As we await his newest album, Tetsuo & Youth, Lupe Fiasco gifts us with nice surprise in the form of a brand new single. The track, whose title is inspired by the George Orwell allegorical novel, is not yet confirmed to be included on the forthcoming album but we're not un-inclined to accept the gift. The Chi-town MC puts his own spin on the Orwell classic, flexing his ability to create witty verses and adopting the storyline as his own. There is no word on when exactly we can expect Tetsuo &...
Kanye West's latest promotional stunt further solidifies himself as one of the most creative artists of our time. Today the Chicago native and Grammy award winning artist-producer projected (very literally) his latest song, "New Slaves", across the world in 66 cities, casting video footage of himself (his face, rather) rapping on various buildings throughout each city. Best of all he did this guerilla marketing style. Read: no city permits! Salute to Kanye managing to organize his own quasi-flash mob on the...
Philadelphia-based rapper Gilbere Forte has been building his buzz with his viral releases such as “Pray," "Nolita" and "ANIGMA" , and now he showcases his body of work with his mixtape, PRAY, a prelude to his upcoming Epic Records debut and his third official release. Following the...
Chicago born YP dropped some musical goodness for our ears, in the shape of "Get With The Team". YP, who is signed to Universal Republic, collaborated with fellow Illinois rapper Sir Michael Rocks on this track, with both of them going in hard. The beat sounds like something straight out of an old...
Dev Hynes advocate Solange Knowles decides to do over this single from her 2012 True EP, enlisting the help of Compton powerhouse Kendrick Lamar. This song is full of chilled synths which have been greatly tweaked and expanded to create a slightly eery but soothing sound. K-Dot fits in...
The rise of A$AP Mob over the past couple of years has been sudden. Although they've been putting in work for a while, after A$AP Rocky dropped Live. Love. A$AP. back in late 2011, their path to the limelight rocketed them to the forefront of modern hip hop music. But The Mob themselves haven't...
With two EPs already under his belt, electronic music producer AbdeCaf is well on his way to making a mark in the music scene. AbdeCaf released his Unravel EP over a year ago and shortly after dropped his Rebuild EP. It's the haunting samples and play with short 8-bit bleeps that make Unravel...
After a slight hiatus the DIEMON emcee/producer Russ is back with some new visuals off his upcoming album, The Edge. The Atlanta artist latest, "Yung Pacino," is only about a minute and a half, flexin’ his style with the vintage mafioso visuals theme. The self-produced track is the first...