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K.Dot performs “untitled 07 | 2014 – 2016” – now known as “Levitate” – live at March Madness Festival. Check the clip above. “untitled unmastered.” in stores now!
Read moreNew music video for Well$ song “130”, taken from his forthcoming project “The Way I’m Living Makes My Mom Nervous”.
Read moreConnecticut-based emcee SeeS drops off a new self-produced record called “Aplles In Eden”. Grab it below.
Read moreF. Virtue connects with Ghostface Killah’s son, Infinite Coles on this new joint called “Catch Me If You Can”. Stream or download below.
Read moreLA The Darkman and Willie The Kid join forces for “Who Taught You”. Check it out below.
Read moreDirected by AIW. “From the Jump” in stores now.
Read moreOfficial video for “IDK” from the new Chaz French mixtape “These Things Take Time”. Get it on iTunes now.
Read moreThis is Marvin. This is Soul. You didn’t hear it through the grapevine—you heard it flowing out the speakers of your dad’s record player. But as time passes, and seasons change, music is often reincarnated into new forms, based on old recipes. 32 years after Marvin Gaye’s tragic passing death, we shed a tear and celebrate his life with this refreshing tribute, just in time for what would have been The Prince of Soul’s 77th birthday. Counterweight Records’ DJ Devastate and synth guru, Segerfalk recently made the trip to Analog Sweden’s studio, to breathe new life into Marvin’s time honored classic, “Heard It Through The Grapevine.” The concept of classic meets contemporary is magnified with verses contributed by emcees Joe Lefty and Chapee, the latter of which who recently dropped his debut solo LP, Mode7ty, produced by Tommy Black, who’s sounds you may already be familiar with on “Institutionallized, off Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly LP. Independent label Counterweight Records has lots more in store for 2016. This spring you’ll hear more from Chapee, along with beatsmith Max I Million, and his anticipated mixtape sequel, The Maxtape 2. But in the meantime, we leave you with the question: “Do You Cry,” a token of gratitude to Marvin Gaye and his unforgettable legacy.
Read moreConway returns with the Statik Selektah-laced “Birdy”. Stream/download below. “Just an appetizer of what’s next. #Griselda #Showoff” – Statik Selektah
Read moreMarvelous Mag drops this Giallo produced track entitled “We Got Next.” The dope boom bap sound is right up the alley way of Marvelous and his smooth laid back style while he lyrically scores buckets on the track for this listeners to tally up. So sit back relax and listen to the sounds of Mr Marvelous. Marvelous Mag jumps on this dark joint prod by Giallo Point entitled “Wes Craven” were #TheWinners General expresses the thoughts of evil being hidden by a Man with perspective. The song gives you that creepy Horror movie feeling and the melodic hook with the wolves howling makes the song sound that much more poetically dark. So Sit back relax and listen to the sounds of Mr Marvelous.
Read moreDJ Eclipse dedicated the entire first hour of his SiriusXM show Rap Is Outta Control to the late Phife Dawg. Stream or downlod below. Rest In Power, Phife!
Read moreYoung Thug drops off a revised version of his “Slime Season 3” cut “Digits” featuring guest vocals from Meek Mill. London On Da Track behind the boards. Press play below.
Read moreRich Homie Quan is back with “R.I.P.”. Listen below.
Read moreIn his youth Royce Da 5’9″ used to play basketball and would find himself in a number of altercations with other players. These days he tends to stay out of trouble, but admits things got heavy as he entered the rap world. “It was actually repercussions to your words back then,” he explained. “If you said you was gonna punch somebody in the face when you seen him, you have to punch him in the face when you see him. Now it’s like taboo to be hands-on.” Royce then went on to say “as a OG you gotta learn how to ignore things,” which led into him and Eminem’s short-lived beef with Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, the Creator. “If they run into me they don’t have nothing to worry about,” he said of the situation today. Shortly after Royce Da 5’9″ spoke on Troy Ave’s remarks on Capital Steez’s suicide, telling DJ Vlad “I personally feel like when you’re talking about an emcee battle there are boundaries and lines that you probably shouldn’t cross – just for karma reasons…He’s gonna probably regret saying that.” Watch as Royce names his top five favorite diss tracks and comments on how 50 “birthed” the behavior of responding to rappers with memes above.
Read moreHip-Hop fans were stunned after Hopsin announced that he was leaving Funk Volume after falling out with co-founder Damien Ritter. The “No Words” rapper went into detail about the breaking point he had with the way he was being treated at the label, as he claims that Ritter repeatedly told him that he “didn’t work hard,” which he found to be disrespectful. Hopsin explained that after the third time Ritter insulted him, he had enough and decided to leave the label. During the conversation Hopsin also spoke about how his rise to becoming a self-made millionaire in his late 20s, which he said he always knew would happen if he put in the hard work to realize his dreams. And while he was able to make a lot of money off of the Funk Volume label, Hopsin admits he was young and naive when he gave Damien a 50/50 split of the company when first starting the label. To hear more of what Hopsin say about the situation, including dropping a diss track at Damien, and the current status of Funk Volume, hit the above clip.
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