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Editor’s Choice: Music For The Anxious: A Year In Review

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“Ain’t nothing to be afraid of. You got goals. You got things you want. Move forward”—Cris Copastetik

I have a new tradition I do every year on New Year’s Eve where I write a list of everything I wish to purge from my body in hopes that the Universe will transmute that energy into a renewed magic ahead of the anticipated year. I write down my fears, my loses, my regrets, my shame. It is as cathartic as it much as it is utilitarian—I believe if we speak into the world what we want then we manifest it.

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Watch Cardi B’s “MONEY” Right Here

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Cardi B on the set of Money

From lush wide shot of exotic dancers dangling in the air, pantsuits, delightful ass shots, candid breastfeeding moments, gold dripping all over, and a whisper of the intimate, the Bronx-native’s latest music video “Money” doesn’t disappoint. A true visionary, Cardi makes her raw sex appeal something she owns at all times. Enjoy stills and watch the music video now

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I.S. Jones is a poet & music journalist split between New York & California. You can tweet at her here

Watch the trailer for Donald Glover’s ‘Guava Island’ here

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With Donald Glover turning away from music and Rihanna herself always dipping her toes into other endeavors, the duo has combined creative forces to create Guava Island. The trailer made its debut on the last day of PHAROS, his annual festival. PHAROS has been described by Glover as “a gathering of the five intuitives of the human experience: tribe, ritual, experience abstraction, architecture, language”. In its second year the festival took place in New Zealand, premiering Guava Island on November 24th.

Directed by Glover’s longtime collaborator Hiro Murai, the trailer opens with Glover playing the guitar and singing while playfully teasing his on-screen girlfriend Rihanna. From there, the trailer segues into shot of him performing, dancing, running away, and held hostage. The most notable dialogue in the trailer from Glover: “We live in paradise but none of us actually have the time or the means to live here” speaks to the duality of living in what the West often describe as “destination getaway” while many of the natives are often left with the struggles day-to-day life

It will also feature Letitia Wright and Nonso Anozie. Watch the trailer for Guava Island below.

 

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I.S. Jones is the Managing Editor of Dead End. Her works have appeared in Revolt, NBCThink, and elsewhere. You can tweet at her here

Dead End Hip Hop Presents | The Vibe: Volume 2

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by I.S. Jones & Jake Milgate

Editor’s Note: I couldn’t tell you exactly when I slipped into this depression and subsequent fear of writing and reporting–quitting a job amidst family turmoil, making ends meet in such an expensive city, and on and on–I retreated from things I love, things that remind me why I fight for what I love. Art is a source of my power, as I imagine is the same for the women in this playlist. If I can be frank, there were not nearly enough women to choose from–for every rapper that sent music, maybe eight male rappers mailed in music as well. I began writing about music because I saw many talented emerging rappers not getting the recognition, I felt, they deserved. [Read more…] about Dead End Hip Hop Presents | The Vibe: Volume 2

DEHH: ICYMI Week 1-3

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Did you miss us…? We’re back to catch you up on the month of October with “Dead End Hip-Hop: In Case You Missed It” a weekly segment to sum up the very best content of Dead End Hip Hop. Don’t forget to send music to us at music@deadendhiphop.com

ARTICLES

Donnie Skillz writes on some rising international hip-hop talent: “Over a laid-back, solemn soundscape provided by 6tylate, Project begins to take you on a journey into his life. He doesn’t shy away from being honest from the jump as he talks about navigating through the music industry and family life” Also, Donnie writes and interviews emerging rapper Upper Reality here.  [Read more…] about DEHH: ICYMI Week 1-3

DEHH ICYMI: Week 4

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In the final week of September’s “Dead End Hip-Hop: In Case You Missed It”, we’ll be going over all things hip-hop and DEHH related to catch you up on everything you need to know to be caught up for the new week.

DEAD-END NEWS 

Articles

Jake Milgate & contributor Tyler Jones write a tribute for the rapper that helped come into their self as humans and helped them overcome their own addictions: ”

“My college experience had changed me permanently. One of the main contributors to my depression is my muscular dystrophy, but the stresses of schoolwork, the potential future, and my chemical imbalance due to excessive drug use only amplified my depression and near-brush with suicide during that time in my life. As I listened to GO:OD AM again, I began to have flashbacks. All of these past emotions resurfaced once again”. Words by @milfence

“There are plenty of artists I have grieved for and still do whenever I play their music; however, when it comes to Mac Miller he was different. He was someone that helped me acclimate to my new life”. Words by @TAJtheWriter

The very best of Sto from this month:

Marlowe (L’Orange & Solemn Brigham): “Vagrant” Bonus Cut + Interview 

Rolling Loud Highlights 

Kenzie Tarantino On HIs Group Shaolin Temple

6lack’s “East Atlanta Love Letter” [Album Review]

Donnie Skillz writes about emcee Phlow: “Nigerian emcee Phlow has been on the site gathering attention and with every release, there is always an element of surprise. On her newest offering titled “Asuai vol 2″( we actually covered volume 1 here) she takes it back to pure lyrics that tap into her personal experiences growing up as the only female child in her family.”

Managing Editor I.S. Jones review’s Chicago-rapper Noname’s sophomore album “Room 25”: n “Self”, Noname is sexy, flirty, and audacious in a way we’ve never seen her before. She enjoys what her body is capable of: “My pussy teachin ninth-grade English / My pussy wrote a thesis on colonialism”. Here the Chicago-native subverts the ways in which the feminine body is often portrayed in hip-hop. Read more here

Tickets for Noname’s “Room 25” tour are available now. Dates are here, purchase tickets here

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 News in Hip-Hop

Beyonce is being sued by her former drummer Kimberly Thompson of ‘extreme witchcraft’. Well, let’s tell the truth, you can’t get to Beyonce’s status without accusations being leveled against your character. According to Pitchfork, the former drummer reportedly claims that she suffered from Beyoncé’s “magic spells of sexual molestation,” and that Beyoncé “murdered my pet kitten”

(Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Coachella )

Kanye addresses Nick Cannon, Tyson Beckford, and Drake in video. While Kanye seeks to rebrand himself ahead of his forthcoming album Yandhi, the 808’s and Heartbreaks rapper took some time out of his day to address several stars that rubbed him the wrong way. Kanye made it a point especially to speak to Drake as many things the Canadian rapper alluded to ‘Scorpio’ “didn’t sit right with [his] spirit”. More here

In his ongoing feud with Machine Gun Kelly, Eminem suggested that P. Diddy had a hand in Tupac’s assassination. As the rap beef rages on his the two emcees, Eminem & Machine Gun Kelly have traded blow after blow, but Eminem may have misstepped. The rapper accused Diddy of having a hand in Tupac’s murder: “Killshot, I will not fail, I’m with the Doc still/But this idiot’s boss pops pills and tells him he’s got skills/But, Kells, the day you put out a hit’s the day Diddy admits/That he put the hit out that got Pac killed,” More can be read here

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I.S. Jones is the Managing Editor of Dead End Hip Hop. You can tweet at her