Chicago’s production duo, Christian Rich, who have produced for a number of rap’s biggest names (Drake, Earl Sweatshirt, Childish Gambino) have released their rework to Kanye West, Paul McCartney, and Rihanna’s ‘FourFiveSeconds’. Stream the 90’s R&B influenced rework below and see if they can score a Grammy next month, from the Christian Rich produced track ‘Crawl’ on Childish Gambino’s Because The Internet.
Check out Vic Mensa’s new feature on Electronic muscian Kaytranada’s new single ‘Drive Me Crazy’. This is not the first time to two have worked together though, as Kaytranada’s produced Vic’s 2014 track ‘Wimme Nah’. Stream the track below, which premiered tonight on BBCr1 with Zane Lowe. Also be on the look out for Vic’s upcoming 2015 projectsStreet Lights (EP) and Traffic.
Now Kanye is not only the first, but also the second, rapper to ever do a song with The Beatles’ legendary frontman Paul McCartney, as the two have combined talents with the lovely Rihanna for her track ‘FourFiveSeconds’. The song is available now on iTunesand was released via Roc Nation and Rihanna’s Westbury Road Entertainment company.
Watch the new video for Shady Record’s stand out track from ShadyXV, ‘Detroit Vs. Everybody’ track. This one features almost every rapper in Detroit (including Eminem, Big Sean, Danny Brown and more!). Stream the video now, below.
A new EP from OVO Sound‘s PARTYNEXTDOOR just may have leaked as four new tracks have appeared online, but not from the source itself as PARTYNEXTDOOR has not yet tweeted about the release. Check out the awesome new tracks below while they are still up and be sure to check him out on his upcoming world tour.
When I was first told to check out WebsterX from a friend of the site, I was skeptical, solely because the young MC hails from Milwaukee (which I admit isn’t fair). Sure, Milwaukee is my hometown and is less than 100 miles away from one of the best (if not best) music hubs in the world in Chicago, but let’s be real…Milwaukee has not historically been the best city for rap. Hell, the biggest rapper to ever come out of Milwaukee is Coo Coo Cal. And while ‘My Projects’ did reach the number one spot on the Billboard rap charts, that was just one song and well over a decade ago. ‘My Projects’ was an awesome track, but Cal was definitely not an artist that could put his whole city on the map. You would think that the city that boasts the “World’s Biggest Music Festival” would have at least a few worthy artists in the world’s best genre of music right now. But so far, it really hasn’t.
Lil Wayne is very sorry for the wait yet again, as he has given fans another mixtape in anticipation of a forthcoming and delayed album. We don’t know when Tha Carter V is coming, as it was originally scheduled for a 2014 release, but at least we have Sorry 4 The Wait 2 to tide us over. S4TW2 features Weezy rapping over songs like ‘Coco’ and ‘You Guessed It’ and has features from Drake, Christina Millian, 2 Chainz and more. Download the full tape here.
Check out Toro y Moi’s new single ‘Empty Nesters’, off Toro y Moi’s forthcoming album What For?. The new album is expected to release April 7th on Carpark Records, less than a year after the release of Chaz Bundick’s Les Sins album Michael (one of our Top Albums of 2014). Pre-order What For? now oniTunesand listen to ‘Empty Nesters’ below.
Rap fans know producer Emile Haynie from his work with Kanye, Kid Cudi and Eminem but many know him for his contributions on Lana Del Rey’s debut album Born To Die, producing some of its best tracks like ‘Blue Jeans’, ‘Born To Die’, ‘Off to the Races’ and more. Now he is putting out his debut solo album, We Fall (scheduled for a February 24th release), and is having artists return favors to help contribute to the album. Today we have We Fall‘s third track, titled “Wait For Life” which is a beautiful track where Emile again teams up with the lovely Lana Del Rey. Stream the track below and check out the full tracklist for We Fall, which will feature Lykee Li, Randy Newman, Rufus Wainwright and more.
New music from Frank Ocean is a rarity since his debut album channel ORANGE, but when he does bless fans with new tracks, he takes to his Tumblrand virtually out of nowhere (as he did in November of 2014 with his track ‘Memrise‘). Tonight was no exception as Frank Ocean surprised everyone with new music, this time a beautiful cover of Aaliyah’s ‘At Your Best’. This one showcases Frank’s range more than anything we have heard from him before. Let’s hope that this leads to a lot more from Frank, maybe his collaboration with Lil B, as his sophomore album (release date TBD) is one of the most anticipated projects of 2015 (assuming it comes out this year). Stream ‘At Your Best (You Are Love)’ below.
The Early Registration 