Is it true? Is Kendrick Lamar and J.Cole really working on dropping a mix-tape together? Apparently these two are cooking up something. The two released two songs today on black Friday. J.Cole is free styling over Kendrick Lamar's beat "Alright," while Kendrick Lamar is rapping over J.Cole's beat "A Tale of 2 of Citiez." Check out the songs below.
Erykah Badu released her mixtape today titled "But U cant use my phone." The mixtape includes features from her ex Andre 3000 and Drake. Take a listen to the mixtape. Tell us what you think
Singer Ashanti has teamed up with the first lady Michelle Obama, in efforts to bring awareness to a healthier lifestyle. The rules are as follows:
1. Make a post on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook including: #DrinkUpAshanti
2. Drink water on the daily basis 3. Once enough hashtags are posted, Ashanti will release her new song "Let's Go" on iTunes in a High Quality format
The hashtag campaign is definitely for a good cause. "I love that my song is being used to encourage people to make a really easy choice: drinking more water every day,” Ashanti said. “It’s even more rewarding when it’s being done in a creative, positive way. Drinking water is in … it’s just cool and sexy. You are what you drink, so drink up. It’s also a pleasure to work with the First Lady again to help make the healthy choice the easy choice.”
Olurotimi Akinosho, also known as Rotimi, is the actor who plays "Dre" in the television series "Power." The sky-high ratings and views for "Power" has led to the success of many others. Rotimi took full advantage of all the good that was happening and signed a deal with G-Unit records, founded by 50 cent. Rotimi's character "Dre" is the protégé of 50 cent's character in show. It all makes sense as to why 50 has been going hard for his "protégé" via Instagram.
Take a look:
50 was telling all of his followers to download his artist's hot new music.
"Download this sh!t now! @rotimimusic got that fire."
Neo Soul Singer Maxwell takes us back down memory lane as we think about all of the good (and bad) we've encountered through this journey called life. Check out the Video released in 2001:
Adele reportedly turned down an offer to collaborate with Beyoncé. The 10 time Grammy award winner mentioned in 2012 that she wanted to work with Beyoncé on a song or two, that's why it's hard to believe that these two will not join forces. With a good production team on their side, I smell a hit!
Who knows what the future may hold. Will we here a song with Adele and Beyoncé together? Stay tuned!
It looks like rapper Fabolous is gearing up to release an album this Christmas. On December 25, 2014 Fab release the Young OG project with features from Rich Homie Quan, French Montana and Chris Brown. The album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 20 chart, selling 71,000 within the first week of sells in the US.
We hope The Young OG Project 2 has greater success than the first one!
Lil Durk released his song titled "My beyonce" featuring Dej Loaf. The two have started filming for the music video. Durk and Dej are emulating a classic romance movie " Love and Basketball". The music video has not released yet, but we have pics of what's to come:
Chicago's own rapper Lil Durk, uploaded this image via Instagram:
Obviously, the photo is of Jayz & Beyoncé. The reason why the rapper uploaded the photo is because tommorow he is going to release a single titled "My Beyoncé" in reference to Dej Loaf. Keep your ears and your eyes open ...
Last Thursday (Oct. 22), Future and Kendrick Lamar played Power 105.1’s annual Powerhouse concert at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Fetty Wap, Big Sean, Meek Mill and others were also on the bill.
On Sunday, both Future and Lamar both jumped to Chicago for the WGCI Big Jam. Again, K.Dot followed Future. And, again, a good chunk of the crowd went home when Future was finished.
In this case, Future’s set was said to have ended around 10. So it wasn’t as much as a “school night” issue as it was in Brooklyn.
It seems Erykah Badu has more music beyond that “Hotline Bling” rework. In an interview with Noisey, Badu commented on a number of topics and mentioned that a new mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone, will drop next week.
Badu didn’t offer much in the way of details, saying that “the usual suspects” can be expected to be involved and that she just recently dove back into songwriting.
“I’m writing all the time, but recently I got the bug back,” Badu told Noisey. “When it comes, it comes, and I can’t force it, but recently I got it back with “Hotline Bling” and all the other things I’ve been experimenting with.”
Badu commented further on Drake and her recent inspiration, saying that she “loved” the feud with Meek Mill and that she and the Toronto singer/rapper really are great friends. (Drake name-droppd Badu on “Days in the East,” saying that she made tea for him while the two were at her house.)
Additionally, Badu credited D’angelo’s comeback album Black Messiah for reigniting her own musical pursuits. “I didn’t know how much I missed his voice and his mark until I heard it,” she said. “It also gave me a little boost or a little spark.”
