We have yet to hear a high quality leak of the track since Kanye West debuted his ‘All Day’ record at the BRIT Awards. However Ye did give the green light to fellow ‘Wolves’ rapper/singer Vic Mensa, to play the track at a recent DJ set of Mensa’s. Listening to the audio of the track gets us even more hyped. Stay tuned for more news on Kanye’s forthcoming So Help Me God album, which should be coming soon, and watch Vic spinning ‘All Day’ below.
This year, February was jam packed with great releases from a variety of artists. Some came to us as a surprise, others beating expectations, and some just simply getting it right. Check out some of the best releases the month of February had to offer.
Listen to Ab-Soul’s first taste of new music since last September, as he leaked his own ’47 Bars’ song on Soundcloud. The track, which is produced by The Alchemist, is a tribute to Capital Steez (the Pro Era rapper who died in December 2012). Stream ’47 Bars’ below.
Watch Tory Lanez’ cinematic video for his 2014 standout track ‘Henny in Hand’, off his Lost Cause mixtape. The new video features a dramatic storyline with a surprise twist at the end that you won’t want to miss. The Canadian born rapper/song-writer is definitely one of the more up-and-coming names in rap right now, has written for Justin Bieber, and closes his winter tour tomorrow in Montreal. Check out the Andrew Hines directed video below.
Last time around, Kanye West gave an memorable and empowering interview with BBC Radio 1′s Zane Lowe. Although it was mocked by members of the media, fans could not wait untill Kanye paid the Radio 1 host another visit. And now fans can watch the new emotional interview with Lowe, which even brings Kanye to tears as he began to share a memory about late Central St. Martin British professor of fashion design, Louise Wilson, who passed away last year. “I didn’t know we we’re going to lose her,” said Kanye. Despite it being the first time Kanye was brought to tears during an interview, a BBCsource says that Mr. West was happy for the segment to make the final cut of the edited interview. Check out the full interview below.
Listen to producers RL Grime and Salva’s remix of Travis Scott’s Day Before Rodeo track ‘Skyfall’ ft. Young Thug. RL Grime and Salva continue to blur the lines between electronic music and rap with this rework and you can stream the track below. Also be sure to catch Scott and Thugger on their upcoming RodeoTourwith Metro Boomin, kicking off March 1st in Santa Ana, CA.
This week Chance the Rapper and Donnie Trumpet (of The Social Experiment) stopped by Power 105.1 for their first ever appearance on “The Breakfast Club” with DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee. Its only right that the two Chi-town grown artists paid a visit to The Breakfast Club as the classic John Hughes film of the same name was filmed just outside of Chicago. Check out the full interview below as Chance talks about his come up, getting a phone call from Jay-Z, Obama and much more. Chance and Donnie also talk about their upcoming album Surf and Chance even gives an indirect shootout to The Early Registration for our coverage on his recent Open Mikeevents (around the 32:30 mark).
Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt has announced his “Not Redy 2 Leave” tour with Vince Staples and Remy Banks. The tour kicks off next month in St. Louis and runs until May. This will definitely not be a tour to miss, as Earl is one of the many reasons why Odd Future is arguably the best collective in rap and Vince Staples made quite a buzz for himself last year with his Hell Can WaitEP (one of our favorite projects of 2014). Check out the dates below!
It looks like Anthony Tiffith, CEO of Tod Dawg Entertainment (TDE), did not take kindly to Big Sean’s subliminal Kendrick Lamar diss on his ‘Me, Myself & I‘ freestyle. In the new freestyle to promote his new album Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean raps “Ya’ll bragging about so and so, like “Oh, he really it? The new n*gga in rap? Well can he really spit?” Or do he just hide behind his skits like half of these rappers doin’, and ya’ll f*cking go and praise him in this bitch like they the savior of the sh*t (rap),” which may be subliminal shots to Kendrick Lamar, who many praise as the savior of rap. Well if Tiffith saw it like others did, he may have just expressed his opinion on his Twitter. Tiffith tweeted “YALL PLEASE LEAVE DOT (Kendrick) ALONE MAN.HE DONT TAKE NO 1 SERIOUS..HE DONT FUCK WITH NOBODY..PLZ, BECUZ WHEN HE GO,HES GONE & IT WONT BE SUBLIMINAL.” In simpler terms, Kendrick Lamar (as he did in his Big Sean collaboration ‘Control’) calls out rappers directly (not subliminally, perhaps in contrast to Big Sean). Is a Kendrick Lamar response coming soon?
Earlier this month Chicago rapper Towkio released his collaboration with SAVEMONEY affiliate Vic Mensa on his song ‘Involved’, in anticipation of his forthcoming .wav Theory project. Today we have another hit from Towkio, this time accompanied by Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment, titled ‘Free Your Mind’. Check out the new track (produced by Cam-Obi) below!
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