Ever since his performance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Kendrick Lamar has established himself as one of rap’s best performers on late night television. And while his chilling performance is a tough act to follow, Lamar will try his best this week as he is set to perform on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. With assistance from The Roots, Kendrick’s performance is sure to be an epic one. You can catch the performance this Thursday (January 7th) on NBC at 11:35/10:35C.
Watch Kendrick’s memorable performance from the Late Show with Stephen Colbert below.
Kid Cudi kicked off his 2016 in the coolest way possible when he invited some of his biggest fans to watch the new Star Wars with him in Glendale, California. With appearances from Cudi fans (including Jaden Smith), is there any better way to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Likely not… So definitely stay glued to your favorite artists on Twitter because you never know when you might be able to catch a film with them at your local cinema.
Check out some tweets from Kid Cudi’s Star Wars screening below.
Coldplay began their comeback last year with the release of their critically acclaimed LP, A Head Full of Dreams. And while the booking didn’t come without some controversy, Coldplay made headlines again in 2015 with the announcement that the group would be headlining the upcoming half-time performance for the Super Bowl. Now, to continue their recent momentum, Coldplay has released their next music video from their latest LP, this time, Marcus Haney directed visuals for their track ‘Birds’.
It’s been a long time since we have been blessed by Lord Yeezus, but just before the end of 2015 Kanye West surprised us all and released a new track. The surprise record, titled ‘Facts’, is rap directed at Nike, over a re-work of Drake and Future’s ‘Jumpman’. While we still are very patiently awaiting Kanye’s forthcoming and highly anticipated album Swish, this should tide us over for awhile (hopefully not too long though).
To say the least, Chaz Bundick had a busy 2015. In addition to his Les Sins project Michael, Chaz (Toro y Moi) released two new albums with What For? in April and Samantha in August. But that wasn’t everything apparently as Chaz upload four new previously unreleased tracks on his Soundcloud. We will say one thing about Chaz’s new track… even the man’s B-sides are better than many artist’s best tracks of 2015, and that says a lot!
Listen to Toro y Moi’s 4 new unreleased tracks below.
Run The Jewels 3, the next installment of Killer Mike and El’P’s “Run The Jewels” series, is still a ways away but that doesn’t mean we can’t get excited for it. While the anticipated project is still in its very early stages, El-P took to his Instagram to give fans an exclusive sneak preview of what the project will sound like. It isn’t much, but the untitled track sounds like it’s on its way to being another classic RTJ banger, and it gets us more than excited!
2015 isn’t quite yet over for Mac Miller, as the rapper gave fans a post-Christmas treat today by releasing a brand new track on his Soundcloud. The new record, titled ‘Vienna’, is a smoothing track from Miller and a great way for the GO:OD AM artist to close our the year. If this is a sample of what Mac’s 2016 will sound like, then we definitely are looking forward to it!
Rapper King Louie was shot in the head at 83rd and Pulaski in Chicago earlier today, a source from the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Sam Charles of the Chicago Sun-Times, writes that King Louie’s manager confirmed the reports and that despite being shot in the head, Louie is still alive and talking. We will keep you updated as we hear more news, but keep the rapper in your prayers and let’s hope for the best. Alive and talking or not, a shot to the head is more than serious.
G-Eazy shows fans that the rap life isn’t all gold, glitz & glory in his new animated music video for his When It’s Dark Out track, ‘Sad Boy’. With animation from Applebutter Animated and illustrations from Joonbug, the new visuals are definitely a different direction for G-Eazy’s new sophomore album, one of the best fourth quarter releases of 2015. Spending back-to-back weeks at #1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop chart and Top Rap Albums chart, When It’s Dark Out has surprised many by moving 130,000 unit in its first week alone.
And if you want to hear tracks like ‘Sad Boy’ live, G will be kicking off his upcoming “When It’s Dark Out Tour” with rapper A$AP Ferg in just a couple weeks, as the tour opens up on January 6th in Portland.
Watch the official music video for ‘Sad Boy’ below.
You may not hear his name echoed as much as it was circa 2010, but Mike Posner has definitely had a great 2015. Totally reinventing his sound, Posner put out one hell of an EP with The Truth, he traveled across the country with his impromptu “Ninja Shows”, and he even received a Grammy nomination for his writing on Maroon 5’s ‘Sugar’, as record that Posner originally wrote for himself.
And although Posner’s comeback single, ‘I Took a Pill in Ibiza’, was released back in April of this year and some may have believed the shelf life for radio spins had since expired, it looks like the track is finally receiving the commercial success that it deserves. This past week (December 13-19), Posner’s ‘I Took a Pill in Ibiza’ finally crossed over into pop’s Top 100 most played songs of the week, ranking at #70.
While the record’s new success on pop radio is unexpected, it really shouldn’t be. Posner’s breakout single, ‘Cooler Than Me’ became the song of the summer in 2010, although it originally released with rapper Big Sean on Posner’s A Matter of Time mixtape in March of 2009, a year before taking over the pop airwaves. If ‘Pill’s’ current trend continues, working its way up week-by-week from its current spot on the charts, the single could definitely dominate 2016 similar to ‘Cooler Than Me’s’ commercial success over 5 years ago.
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