• The Game Joined By Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, O.T. Genasis & More At 'The Documentary' Anniversary Concert [WATCH]

    Sunday night marked the ten-year anniversary of The Game's debut album The Documentary, and the Compton rapper celebrated the occasion with a star-studded concert at The Belasco Theater in Los Angeles. According to Rap-Up, he performed his classics such as "Hate It or Love It" and "How We Do" and was joined on stage by friends and collaborators including Kendrick Lamar ("Westside Story"), Tyga, Ab-Soul, O.T. Genasis ("CoCo"), Marsha Ambrosius ("Start from Scratch"), and ScHoolboy Q ("Higher").

  • Ne-Yo Shares Lyric Video for 'Who's Taking You Home' from New Album 'Non-Fiction' [WATCH]

    Ne-Yo's upcoming album "Non-Fiction" is set to drop toward the end of the month, so in anticipation the R&B superstar has shared another one of the album's songs, titled "Who's Taking You Home," in the form of a lyric video, which you can check out below. "Who's Taking You Home" is part ballad, part dance-party, filled with semi-romantic longings toward a woman Ne-Yo has met in the club and wants to go home with.You can check out the lyric video for Ne-Yo's "Who's Taking You Home" here:

  • Ne-Yo Shares New Song 'Make It Easy' from Upcoming Album 'Non-Fiction' [LISTEN]

    R&B superstar Ne-Yo has shared a new track titled "Make It Easy" off his upcoming studio album "Non-Fiction," which you can check out below. The track features some excellent electro-R&B production, particularly when it comes to the beat, while Ne-Yo stays predictably on top of his vocal game.You can check out Ne-Yo's "Make It Easy" here, via MTV:"Make It Easy" is the fifth song to be shared from Ne-Yo's upcoming album Non-Fiction, following "Coming with You," "She Knows" featuring Juicy J, "Money Can't Buy" featuring Jeezy and "Time of Our Lives" with Pitbull. The album is set for release Jan. 27, though this was pushed back from an original summer 2014 release date — it was also promised Nov. 11. It will be Ne-Yo's sixth studio album overall, his first since 2012's "R.E.D."

  • BJ The Chicago Kid, Schoolboy Q Share "It's True" Music Video [WATCH]

    asdBJ The Chicago Kid has shared the music video for his track "It's True" featuring Schoolboy Q, which you can check out below. The clip was directed by BJ himself along with Verluxe, and features the rapper hanging around his hometown of Chicago with his friends and family, while some subtle green animation pops in and out of the frame. It's a touching yet not overly sentimental tribute to BJ's hometown, and sheds a light on the violence that has plagued the city for so long.

  • Kendrick Lamar's TDE Label Announces Free Holiday Concert, Toy Giveaway In Los Angeles Projects Today

    Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) is giving back this holiday season with the gift of music (and more)! The label — home to Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SZA, and Isaiah Rashad — has partnered with Nickerson Garden Projects to donate toys, shoes, and more along with a free concert today (Dec. 23) starting at noon. The even is free and open to the public, so if you're in the Los Angeles area, head there between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.

  • DJ Premier, Royce Da 5' 9" Share 'PRhyme Time' Music Video [WATCH]

    Hip-hop duo PRhyme have shared the music video for their new single "PRhyme Time," which you can check out below. The video features footage of Royce da 5' 9" and DJ Premier working in the studio, filmed on what looks like a warbly 1990s camcorder — the date in the corner even claims that this was filmed in November 1992, though it probably was not. There is plenty of Fila product placement throughout, probably because Beats by Dre did not exist yet in 1992.You can check out the music video for PRhyme's "PRhyme Time" here:

  • Wiz Khalifa Samples Mac DeMarco For "Smoke Chambers" [LISTEN]

    asdEven though he has no upcoming album or mixtape projects that we know about, Wiz Khalifa keeps dropping new songs, his latest being the exceptionally trippy and laidback "Smoke Chambers," which you can check out below. The song heavily samples fellow stoner Mac DeMarco's synthpop number "Chamber of Reflection" from his latest album Salad Days, even keeping DeMarco's original "alone again" vocal hook, which ties in to Khalifa's theme of the alienation his fame has brought him. This is the sort of hazy production that Khalifa should be using more often.

  • DJ Premier, Royce Da 5' 9" Announce PRhyme North American Tour [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Even though they just made their live debut this past Friday (Dec. 5) in New York, PRhyme, the collaboration between Slaughterhouse's Royce da 5' 9" and Gang Starr's DJ Premier, have announced a month-long tour in support of their recently released self-titled debut album. According to Billboard, "PRhyme: The Tour" kicks off on Feb. 18 in Baltimore and finishes up on March 19 and 20 at Austin's South By Southwest Festival. Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday, Dec. 12, through PRhyme's website.

  • A$AP Ferg Drops 'Ferg Forever' Mixtape

    A$AP Ferg's upcoming solo album Ferg Forever is set to drop tomorrow, Nov. 29, but today the Harlem rapper has shared the album's tracklist, which you can check out below. The album includes Ferg's recently released "Talk It," and includes guest appearances by YG, Twista, M.I.A., and Big Sean, as well as A$AP Nast, the only other A$AP Mob member to appear. Production is handled by Crystal Caines, Stelios, Big K.R.I.T., and more.

  • Jeezy Shares Music Video For "Black Eskimo" [WATCH]

    Jeezy has shared the music video for his Seen It All track "Black Eskimo," which you can check out below. The Motion Family-directed clip features Jeezy rapping in semi-black and white (the only color that shines through is gold, of course) against a bare white backdrop, featuring appearances masked women, a snake, some huskies, and for some reason, a stove (though there might be some old-fashioned misogyny attached to that last one).

  • A$AP Ferg Shares New Song 'This Side' Featuring YG [LISTEN]

    A$AP Ferg and YG's BestCoast Connection Tour kicks off tomorrow, Nov. 13, so it is only appropriate that they would record a new song together to celebrate. "This Side" features a highly repetitive trap beat courtesy of THE FAM, while both Ferg and YG deliver some brilliantly eccentric and nimble verses.You can check out A$AP Ferg and YG's "This Side" here:"Hot New Hip-Hop" points out that THE FAM's beat for "This Side" is pretty much identical to the beat in Danny Seth's "I Arise Because," produced by Ducko Mcfli and JGramm Beats, which is scandalous. You can check out Danny Seth's "I Arise Because" here and hear for yourself:

  • Schoolboy Q Featured on Bridge's 'Roll My Weed' [LISTEN]

    Los Angeles R&B singer Bridge has shared his new single “Roll My Weed,” which features a guest verse from fellow L.A. resident Schoolboy Q. As the title implies, this is a love song about weed — or more specifically, a girl who rolls your weed for you, which Schoolboy Q also rhymes about in his verse.
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