Drake continues to pick talent that’s finding waves across the internet. Today OVO releases a pretty dope dance styled track from Majid Jordan dubbed “Forever”. The soundcloud has millions of views and the videos already approaching 30,000 views after being released less than 24 hours ago. Fans of Majid may remember him from Drake’s song “Hold On, We’re Going Home”
2Chainz drops a gem on ’em “Keep It 100” featuring a host of talent from his TRU Jack City Mixtape. Cap-1 drops a ill verse on here too, word flipping his way through his 16. Fellow drank compadre Short Dawg drops some wreckless verses on this one too. Def worth a few spins riding around with that loud in the air.
Project Pat is CLASSIC! Who else could come out with a song called “Kangaroo”? Not many artist can make a song about a marsupial sounding this hard. Honestly when you combine Trae tha Truth and Big Trill this one is sure to make its rounds in the hoods and gutter strip clubs throughout the south – not to mention here online!
Sway sits down with Chicago legend Twista to discuss a host of topics. One of which is talking about his Grammy nomination and recalling winning the Vibe Award. He also dishes on his plans for SXSW, his celebrity judge feature and making EDM records.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. The world is waiting. Manny Pacquaio has been feverishly calling out his adversary and some even seemingly avoiding him. But, Floyd has completely countered the notion. He confirmed that “Pacquaio has no say so, because he fights under Top Rank Promotions. I have Mayweather Promotions. Do I want to fight Pacquaio? Absolutely,” Mayweather says.
Check out the whole interview below, where he goes on at length about the whole circumstance.
Tasman Holloway kicks off 2015 with new visual from project “Who Is Tasman Holloway” hosted by Dj Drama. The latest visual takes a look into Hollywood Hills as Tasman interprets new vulgar cadence lyrics with a edgy West Coast feel. Check out the visual to “Monkey Business” (P###. Joey Castellani) and be on the hunt for the latest project “Who Is Tasman Holloway” via DatPiff here.
From his Times album, Terrace Martin drops the video for “Gumbo Love” featuring Uncle Chucc. iLL Camille directed the visuals which give off a vintage camcorder feel while Terrace Martin and Uncle Chucc hold a jam session in their living room.
Audra The Rapper finds herself in a predicament in her new hook-heavy track “No.Body.” This is the first release from Audra’s Retrospectrum EP due in March. The downtempo electronic sound blends flawlessly with Audra’s melodic vocals. “No.Body” reveals a more erotic side of Audra, who perfectly shows why she is a must watch artist on this mesmerizing single.
As Durham,NC emcee Tracy Lamont gears to release his 92Til album, he hits us with his first single “Space. Funk. Flow.”.
Large Professor’s Re:Living album is coming this Spring but while we wait, Large Pro offers up a brand new video for “Own World” strictly the ladies. Scratches by: Boogie Blind.
When the Fox Network released the new show, “Empire,” I was concerned about what I might see on screen. Fox is not known for producing the most favorable images of black people, so I figured this show wouldn’t be any different. For some reason, black dysfunctionality makes for great television, and there is a long line of white guys getting rich off of our willingness to celebrate all that makes us miserable.
If you do some research, you might notice some of the same things I’ve seen in this ghetto-fied hood drama: Pimps, hoes, thugs, gangsters, emasculated black men, and all kinds of other kinds of stereotypical coonery that many of us have grown tired of seeing portrayed on-screen. Lee Daniels is apparently the man responsible for this televised monstrosity, and I wonder if a day will ever come that the majority of us will refuse to support directors who pimp their people to help bigots like Rupert Murdoch get rich from modern day minstrel shows.
Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson are two of my favorite actors. They are incredibly talented and deserve every opportunity to make their money. But this is a show that I cannot support, because I have a secret dream of seeing the black community prosper, educate itself, build strong families, and become something more fitting of Dr. King’s grand vision. I can’t tell you everything that Dr. King and our ancestors wanted for our people, but I can certainly say that it had nothing to do with the crap we’re seeing in modern American media.
I also have a few things to say about Lee Daniels and his admitting that he’d like to use the show to “blow the lid off of homophobia in the black community.” I’m not sure why black people are always the target of this kind of propaganda, especially when there are millions of white conservatives who have their own issues with homosexuality as well. Not to say that any of us should be forced into a position on gay rights or that we can even agree on what it means to be homophobic, but black people do not have a monopoly on homophobia, however it is defined.
Daniels’ efforts to use media as a tool to pathologize his own people might be an even greater reflection of the mental illness he is confronting as he works to cradle a deeply abused inner child. The same way that abuse victims often become abusers themselves, Daniels has decided to abuse all of us with media messages that are stomach-churning for nearly any conscious black person to absorb. The same way Michael Jordan spent 20 years pissing on the world because he was the dark-skinned kid who was cut from his 8th grade basketball team, Lee Daniels (along with Don Lemon) is using his new-found power to destroy society’s perception of black people rather than build something more distinguished, thoughtful and meaningful.
