Top Dawg Entertainment‘s SZA shares her new track ‘Sobriety’ which features a slew of producers (Chris Calor, Cody, Thundercat, LoveDragon, and Sounwave). In the track SZA beautifully sings about breakups and how they put her sobriety under question, showing that TDE is about much more than just West Coast rap. You can catch her on tour with The Internet for Jhene Aiko’s upcoming Enter The Void tour this December.
It looks like poor Iggy Azalea can’t catch a break when it comes to being randomly insulted by legendary male rappers. First Snoop Dogg, now Eminem. One can’t be too surprised however, since Eminem and Snoop have been working together for years and since Eminem recently threatened to punch Lana Del Rey in a his new cypher.
Thirsty for new music? Then check out Mick Jenkins new video for his track ‘Dehydration’. Chicago’s own, signed with Cinematic Music Group, dropped his latest mixtape The Water[s] in August (so be sure to check it out now if you haven’t already). The video is directed and edited by Nathan R. Smith and co-stars his hometown, Chicago, Illinois.
Odd Future’s Tyler The Creator took to Tumblr to release his new song, ‘Diaper’. According to Tyler the track is a “RANDOM SONG LAYING AROUND THOUGHT WHY NOT PUT IT SOMEWHERE.” Give it a listen and be sure to catch Tyler on tour next month.
Unless you were one of the subscribers to Kicker! Magazine circa the early 2000s, you probably never read Kanye’s interview with the youth soccer publication’s Final SCORE segment.
A couple days ago we broke the news about J. Cole’s new album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. Then came the trailer for the rapper’s junior release. Now J. Cole is giving fans the chance to come to his childhood home (where the album get its name) to listen to the new album. 2014 Forest Hills Drive will not have any single so be sure to stay updated on its December 9th release.
With seven albums in just eight years, Rick Ross has another banger in his catalog with Hood Billionaire. Released through Def Jam, Slip-n-Slide Records, and his label Maybach Music Group, Hood Billionaire doesn’t reinvent the wheel or show us anything that we haven’t seen from Ross since his debut in 2006, but he certainly isn’t slacking. If you love Rick Ross than you will love this album. If you haven’t been a fan in the past however, don’t expect Hood Billionaire to win you over. Just because Ross has changed on the outside (having lost over 100 lbs.), he hasn’t changed on the inside, musically at least. Depending on who you are, Hood Billionaire either brilliantly sticks with a theme and a certain sound or it is too repetitive and everything sounds the same (it is all about perception for this one). Fortunately for myself however, I can always go for some more music from the “Teflon Don”.
In a recent interview, singer Faith Evans (former wife of legendary rapper the Notorious B.I.G.) revealed that she is working on a duet album with unheard recordings from her late husband.
Earlier in the month, Jaden Smith continued his spree of dropping new music by the release of hisPrakrutiEP. The only bad thing to say about the project is that we desperately wanted more. Well now we have more, as Jaden just released his newest mixtape. This one is titled CTV2 (Cool Tape Vol. 2), features vocals from his sister Willow,and definitely do not expect it to disappoint. The tape is available through his Jaden Experience application on the iOS App Store.