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Wiz Khalifa has shared the music video for his "Blacc Hollywood" track "Raw," which you can check out below. The Gerard Victor-directed clip features extensive use of negative black-and-white photography and flicker film techniques, so much so that the video opens with a trigger warning for those who suffer from seizures — do not watch this video if you have epilepsy. There is not much of a story, but there does not really need to be one with such complicated and fascinating visuals.You can check out Wiz Khalifa's "Raw" music video here, but again, do not watch it if you are prone to seizures: -
Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign Share Trippy New Song 'Refresh/Say No More' [LISTEN]
Wiz Khalifa and Ty Dolla $ign have shared a trippy new collaborative track titled "Refresh/Say No More," which you can check out below. Being almost nine minutes long, this is really two tracks in one, and if the cover art is any indication (which you can check out up above), this is some really spacy, psychedelic stuff, even moreso than Wiz usually gets. It's not clear who the producer is on this track, though the Soundcloud page says it was "engineered" by Drew Drucker and Ricky P, so maybe they should be getting the credit for this one. -
See How Drake Celebrated New Year's Eve At Marquee Las Vegas [WATCH]
If you wanted star power for your New Year's Eve parties, Las Vegas had it. With Iggy Azalea, Alesso, Calvin Harris, Drake, Snoop Dogg, Steve Angello and others in town, any venue across town was going to have something everyone. As Calvin Harris took over mega-club Hakkasan and Iggy Azalea headlines new club, Drai's, Drake was at Marquee doing his thing in a tux leading clubbers into 2015. It was caught on camera and put into an official recap where you can see the highlights of the night including a short performance of several big tracks from Drake's landmark 2014. -
Classic Hip-Hop Formats Playing Tupac Shakur, Public Enemy and Snoop Dogg Are Saving Commercial Radio Stations
Commercial radio is suffering. Satellite and streaming options that link directly to mobile devices are becoming increasingly popular because of the diversity and lack of commercial interruptions. According to The New York Times, one format is incredibly hot right now - classic hip-hop. Stations championing Tupac Shakur, Public Enemy and Snoop Dogg are sprouting up all over the country. Radio One, Cummulus Media and iHeartMedia are all jumping at the opportunity. -
Chris Brown Guests On TeeFLii's "Blue Lipstick" [LISTEN]
Los Angeles singer/rapper TeeFLii has shared a new track titled "Blue Lipstick," a collaboration with Chris Brown, which you can check out below. The track has some refreshingly unique production, with some slinky guitars and funky synths anchored by a hard-hitting boom bap beat. TeeFLii and Chris Brown trade lines, and though the overtly sexual lyrics are the song's weakest spot, the production more than makes up for it. -
Wiz Khalifa Drops "You And Your Friends" Video Featuring Ty Dollar $ign, Snoop Dogg [WATCH]
A few days ago, Wiz Khalifa teased the video for his DJ Mustard-produced club banger "You And Your Friends" off his latest album Blacc Hollywood, which was nominated by the Grammys for Best Rap Album. The intro clip he teased featured Khalifa smoking a blunt inside a marijuana grow house while talking on the phone to Ty Dolla $ign who is in his car, trying to flirt his way out of a ticket with two female cops. The full video, however, has a different theme. -
Snoop Dogg and Son Cordell Broadus to Star in ESPN's High School Football Reality Show [WATCH]
In case you didn't know, Snoop Dogg's son, Cordell Broadus, is a solid football player. He's actually one of he top college prospects in the nation at wide receiver. ESPN jumped at the opportunity to document the whole process recently in a a new reality show 'Snoop & Son: A Dad's Dream,' Vibe notes. A trailer for the series dropped today (Dec. 19) and it doesn't look half bad. -
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. -
C-Murder Teams Up With Boosie Badazz And Snoop Dogg For New Song 'Hard 2 Be Black' [LISTEN]
C-Murder is currently serving a life sentence for the 2002 murder of a 16-year-old fan but apparently the time he spent outside of a jail cell was a struggle in itself. The incarcerated rapper teamed up with Boosie BadAzz and Snoop Dogg on a new song called "Hard 2 Be Black," where they rhyme about the life of a black man in America. -
Sorry 2014: The Year's 10 Most Memorable Musician Apologies: Pharrell, Nicki Minaj, And More
In the Internet era, there are more ways than ever for the mean, stupid things we all do to get out into the public eye, which means that we're constantly flooded with apologies from actors, politicians, musicians, and basically anyone who's famous. There were a ton of big apologies in 2014 from musicians, so here are the 10 most memorable. -
Label Splits Far More Intense Than Current Lil Wayne Drama: Dr. Dre and Death Row, The Game and G-Unit and More
Depending on how much faith you put in social media, it seems Lil Wayne is hellbent to get away from Cash Money Records due to the label allegedly refusing to release his Tha Carter V. Depending on how much faith you put in statements from management, it seems that Weezy won't be jumping ship. We're more inclined to believe the latter...after all, Cash Money kind of owns Wayne's personal label Young Money. Regardless, there have been uglier splits than this is the history of hip-hop. Here are a few of the most dramatic: -
Iggy Azalea Ripped Her Pants Performing 'Booty' at a Bar Mitzvah and Her Reps Tried to Get Video Taken Down [WATCH]
Iggy Azalea went a little too hard at a recent gig. The rapper was in the middle of her new Jennifer Lopez collaboration, "Booty," when she ended up splitting her pants. Cellphones were not allowed at the gig, which was a bar mitzvah celebration that also featured Nick Jonas, but that rule wasn't strictly enforced since there is video of the incident. Reps for Azalea reportedly tried to get the video taken down
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