Earlier today, Odd Future’s Mike G (one of the group’s most underrated members) shared a old collaboration with fellow OFWGKTA member Earl Sweatshirt. What’s most interesting about this record, is that the track dates back all the way to 2009. You can noticeably tell the difference in the young rappers’ voices but the track, titled ‘FUK IT’, is still fire. We wonder what other Odd Future unreleased tracks are out there.
Following their mega-successful collaboration ‘Latch’, Disclosure and Sam Smith have again teamed up, this time for Disclosure’s new single ‘Omen’. Off their forthcoming sophomore album, Caracal, which is due out September 25th on Capitol Records, ‘Omen’ is another great record from Smith and the talented production duo. The official video is live now, and fans can sure purchase the track tomorrow, July 28th. “It was really exciting,” says Disclosure’s Howard Lawrence on the new record. “We had three whole days to hang out with Sam and write, which are two of my favorite things to do.”
Last night, Milwaukee singer Lex Allen and the New Age Narcissism collective performed a headlining set at the Brady Street Festival in Milwaukee, WI. While many festival goers were sprinkled throughout the Brady St. bars, somewhere between buzzed and drunk (since it’s what Mil-town does best), a great crowd of fans showed up for the Allen’s entertaining set. Full of costume changes, dancers and surprise performances from NAN’s Siren and Lorde Fredd33, Lex delivered for his hometown crowd.
Check our more photos, from our photographer Dan Garcia, below.
These are the highlights of this past week in music! Hopefully you can bump these tracks on your way to work to brighten up your Monday mornings, and to stay up-to-date on today’s music.
This week we have a track from Meg Myers forthcoming album Sorry, a Future cover for Chicago’s Vic Mensa, and an unlikely collaboration from J. Cole and Janet Jackson!
Last night, singer Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires performed an amazing set at the Subterranean in Chicago, IL. With an energetic opening set from Milwaukee rapper WebsterX, Windy City fans definitely got their money’s worth. WebsterX performed a number of tracks, including his fan favorite ‘doomsday’, and Bradley kept fans entertained with performances from his Victim of Love and No Time For Dreaming records. If you weren’t in Chicago last night, Bradley will be touring the world this summer, while Midwest fans can catch WebsterX at this year’s Summer Set Music & Camping Festival (enter our ticket giveaway here).
Check our more photos, from our photographer Jesus Montero, below.
A conscious sense of self-importance is key for rappers who are attempting to stamp their place in the scene. In 2013, Kendrick Lamar displayed this on ‘Control’ with a verse that sent shockwaves through hip-hop as he declared, “I got love for you all but I’m tryna murder you niggas.” Of course, he had the respect of the entire community and a towering body of work to support his claims…but what happens when a rapper without the esteemed back-catalog attempts to make similar statements? Enter Hopsin, a fellow California artist whose fifth studio-album, Pound Syndrome, has a common thread of attempting to assert supremacy over groupies, struggle rappers, and hip-hop as a whole.
Janet Jackson is back, and this time she recruited one of the leaders of rap’s new movement, J. Cole. The new single and Cole collaboration is called ‘No Sleep’, and you won’t want to sleep on this unlikely collaboration. “I hope u enjoy watching this as much as we enjoyed making it,” Jackson told fans on Twitter. And if you enjoy the video and record, be sure to download the album version of ‘No Sleep’ oniTunes.
Watch the official music video for ‘No Sleep’ below.
Is Chance The Rapper going to be Chance The Father? It sure looks that way, as earlier today Chance and his manager shared a photo hinting that a little Chance is on the way. “Coming soon. 👪❤️,” wrote Chance on Instagram. “Congrats on your journey guys. I love you! @chancetherapper” added Chance’s manager Pat. Perhaps the two are having fun with fans on social media, or just maybe Chance’s first child is really on the way. Either way, we are sure Chance will make a great father and we wish his family the best of luck!
Check out the potential first photo of Chance Jr. below.
North Carolina may not be home to the biggest attractions in the music festival circuit, but it more than makes up for that fact with expertly curated gatherings such as Hopscotch Music Festival. Slated for September 10-12, this year’s edition of the artistic celebration will feature 160 acts spread throughout 12 venues in the state capital of Raleigh. Previous lineups have included various names such as Big Boi, Jamie xx, How To Dress Well, St. Vincent, Local Natives, Action Bronson, and a host of others, so it’s no surprise this year’s imprint is poised to be just as diverse. In order to give attendees a taste of what’s in store for Hopscotch 2015 (and if you don’t have your tickets yet to can get them here) we’ve listed five acts ranging from rap to post-rock that simply can’t be missed.
For those who have logged onto a computer within the past few days, the escalatingbeefbetween Meek Mill and Drake is likely not breaking news. Meek’s accusations of Drake employing ghostwriters set off a firestorm that went from bad to worse over a sprawling series of tweets, and as of now, it’s only spreading as other rappersattempt to insert their two cents. No one can truly confirm whether or not an individual in the shadows penned lyrics for the head of OVO, but fortunately, there are certain lines only Drake could have crafted. In order to help figure out where those lyrics reside, we’ve compiled 10 tracks that definitely came from the mind of Canada’s finest.
The Early Registration 