If you can’t wait a whole week for the August 19th release of Wiz Khalifa’s third studio album Blacc Hollywood, the Pittsburgh rapper’s latest opus is now streaming on the Web.
Busta Rhymes stated that he was no longer on Cash Money Records, and shared exactly why he and the label had to part ways. Busta explained that his leaving Cash Money and his previous departure from Aftermath Entertainment were not acrimonious at all.
The fall of Robin Thicke has been tragic theater. Seven years ago, Thicke was a rising star in the world of urban contemporary music. After
Sebastian Mikael is watching a lifelong dream unfold. Citing artists ranging from Marvin Gaye to Bebe Winans to R. Kelly and Ne-Yo as inspiration, the young R&B star knew that he wanted to sing and write songs–but coming from Sweden, he had to forge his own path. But he knew this was going to be his journey when he was just a sophomore in high school.
Fans have been eagerly awaiting Wu-Tang Clan’s reunion album A Better Tomorrow ever since the project was announced last year. But the album has been the subject of much controversy within the group, and in an interview with VladTV, while discussing Wu’s ambitious Once Upon A Time In Shaolin project, RZA explained that Wu notable Raekwon has distanced himself from …Tomorrow.
Earl Sweatshirt claimed several months ago that his planned collaborative album with fellow Odd Future cohort Tyler, the Creator was still planned for release. The
Sexy singer Shakira returns on her latest, self-titled album–her first since becoming a mother last year. Though she’s not quite the pop culture ingenue she was when she emerged in the late 90s/early 2000s, the booty-shaking beauty is still quite the compelling artist. So it’s a shame that so much of what makes Shakira Shakira gets lost on Shakira.
August Alsina isn’t the stereotypical contemporary R&B star. The New Orleans native doesn’t just sing about romantic love and loss, he sings story songs about his hardscrabble upbringing and the street lifestyle he’s seen in his city. And for the 21-year old Def Jam artist, he’s happy to do something that sets him apart from the pack of current R&B mainstays.
With OutKast‘s Big Boi making headlines by joining a new high-powered management firm, his partner Andre 3000 seems to also be making some new, attention-grabbing
Last week, singer T-Pain shared details regarding his supposed fallout with Cash Money Records and how it affected his anticipated project with label superstar Lil Wayne. Aside from Wayne’s incarceration at the time (due to a weapons conviction in New York City) and T-Pain’s own excessive lifestyle indulgences, apparently a “miscommunication” between Cash Money labelheads Birdman and Ronald “Slim” Williams and T-Pain’s own management team stalled the project.
Schoolboy Q may be experiencing success with his major label debut album, Oxymoron, but the Los Angeles native revealed his mixed feelings about that success in a recent interview. Q spoke to CBS Local affiliate WZMX Hot 93.7. Q says that his popularity is booming, so much so that he’s even been offered his own line of bucket hats (those hats have become a bit of a trademark for Q), but he expressed reluctance with making any more “big money” deals too soon.
Young Money: Rise of an Empire is the second official studio compilation from the YMCMB roster following 2013’s Rich Gang. This set features the expected
“Alternative hip-hop” is a term that sometimes elicits groans and eye-rolls from the artists and fans typically associated with it. That’s completely understandable. No one
Rick Ross has made his love for 90s hip-hop apparent throughout his career. His latest album, Mastermind, features a tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G. called “Nobody.” While some have balked at Rozay’s Biggie-isms–to the point where they have criticized him for ripping off B.I.G.’s persona–Ross has always maintained that this is his way of paying homage to one of the greats of hip-hop history.
Mobb Deep and The LOX are two of East Coast hip-hop’s most beloved crews. And according to a recent interview with Shade 45’s Sway In the Morning, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy has revealed that the two parties will be collaborating in the very near future.
Rick Ross returns with Mastermind; his highly-anticipated sixth studio album and follow-up to 2012’s God Forgives, I Don’t. On his latest project, Ross continues his musical
ith everyone expecting more greatness from one of music’s most consistent talents, Pharrell decided to whet the public’s appetite by streaming a preview of Girl on iTunes Radio.
Rapper/singer Kid Cudi dropped his new album, Satellite Flight: The Journey To Mother Moon at midnight on Feb. 25. Cudi made the announcement via Twitter,
Talib Kweli has always been a somewhat-frustrating figure in hip-hop. An undeniably gifted rhymer with a sharp wit, sharper focus and always-engaging perspective, the Brooklynite
2014 marks the 25th anniversary of De La Soul’s classic debut album 3 Feet High and Rising. In celebration of their two-and-a-half decades of groundbreaking, innovative hip-hop, the trio of Posdnous, Maseo and Dave are releasing their entire catalog for free download today (February 14th.) The downloads will be available on De La Soul’s official website.
