Following the news that his 'Strange Clouds' single has gone Platinum, B.o.B announced that the release date of his sophomore album, Strange Clouds, was being pushed from March 13th to May 1st. However, along with this disappointment came the good news that the next single, 'So Good', will hit iTunes this Valentine's Day.
With Valentine's Day coming up, what better day for Donald to drop the video to his second single, 'Heartbeat', off his debut album. From the preview we can expect a movie-style music video to emulate the story behind my favorite track from Camp.
For the next release of Converse's "Three Artists One Song" series, The Gorillaz are working with James Murphy and Andre 3000 on a track that will be released on February 23rd. The series previously featured artists such as Best Coast, Soulja Boy, Matt and Kim, Kid Cudi and Andrew WK. The Gorillaz are also working with Converse on designing their own line of All-Stars.
Boston radio host and DJ Clinton Sparks is getting ready to drop the second installment of his "My Awesome Mixtape" series this upcoming Tuesday (Valentine's Day for those you keeping track of such a thing). Check out the trailer to the project that includes a little preview of a track from the mixtape called 'Watch You' that features Pitbull and Disco Fries. My Awesome Mixtape 2 is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson and will contain tons of other surprise features that you'll have to wait until Tuesday to find out about. Download here on that day or check it out ClintonSparks.com.
For the non-believers that didn't think the rumors were true (like myself), the young Odd Future member known as Earl Sweatshirt is back and already dropping new music. Earl had been spending quite some time at the Coral Reef Academy in Samoa where his mother had sent him due to his behavior and affiliation with Odd Future. Now, after an extensive "Free Earl" campaign, the soon-to-be 18 year old is back in the United States and already making noise. After dropping this viral video with a snippet of what sounded like a new song, Earl asked for 50k Twitter followers before he released the full version. Many claimed this to be a hoax, but 50k+ and counting followers later he followed through with his promise and voila: the link to Earl Sweatshirt's new track.
As of now, the only place it exists is on that site in which I can't seem to embed from. So, we'll have an update with a download as soon as possible.
Update: Somebody got their rip game proper. Shouts to illroots.
As rumors have been flying around today that the second video from The Throne's album was to be dropping very soon, Vevo took to their Twitter machine to confirm that in fact the 'Ni**as In Paris' video would be dropping tomorrow.
"TRUTH: "Ni**as In Paris" will premiere right here tomorrow at 12PM ET. Uncensored. #WTT
— VEVO (@VEVO) February 8, 2012
With Tech N9ne headlining the Hostile Takeover Tour, the two are set to make history by performing 90 shows in only 99 days. Also joining them on your will be Krizz Kaliko, Mayday, Prozak, and Stevie Stone. It's gonna be a nice look for MGK to be able to perform on the same stage as Tech N9ne. Shouts to Complex.
As if the G.O.O.D. Music roster wasn't star-studded enough! Reports from Marsha Ambrosius' Twitter machine say that Jay Electronica and Frank Ocean have been in the studio the past few days with her and the G.O.O.D. Music crew. My anticipation of this album may have just tripled in size.
The Odd Future crew is getting together to release the follow-up to their 2008 mixtape with OF Tape Vol.2 coming on March 20th via Odd Future Records. The new project will include new music from each of their affiliated artists (Yes, Frank Ocean. No, Earl Sweatshirt.) and will also include a mini, 10-city US tour.
Also in the works is Tyler, The Creator's sophomore LP, Wolf, that they also say should be ready by the Spring. Mellowhype's Numbers album is scheduled for a summer release.
Dot Da Genius took to his Twitter machine to announce the bad news. The upcoming WZRD (KiD CuDi & Dot Da Genius) album will no longer be released on January 30th, but rather February 28th. However, they will still be releasing the first two singles, 'Brake' and 'Teleport 2 Me', on iTunes on the original release date. Shouts to RR.
"Hey Guys, WZRD Update. Me and Cudi have been working on our debut album and it’s almost near completion. We are in the final stages of mastering but we really had to take time and pay attention to the sonics as this is new territory for us.