Badu will also be hosting the Soul Train Awards next month and premiering a one-woman show in Dallas this week. Read the interview in its entirety hereand be on the lookout for that mixtape soon.
Before Janet Jackson made her much anticipated return to music earlier this year, it had been seven years since her last full body of work — but you wouldn’t know it.
More than 30 years after she first broke in music, Jackson’s influence remains omnipresent in today’s pop landscape.
From Rihanna's sexual freedom and Beyonce’s push for female empowerment to Ciara’s acrobatic footwork to FKA Twigs and Tinashe’s slinky, imaginative interpretations of R&B, it's all born from the blueprint Jackson drafted when she stepped out of the shadows of her more famous siblings and debuted the innovative R&B-pop she crafted alongside inventive production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Tour Dates: Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, US - Wednesday 21 October 2015 Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, US - Thursday 22 October 2015 EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT, US - Saturday 24 October 2015 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO, US - Sunday 25 October 2015 Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO, US - Tuesday 27 October 2015
Even rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake looked to the pop singer for inspiration, building their 2013 hit "Poetic Justice," which gleaned its title from one of her film’s, around a Jackson sample. (That both were only age 6 when the movie was released is further proof of her timelessness.)
It's that bridging of the past and present, while nodding toward the future, that's served as the basis of Jackson’s comeback.
“Unbreakable,” her latest No. 1 album and her first since 2008, took the fusion of R&B, funk, disco and rock that drove her early, seminal discography and reinterpreted a more mature spin of it, but without chasing the mores of current pop. She has, after all, spent three decades navigating whatever space she desires.
And Friday night’s concert at the Forum, part of a world tour that will keep her on the road through next year (she returns to L.A. in May with a date at the Hollywood Bowl) pushed the idea further.
After emerging onstage amid a dark, Hitchcock-like video intro that featured a flurry of black animated birds — one used its beak to yank an arrow from its chest before soaring above the rest, presumably a metaphor for the personal and professional hurdles the singer faced in recent decades — Jackson ripped through a high-octane set crammed with dozens of her ubiquitous smashes.
When she wasn’t linking different eras of her own influential discography — which spans across groove-heavy bedroom R&B, neo-soul, dance-pop, disco, house, industrial, new jack swing, funk and more — she mined current sonics.
Take the show's opening salvo. Jackson wasn’t even finished with the funk explosion of “Burnitup!”, her new duet with Missy Elliott, when she sampled Elliott’s synth-heavy 2005 club banger “Lose Control." Just as the crowd dug in, the beat dropped into 1986’s “Control."
It was a seamless move that felt like Jackson’s subtle way of reminding the sold-out crowd that trendsetting has been the central thesis of her career. If it’s happened in pop within the last three decades, there's a thread that moves back to her.
And much of the night was about connecting the lines.
The sass and aggression of her quintessential kiss-off “Nasty” became more scathing when it was interpolated with Big Sean’s profane anthem “IDFWU.”
Late '80s dance-pop gem “When I Think Of You” isn’t too far from the breezy disco swing she offered two decades later on “All For You,” so of course the two tunes came back-to-back.
When she slowed the pace for a segment of ballads, “I Get Lonely” was turned into a moodier burner that reminded you how much the titillating alternative R&B of the Weeknd and Miguel was born from Jackson’s sweat-soaked bedroom playbook.
And she didn’t revisit steamy ballad “Anytime, Anyplace” without exploring the Lamar and Drake hit it inspired years later before moving to her current hit “No Sleep,” itself a throwback to the downtempo neo-soul grooves of tunes like “Got ‘Til It’s Gone” and “That’s the Way Love Goes” (both were performed next).
Armed with a muscular eight-piece band and a crew of all-female dancers that recalled the militant spirit of “Rhythm Nation,” Jackson feverishly tore through routine after routine. The production wasn't flashy, it was a modest yet sophisticated set of platforms and stairs for her dancers to play off of and a number of video screens that offered tight closeups of Jackson, who barely broke a sweat as she moved through complex choreography.
“So many hits guys, I’m just getting started,” she smiled after tearing through “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” “The Pleasure Principle” and “Escapade” without blinking. In fact she had already cut across hits from three decades before she even took her first, quick, breather.
Hit revues are often rebuffed by venerable acts like Jackson, instead opting to build tours around new material and tossing in a few classics.
But for an act like Jackson, who has maintained the kind of cross-generational reach that’s rare in contemporary pop (she’s finally up for induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), it would have felt like a disservice if she overlooked much of the discography that helped her create the archetype for modern pop stardom.
