A lot has changed for Milwaukee rapper WebsterX since the release of his visuals for his ‘doomsday’ track. He has gained attention from Pigeons and Planes, Complex and some of the biggest music publications in the country, he performed at SXSW, and now we have his new song, titled ‘Lately’. “(The song) more embodies all the new gained attention I got from ‘doomsday’ and the interesting change of pace I experienced, (that’s the) reason why it’s called ‘Lately,'” WebsterX told Complex. If you’re a fan of rap, definitely check out the new mellow track, produced by Mic Kellogg.
Listen to ‘Lately’ below, and check out our photos of WebsterX’s performance at The Rave in Milwaukee.
A new surprise album from Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt wasn’t enough for you? Well don’t worry because Earl has given fans even more music, this time by dropping a 10-minute long track/EP, titled ‘solace’. Sweatshirt spoke about solace in an interview with NPR and said the project was for his mother. In the YouTube description, Earl describes the track/EP as “music from when i hit the bottom and found something.” Do yourself a favor and check it out now!
Listen to ‘solace’ below and check out our recent photos from Earl’s “Not Redy 2 Leave” tour.
SAVEMONEY rapper Towkio’s .Wav Theory project is finally here! .Wav Theory is a great introduction to Towkio for new fans of the Chicago rapper, and the mixtape has features from Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, Leather Corduroys and more. The project also has production from Kaytranda, Stefan Ponce, and The Social Exeperiment, so you will not want to sleep on this one!
Listen to the entire project below and check the official video for .Wav Theory’s title track.
Check out the remix to Jeremih’s track ‘Planes’, as he stays local and recruits Chicago’s Chance The Rapper and The Social Experiment for the record. Norwegian rapper Lido also joins the Chicago artists on this one. The collaboration is definitely a must listen!
Listen to Chance The Rapper’s ‘Planes’ Remix below.
This week Chicago’s Vic Mensa paid a visit to Justin Credible and dropped an exclusive L.A. Leakers freestyle. Rapping over the instrumental to Future’s ‘F*ck Up Some Commas’ track, Vic spits about his new deal with Jay-Z, shouts out Big Sean and Future, and overall the Save Money rapper just drops bars on bars!
Written and recorded soon after the news that Officer Darren Wilson would not see his day in court for the killing of Michael Brown, Atlanta rapper/singer Raury shared his views on race through his emotional song ‘Fly’. And now we have the official, Malia Murray directed, music video for Raury’s Michael Brown inspired track. In the animated video, the ‘God’s Whisper’ singer gives fans a brief history lesson on the black struggle in America.
Lana Del Rey again is part of an upcoming Hollywood film, this time Black Lively and Harrison Ford’s “The Age of Adaline“, and you can preview her new track ‘Life Is Beautiful’ in the film’s official trailer. Speaking on her work with the film, Lana said “It’s an honor to be part of this magical movie.”“The Age of Adaline” is due out this Friday, April 24th.
Preview Lana Del Rey’s ‘Life Is Beautiful’ track below and stay tuned as we learn more about Lana’s forthcoming Honeymoon album.
A New York legend and arguably the best new artist out of New York in the past few years join forces for ‘I Got Money’. Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon recruited A$AP Rocky for this one, and this has to be one of our favorite guest verses from Rocky of all time. After this collaboration, A$AP may want to step outside his comfort zone more often for non-trap verses, because this record definitely works!
Listen to ‘I Got Money’ below and check out our recent photos from Raekwon and Ghostface Killah’s Weekend One Coachella performance.
Ever since the unexpected announcement and release of his 2014 Forest Hills Drivealbum (his best album to date), J. Cole has stayed busy. And with the release of his new music video for his ‘Wet Dreamz’ track (which coincidentally is about the first time Cole got busy), J. Cole is continuing to stay busy. Not only is J. Cole currently on a huge three-part worldwide tour, but now he is recording music videos where Cole co-stars with dogs (you read that right, dogs). Personification at its best use in a rap video for sure!
Watch Cole’s ‘Wet Dreamz’ video below, and Chicago fans be sure to catch Cole’s Chicago stop on his tour, July 28th in Tinley Park with Big Sean, YG and more!
Another day, another series of blessings on my SoundCloud feed. This afternoon, while sifting through the soulful Kendrick Lamar demo of Kanye West’s “All Day”, and whatever Spooky Black is co-signing these days, I noticed there were new tracks being released by Abra, Micah Freeman and Father. A few clicks later, I realized that today is an unoffical holiday, but not 4/20. It’s #AwfulHoliday, and in celebration, Awful Records has released an album’s worth of songs for free, as well as a video and some more of that pure, unfiltered debauchery that Father’s followers just can’t get enough of. Aside from this, Father’s new track with KeithCharles SpaceBar features artwork that hasn’t caught my attention and made me this uncomfortable since when I first saw the deluxe cover of Tyler, the Creator’s XL album Goblin in 2011. Even though it’s just a close-up of an Instagram flick of a security cam.
Listen to the new songs and watch the video below.
The Early Registration 
