You. It’s Men airs Saturdays at 9 pm on OWN.
Watch the It’s Not You, It’s Men segment featuring Amber Rose in the video below.
Trae has always had a connection to the streets because he’s made music that people can relate to in their most difficult times. Likewise, J Cole has had the same appeal with listeners helping them through lifes’ problems, so when the two collaborated on “Children of Men” you knew that the lyrics were going to hit you before you even press play.
“The storyline is about a kid that came from an orphanage, just dealing with life, getting caught up, dealing with the pressure, and at the end the pressure becomes so much that he kills himself,” Trae explained to Complex.
Providing a social critique, J Cole and Trae tha Truth speak on the ills of society today and the obstacles faced when trying to overcome adversity as a youth in America in 2016. Oh yea and the beat and hook on this one is crazy. Singer/songwriter Ink laces the hook for this.
(AllHipHop News) According to reports, The Game was set to headline the Raggamuffin Festival in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday, but the Los Angeles native missed the event because he went to the wrong country. The New Zealand Herald writes that Game landed in Australia with the wrong visa and was forced to leave immediately.
The Game flew into Australia from Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Friday. The “Hate It Or Love It” rhymer was stopped by the country’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection, and he was told he must exit the island nation. Game then flew directly back to Los Angeles without stopping in New Zealand for the music festival on Saturday.
Festival organizers announced to the Raggamuffin crowd on Saturday afternoon that Game “missed his flight” from Dubai. The rapper then took to Instagram to post, “I didn’t miss my flight, we were denied entry once we landed at Customs.” However, Game did not mention that he was blocked from entering Australia which left the impression with some fans that he was turned away in New Zealand.
Local media outlets have since ran articles with headlines that read: “Raggamuffin rapper confused Australia for NZ,” “The Game Got Australia And New Zealand Confused And Missed His Appearance At Ragamuffin Festival,” and “Raggamuffin 2016: Rap artist The Game mistakes Australia for New Zealand.”
A promoter for the Raggamuffin Festival released a lengthy statement about the situation involving The Game. Read the Facebook post below.
As promoter of Raggamuffin IX we need to set the record regarding The Game straight:
‘The Game’ was 100% approved to enter New Zealand. His management and I know this as fact.
His entry to Australia was given as ‘intent to refuse’ which is exactly the same letter given to Ghostface Killah from Wu-Tang Clan. On approaching the Immigration Department in Australia, they reviewed Ghostface Killah and approved his visa and he is on his way to Australia tonight with the other members of Wu-Tang. In the case of ‘The Game’ the process to provide additional support information for entry into Australia was going to take longer due to the number of band members needing to be processed so the best decision was for him to come and play at Raggamuffin in New Zealand and then re-schedule Australia.After making major deposits to his agent ICM and them buying Dubai to Auckland flights, it made perfect sense for The Game to come to Auckland, play Raggamuffin IX and then return at a later date for an Australian tour … which is what ICM and Raggamuffin were negotiating over the past few days. We honestly believed ‘The Game’ would honour his obligations to our festival and it was only when we had our people at the airport on Saturday to pick him up to play Raggamuffin IX did we find out he did not board the plane in Dubai. Statements to the contrary are simply not true.
At no point would we consider trying to swindle our faithful Raggamuffin family. The whole Raggamuffin team and myself personally are deeply disappointed by what happened yesterday and can only promise, if we can sort things out with ‘The Game’ and his management, we will do everything we can to make this up to all of his upset and disappointed fans.
Andrew McManus
Director
Raggamuffin New Zealand
“No Chill” was like the catch phrase of 2015, and its segued into 2016 with a ton of hype behind Vic Mensa and Skrillex’s new song “No Chill.” The track gets the visual treatment in this Collin Tilley directed video as Vic and Skrillex get wild in Japan over the Jahlil Beats co-produced track. Vic’s album, Traffic is still in the works. Look for that real soon.
Biggie had the “10 Crack Commandments” and Master P taught you how to make “Ghetto Dope” now Yo Gotti teaches you the “The Art of Hustle.” Yea “DMs” is a hot record, but this one right here will make you go press play in Spotify on Gotti’s new project with the same title. Who else could teach you the art of hustle?
