Fat Trel drops off the visual to his freestyle over Drake’s hit single, ‘Started From The Bottom’. Some say that Trel flowed the best over this beat and now we have the video.
@JamesBlake Performs In D.C. (Full Performance)
James Blake was recently in D.C. to perform at the 9:30 Club, and NPR Music has the full hour and a half for non-attendees to enjoy.
Watch the singer perform 90 minutes of breathtakingly emotional music, recorded live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Unpredictable and often mysterious, Blake’s songs are intense and riveting, hopeful and thoughtful.
Mr. MFN eXquire – Fat Fool Prod. Alchemist (Video)
No chorus on this short new alchemist produced song by Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire. The upcoming tape Kismet is coming soon.
IamSu! ft. Juvenile, Problem & Kool John – 100 Grand Remix (Video)
IamSu! drops a remix to “100 Grand” featuring his homies Problem and Kool John and the legend Juvenile. Kilt 2 coming soon.
TEASER: The RZA Presents ‘Formless’
THE RZA presents a hard-hitting sneak peak action concept of the upcoming martial arts action film starring: Marrese Crump, Anderson Silva, Buakaw, and Ray Dionaldo.
Joey Bada$$ & Pro Era’s Beast Coastal Tour (FADER Documentary)
Judging from this documentary, this tour was definitely one not to be missed.
The way Joey and the Pro Era guys command the stage, seamlessly passing the mic and ad-libbing for each other, you almost forget they’re mostly teenagers. When we met, though, they were playing Marco Polo at the hotel pool. Everyone was sick with something; they had bronchitis or strep or whatever disease you catch when you eat pizza every day and live on an RV with 10 other people. Despite their depressed immune systems, the crew was enamored with life on tour, balancing homesickness—missing their grandmas, bicycles and beds—with their youthful restlessness and thirst for exploration.
The-Dream – IV Play Documentary (Part 1)
IV Play drops May 28th (preorder here). Presented by Noisey:
Here’s part one of the three part documentary series on The-Dream, “The Man.” In part one Terius Youngdell Nash, b.k.a. The-Dream, shares the difficulties life lessons that propelled his career and shaped his parenting philosophy.
Kevin Cossom – U.O.E.N.O. Freestyle (Video)
Kevin Cossom drops a visual for his version of Rocko’s current hit. You can download the audio here.
JABB (@OneTakeJabb) – Testify (Video)
LCD Vision presents “Testify”, the video for the first single off of JABB’s upcoming EP Da Oceans. Shot on location in Alexandria, VA. You can download the song here.
AOL Sessions: The-Dream
The-Dream does a pretty show session with AOL in lieu of IV Play, which hits stores next week.
Ed Sheeran (@EdSheeran) Performs On ‘Ellen’
Ed Sheeran performs ‘Lego House’ on The Ellen Show (or whatever it’s called).
Lil Mouse Claims False News Report In New PSA
In recent news, Lil Mouse was accused of bullying a 3rd grader and making threats that he would kill him for snitching. Lil Mouse tells his side of the story in a PSA with Blind Folks Vision.
Action Bronson, Logic, Travi$ Scott & Dizzy Wright “RapFix Live” Freestyle
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While French Montana, Fat Joe, and DJ Drama were at RapFix, a few of XXL‘s Freshman class closed out this afternoon’s segment by spitting a freestyle.
Black Hippy “U.O.E.N.O (Remix)”
Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, m.A.A.d City Tour kicks off today in Sin City. At the 1:18 mark of Kendrick’s promo video, the Black Hippy crew puts on Rocko’s single and spits over it. I wonder how Jon feels about this?
Hit-Boy Receives Grammy Award
Hit-Bot celebrated his birthday yesterday and while opening his gifts, he received his Grammy Award for “Niggas In Paris”. Happy Belated Birthday.
Nicki Minaj: The Road To The 2013 Billboard Music Awards
Nicki Minaj gives up a visual that shows the days leading up to her Billboard Music Awards performance.
Video: Meek Mill – It’s Levels To This Shit (In-Studio)
After performing this track in ATL, Meek Mill gives L.A. Leakers a preview of his new single “It’s Levels To This Shit” which is off his upcoming mixtape Dreamchasers 3.
the xx & Jessie Ware (@Jessie_Ware) Perform In Berlin
the xx brings Jessie Ware on stage to perform a few cuts with them for their Night + Day event:
Night + Day is a series of live events, curated by The xx, who searched high and low for beautiful locations to stage special, one-off events, and handpicked the artists they most recpect and admire to join them.
Jammin Feat. Dead Audio – Bruk Out (Video)
Hailing from London, Jammin has entered the music game with a new, fresh and eclectic single ‘Bruk Out’. It is a fusion of dubstep mixed with authentic reggae influence; certified to get you grooving!
Joey BADA$$ & Fat Trel Perform At Best Buy Theater; BADA$$ Announces EP Release Date
This was all part of the 2013 XXL Freshmen Tour…..in related news, Joey BADA$$ just Tweeted the release date to his upcoming project:
but fuck it, eye'll just make this announcement. My "Summer Knights Ep" drops June 12th. good day
— oG $wank. (@joeyBADASS_) May 22, 2013

