Watch as Kanye West (and about 40 of his best friends) take stage at the 2015 Brit Awards to premiere his new and highly anticipated track ‘All Day’. ‘All Day’ was originally announced last summer as the first single for Kanye’s forthcoming 7th studio album. Although a rough draft of the song had since leaked, this is our best taste of the track yet. Watch the flaming hot performance below, even Taylor Swift Lionel Richie were getting turnt.
Listen as Los Angeles-based producer Tommy Brown showcases his rapping skills with Travis Scott and Eric Bellinger on his new track ‘Trippin’ On Me’. The track is dedicated to jealous girlfriends and is a great rapping debut for Brown. Stream ‘Trippin’ On Me’ below.
Last year, Atlanta singer/rapper Raury came out of virtually nowhere and created an instant buzz for himself with his tracks ‘God’s Whisper’ and ‘Cigarette Song’, and his debut project, Indigo Child(one of our Top 30 Albums of 2014). Today we have visuals, titled “PSA”, for his Indigo Child track ‘Seven Suns’ and fans can now buy ‘Seven Suns’ and an EP version of Indigo Child now on iTunes. Check out Raury and his Love Renaissance team’s new powerful video below, easily one of the best videos of the year so far!
In promotion of his new horror film The Lazarus Effect, which hits theaters this Friday, Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) paid a visit to NBC’s The Today Show. After talking about his upcoming film projects and social media, Donald gave some interesting comments on the future of his music career. “I always want to do music. I love music and I’m already putting out projects quietly everywhere. I guess Childish Gambino is a period in my art time, I want to have periods in my life. I feel like Childish Gambino is a period that should come to a close. I like endings,” said Glover. Is Donald essentially hinting a retirement from music, or maybe just a name change from his Childish Gambino moniker? Only time will tell, but we definitely don’t want to see the music chapter of Glover’s life come to an end.
Watch the video for Big Sean’s Dark Sky Paradise opening track ‘Dark Sky (Skyscrappers)’. Dark Sky Paradise is available now on iTunesand you can check out our album review here. Speaking on the album, Sean wrote “I am feeling so many things at once right now! I could cry tears of joy! I’m so excited to share this music with you guys. I truly dedicate my life to this music and being a better a person.” Check out the Dylan Knight and Andrew Hines directed video below.
Kanye acceptance of the B.E.T. Honors Visionary Award (which was filmed last month, but aired tonight) was full of laughs, tears, and inspiration. After receiving the award, presented to him from the man who helped introduce Kanye to the world, Dame Dash (founder of Roc-A-Fella Records), Kanye took a jab at his wife’s “broke” ex-boyfriends, talked about his visionary status, and shared a touching story that was told to him by Kim Kardashian, about her late father Rob Kardashian. Watch Kanye’s acceptance of the Visionary Award below.
Although the special filmed last month, tonight aired the B.E.T. Honors: What Extraordinary Looks Like program where Kanye West accepted the Visionary Award. The award was presented to Kanye from Dame Dash (founder of Roc-A-Fella Records), the man who introduced Kanye to the world. The highlights of Kanye’s speech included a hilarious jab at Kim Kardashian’s former boyfriends and a heartfelt story on race, shared to Kanye by Kim, about her late father, Robert Kardashian. Before he passed (as told by Kanye) Robert Kardashian’s car was vandalized with the slur “n*gger lover”, because of his legal defense of OJ Simpson. Soon after, Robert Kardashian tried to chase down the men who vandalized his Bentley. When a young Kim was uncertain why her father was so upset, since he was normally calm and mellow, Robert told his daughter, “one day you may have a black child… and it will be hard.” A powerful story that foreshadowed the harassment that Kim and many others still experience many years later.
Looks like Big Sean may have took shots and dissed Kendick Lamar on his new ‘Me, Myself & I’ freestyle, which samples Beyonce’s 2003 track of the same name. Doesn’t look like it’s anything serious, after-all it’s only rap and Sean and Kendrick are friends, but in the track Sean disses a so-called “savior or rap”, a label often given to Sean’s fellow ‘Control’ rapper Kendrick Lamar. In the track, 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).”
To provide a bit of context, not only is King Kendrick frequently referred to as rap’s savior (Google “rap savior” if you don’t believe us), but Kendrick’s critically acclaimed debut album, good kid m.A.A.d. city, has over 10 skits within the LP (which can’t really compare to any other rapper’s use of skits). Listen to the track (1:45 mark) below and judge for yourself.
In promotion of his Dark Sky Paradise album (read our review here), Big Sean has released a great four-minute freestyle to Beyonce’s 2003 Dangerously In Love song ‘Me, Myself & I’. Again and again Sean proves that he a lyricist not to be messed with. Be sure to buy Dark Sky Paradise in stores and available iTunes tomorrow, February 24th. Steam Big Sean’s ‘My, Myself & I’ freestyle below.
It appears as OVO Sound‘s iLoveMakonnen isn’t letting Drake’s diss on If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late slow him down any, as Makonnen has teamed up with DJ Carnage for Carnage’s new track ‘I Like Tuh’. Stream the full track below and get ready for another Makonnon hook to grow on you.
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