It’s better late then never!! But three weeks after the release of J.Cole’s Born Sinner album, He will land number 1 on the Billboard charts.
According to HDD, Born Sinner sold an additional 55,000 last week. This will be J. Cole’s second number one.
Ace Hood becomes the next post-Rick Ross rapper with Reebok money. You can also check out the behind the scenes clip below.
Take a look behind the scenes of the new Reebok Classics commercial shoot starring rapper, Ace Hood. Get a sneak peek at the newest Classic Leather sneakers, hear about Ace’s upbringing and his relationship with music, sports and fitness, and learn about his motivation to Live With Fire.
Kanye West took to Twitter to let the world know that Black Skinhead video was not official, and the official video will be dropping in the next week. Check out his tweets below.
The BLKKK SKKKN HD video that leaked yesterday was not the official version.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 9, 2013
Me and Nick Knight have been working on this video for 5 months and for creatives it’s heartbreaking when something like this happens. — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 9, 2013
The final version will be ready within the next week. — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 9, 2013
Allow me and Nick to give the world what we’ve been losing sleep over.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 9, 2013
Jay-Z stopped by Hot 97 on Angie Martinez’s show to speak about money, failing, being a father, music and so much more.
The latest single from the very beautiful and talented Gavin Turek, of which you can download for free here.
The second we heard this track, we had to put it out. WotNot Music bring you a tasty slice of summer pop, with a hazy synth-pop remix from DA-10 for those balmy August evenings.
Another bright young talent, Danglo’s positive, intelligent instrumentals and penchant for infectious vocal lines have led to releases on CoolKid Music and Dandelion Lotus Records, with support from Mary Anne Hobbs, Bondax, Karma Kid, Happa and Mickey Pearce along the way.
The skippy instrumental, with its driving organ stabs and percussive bass, perfectly underlies the sweet, loving vocals of Ivan Franco & Tokyo Lopez, the tender back-and-forth ever-so-slightly reminiscent of T.E.E.D’s Garden, but with a foot firmly in ‘the London sound’.
Hardware-masters DA-10’s slo-funk remix takes the track to dreamy, summer-on-Mars territory with warm pulsing drones, deep synth bass and stuttering vocals over crisp half-time beats.
This sun-drenched release will follow Danglo and his impressive live set-up to gigs in Ibiza and London this summer, so make sure you catch him soon.
A new Tokyo Daimo freestyle over “Versace” that’s knocks. This is the last “Versace” freestyle I’m posting though.
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I needed this in my life. NPR has released the full album stream of Mayer Hawthorne’s latest album, Where Does This Door Go, which drops July 16th. You can listen by heading here.
You can preorder the Noah EP on iTunes (released 22nd July):
Amber came together at university in Nottingham where they began working on evolving their sound at the end of 2012. A cover of Imogen Heap’s ‘Hide and Seek’ was put online to keep the band’s building fan base happy whilst they were putting together what is now their debut EP, ‘Noah’.
Brazilian rapper MC Daleste (born Daniel Pellegrine) was shot and killed on Saturday night while performing in Campinas. A graphic video of the incident (warning disturbing images), in which Pellegrine can be seen performing and then dropping to the stage suddenly, was posted online and had been viewed nearly four million times at press time.
It appears that Pellegrine was struck in the stomach by a bullet (possibly two) from an unknown assailant and those onstage with him initially look confused before coming to his aide. It is unclear from the video which direction the shot came from and police are reportedly treating the incident as a murder, though Daleste did not appear to have any known rivals.
According to Brazilian media reports, Pellegrine, 20, was performing at a public housing project in the San Martin neighborhood outside of Sao Paulo during the incident and was taken to a nearby hospital where he died a short time later. No suspects had been arrested in the shooting at press time. – MTV
Check out some behind the scenes footage of Kirko Bangz latest visual for that song everybody is getting on. You might want to hurry up with that video, Kirk.
Ace Hood goes on set of the “Dreams Come True” music video with Birdman, Yo Gotti, Mack Maine & Busta Rhymes up in Beverly Hills. Afterwords, Ace receives a gold plaque for “Bugatti”. He then headed to Roxbury in LA to celebrate.
D-Dot Angelettie is the next one up for Cipha Sounds improv show. And his main subject? M-A-dollar sign-E.
From Billboard:
From Kanye West to Nicki Minaj, rappers often name-check fashion designers on their tracks. However, it’s quite a rarity that they name an entire song after them.
Designer Tom Ford recently achieved the feat with a whole track named after him and his label on Jay-Z’s “Magna Carta Holy Grail.” And he’s thrilled about it.
And the Ford name-dropping doesn’t stop with the title “Tom Ford.” Jay uses Ford’s name in the chorus, rapping several times, “I don’t pop Molly / I rock Tom Ford.” “Molly” is slang for a pure form of the drug MDMA or ecstasy. The designer’s pieces are Jay-Z’s drugs.
“I am completely flattered,” Tom Ford tells Billboard. “I mean, come on, who would not want a Jay-Z song named after them?” The union between Jay and Ford seems like a perfect creative marriage: a top tier music mogul paired with one of the biggest name in fashion.
Jay-Z’s clearly a huge Ford fan. He rocked head-to-toe Tom Ford in the video for “Suit & Tie,” his collaboration with Justin Timberlake on the singer’s “The 20/20 Experience” album.
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Aside from this interview, I was trying to figure out why I would often see only two members of the group when I thought there were three; turns out, Offset is currently in jail. Them Atlanta niggas, man.
The below two tracks are featured on IAMSU!’s deluxe re-release of Kilt II, which you can get over at iTunes.
Wale and French Montana turn into 8-bit fighting Sega characters in this new video. Pretty cool.
Looks promising. Apex Predator drops July 30th.
Many tuned into the BET Awards, but only a select few in L.A. were able to witness the festivities that took place during the weekend of the show. Special guest appearances include Janelle Monae, Dole White, Q Deezy, Miss Info, 2 Chainz, Skeme, Game, Too $hort, T.I., Problem, Don Cannon, Nick Cannon, Chris Brown, Yo Gotti, French Montana, Ty Dolla $ign & Wiz Khalifa. It’s just another day in the office for Mr. Thanksgiving.
The appearance of Fat Trel made me press play on this record. It’s pretty dope, though.
Lil’ Duval has a few things going on in his career, and wants to let you know about it on The Breakfast Club.
