Best Songs of The Week: ft. Boldy James, LION BABE, Nas, and More Music – 3 hours ago Source: Youtube The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set features new music from Nas, LION BABE, Boldy James, Pink Siifu, YUNGMORPHEUS, and more. Scroll […]
First Look Friday: Ghostface Killah’s Son Supreme-Intelligence Embraces His Father’s Story-Telling Style Music – 4 hours ago Supreme-Intelligence’s Love Jones is a new EP filled with emotional transparency, nimble flows, modernized boom bap and intermittent words of wisdom from Ghostface. Photo Credit: Supreme-Intelligence For this month’s edition of First Look Friday, we talked to Supreme-Intelligence […]
16 New Hip-Hop, R&B & Neo-Soul Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of August 6) Music – 5 hours ago Photo Credit: Paras Griffin for Getty Images This week for our New Music Friday albums we’ve handpicked selects from a hodgepodge of artists including Nas, Tinashe, Young Nudy, Queen Key, Sada Baby and more. […]
Tyler, The Creator Pinpoints The Deciding Factor in The LOX’s Dominant Verzuz Victory Music – 5 hours ago Source: Hot97/Youtube According to Tyler, The Creator, Dipset suffered from a fatal flaw during their Verzuz matchup with The LOX. In the days following The LOX’s lopsided Verzuz victory, rap pundits have thrown around a lot of […]
Ms. Lauryn Hill Might Have Had the Verse of the Year on Nas’ ‘King’s Disease II’ Music – 7 hours ago Photo Credit: Artist Nas has dropped his new album, King’s Disease II. The highlight of the album is a verse from Ms. Lauryn Hill. Nas is back. The rapper has released his 13th solo […]
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The Lox Wanted to Bring Out Mase to Troll Dipset During Their ‘Verzuz’ Match Up Music – 23 hours ago Photo Credit: Johnny Nunez/WireImage Sheek Louch went on Sway In the Morning to talk about The Lox dominating Dipset during their Verzuz match-up.. It’s been more than 24 hours since Jadakiss and The Lox’s dominating performance […]
Alchemist Unveils Star-Studded Guest List for Upcoming Collaborative Album with Boldy James Music – 1 day ago Source: Youtube Alchemist and Boldy James’ new album, BO JACKSON, is out August 13th via the producer’s ALC Records banner. A week out from its release, we’re beginning to get a clearer picture of what Alchemist and Boldy James […]
The 10 Best Aaliyah Songs That Weren’t Radio Hits Music – 1 day ago Throughout Aaliyah’s career, the Detroit singer teamed up with Static Major, Timbaland, Missy Elliott and more to create tracks that tested musical boundaries and dismantled the confines of genre. Photo Credit: Sal Idriss/Redferns To celebrate Aaliyah’s return to streaming, we take […]
Kanye Previews Dr. Dre Collaboration “Glory” in New Beats Ad Spot Music – 1 day ago Photo by Kevin Mazur for Universal Music Group via Getty Images. Kanye offers another glimpse at the windowless Mercedes-Benz Arena locker room he’s been calling home for the last few weeks. Kanye West is pulling a Frank Ocean with […]
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Does This Mysterious Website Mean Aaliyah’s Catalog Is Hitting Streamers Soon? Music – 17 mins ago Photo Credit: Catherine McGann for Getty Images A year back, Aaliyah’s estate shared that the late singer’s catalog was set to hit streamers soon. On Wednesday, a mysterious website titled “Aaliyah Is Coming” popped up potentially alluding to the […]
Is This The Earliest Recording of a Live Prince Performance? Music – 40 seconds ago Photo by Leni Sinclair via Getty Images The Minnesota Historical Society may have accidentally uploaded video of Prince leading one of his first bands at the age of 16. As the posthumous Prince releases continue to pile up, a video […]
Jadakiss Single-Handedly Destroyed Dipset on ‘Verzuz’ Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Johnny Nunez/WireImage The Lox came, saw, and conquered. Led by Jadakiss, the legendary group delivered one of the most dominant Verzuz performances ever. Was that the best Verzuz ever? On Tuesday, August 3rd, two of New York City’s most legendary rap groups, […]
