I’ve been hearing about G$tar Giorgio for a minute, from Los and from Bucky Malone (he appeared on Bucky’s tape last month.) I was always impressed with the VA rapper’s memorable rap style, especially here. I guess I wasn’t paying enough attention, because this new video for “$wagg Back”, shot by Muddy District caught me completely off-guard. With a captivating flow, a catchy hook, a Metro Boomin’ beat that doesn’t compromise his approach and a well-placed Glizzy guest verse, I can’t sleep on this track or G$tar anymore.
@NegashAli – Fire In The Sky
Check out the lead single from the upcoming EP, The African Dream, out 17th February. Look out for the video to drop 3rd February.
Snap Capone (@SnapCapone) Feat. Stigz (@StDaGhost1) – Gangster’s Tale/Go Hard (Video)
Snap Capone drops a sort of 2 for 1 from two different projects, the Stigz-featured ‘Gangster’s Tale’ is taken from The Memoir, while ‘Go Hard’ is from a JUKEBOX:DC favourite, Return Of The Shooter.
Kyle Lettman – One More Drink (Video)
Kyle Lettman’s Access EP is on the way.
The third member to emerge from UK R&B boyband Fun*dmental, Kyle Lettman premieres his new solo video for “One More Drink” on SoulCulture TV.
@JCulpepperMusic Feat. M.S Harris & @WhosNate – Skydive (Video)
I would like to try this one day.
Produced by Sango, Joel Culpepper’s latest visual (sans features) is taken from the EP of the same name, out now. Courtesy of FACT Magazine.
Tiombe Lockhart – Can’t Get Enough (Video)
Check out the (possibly?) seizure-inducing self-directed visual for Tiombe Lockhart’s new single ‘Can’t Get Enough‘, produced by Hudson Mohawke.
The LOX Perform On Sway In The Morning’s Live Concert Series (Video)
“Feels f**cking great… for hip hop,” said Styles P, on Sway in the Morning, when asked about how it feels to drop an EP with The LOX.
Jadakiss, Sheek Louch & Styles P, one of the most solid groups in hip hop, stepped foot in our Live In-Studio Concert Series and performed Faded & Talk About It, off their recent EP, The Trinity.
While in-studio, they also opened up about their lowest moment in hip hop, & spoke about what they would do if the music industry tried to make them compromise their integrity.
Find out what they said, in Sway in the Morning’s interview, above.
A ‘Day In The Life’ With GRAMMY Best New Artist Nominee Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar takes us on a typical day in the life of a GRAMMY nominee….for those that don’t know, he is going up against Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, James Blake, Ed Sheeran and Kacey Musgraves in the Best New Artist category.
T-Pain Performs On SKEE Live (Video)
T-Pain is working his latest single, with his latest stop being a performance of ‘Up, Down (Do This All Day)’ on SKEE Live.
@DaRealChronik Delivers New Album To Fans (Video)
@DontFlop: Mr 13 (@Firts) Vs. Bowski (@Bowski1) (Video)
The latest Don’t Flop rap battle pits Mr 13 versus Bowski.
Killer Mike – Ghetto Gospel (Video)
I saw this video earlier in the week, only for it to disappear as soon as I hit play….and now it’s back. God be the glory…..taken from the very dope R.A.P. Music album.
Shia Labeouf Headbutts Guy In South London Pub (Videos)
From TMZ:
Shia LaBeouf just headbutted a guy in a bar after what sounds like a nuclear argument over his girlfriend’s mom … and TMZ has the video.
At 6 seconds into the clip, you see Shia (wearing a white cap) headbutt a bald guy.
Shia screams at the guy, “What are you saying about my girl’s mom? Are you f**king kidding me bro?”
You hear a girl — presumably the girl Shia was with — screaming his name in a plea for him to stop.
The fight went down at a pub called Hobgoblin in South London Thursday night — in a pretty rough part of town.
Shia knows the pub well … he was in a fight at the same joint in November, 2012. And his bar fight history doesn’t end there … he also got his ass whooped on the street outside a Vancouver bar in 2011.
ScHoolboy Q – Man of the Year (Video)
Q drops a tropical video for “Man of the Year”. His new album, Oxymoron drops February 25th.
Drake Speaks About His Grammy Nominations On Jimmy Fallon
Drake returned to Jimmy Fallon after he debuted his record “Too Much” from his album Nothing Was The Same a few months ago. This time around, he spoke about his Grammy nominations and hosting Saturday Night Live. Later on they played beer hockey.
CHIRAQ: Chief Keef & Chicago’s Rap Underground (Trailer)
CHIRAQ is set to be an 8 part documentary by Noisey, similar to Worldstar’s The Field, and in some ways The Interrupters, examining violence and the growing rap scene in Chicago. We’re sure to see some of the most violent neighborhoods in the city, some concert footage and, according to VICE, appearances from “Chief Keef, Young Chop, Lil Durk, Save Money, the Chicago Police Department and the Nation of Islam.” I have mixed feelings about the entity that is Noisey, VICE’s music blog, mostly because of some of their more controversial posts, they way they go about some of their coverage, and personally, about how they probably failed to probably source us on coverage multiple times. But, I’m not going to expand on that right now. I do think documentaries examining Chicago’s violence, (or violence anywhere) and the music scene are interesting and beneficial if done right. Even if they’ve been done before and even if it does look like they could be glamorizing violence with this series. Since I’ve liked some of VICE/Thomas Morton’s documentary work before (that’s the guy with glasses ducking down in the trailer) I’m hoping this will be good, all worries and Noisey complaints aside. Part one is coming soon…
Kanye West Raps To Young Thug’s “Danny Glover” In Paris
During Paris’ Fashion Week, Kanye West partied at a Been Trill after party at Club 79 in Paris. West is seen in the clip above rapping lyrics from Young Thug’s record ‘Danny Glover’. I really need to get back to Paris, I miss that city.
SWV Reunited Episode 1
If you missed the latest episode of SWV Reunited Episode 1 you can watch the full episode on the next page below.
CLOSER LOOK: JAY Z’s Comador Cigar (Video)
A collaboration between JAY Z and General Cigar Co., the Comador is a luxury cigar wrapped in a Connecticut Havana leaf and aged and finished in Dominican barrels. Here, in the latest episode of The Blueprint, Life + Times follows the process behind the unique blend from Windsor, CT to Santiago, DR.
Gino Marley – Diego Pt. 1 (Video)
Zae is killing the video game in Chicago right now, here is another one for Gino Marley’s “Diego Pt. 1”, produced by Dree the Drummer, from Raised in the Streets.
Pharrell: I Just Wanna Jam (Video)
Pharrell talks music in an abstract sense with REVOLT TV. All I’m hearing is money, really.