Marsha Ambrosius gets Ne-Yo on a new single, taken from what I can only hope is a soon-to-be-released Lovers & Friends.
John Mayer Feat. Frank Ocean – Wildfire
I suppose Ocean returns the favor after that very dope appearance on ‘Pyramids‘. Paradise Valley drops next week (August 20th).
Big Sean Gives Tracklist Breakdown For ‘Hall Of Fame’
‘Lift Off’ gives us a pretty dope breakdown of the songs on Big Sean’s upcoming Hall Of Fame, which drops August 27th.
@EllieGoulding & @thisisBURNS – Midas Touch
Ellie Goulding enlists BURNS (or vice versa) to flip the classic ‘Midas Touch‘ from Midnight Star. Goulding’s Halcyon Days (Deluxe) drops 26th August.
Chinx Drugz Feat. Ace Hood – Up In Here (Video)
Directed by Jon J. for Maybach Films. Chinx’ Cocaine Riot 3 is out now.
Ab-Soul On ‘The Process With Peter Rosenberg’
In the third installment of The Process with Peter Rosenberg, Ab-Soul explains how he got into rapping. Born and bred in Carson, California, the TDE MC’s interest in music spurred from his parents day job. “I grew up in a record shop,” says Ab.
SNEAK PEEK: Just Blaze & Baauer – Higher
Check out some sick photos from Just Blaze and Baauer’s latest collaboration (you can check out the teaser here). Below is an excerpt of Nabil speaking with FADER on the visual.
Without giving away too much, what’s the video’s basic premise? It’s a simple vignette/narrative of a kid who follows a warrior home, then spreads what he sees to the other kids and they take it upon themselves.
I decided to shoot in Kerala, India because that’s where some of the oldest forms of martial arts came from. I had done some research after having the idea of shooting something with martial arts and wanting to go to India. The song had a feeling that resonated India to me, and people fighting? Can’t really explain—was just in my head when listening.
While shooting, did you run into any particularly good luck, or unforeseen obstacles? We shot for around three days. Monsoon season is particularly challenging, probably the biggest obstacle you can face when dealing with consistency and shooting outdoors, up there with shooting in the far northern hemisphere to get a night shoot when it’s like 22 hours of sunlight. We just embraced it and had a little help from the gods! Also, we had great luck with an amazing crew and group of warriors to work with. None were actors but they had such great personalities that it felt like the acting exuded naturally.
Who are the kids? The kids are also young warriors at the martial arts school. It was so great working with them. Such genuine, hard working, kind and FUNNY little kids. Then you see them training and you are like, Woah. Vishnu, my lead kid, was exactly what I had hoped for, a little Peter Pan. Each kid has there own little story, very touching.
J. Cole Speaks On His Artist Bas (FUSE/VIBE TV)
J. Cole and Bas sit down with Fuse to talk about the up-and-coming rapper.
@LadyLykez – I Love My Butt (Video)
Lady Lykez gets in-your-face with her latest, the sure-to-be-a-hit ‘I Love My Butt’, available for preorder here. As a bonus, we included behind the scenes footage below.
Big Sean & Naya Rivera Talk ‘Sorry’ With L.A. Leakers
Naya Rivera and Big Sean stopped by the #LIFTOFF with J Cruz and Justin Credible.
Naya and Sean talked how their song “Sorry” came about, Naya broke down the concept behind the song “I definitely bossed up on this song, It was sorta of just like a ladies anthem”, Big Sean talked new album Hall Of Fame, and Naya’s reaction to Big Sean’s verse in “All Me” My new girl is on Glee and sh*t, probably making more money than me and sh*t.
Future – L.A. Leakers Interview; Reveals A Story About Drake’s ‘Started From The Bottom’
Future stopped by the studio with sourMilk and myself and talked about his new single “Honest” , recording “Bugatti” in one take, Miley Cyrus twerkin, collabos on the new album, and for the first time ever he tells the story behind Drake’s “Started From The Bottom.”
Drake Wishes He Jumped On Rich Homie Quan’s ‘Type Of Way’
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I’m sure he could still remix Rich Homie Quan’s record if he felt like it.
Trinidad James – Montreality Interview
Among the many topics brought up during this interview, Trinidad James would really like a verse or two from Drake. He also addresses 10 PC Mild and his Def Jam debut (if and when that arrives).
YG Feat. Jeezy – You Betta Kno (Video)
Nice ‘U.O.E.N.O.’ flip. Jeezy & Co’s BYLUG mixtape drops tomorrow.
Trillectro Music Festival (Mixtape)
If you’re in town this weekend, it would be a strong suggestion for you to make this event. Additional information can be found here; below are some well-placed tunes to get you hyped for the festival.
DOWNLOAD: Trillectro Music Festival (Mixtape)
Ariana Grande – ‘The Way’ & ‘Baby I’ (Acoustic) (Video)
Live, shortened, accoustic versions of The Way and Baby I just for fun!! Hope to do more like this in the future. Thanks very much to the amazing and talented Dan Kanter for playing with me! Enjoy
@ArcticMonkeys – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? (Video)
Straight to the point, would you say (sidenote: I definitely know how it feels to be that wasted)? Directed by Nabil and taken from Arctic Monkeys’ forthcoming album, AM, released 9th September.
UPDATE: Big Sean Feat. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica – Control (No ID)
UPDATE: CDQ and proper title — ‘Control (No ID)’ — added below. Also, this will NOT be on Hall Of Fame due to sample clearance issues. That’s pretty unfortunate.
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Holy shit — Funk Flex just let this one go……Perhaps this will be a bonus track on Big Sean’s upcoming Hall of Fame (it wasn’t on the tracklisting we saw, anyway), which drops August 27th. Whew.
UPDATE: Sway (In The Morning) Puts ScHoolBoy Q Through The 5 Fingers Of Death
UPDATE: Sway threw up other pieces to Q’s recent interview on his radio show, which I’ve added below.
Sway puts Q through the 5 Fingers Of Death……hell, at least he made it through (he sort of did this before with Ab-Soul, so I’m sure he was more prepared mentally).
A$AP Ferg Teams Up With A Bathing Ape
A$AP Ferg is the latest artist to team up with A Bathing Ape, with a shirt that features Ferg holding up Baby Milo a la HayZeus-style. There will only be 100 of these that will be released a day before A$AP Ferg’s Trap Lord drops: you have to be at BAPE’s New York launch on August 19th at 6pm.
Peter Rosenberg: 40 Years Of Hip-Hop
Respect to Peter Rosenberg for this: almost 2 hours of Hip-Hop 101 in celebrate of its 40th birthday.
Rockie Fresh, Casey Veggies & Ty Dolla $ign Perform In Brooklyn
The trio of up and coming emcees were at the Mad Decent Block Party in Brooklyn and the MMG cameras were on the scene.
Plies – Wild As Fuck
Plies flips Lil’ Wayne and 2 Chainz’ ‘Rick As Fuck’……probably the first time that I actually appreciate the original.