Listen to Young Thug’s new David “Dun Deal” Cunningham produced track ‘Friend of Scotty’. Dun Deal, who has worked with Migos (‘Hannah Montana’) and Young Thug in the past, definitely gave Thugger another hit beat on this one. The rhymes are a little silly at times throughout the track, “no homo but my blunt looks like a d*ck”, but the song is definitely worth checking out. Stream it now, below.
Rapper/singer Future has been putting out quality projects left and right, and after a couple last year in 2014 (Monster and Honest) we now have his new Beast Mode mixtape with Zaytoven for 2015. The 9-track mixtape has features from Young Scooter and Juvenile and is available now for streaming and download.
FKA Twigs couldn’t have had a better 2014, putting out her debut LP1, which was met with instant critical acclaim and was one of our favorite albums of the year. Now you can watch her swing from her own hair, in her self-directed video for her LP1 track ‘Pendulum’.
Yesterday Georgia rapper/singer Raury took to hisTwitter to announce today’s release of his new song ‘Fly’, written after the news that Officer Darren Wilson was not being indicted for the killing of Mike Brown. Describing the song, Raury told fans, “I wrote it instantly the words and music didn’t even feel like mine. I knew that this track belonged to the universe.” Stream the inspirational new track below.
Check out the new single by Earlly Mac, as he teams up with longtime friend Big Sean. It seems that every time these two work on a track together that the result is fire. This Key Wane produced track is called “Do It Again” and is from Earlly Mac’s forthcoming God Knows EP, set to release January 27th. Stream the hot new track below and check out our recent interview with Big Sean here.
Earlier this week Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) tweeted and soon deleted a link to a mysterious countdown that was set for 2:00 a.m. on January 9th (Central time). The countdown link was all-black, sleek and simply showed the counter in the bottom right of the page with no information as what it was for. While we could only speculate what it is was for, the wait is now over.
THC is the Grammy nominated production team behind some of your favorite Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, and Chris Brown tracks and now they have added Childish Gambino to their list of collaborators. Check out their new track ‘Perfect’ with Gambino and OverDoz’ frontman Kent Jamz. Stream ‘Perfect’ below.
In 2011, rappers Das Racist came out of nowhere and instantly made a name for themselves in the New York rap scene. Although the group has since parted ways, their music lives on and now Das Racist founder Heems is pursuing a solo career. To kick off his solo work, Heems will be releasing his debut LP titled Eat, Pray, Thug, which is set for a March 10th release.
Listen to the first single of iLoveMakonnen’s new project Drink More Water 5. Ever since the overnight success of the new OVO Sound artist and his track ‘Tuesday’ (thanks to the help of Drake of course), iLoveMakonnen is one of the biggest up-and-coming names in rap and hip-hop. ‘Super Clean’ is produced by Makonnen himself, with the help of producer Phantom Power. Stream the track below and watch out for Drink More Water 5 soon.
Check out rapper/singer Kyle (‘Keep It Real’) and his new track with Kehlani, titled ‘Just A Picture’. Speaking to THE FADER, Kyle explained that the song “was inspired by the fear that there will be a ‘selfie class’ in middle school 20 years from now. Our kids grow up thinking that liking someone means double tapping their picture.” Stream the full track below and peep the cover art below.