And there was a lot of material to cover, too much in fact considering she's scored more than 30 No. 1's across a myriad of charts. Jackson worked hard to squeeze as much into the taut 90 minute set as possible. That meant some tracks were truncated and scaled back to more familiar hooks and verses, and a number of most known songs were skipped altogether.
For those of us who looked to Jackson to provide the soundtrack to our feelings about love, lust, heartbreak, spirituality, sexual liberation, pain and politics, Friday’s show was largely a heady trip to the past.
Jackson, however, didn't ignore her present -- even if she doesn't mine the lengthy "Unbreakable" beyond a very small handful of tracks.
She sang live the entire night -- almost unheard of with today's pop arena spectacles -- with her most arresting vocals coming during new tunes: "After You Fall," a tender ballad built around just a piano and Jackson's voice, and "Shoulda Known Better," an EDM-inspired song of protest (a young child in the "Hands up, don't shoot" pose lingered on screen to drive home the song's message).
Throughout Jackson's comeback trail, much has been said about her more demure persona in both tone and appearance, and Friday’s showing was no different.
The singer was covered from neck to toe in a chic ensemble of black leather and chiffon, her hair a red cloud of curls that nearly fell to her waist, and she bypassed much of the kinkier romps in her discography — although the audience was thrilled that she included the orgasmic house romp “Throb” in the set.
Make no mistake, however, with every bend, snap, shoulder pop, tongue flicker, fierce diva pose and hip thrust, Jackson exuded more sex appeal than any of today’s pop stars who opt to bare skin in a bid to envelope push — but again, she’s already been there and done that.
"OMG Girlz" member Zonnique aka Tiny's daughter (T.I.'s step daughter) has gone against the grain with this new song. It's rather risqué, coming from a girl who was brought up to be more reserved. The song features Cash Money artist Young Thug; the title "Nun For Free" pretty much sums up with the song is about. Click the hyperlink under the video and tell me what you think.
Rumor has it that Kendrick and J.cole are working on a new album together. With both rappers being as conscious as they are, I predict the album to be a banger. These guys will go down in history as one of the best. They are definitely "Tupac" caliber worthy.
Kendrick Lamar/J. Cole (Photo : Chris Weeks/Robin Marchant) Kendrick Lamar sat down with Hot 97 back in April for an in depth interview about his new album To Pimp A Butterfly. During the 40 minute conversation, Lamar revealed that he still plans to record a collaborative album with J. Cole. You know, basically every fans dream. "Yeah, definitely. I still would love to do it," he said about working on a project with the Fayetteville rapper. "I talked to the bro, about a little bit over a month and he's on the tour rocking. So we're gonna try and make something happen. They want that."
He also went on to applaud Cole's promotion for his latest effort 2014 Forest Hills Drive.
"Crazy. How they went about it, popping up at fans' houses? Come on, man," he said. "You don't get the marketing resources from a record label. That's them."
Lamar's compliment comes on the heels of Cole's own praise for Lamar.
"I'm just explaining to him, like yo, I feel like you can do it. You have the respect of that neighborhood and L.A. on another level," Cole told Saint Heron of Lamar's ability to end gang violence in Los Angeles. "If anybody can come through and put an end to this sh*t, it gotta be you," he said. "The thing is, music is powerful, but I don't know how powerful it is. I don't know what it can actually do, but I respect him for speaking on it. That nigga's an amazing artist from top to bottom."
From the looks of it a lot of people are calling it an instant classic! I wouldnt say all that (My opinion is a bit biased) .. however, they do make a good pair and the music sounds good. Take a look at the TrackListing:
1. “Digital Dash” 2. “Big Rings” 3. “Live From the Gutter” 4. “Diamonds Dancing” 5. “Scholarships” 6. “Plastic Bag” 7. “I’m the Plug” 8. “Change Locations” 9. “Jumpman” 10. “Jersey” 11. “30 for 30 Freestyle”
Check out Justin Bieber's "Where are you now" Video. Speculators are saying that this video has some demonic subliminal messages inside. Take a look, Tell me what you think
The futuristic Future and suave drake are collaborating on a mixtape soon to be released. When two major forces get together Greatness is bound to happen. The mixtape is highly anticipated, one of the reasons being their fan base is semi mutual; Another reason is their mutual beef between themselves and rapper Meek Mill. (I bet he is sick righ now) The title of the mixtape is "What a time to be alive", and well ... What a time to be alive is right!
The official date for the mixtape to be released is Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 8pm on iTunes.
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