Watch Hiatus Kaiyote Treat Tiny Desk to a Weird, Warm, and Wonderful Performance Music – 9 seconds ago Source: Youtube/NPR Music Hiatus Kaiyote brings their new album Mood Valiant to NPR’s Tiny Desk with a kaleidoscopic five-song set. Hiatus Kaiyote is the latest guest to grace a Tiny Desk stage. And they brought a few […]
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We Will Soon Know Who Now Owns the One-of-a-Kind Wu-Tang Clan Album Music – 8 seconds ago Photo Credit: Rashaad Patterson/Paddle8 We should know the identity of the person who bought Wu Tang’s mythical Once Upon A Time In Shaolin album within the next 60 days. Last week, the Brooklyn US Attorney’s Office announced that […]
HARD Summer Festival 2021: An EDM Festival Ruled By Memes, Hip Hop, & Future Music – 3 mins ago KAYTRANADA was one of the performers at the 2021 HARD Festival. Photo Credit: Allie Mischen for Insomniac Events Although the main focus of the HARD Summer Festival is EDM, there were many prominent rap performances from […]
Rick James is Exactly as Wild as You Thought in The First Trailer for a New Documentary Music – 22 mins ago Source: Showtime Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James is out September 3rd on Showtime. After making waves at Sundance earlier this year, the official trailer for the upcoming documentary, Bitchin’: The […]
Large Professor’s Score For Hip-Hop Skating Doc Brings Boom-Bap Into The Present [Interview] Music – 17 mins ago Large Pro’s reverence for boom-bap flows through the mix of samples, live instruments, and modern embellishments used on the All The Streets Are Silent soundtrack. Photo Credit: Shore Fire Media Large Professor spoke with Okayplayer about scoring All […]
Tyler The Creator Announces ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ Tour with Vince Staples and Kali Uchis Music – 1 hour ago Photo by Erika Goldring for WireImage via Getty Images Call Me If You Get Lost is the second straight No. 1 debut from Tyler, The Creator. Tyler, The Creator will welcome the new […]
Nas is Reuniting with Ms. Lauryn Hill on ‘King’s Disease II’ Music – 3 hours ago Photo by Chelsea Lauren for WireImage via Getty Images The Queensbridge rapper details the upcoming sequel to his Grammy-winning 2020 album, King’s Disease. Nas and Ms. Lauryn Hill are getting the band back together. 25 years after the release […]
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DaBaby Apologies For Homophobic Comments After Getting Dropped from a Number of Major Music Festivals Music – 3 hours ago Photo by Rich Fury via Getty Images DaBaby finally gives a fleshed out apology for his homophobic rant after being removed from headlining spots at Lollapalooza, Governors Ball, and Day N Vegas. After being pulled […]
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Frank Ocean Will Headline Coachella… in 2023 Music – 7 mins ago Photo Credit: Collier Schorr Frank Ocean will be performing in the desert in 2023. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, is expected to make its comeback in April 2022 after a two year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the organizers […]
Mixtape Monday: Jacobdelaoakland, (Liv).e, Rome Streetz x Futurewave, Alsogood x brainorchestra. + More Music – 3 hours ago Photo Credit: Artist Jacobdelaoakland, (Liv).e, Rome Streetz x Futurewave, Alsogood x brainorchestra. and more this Mixtape Monday. Jacobdelaoakland is up top with As I Am, ewonee. makes his way back with Cheel, Rome Streetz and Futurewave return […]
Best Songs of The Week: ft. Pink Siifu, Liv.e, Isaiah Rashad, and More Music – 33 seconds ago Source: Youtube The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set features new music from Isaiah Rashad, Pink Siifu, Liv.e, DJ Muggs, and more. Scroll through […]
Best Music Videos of The Week: Silk Sonic, Gallant, Isaiah Rashad & More Music – 1 hour ago Photo Credit: Twitter The best videos of the week include selections from Silk Sonic, Gallant, Skepta, Kiana Ledé, and more. We’ll be the first to admit that this week was dragging along slowly, but thankfully there were […]