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If you’re reading this, you’ve made it through 165 days of the 2018 calendar year. From double-disc releases to scathing rap beefs, midnight releases, and a five-album saga, 2018 has been an incredible year of rapper’s bringing their A-Game. To that end, some of the staff writers and myself have compiled our favorite top ten albums …
Directed by Dave Meyers & Dave Free (of The Little Homies), Jay Rock with some ad-lib backup from Kendrick come bellowing in with a squad of trumpets and trombones for the WIN music video. With Jay Rock’s third album arriving on June 15th, the visual for his single is packed to the brim with cameos …
“To be a woman who loves hip-hop at times is to be in love with your abuser. Because the music was and is that. And yet the culture is ours”.—Ava DuVernay I began writing this story on August 26, 2017—observing carefully XXXTentacion’s emergence into the public eye. And on August 26th, 2017 #WomensEqualityDay, Kendrick …
In anticipation for the Black Panther Soundtrack arriving on Friday (you can pre-order here!) TDE has released the gorgeous music video for “All The Stars” one of the singles leading up to the album. Directed by Dave Meyers & the little homies, the video has Kendrick and SZA in colorful backgrounds, African garbs and locales, and …
While I’m still hashing out my personal feelings about Drake, today I woke up to the exciting news that Top Dawg Entertainment has announced tour dates for a mega family outing of the label’s most supreme stars. With CTRL’s one year anniversary on the horizon this summer, it feels good to see her finally swinging …
Terrence Sage (@SageTerrence) 1. DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar 2. PRETTY GIRLS LIKE TRAP MUSIC – 2 Chainz 3. AT WHAT COST – GoldLink 4. BIG FISH THEORY – Vince Staples 5. SATURATION 2 – Brockhampton 6. ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADASS – Joey Bada$$ 7. 7 DAYS – Krept & Konan 8. CTRL – SZA 9. THE NEVER …
