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Curtis Williams links up with fellow Two-9 rapper Jace and Wiz Khalifa on the Metro Boomin-laced “Shenanigans”. The track is off of Curtis’ upcoming mixtape, “Danco James”, dropping tomorrow.
Read moreAcademy Award winning actor, Adrien Brody, made his way to Sway in the Morning yesterday and proved to us why he cannot be put in a box. Sway’s Shade 45 morning show is also known to be eclectic, so it was only right that Adrien blew our mind and played his beats while the legendary Souls of Mischief freestyled over them! Adrien Brody’s new TV Movie “Houdini” premiers September 1 (and September 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT), a two-part miniseries on the History Channel, chronicling the life of the legendary escape artist. Plus, Souls of Mischief’s new album “There Is Only Now” released earlier this week, produced by Adrian Younge. Their project draws influence from soul artists Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield, but also from genres such as gangsta rap, hip-hop and R&B.
Read moreAfter asked if they expected No Flex Zone to be as large of a hit as it is now, the Mississippi duo responded: “Yeah, we definitely wasn’t joking around when we made that joint. We was trying to come up withs something that was going to be new lingo and that sh*t was successful.” Tracee Ellis Ross, daughter of legendary songstress Diana Ross, recently posted a video reciting the lyrics to Swae & Slim’s “No Flex Zone” record, toward the later portion of the video Tracee just looked muddled. Rae Sremmurd were convinced that despite Tracee’s confusion she “understands it”. “The crazy thing is she understands it. Because the way she singing it. She turnt’ up with it. She #sremlife right now.” Swae Lee took a step further and broke down the definition of “No Flex Zone” is and why you should always be a trendsetter. “You aint gotta put yourself in a box. You can just press the lines and try something new. Be a trend setter, and just be your self — everybody’s gonna love you.”
Read moreThe end of summer has come, Has-Lo & Castle are ready to remind you of the glory days that the sun is now setting upon. “Good Feelings (U Must Relax),” produced by Has-Lo, features Castle vocally lampin’ – questioning the most important things in life, like is it still called morning wood if you wake up after noon? It’s all Hawaiian shirts, orange sorbet push-up pops, backyard pools, switchblade combs, and easy going. Re-a-lax.
Read moreDirected by DirtyDiggs, co-directed by Rasco.
Read moreAs we put the final touches on Wally Clark’s latest album, Fling, we decided to release a series of remixes, created in the meantime by Clark, as a way to let off steam. Each of the remixes share a fun, disco vibe that we’re sure you will dig. Perfect to play as your summer winds down, we hope you enjoy our version of Outkast’s “Da Art of Storytellin.’” Da Art of Storytellin' (Gummy Soul RMX) by Outkast ft. Slick Rick Watch the video after the jump.
Read moreProblem liberates one more record off his new mixtape “354: Lift Off”, which drops later today.
Read moreSinger/songwriter Emanny while all in good fun, gets a lil “Disrespectful” and remakes the Trey Songz ballad off his latest “Trigga” album. Check it out!
Read moreThis will live on Mila J’s “M.I.L.A.” EP, which stands for “Made In Los Angeles”. The project will be released on September 30th.
Read moreJD Era drops off his new single “Dope”, produced by Showboiz. Listen below.
Read more“I managed to get everyone on fairly easy, simply because we have hearts. We care & are inclined to take a positive approach to resolving an issue that has existed since the beginning of mankind & that’s RACISM & hatred towards one another as human beings.” – The Game
Read moreProduced by TrunkKnockaz.
Read moreNew Boaz album drops later this year.
Read moreFor the final episode on our great American journey we flew to a city founded on big ideas and bigger ambitions, a city where just as many dreams are made as wither and die: Los Angeles. Tackling the LA scene was no easy task. In fact it’s almost impossible to truly traverse the city’s disparate musical history, but with a killer set of artists we’ve pieced together how certain genres evolved and thrived in Tinseltown’s divisive ground.
Read moreProduced by Larry Fisherman aka Mac Miller.
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