G Herbo is one of a few artists from Chicago that’s making serious noise. If you haven’t been paying attention, Herbo aka Lil Herb has been doing to some big interviews and is earning some big time respect in the streets along side Lil Bibby. While this track is def for the streets, its a telling visual of all that goes down in Chicago. “Don’t try to hit a lick at the Jugg House,” Herbo raps as he gives fair warning to anyone looking to run up on his spot. If you didn’t already know it’s gutter in the Chi, check it out below.
(AllHipHop News) It was only a matter of time before 50 Cent shared his thoughts about the recent dust-up between DJ Whoo Kid and Meek Mill. During an interview with Shade 45, the G-Unit boss expanded the conversation in order to scold Meek over several recent feuds extending from his conflict with Drake.
50 said:
[Meek’s] really not that bright. That kid is not that bright. The easiest thing you could do is bring other people into the statements that you’re saying while you’re writing music. Not for them to be involved, but just to mention them. Like when he mentioned Ar-Ab from Drake’s perspective, it turned into the kid being on stage saying, ‘F*ck Ar-Ab.”
I didn’t understand when he did that. That’s a special kind of stupid going on over here, because now you just took something that was completely non-threatening with Drake and this one and turned it into something that could potentially turn into you bumping in Philly. I was like maybe he knows something I don’t know.
He does that instinctively. He watches anyone that goes next to the person that he has that passion for, and he attacks that person. You see him say some sh*t about Future. It’s because [Future and Drake] collaborated on an album together, so if you’re with him, you’re against me. You have the least opportunity to beat these guys with the momentum they have at this point.
While Meek did seem to have issues with Future and Ar-Ab at one point, both of those situations have apparently been resolved. Future appeared on Meek’s 4/4 Part 2 mixtape. Ar-Ab said in an interview that he spoke with Meek and the beef is over.
Listen to 50 Cent’s interview below.
(AllHipHop News) Kendrick Lamar was clearly the big winner of Grammy night 2016. The Compton emcee won 5 awards, and he had the most talked about performance of the ceremony. It looks like K. Dot’s victory in Los Angeles on February 15th pushed more people to buy his latest album To Pimp A Butterfly.
According to Hits Daily Double, the LP saw a 411% increase in sales from last week following the Grammy broadcast. That was the third highest boost of the week. Purchases of Alabama Shakes’ Sound & Color rose by 494%, and Tori Kelly’s debut album Unbreakable Smile went up 418% in sales.
Kendrick’s TPAB moved 25,000 copies, making it once again the highest selling rap album of the week. The project opened with 324,000 copies sold in March 2015. It spent 2 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and Rap Albums charts that year.
The TDE/Aftermath/Interscope release won the Best Rap Album trophy at the 58th annual Grammy Awards last week. In addition, the RIAA recently certified To Pimp A Butterfly as platinum under the new rules for its Platinum and Gold Awards program.
Ja Rule has not released an album in quite some time and it seems as if he’s completely finished with the rap game.
It would appear that Ja is is calling it quits with a new album called Coup De Grace (Means Death Blow). I did not know that Ja was out here doing it anyway. Is that retiring or just calling it a day? I don’t care. 50 Cent sure ain’t stopping. Anyway.
Speaking of 50, he may need to hook Young Buck up. It seems as if the homie is in one mess. Check this out.
I peeped Big U’s Instagram and he appears to be conscious. And stuff. I’m thinking they know that the “man” is aways watching. Waiting. Wanting us to murder each other or give them a means to inject their poison in our community. Buck don’t want these issue and neither would I if I were him. He does not need to go back to prison.
The internet comments can create something outta nothing too. I’m hearing Big U is Buck’s manager anyway. I don’t know but it just seems as if some stuff is getting outta “wack.”
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Stitches claims he has cancer, making the announcement on Instagram.
He made a statement on his private page, which was picked up by DJ Akademiks.
The rapper has stated that he’s had cancer in the past and some said he may not actually have it. In Apri 2015, he proclaimed to have the deadly disease. By November of 2015, he celebrated being cured. “N**a, I ain’t got cancer no more! I took that sh*t out my neck. Stitches gonna live forever, man,” at the time.
Now, he may have it again.
The move garnered little sympathy on social media. One reader cruelly stated, “Good luck, Cancer.”
