Lion Babe (Jillian Hervey and Lucas Goodman) has been hitting the ground running ever since the release of their ‘Jump Hi’ with Childish Gambino. Next up though is the New York duo’s music video for their self-titled EP’s track, ‘Don’t Break My Heart’. Jillian dances seductively in this Lucas McGowan-directed video, so you definitely will want to check it out!
Watch the official video for ‘Don’t Break My Heart’ below.
Chance The Rapper shared the release of his new album Surf (with The Social Experiment) last night, but that didn’t stop him from giving back to his community less than a day later. Today Chance paid a visit to students and faculty at Chicago’s John Fiske School and Scammon Elementary School to present awards for the “Get Schooled, Get Connected” challenge. The challenge, designed to help Chicago Public School (CPS) students stay motivated to finish the school year strong, ended last Friday and Chance did his part to help reward the students’ hard work.
Check our more photos, from our photographer Jesus Montero, below.
The wait is finally over as Chance The Rapper and The Social Experiment have released the highly anticipated album, Surf, for free on iTunes. The Donnie Trumpet led project comes in at 16-tracks and has an all-star cast (no exaggeration). As expected, Chance The Rapper is featured on most of the album’s tracks, however Surf also has appearances from Big Sean, J. Cole, Raury, B.O.B., BJ The Chicago Kid, Busta Rhymes, Janelle Monae, Noname Gypsy, Jeremih, Quavo (Migos), Kyle, King Louie, Saba, Erykah Badu, Jesse Boykins III, Saba, D.R.A.M. and Joey Purp. Wow!
What sets Bonnaroo aside from other elite music festivals, is its Superjam. For those who don’t know, the Superjam is just that, a huge jam session with some of music’s top artists from many different genres. And this year’s Superjam lineup is stacked! Joining the jam this year, Saturday June 13th at 1:30 AM, is Chance the Rapper, Pretty Lights, Run DMC’s Darryl McDaniels, Metallica’s Rob Trujillo, Reggie Watts, Jamie Lidell, Jack Antonoff (Bleachers, fun.), Eric Krasno, John Medeski, Cherub, and many more! Definitely don’t miss out on The Farm this year.
From their forthcoming Currents album, Tame Impala has released another official music video for their track ‘Cause I’m a Man’. While this is the second official music video for the record, this one is definitely our favorite, as it stars puppets. Currents comes out on July 17th, and you can definitely expect to hear more from Tame Impala until then.
Watch Tame Impala’s ‘Cause I’m a Man’ video below.
The Truth,a new four-track EP from singer Mike Posner, is described by the man himself as “four songs selected from my upcoming album. They are best listened to the way they were written: at night, and alone. I hope you enjoy.” Well it is 12:45 AM in Chicago, and I’m laying in bed with just my laptop, while the four records play on repeat. And that’s the truth. Taking Mike’s advice, and even if you don’t, The Truth, is an amazing introduction to Mike Posner’s sophomore album, a sophomore album that fans have been waiting for (and for many years). And if this is your first introduction to Posner, or if you want a reminder, Mike Posner is a singer from Detroit, whose solid fan base (which he built from rap-influence pop mixtapes, made during his time at Duke University) help launch his first big hit, ‘Cooler Than Me’, the summer anthem of 2010. After a long solo hiatus, producing hits for artists like Justin Bieber, scraping a number of sophomore album attempts, and his first number one record (with Maroon 5’s ‘Sugar’), we now are finally on the verge of “the new Mike Posner” with The Truth.
Listen as Chicago’s Kembe X recruits Detroit’s Danny Brown for his new track, ‘Hereditary (2 Bitches)’. The record is in anticipated of Kembe X’s forthcoming Talk Back mixtape and is produced by OPI Tayler. Danny Brown definitely delivers with his guest verse, so don’t sleep on this one.
“Although its no more, those 7 letters are forever,” tweet Odd Future’s Tyler the Creator tonight. Is Odd Future (“OFWKTA”), which consists of Tyler the Creator, Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, Mike G, Taco and many more, really done? As suggested by Tyler’s tweet, it must be. If so though, what exactly does that mean? Odd Future isn’t like One Direction, as in it’s not a group/bank that always and only travels together. It’s a collective of artists, each with their own visions and specific styles. Tyler the Creator does his thing. Frank Ocean does his thing. Earl Sweatshirt does his thing. And the rest of Odd Future does their thing as well. So while we don’t exactly know what the end of OFWGKTA means, this certainly wasn’t a good tweet to read!
Even though they have a stack of shows worldwide this summer, Run The Jewels (Killer Mike and El-P) have already announced their 2015 fall tour. Hitting stops in Texas, Colorado, Detroit and more, the rap duo’s fall tour will kick off on September 29th in Tucson, AZ. Until then, we will definitely catch their set a Bonnaroo this year, and you can check out our photos of RTJ’s Weekend 1 Coachella performance.
Check out Run The Jewels’ fall tour dates and it’s awesome promo poster below (as well as their previously announced shows).
Is there a new Frank Ocean project about to drop? Earlier today, singer Frank Ocean posted a mysterious playlist/set, titled states, on his Soundcloud. There is only one problem though, the playlist is empty. At best this means that he is on the verge of blessing fans with a surprise project, for free on Soundcloud. At worst this means that Frank is playing a cruel joke on fans who have been more than thirsty for a new project, ever since his critically acclaimed channel ORANGE album.
While we wait on states (maybe forever), watch Frank perform ‘Pyramids’ on Saturday Night Live below.
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