Listen to Joey Bada$$ new Flying Lotus produced track ‘Perception VS Reality’, released less than a couple of months after Joey’s debut album B4.Da.$$ (check out review here). In perception you would assume this track would be a great collaboration, and it reality… it still is a pretty awesome collab, which premiered earlier this week on BBC Radio 1. Check it out for yourself below.
Listen to Kendrick Lamar’s new To Pimp a Butterfly track ‘King Kunta’. ‘King Kunta’ is produced by Sounwave and has been described as having a movie-like quality by the likes of Pharrell, Peter Rosenberg and more. To Pimp A Butterfly drops on March 23rd, so get ready and pre-order it now on iTunes. Stream ‘King Kunta’ here while you still can.
Last month Chicago rapper Towkio released his collaboration with his SAVEMONEY affiliate Vic Mensa on his song ‘Involved’ and his Social Experiment collaboration ‘Free Your Mind’, in anticipation of his forthcoming .wav Theory project. Today we have the official video for ‘Free Your Mind’. Check out the new music video below, which was directed by Peter Collins Campbell and co-directed by Towkio himself.
For those who have yet to hear, producer Nigel Holt (HOLT) is Kanye West’s newest artist on G.O.O.D. Music. And while the The Treated Crew artist (formerly “Hollywood Holt”) has been making music for a number of years before getting his big break with Kanye, we now have a first taste of his new music. Check out HOLT’s self directed music video below for ‘Nightcall’ (with Emily Morse), a cover of Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall‘ from the 2011 film Drive. This track is definitely a good indication of his album to come, where there will be no rapping, only singing and some GOOD beats.
It was reported that last night Kanye West’s laptop was stolen in Paris, although sources from Def Jam have since dispelled such rumors. Stolen or not, amidst the reports, a new Kanye West song dedicated to his wife, Kim Kardashian West, has surfaced. This one is titled ‘Awesome’, and stream it below while you still can.
We told you Charles Hamilton is back! After recently signing with Republic Records, Charles Hamilton has now released his latest single ‘NY Raining’ featuring the lovely Rita Ora. The song is featured on soundtrack for Fox‘s new hit TV show “Empire”, and you can catch Hamilton and Ora performing the track on its season finale. Stream ‘NY Raining’ below.
No two artists quite have the pipes and song-writing talents of John Legend and Sam Smith. And in support of the charity Comic Relief, the two combined talents for a brand new recording of Smith’s single ‘Lay Me Down’. Check out the charitable duet below and buy it now on iTunes. 100% of the profits go to Comic Relief, which aims to change the lives of the poor and vulnerable in the U.K. and Africa. Both Smith and Legend graciously opted-out of receiving any royalties from the proceeds on this one and you can also watch the two perform the track live (for the first and only time) on Friday, March 13 on Comic Relief – Face the Funny via BBC One.
Listen to Milwaukee electronic/future soul production duo Kiings‘ new debut album WWYDF and its WebsterX collaboration ‘1984’. The duo consists of Sean Foran and Chris Siego, and the two recruited a number of artists for WWYDF: including WebsterX, Milo, Christopher Porterfield (of Field Report), Rae Cassidy, Christine Hoberg, Pizzle, Bliss & Alice, Piper Davis, King Courteen, Siren, Colin Plant, & Torrice Albarakat. You can stream or download it in its entirety below and check out its WebsterX collaboration ‘1984’, which also features bliss & alice and King Courteen.
After debuting the highly anticipated song live for the first time at the Brit Awards, and releasing the track on iTunes, fans can now watch the full length video for Kanye West’s new So Help Me God single ‘All Day’. ‘All Day’ has been worked on for a number of months by the likes of Kanye West, Q-Tip, Mike Dean, Vic Mensa, Theophilus London and more but the video is all Kanye. The video is still just a fan recording of its premiere but now you can watch it in its entirety, after a preview was released online yesterday.
We aren’t sure what the track is for, when it was recorded, how it leaked, or even its title… but a new Jay Electronica track has surfaced online. Although the leak isn’t the best quality, fans have been anxious for new music from Jay Electronica for years, ever since the New Orleans rapper signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2010. The lyrics are hard and the record even has a sample from Jay-Z, which all makes us even more anxious for Jay Electronica’s debut project on Roc Nation. Stay tuned as we learn more about the track and await a CDQ version, but until then stream it below.