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3 Apr

Yesterday, Sir Michael Rocks shocked fans with the news he was retiring from rap to study nature and wildlife with National Geographic. Well, April Fools everyone. Not only is Rocks not retiring, but he's back with a brand new video that's actually the first single from his next project, Populair. "Populair is the next continuation in...

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3 Apr

Music News: Another Posthumous Notorious B.I.G. Album Is On The Way

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CULTURE, MUSIC NEWS, VIDEOS

Look, there have been some solid posthumous albums released over the years, so I don’t mean to be a huge grump here. However, the successful after-death projects have typically been completed or just-about-completed before the artist died while the failures tend to be those that are scraped together as a means of...

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3 Apr

Music News: Eminem Makes 42 Genius Annotations

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CULTURE, MUSIC NEWS

Eminem thought people would get "sick of" "Stan" because the song was long. Eminem made 42 annotations on Genius today (April 2). The Detroit rapper says that he didn’t think that his song “Stan” would resonate the way that it did. "I didn’t know it was going to be so big,” Eminem writes of his song from...

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3 Apr

Music News: Pharrell Working On Missy Elliott’s Album

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CULTURE, MUSIC NEWS, VIDEOS

"Shout out to Virginia," Pharrell says. In late February, an image of Pharrell Williams in the studio with Missy Elliott surfaced online. Missy shared the black-and-white photo of the two Virginia natives on Twitter with a caption that read: "VA! 2 up 2 down! Me & my fam @Pharrell hard at work." During a visit...

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2 Apr

Listen: ILL Skillz Emcee Uno July Releases Solo EP “Best Kept Secret”

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AUDIO, MUSIC NEWS

As one of the the Mother City's most prolific rap tandems, ILL Skillz has held it down for a decade adding to the long legacy of Hip Hop in Cape Town. Having recorded in London, performed at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and more, the accomplishments go on and...

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2 Apr

Listen: Maggz Releases New Single “Cho Dlozi”

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AUDIO, MUSIC NEWS

Cash Time Life have been on fire of late having just released Kid-X new single "Se7en" which saw Nomoozli's first rap feature on track the stable have dropped another gem for the streets with M.A. Doubles "Cho Dlozi" Check it out here. Source: [btn type="default or primary or success or info or warning...

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2 Apr

Listen: Earl Sweatshirt & Action Bronson’s “Warlord Leather” prod by. Alchemist

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AUDIO, MUSIC NEWS

This week Earl Sweatshirt and Action Bronson released new albums, I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside and Mr. Wonderful, respectively. To commemorate these releases frequent collaborator Alchemist liberates a bonus collaboration titled, “Warlord Leather”. The two rappers go back and forth over a funky drum break, and a guitar sample curated and produced by Alchemist. No hooks, just...

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1 Apr

Kendrick Lamar Discusses Fans Calling “To Pimp A Butterfly” A Classic

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CULTURE, MUSIC NEWS

Hot 97 unveiled the lineup for its annual “Summer Jam”concert Tuesday (March 31) with the help of a special guest. The event’s headliner, Kendrick Lamar, joined the Ebro in the Morning crew to talk about performing at “Summer Jam” again, his latest album To Pimp A Butterfly and other topics. Lamar told jocks Laura Stylez, Ebro, and Peter...

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31 Mar

Lil Wayne To Release “Free Weezy Album” In April

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MUSIC NEWS

Lil Wayne is reportedly releasing his Free Weezy Album on his own terms. The Young Money rapper – who is currently feuding with his father figure and label boss Birdman – recently revealed that the Free Weezy Album will arrive in April. According to Red Bull, Wayne “dropped some hints about his upcoming release” at his Red...

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31 Mar

Jay Z Launches Tidal Music Service

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CULTURE, MUSIC NEWS

Jay Z along with some of the biggest artists in music made waves on Monday with the announcement of TIDAL, the first-ever artist owned streaming service. "We come to you with one voice in unity," artist Alicia Keys said during the live event. "The first ever artist owned global music and...

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