With that being said, we have decided to change the release date. We are looking roughly at Feb 28th. Y’all know how Cudi is’ and I’m the same way. Everything has to be in place and now it is. I know it’s late notice, we were trying to keep the date but got wrapped up making this album perfect for y’all.
However for making you guys wait a little longer we will release ‘Brake‘ & ‘Teleport 2 Me‘ on iTunes on the previously said date. AS WELL AS ‘DOSE OF DOPENESS’. Hopefully that will hold you guys over until the album drops!"
Stephen Colbert calls on the Beastie Boys' hip-hop ebonics expert to lay the law down on what "illin" really means. This argument comes after the word was used in a crossword puzzle, but a reader felt like the clue given did not match the word.
While out in Miami for the celebration of Dwayne Wade's 30th born on day, Common Sense took the stage as one of three performs (T.I. and Rick Ross were the others). Since they both are from the same neighborhood in Chicago, he felt that it was only right that he blessed the room with some bars off the top over the piano keys to 'Celebrate'. After all, what would a birthday be without Common freestyling for you personally. Maybe I'll work on that one for my next bday.
Saigon is back to working with Just Blaze on the next installment of his mixtape series, Warning Shots 3: One Foot In The Grave. We've given you a preview of the project with one track already. Now you can check out the official trailer above before the mixtape is released on January 24th.
Two ATLiens get together in the studio. The end result is to be a new "anthem" called 'Fist Pump'. This isn't a collaboration I would expect, but when Bobby Ray gets in the studio to do his magic there's no telling what the end product will sound like. We're thinking that this track will end up being on his sophomore album, Strange Clouds.
Amber Rose seems to be looking for a little extra time before her 15 minutes of fame are up. She's getting ready to release her highly-anticipated first music single along with her boy toy and Grammy nominated rapper Wiz Khalifa. Perez Hilton is getting the exclusive premiere of the track when it finally drops.
"This is a very personal song to me that I wanted to record for my fans. I want people to see the world from my eyes, you know, from BEHIND MY SHADES! It’s my interpretation of what it means to be “FAMOUS,” which is not something superficial but instead being self-confident and happy with who you are. You can feel famous everyday if you believe in yourself!" -Amber
Just over a year since the release of Setbacks, the Black Hippy member is getting set for the follow-up album, Habits & Contradictions. The release, January 14th, couldn't come at a better time for Q. He was recently nominated for the XXL 2012 Freshman Class cover along with 50 other great artists. Based on his first project alone, we feel that he should have no problem receiving the honor. Also in his favor is the fact that the two of the other three members of Black Hippy have already been nominated in past years (Kendrick Lamar in 2011, Jay Rock in 2010). Habits & Contradictions should only strengthen his chances of making it.
We're all used to hearing about "beef" on the regular between hip-hop artists, but now when we find out about two alternative rock groups throwing shots at each other there's no telling what to think of it. In their cover story with Rolling Stone, The Black Keys' drummer Patrick Carney unexpectedly stated that "Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world."
P-Willi will agree with me when I say that although the radio hits that Nickelback creates can kinda make them seem like sell-outs, the rest of their albums for the most part really rock hard (except for maybe their most recent one). However, you can tell that Nickelback is new at this whole "beef" thing, because I believe rule number three is never say "Hehe" at the end of a statement when trying to rebuttal a diss. They may want to take some lessons from Robin Thicke.
Less than a day before the release of Rozay's new mixtape, Rich Forever, the full tracklist has been released (and can be checked out after the jump). Features include Wale, 2 Chainz, Drake, Nas, Pharrell, Stalley, and many more.
BBC listed Frank Ocean as runner-up for their BBC Sound of 2012 emerging stars list. During a sit-down, Frank discusses moving from NO to LA after Katrina hit, his new album dropping in the spring, and much more. Watch the video above for the shortened version or head over to BBC to read the whole interview.
