• 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.

  • 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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