(AllHipHop News) Earlier today, a video went viral showcasing a rapper getting attacked by security. According to Complex, the rapper performing, Skate Maloley, had to stop his set after security started attacking fans in the front row. Things had gotten worse moments later, with Maloley getting jumped on stage soon after. The rapper also claims that he was held down to the ground and soon kicked by the guards. A fan managed to get some footage of the chaos while it happened.
Following the concert, Skate Maloley wrote a post on Twitter regarding the attacks.
My whole team got assaulted buy them and that's it. I'm just most sad and upset that yall had to expierence that. And also miss the show
— Sk8 (@therealsk8) February 21, 2016
Looks like the security guards had definitely became the violent buzzkill for everyone’s night at the rapper’s concert in New York City.
If you didn’t know already, Bun B is a jack of all trades. Bun has been a rapper, a teacher and a philanthropist but now he’s taking his talents to the world of journalism with ViceTV. In a candid interview about his time on the road with the politicians seeking the President’s office, Bun B offers some insight as to what’s been going on behind the scenes. From Trump to Hillary to Bernie we get an idea of how Bun B feels about the 2016 Presidential election as the candidates seek our votes. Check it out below!:
Ever since his early days as the leader of Odd Future, Tyler the Creator has always wanted to be in competition with Kanye West. The rapper’s successful run over the past few years has not only lead to Tyler meeting Kanye, but the two has also worked with one another. They even enjoy each other’s music. Lately, Tyler, The Creator has been showing his appreciation for Ye’s latest album The Life Of Pablo, specifically “Freestyle 4” – a single on the album. There’s been videos showing up on social media featuring the rapper going crazy to the song.
Check out the clips below
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(AllHipHop News) Drake might be one of the hottest rappers in the industry, but that’s not stopping him from celebrating his origins in different ways. This weekend, Drake randomly showed up at a teenager’s Bat Mitzvah to perform a couple of his hit singles. Some of the cuts during his set included his hit single “Hotline Bling” and “Summer Sixteen.”
Drake performing "Hotline Bling" at a bat mitzvah tonight in NYC. pic.twitter.com/M6oASIncUD
— Word On Road (@WordOnRd) February 21, 2016
Drake performing "Summer Sixteen" at a bat mitzvah last night in NYC. pic.twitter.com/Vq2sOS79LE
— Word On Road (@WordOnRd) February 21, 2016
He also managed to perform his remix of Fetty Wap’s single “My Way”.
Drake performing "My Way" at a bat mitzvah tonight in NYC. pic.twitter.com/yD9tk9T8rJ
— Word On Road (@WordOnRd) February 21, 2016
Although he has taken some time to celebrate a teenager’s transition into adulthood, Drake still has some work to do. The rapper is still working on his anticipated album Views From The 6.
(AllHipHop News) So, remember when Rihanna didn’t make the Grammy’s like she was supposed to? Blame it on her severe case of Bronchitis. According to TMZ, the pop sensation had to cancel her performance the last minute due to her the severity of her symptoms, which was so bad that singing that night could have negatively affected her voice forever.
Fortunately, the ANTI artist has recovered fully from her sickness, even posting a video on snapchat to celebrate bouncing back. She also happened to be turning up for her 28th Birthday as well.
Are you enjoying Kanye West’s new album The Life Of Pablo? What about the single “Famous?” If you are, then get very excited, Rick Ross has made an official remix to Kanye’s track, which has already featured Rihanna, and produced by Swizz Beatz. Although Kanye hasn’t featured Rick Ross on an album since My Dark Twisted Fantasy, the two rap moguls seems to have a positive musical relationship. Kanye helped produce the single “Sanctified” on Ross’ album Mastermind.
Check out the remix of “Famous” below.
Before there was Kendrick, Snoop, Dre, and Cube, there was Funkadelic. The legendary funk group, which features the band’s standout founder of funk George Clinton, has managed to make countless hits for several decades either as their own entity or with the generations of musical artists that were inspired by their epic career. Recently, two generations of Hip Hop has collided on one Funkadelic song, well a remix actually. Kendrick Lamar and Ice Cube, two artists that have both worked with George Clinton in the past, was featured on a remix of Funkadelic’s track “Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard For You?” The track was originally on the band’s latest album First Ya Gotta Shake, which dropped last year.
Check out the remix of “Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard For You?” below.