While everyone is fawning over the other XXL Freshmen, Maryland’s Logic is quietly making his rounds, with the above visual documenting his stop in London to pretty much obliterate Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Recipe’ instrumental for Tim Westwood.
Sox (@Sox_Invasion) – Gun Powder Freestyle
Invasion Alert’s Sox goes in over Faze Miyake’s ‘Gun Powder’ instrumental for Don’t Flop.
Phreeda Sharp (@PhreedaSharp) – Gold Car (Video)
Just a typical night out in London. ‘Gold Car’ is produced by Ollie Green and is taken from Phreeda’s Ruby, Sex & Vultures project.
Lana Del Rey – Summer Wine (Video)
Taken from Born to Die: The Paradise Edition, this track is apparently a much older song that was originally written for Nancy Sinatra. Check out the equally old-school visual above.
will.i.am Feat. Justin Bieber – #thatPOWER (Video)
will.i.am liberates a very high tech visual for ‘#thatPOWER’, featuring bad boy Bieber, taken from his latest project #willpower.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Ciara – Body Party
Horrible quality, but it looks like 106 & Park premiered some behind the scenes footage of Ciara’s upcoming video for ‘Body Party’, which looks to be directed by Little X and is also featuring her significant other Future.
TEASER: Miguel Feat. Kendrick Lamar – How Many Drinks? (Remix)
Sigh….more teasers. Hopefully the full visual will drop soon; for now, enjoy a quick clip of Miguel’s latest video for the remix to ‘How Many Drinks?’ (originally on Kaleidoscope Dream) featuring Kendrick Lamar.
Naughty Boy Feat. Sam Smith – La La La (Video)
We dropped the song last month (officially released 19th May), and now we have the visual:
Naughty Boy dropped a Sam Smith-assisted track to get folks ready for party weather. The track was co-produced by Komi & Naughty Boy.
UPDATE: Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky
After seeing the cool little preview, we finally get the new single from Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers. Random Access Memories drops May 21st.
UPDATE: We now have the official, real version of the track below.
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BEHIND THE SCENES: J. Cole Creates The ‘Power Trip’ Beat
Cole revists the creative process behind the production of ‘Power Trip‘.
Rocko Clarifies Rick Ross’ Removal From U.O.E.N.O. (Streetsweeper Radio)
Simply put, Rocko says that he did not remove Rick Ross from his single (maybe Rick Ross decided upon it, maybe it was a label decision, who knows) and that he has no regrets on Rozay being a feature.
Fantasia Performs On American Idol
Fantasia showed off on her alma mater, performing a killer rendition of ‘Lose To Win’. Not to be forgotten, Side Effects Of You will be here next week.
Kat Dahlia Performs On ‘106 & Park’
Kat Dahlia appeared on 106 & Park (don’t have the interview segment, sorry), and while there she performed her still-working single ‘Gangsta’.
Shanell – I Don’t Wanna Know (Mario Winans Cover)
Shanell covers the classic punk-ass theme song from Mario Winans for Throwback Music Thursdays. Not bad.
THROWBACK: Eminem & Dr. Dre At A @TimWestwood Party In 2001
Tim Westwood just unearthed some footage from 2001, featuring Em & Dre pretty much living it up at one of his parties.
DON’T FLOP: @BriggzyUK Vs @MixyRic
Wow, this one was definitely lopsided. That’s all I’m gonna say…
Lyrican (@TheRealLyrican) – 5AM In Manchester (Video)
Lyrican flips Drake’s ‘5AM In Toronto’ in his latest visual, courtesy of Pressplay UK.
Ed Sheeran (@EdSheeran) – US Tour Diary (Part Five)
I haven’t even been keeping up with his tour diaries, but Ed Sheeran is taking over the States slowly but surely (plus he has I-write-about-all-of-my-boyfriends Taylor Swift in his pocket). Respect to his rendition of 2Pac & Dr. Dre’s ‘California’.
Omar (@omarlyefookMBE) – Black & White Interview (@GRMDaily)
We caught up with UK music legend Omar for an episode of our Black and White series. He discussed a few topical matters within his career and how the music industry looks from his eyes.
He also talks about working with other greats like Stevie Wonder, and career highlights like receiving a MBE.
@1Xtra Comedy Season (Wednesday’s Highlights)
Mo talks mornings with Twin B, Lee Nelson get’s his Nan to rap for Sarah-Jane and A Squeezy starts a beef with Cash on Charlie Sloths show.
The 97 Coldest Seconds With Kendrick Lamar (Hot 97)
This quick (yet still organic) interview from Hot 97 coincides with a Coors Light promo titled Search For The Coldest, which you can check out here.
Wretch 32 (@Wretch32) – #5 Magazine Interview
Wretch 32 talks exclusively to #5 about his rise to fame and how he is hoping to break the US market in 2013.
Machine Gun Kelly – We’re Not In Kansas Anymore: Lace Up Tour 2013
These dudes are rock stars for real.
Watch Machine Gun Kelly and the EST boys as they journey across the country on the Lace Up Tour.