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.
Watch as the ‘No Flex Zone’ and ‘No Type’ rap duo Rae Sremmurd makes an appearance on “Highly Questionable” with Dan Le Batard and Bomani Jones on ESPN2. Peep the very entertaining video below as Rae Sremmurd answers questions about turning up, brotherly fights, and even Pat Sajak.
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.
Hours ago, Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) performed his STN MTN/Kauai track ‘Sober’ and his Grammy nominated ‘3005’ as the musical guest on ABC‘s “Jimmy Kimmel Live”. Just last week Donald released the fun new video for the track (one of the best music videos of the past couple years) and now we have the song’s first televised performance. Stream the performances below and be sure to catch Gambino at “The Farm” as the rapper will be performing Bonnarrothis year.
Lisbon, Portugal based artist Panda Bear of the experimental band Animal Collective has announced a Spring solo tour. It begins in early March, goes into May, and is in support of his latest LP Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper, which dropped on January 9th to much positive critical acclaim thus far. He is also set to play on Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night, which will mark the 3rd time he has played on the show (once solo, another time with Animal Collective).
As opposed to just releasing a conventional lineup poster, Bonnaroo switched things up this year by allowing fans to take a part in the lineup announcement. After calling 1-844-ROO-2015, fans could get the name of an artist on this year’s lineup and make the announcement on social media. And who did they announce? Well let’s just say that “The Farm” will be as good as ever in 2015, with scheduled performances by Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Florence + the Machine, Billy Joel, Mumford and Sons, Deadmau5 and many more scheduled to perform. Check out more of the official lineup below.
To kick off his 2015, Grammy Award winning rapper Macklemore took his raps to the streets. What street though? Sesame Street. Now he can tell you how to thrift and tell you how to get to Sesame Street as well. Check out the video for yourself below as the ‘Same Love’ rapper hops on the track with the Real “O.G.” (Oscar the Grouch), but warning… Macklemore’s raps are trash… no literally, he is actually rapping about garbage.
The Early Registration 