Basically, “Empire” wasn’t created to entertain black people (although I’m sure it has black viewers). It is instead selling an image of blackness to a predominantly white audience that has been long fed stereotypical messages about what blackness represents. These thug-gangster-hoodrat images are the ones that are deeply embedded in the minds of police officers who shoot black men and potential employers who refuse to give black people jobs. Just like animals in the zoo, the world loves to observe black people at our most ratchet, because ignorant negroes are simply fun to watch.
The video below goes deeper into what I think about this show. I also reiterate that I won’t be watching. Actually, I don’t even watch network TV anymore, I’m a Netflix/Youtube/Amazon kind of guy. But it’s not as if Fox News cares what I think anyway, I banned myself from their network six years ago (after that silly situation with Bill O’Reilly), and haven’t visited that racist platform since.
Dr Boyce Watkins is a Finance PhD and author of the book, “Black American Money: How black power can thrive in a capitalist society.” To have Dr Watkins’ commentary delivered to your email, please click here.
HotPeez drops a sentimental track as he talks to a female. In reply Ashlyn drops her soulful touch to the hook thats backed by some classic Hip-Hop drums. Seeing HotPeez continual progressing and consistent output of quality music, we see that hes not just seeking to saturate the market, but moreso looking to make an impact with poignant takes on life and relationships.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHv3n5BhZGc
Top of the year and one of Chicago’s most overlooked lyricists decides to drop a spur of the moment freestyle video on the coldest day of winter this year in Chicago (thus far). Murph Watkins is preparing to kick off a campaign to promote his upcoming album “YUN”.
Rico Love has been teasing the May 19th release of his debut album, Turn The Lights On, with a bunch of great singles, EPs and mixtapes. Today we get “Somebody Else”, the first single off the album, produced by Jake One. Check out the official video below.
Joey Bada$$ hit us with a loose track for his birthday titled “Born Day”. B4.DA.$$ in stores and iTunes now!
MC Marc 7 of renown LA Hip Hop collective Jurassic 5 has been making a name for himself with some exceptional solo output since his 2014 debut Food Clothing & Shelter. With his highly recognizable voice, east coast influence and west coast style, Marc 7 has upped the ante with his upcoming EP, When Sounds Attack Vol. 1, which was recorded with his longtime engineer/producer “Big John” Meyers and boasts bigger rhymes, bigger samples and a bigger sound. We have the pleasure of premiering “Lose You” which catches the silver-tongued rapper in an acrimonious mood, rhyming over a stuttering beat laced with retro soul samples. An enticing taste of whats to come when the first installment of When Sounds Attack drops March 10th.
Iggy Azalea may receive a bevy of backlash, but she’s not slowing down anytime soon.
GQ recently caught up with the six-foot beauty to talk to her about what 2015 has in store for her career, which already includes four Grammy noms. In between talking about what constitutes her “good life” and her cooking skills, Iggy talked about wanting longevity in hip-hop. The Aussie rapper said she doesn’t know how long people will appreciate her music, but says that whether she is gone within the next few years or not, she’s satisfied knowing that her songs made people accept seeing artists from different cultures making hip-hop.
“I might be here for a long time,” said the 24-year-old. “At the very worst, if I have a short-lived career, at least I could say I sparked a change—that I inspired some leniency in what people accept in hip-hop. And if I have a very long career and can be gyrating in a leotard at 35, that would be great.”
The “Black Widow” rapper is no stranger to criticism. Last month, she was lectured by Q-Tip about the history of hip-hop, gets continuously slammed by fellow femcee Azealia Banks and receives criticism for sweeping the hip-hop categories at recent award shows. During her sit down, she revealed that those award nominations that she receives so much flack for actually help her deal with her naysayers.
“Uh, awards season helps. Anytime where people get to choose who they want to have a voice and they choose me, I just think that makes it worth it. And that gives me the patience to just bite my tongue. When people choose me as the person they think should be speaking for them, I think, ‘Well, I don’t really care what someone in the industry or another artist has to say about it. Your opinion is biased anyway, because you want people to listen to your voice’. So having actual people who choose me, it makes me think, ‘I have a place, and I don’t care what other people have to say about it’. I was a fan of rap music growing up, and I didn’t feel like there were enough characters that represented me and my situation. So I think it’s needed.”
Read the rest of her GQ interview here.
The Nike LeBron 12’s released October 11, 2014, and Jadakiss thinks they got it right with this pair. He says the past LeBron sneakers are “Super tight corn busters.”
Yo Gotti just dropped his Concealed mixtape with features from a host of artists including Jadakiss, Boosie, Shy Glizzy and many more. Peep this track from the project produced by The Young Starz.