Atlanta producer Mike Will has had a long road to his new mixtape, Ransom. After dedicating himself to the project, fans have been able to see him change his mind on the project and it’s release daily through interviews and twitter feeds. At one point, there was an Interscope album with “Buy The World” as the lead single boasting features from Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar (and singing from Brandy and Future). Now, he has a mixtape to reclaim his thrown as Trap King. After a summer of Mustard and a year of other Atlanta beat wizards (Metro Boomin, Sonny Digital, 808 Mafia), it’s time for Mike to regain his position.
Check out Chicago’s own, rapper Lucki Eck$, and his new collaboration with Chance the Rapper. ‘Stevie Wonder’ is produced by Young Chop (“I Don’t Like”) and Plu2o Nash (one of Chicago’s best up-and-coming producers) and is certainly worth checking out. Find out more about Lucki Eck$ here, and look out for Chance’s upcoming album Surf, coming soon.
Listen to Waka Flocka rap over ‘Fire Squad’, one of the stand out tracks from J. Cole’s recent 2014 Forest Hills Drive Album. The remix is definitely hot (no pun intended), stream the track below.
Check out Chicago drill rapper Lil Durk’s new music video for his track ‘B.O.N.’. The Def Jam and Coke Boys rapper’s new video is directed by Rio Productions and contains references to the GBE vs. Migos rivalry. Peep the video below.
After asking fans to not share links to his new track ‘Cold Stares’ last night, Chance today took to his Twitter today to reveal more details about the track and how it should be shared. According to the Chicago rapper, a mastered version of the track will be available on electronic musician Nosaj Thing‘s (music director for Chance’s first Social Experiment Tour) upcoming album (scheduled for Spring 2015). Chance described ‘Cold Stares’ as a “broadcast song”, which listeners should experience once and for one time only, also explaining that “(Cold Stare’s) verse is a riddle and a setting and a character in itself, but Cold stares as a whole is bigger and the one they ripped wasn’t done.” Check out Chance’s full description of the song below.
Check out the visuals for Jhene Aiko’s Dot Da Genius produced track ‘Wading’, off her new album Souled Out. Peep the video below and downloaded Souled Out now on iTunes.
Hours after temporarily allowing fans to hear his track ‘Cold Stares’, which Chance has since took off the internet and asked fans to not share (which we will not), Chance the Rapper took to his Twitter to share the music of a hip-hop influenced gospel artist who he met just today. Check out the Chicago singer/producer and Chance the Rapper co-sign IsH-iLLa and his track ‘Life After Pain’ below. Sometimes it pays off to give rappers your mixtape!
Soon after one of the biggest snubs of the 57th Annual Grammy Nominations, as Lana Del Rey’s album Ultraviolence received no nominations, Lana today received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song for a Motion Picture for her track ‘Big Eyes’ used in the Tim Burton film of the same name. Also receiving nominations in the category include John Legend, Patti Smith, Greg Kurstin, and Lorde for her ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’ track used in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Check out the full list of nominations for the music categories below and find out who wins on Sunday January 11th at 8PM ET as the 72nd Golden Globe Awards air on NBC.
Last night, J. Cole performed ‘Be Free’ on The Late Show with David Letterman, a track written in response to the tension and incidents in Ferguson, MO. Although the track was not included in J. Cole’s new album 2014 Forest Hills Drive, Cole’s performance was emotional and contained a brand new verse. Check out the performance below and buy Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive now on iTunes.
Earlier this year, Lil Dicky put out one of the funniest rap videos in a long time with ‘Lemme Freak‘ and it was pretty much amazing. Today we have Dicky’s new video, for his track ‘White Crime’. Download the single on iTunes and check out the Phillip Lopez directed video below.
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