A. Willism, P. Cosores
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The last time Tyler, The Creator and his Odd Future family took over Dodger Stadium for Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival was four years ago and I wrote at the time that while the “mystery headliner” gamble didn’t pay off, “Camp Flog Gnaw is still one of the best festival experiences for your money.” Since then, the festival was derailed by a global pandemic and put on ice for another three years, during which the pop culture landscape shifted in all kinds of unexpected ways.
Yet, in its return to the fabled stadium overlooking Los Angeles, the......
We are just weeks away from Nicki Minaj‘s fifth studio album Pink Friday 2. Barbz have been waiting on this moment for more than five years, and are counting down the days to when they will be able to hold Pink Friday 2 in their hands.
The album was originally planned for release this coming Friday (November 17), but will now arrive early next month. But despite the album delay, the Barbz are still on track to receive other news as scheduled.
Will Nicki Minaj go on tour in 2024?
Minaj first revealed plans to tour in October during a live stream on Instagram — the same live stream in which she revealed Pink Friday 2 would be delayed to December. She revealed that while......
by M.Mendez
Dame Dash is getting in front of the mic for his next project, where he’ll team up with his former Roc-A-Fella artist Freeway for a joint album titled 365.
On Monday (November 24), the Philly native alongside Dash’s band The Black Guns dropped the visual to the album’s title track for their first offering — view it over at VIBE. The full effort is expected to arrive in early 2024.
Speaking to the outlet, the music mogul explained the sound fans can expect. “I wouldn’t categorize it as rap or Rock, it’s like rock-soul,” he said. “But again, if we’re gonna put some work on the street, it’s gotta be a drug......
by TR808TEE.
André 3000 has announced his long-awaited solo album, and it’s out later this week.
The elusive OutKast legend made a surprise return to social media on Tuesday (November 14) to reveal that his new project, New Blue Sun, drops on Friday (November 17).
It serves as 3 Stacks’ first official solo album, although he did release a disc of solo material on OutKast’s Grammy-winning 2003 double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
New Blue Sun also marks the Atlanta native’s first full-length offering since his and Big Boi‘s 2006 LP Idlewild.
André 3000 shed light on New Blue Sun in an interview with NPR, who revealed the album is......
by. J.Walker
Benzino has called out Busta Rhymes for filming a “half-naked” video with his daughter, Coi Leray.
Busta recently collaborated with Leray on “Luxury Life” from his upcoming album Blockbusta, with the pair also filming a music video for the song.
However, the former The Source co-owner has taken issue with the visual, which features numerous scenes of Coi in skimpy outfits, claiming the contents of the video are inappropriate and that Busta Rhymes should have contacted him about it first.
“The whole Busta Rhymes collaboration — like, he should have reached out to me,” he said on Instagram Live. “You don’t do no video with......
Big As The What?
Drake and J.Cole have just broke the internet with the announcement of their collaborative tour, “It’s All A Blur: Big As The What?”.
After wrapping up his first It’s All A Blurr tour with 21 Savage in October, Drake has tapped J.Cole for the follow-up. J.Cole, who appeared appeared at a few shows of the first tour. Together the OVO and Dreamville stars will be hitting selected cities across the U.S. for a special run of markets.
The trek will hit special cities across the U.S. beginning with back-to-back shows at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado on January 18 and 19, 2023. It will soon do the same in cities including New Orleans, Nashville,......
An old video of Nas auditioning for the role of Rico in the film Paid in Full has surfaced online.
The clip found its way online earlier this week and showed the Queensbridge native reading Rico’s lines from the 2002 cult classic. The character was originally played by Cam’ron, whose performance was beloved by many.
People on social media had various responses to the grainy clip, especially because Nas was embroiled in a bitter feud with Jay-Z. Paid in Full was produced by Jay-Z and Damon Dash, however, the audition happened sometime in 2001, a few months before.
Nas Paid In Full audition tape for......
by A. William
The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from City Girls, Gucci Mane, Rexx Life Raj, and more.
A busy, buzzy week in hip-hop kicked off with Mr. October’s Very Own himself, Drake, sharing the spotlight with his six-year-old son Adonis, who shows some proclivity for the family business in his own “My Man” freestyle:
Danny Brown announced the impending release of his album Quaranta with the tongue-in-cheek video for “Tantor”:
Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz finally dropped the first video from their long-awaited second collaborative album, Welcome 2 Collegrove, officially kicking off its rollout with......
by W. Okon
Afrobeats is one of the fastest-growing genres in the country. There are big names who have seen global success, but there are even more talented up-and-coming artists looking to achieve the same type of success. Finding those artists can be tough, but we’ve got you covered. Every week, we’ll share an update on the best new afrobeats songs you need to hear and hopefully, you can find someone new to add to your rotation.
Here are some more releases on the new music front that you should check out:
Mannywellz & Pink Sweat$ — “Attention” & “Better With You”
Almost six months after his Don’t Tell Anyone EP,......
by ASH REED
Is a rapper’s talent learned ability or is it innate? While most would agree that rap is equal parts skill and art, one might surmise that the initial gift of rap is sparked by something greater – this is where astrology enters the chat.
There are obvious limitations of using purely sun sign based astrology to determine which artists are the most adept in their flow. Every person’s birth chart is differen’t, and there are often several aspects and configurations within it that can indicate artistic talent. One need look no further than a small sample size of rappers to realize that having a particular zodiac sign doesn’t preclude anyone from rap......
