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Hostile Takeover is the name of Tech’s latest tour. And within the last year, it sums up how he's treated the rap game. Sure, an underground name with a cult-like following has been taking over the ears of millions for years. In the last year, he’s worked ...
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As a rapper, Lil B is pretty basic. He sticks to the same type of sound that has helped him develop a loyal fan base and has pretty much mastered that enough to drop quite often. The former member of The Pack puts out mixtapes monthly and ...
Phreshy Duzit was similar to a lot of artists in the game. He made a little noise, signed a deal to Atlantic Records and eventually left due to lack of push. This isn’t a new formula, major labels have been doing it for years. It happens, but they say make ...
Very few artists go to prison and come out as hungry as Trouble. The ATL native and member of Duct Tape came out in a blaze of glory, taking the streets and internet by storm with “Bussin’.” The realness of the song and the video garnered him, to date, almost ...
Four years ago, Slaughterhouse was born. Consisting of Royce Da 5’9”, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Crooked I, it was like a second chance for each artist. Yeah, they’ve been slowly achieving underground success with their extraordinary lyrical abilities but this group broke new barriers. Four years later, they’re signed ...
If the music off Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded wasn’t good to you, I’m sure you can’t be knocking the video concepts that Nicki has been cranking out. For her Chris Brown-assisted pop record, Nicki enlists Nas for her love interest. I’m sure Nas was loving that ending kiss. Lucky. Directed by Benny Boom.
The Lost Tape is out next week. It’s pretty clear that Curtis has some videos in the works for it, but he’s still putting out ones off The Big 10. This one is long with a story behind it. Kidd Kidd’s All On Me coming this summer.
The creative genius of Jonny Shipes doesn’t get enough credit. Al Lindstrom stopped by his apartment for the first part of their interview. Shipes discusses his first industry job, discovering Sean Kingston, why Nipsey Hussle’s deal with Epic Records failed and more. I’m sure part two will get more into Cinematic Music Group.
While Awesome EP didn’t drop on May 15, it’s actually going to drop sometime soon (I can’t give y’all the date like that). His first retail release is one of the many topics that he spoke on with The Masked Gorilla. He also discusses The Kid In The Green Backpack, how he wants a College Dropout kind of impact, not making the XXL Freshmen and more.
In order to not offend his corporate connects, Lebron’s Playoff mixtape was released with all clean versions a couple days ago. Thankfully, Lowkey is nice enough to liberate a dirty version. This tape features a ton of exclusive music from Fabolous, Trae The Truth, Freddie Gibbs, Chase N. Cashe, Ryan Leslie and more. With all this dope free music, go Lebron!
Paypa is dope. We been trying to tell y’all this. With another video under his belt, and a dope collaboration at that, he furthers shows you why Steve Rifkind decided to add him to his label. Directed by Embryo. Henny On The Rocks 2 is available now.
Jacques Morels might be the only interviewer I know that dresses up like it’s a job interview. Ha. Reporting live for DJ Booth, he speaks to Krizzle about his co-signs from legends in the game, the upcoming record he has with B.B. King on his debut album, the status of Country Cuzzins (with Yelawolf) and more. Pre-order Live From The Underground now. Directed and edited by Erikson Corniel.
Jimmy is a “go big or go home” type of person. He’s the guy that will pick up a beat not ’cause it’s hot but ’cause whoever spit on it had previously wrecked it. He manages to pull a couple coughs over Kanye’s “Way Too Cold” instrumental.
Sitting down in Colorado Springs before his show at Black Sheep, Tech talks to CS TV about wanting to be Rap’s president, some of the new things he’ll be doing on his upcoming album (set for fall), being influenced by Kanye West, his stance on Gay marriage and more.
Six previous videos called for the seventh to be more left field than usual. The duo opted for an acoustic session for “King’s Ransom” off LIFELINES. Always pushing the envelope in a new direction. Shot by Anthony Scott DePerto.
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