Young Thug is teaming up with Chris Brown for a collaborative mixtape. Breezy unexpectedly revealed the two were working on a joint project in an Instagram post on Monday (April 6). “ME AND THUGGA THUGGA @thuggerthugger1 Got a mixtape coming soon,” he wrote. Thugger confirmed the announcement by reposting Brown’s declaration on his own Instagram […]
Call it her King Lear: Charli XCX will release a full album made during this period of social distancing, she announced on Monday in a Zoom meeting for 1,000 fans. The album, tentatively titled (Lauv, if youâre reading this, look away) How Iâm Feeling Now, is set to come out May 15. âIâve decided that […]
Brooklyn, NY – Royce Da 5â9 has brought two songs off his critically successful The Allegory album to Vevoâs Ctrl series. The veteran Detroit lyricist premiered live performance videos of âOvercomerâ and âThou Shall” last week. The latter was accompanied by a fiery feature from fellow Detroit MC Kid Vishis who appears on the original […]
Jamo Gang is a month away from releasing their debut album, so the trio wants to share another piece of the puzzle before it drops on May 8. Ras Kass, J57 and El Gant have recruited Sick Jacken and Slaine for the LP’s new single “38 Minutes.” “The song is conceptually based on the 2018 […]
Buffalo, NY – As if the hype surrounding Westside Gunnâs Pray For Paris wasnât big enough, the Griselda abbot finally released the tracklist â which includes some exciting features. #PrayForParis // @WESTSIDEGUNN // #GxFR pic.twitter.com/ppJgK4QtwV — #GxFR (@GriseldaRecords) April 1, 2020 There are familiar faces (of course), including Conway The Machine, Benny The Butcher and […]
Compton, CA – Problem has released a new short film called A Compton Story exclusively through TIDAL. Narrated by Mike Epps and executive produced by TDE’s Punch, the project is written, directed and produced by the Compton-bred rapper who also plays the central character. Viewers follow Problem on a comical journey as he continuously puts himself at risk in the hope “at […]
While fans argued online about who would be best suited to potentially battle the legendary Quincy Jones, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland were busy cooking up their most epic battle to date, Teddy Riley vs. Babyface. âThis is one of the iconic moments me & Timbaland have been working on … Sunday will go down in […]
View this post on Instagram In our Superlative Session with @vanessacarltonactual, she advised everyone to "stay the eff home" and "don't walk anywhere." Especially not a thousand miles đ Watch her perform "I Know You Don't Mean It," "Miner's Canary," "Die, Dinosaur," "A Thousand Miles," and one of her favorite @carole_king songs, "It's Too Late." […]
Houston’s Sauce Twinz have reconnected for a new release titled Lost In The Sauce. Sauce Walka and Sancho Saucy’s latest work is jampacked with 22 songs. The duo’s project includes collaborations with Paul Wall, Trippie Redd, YFN Lucci, Sada Baby, Rizzoo Rizzoo and more. View the Sauce Twinz’s Lost In The Sauce stream, cover art […]
Hollywood, CA – MC, actor and marijuana enthusiast Xzibit recently stopped by the RealStreetRadio headquarters where he discussed joining Dr.Dre’s Up In Smoke Tour in 2000. The tour featured an epic lineup at the time â Ice Cube, Eminem, Snoop Dogg alongside a host of guest appearances. “Imagine reading The Avengers comic book and then being in The […]
Instagram – It appears that there was a method to the madness of swapping T-Pain in favor of Southern super-producer Mannie Fresh for the April 1 Instagram beat battle against Scott Storch. The âBuy You A Drankâ singer/producer will now be facing off against multi-platinum producer Lil Jon on Saturday (April 4) at 9 PM […]
Thundercat’s fourth solo album, It Is What It Is, is scheduled to arrive on Friday (April 3). Ahead of its release, the Los Angeles-bred musician has shared the final single “Innerstellar Love.” The track follows the previously released songs “Fair Chance” featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Lil B, “Dragonball Durag” and “Black Qualls” with The […]
As with so many cultural events, the coronavirus cut the West End run of the stage version of The Prince of Egypt, but fate has found a way to (shout with me!) deliver us a cast recording of the production all the same, just in time for Passover, or Easter, or the yearly secular holiday […]
West Coast rapper Demrick has linked up with bassist/producer Brady Watt for the collaborative project Wavridin. The duo’s EP is comprised of three tracks. “I really fuck with Demrick’s sound and his lyrical skills,” Watt said in a press release. “The whole project is vocals, bass and drums. Rhymes surfing on the multi-layered bass vibrations […]
Jermaine Dupri wishes he would’ve stuck with TLC early on their careers. While answering questions on the Black Love Instagram account, JD said he regretted stepping away from the diamond-selling trio to devote all of his attention to Kris Kross. “I regret not trying to do TLC at the same time as Kris Kross,” he […]
Shortly after dominating both the Billboard 100 and 200 charts with the fervor contained on his fourth studio album, After Hours, The Weeknd is stepping back and giving a salute to those individuals who are tackling the coronavirus head-on. “When I started making this album, I never imagined it would be released as we face […]
The Weeknd’s After Hours album keeps getting longer. After dropping a deluxe edition of the LP on March 23, the diamond-selling singer has delivered three more bonus tracks. While the initial expanded version of After Hours added remixes and a live version of “Scared To Live,” Weeknd’s latest batch of songs are original creations. The […]
Say what you will about Frank Ocean, but the man knows great timing when he sees it. Frank previewed two new singles, âDear Aprilâ and âCayendo,â back in October, during a broadcast of his Beats 1 radio show âblonded RADIO.â Now, in our time of need, Frank is back with the full versions of the […]
The Weeknd reportedly went against the wishes of Universal Music Group executives when he released his After Hours album. According to TMZ, the Republic Records singer was urged to delay the LP due to the coronavirus pandemic. Industry higher-ups reportedly feared the album would flop since it couldn’t be marketed with television appearances. But Weeknd […]
Strange Music’s Wrekonize is back with a new EP titled Pressure Point Meridian 1. The project is the ÂĄMayday! member’s first solo work since 2017’s Into The Further album. The veteran MC continues the Strange Music camp’s string of EPs, adding to their 2020 lineup of brief releases that already includes everyone from label boss […]
Masta Ace has followed up the re-release of his “Globetrotter” single with a brand new track titled “GMO.” The song shows off a different side of the legendary Juice Crew MC — or at least one that hasn’t been on display in a while. “‘GMO’ is a joint I started writing over a few years […]
Cenobites member Godfather Don has teamed up with French producer Parental for a new album titled Osmosis. The project is the engimatic rapper’s first official LP in over two decades. After dropping Diabolique in 1998, the Kool Keith collaborator is back with a 16-track release. His latest work includes eight original songs, instrumental versions of […]
Maez301 continues the rollout for his Hasaan album by dropping his Phase 2 EP. The Strange Music artist’s new project coincides with the release of his labelmate Joey Cool’s Coolie High Vol. 2. After sharing four tracks on Hasaan Phase 1, the Los Angeles-based rapper comes through with another batch of four songs from his […]
Nef The Pharaoh has dropped a new EP titled CHANGSZN. The project is the follow-up to his Mushrooms & Coloring Books album, which was released last August. The Sick Wid It Records artist’s latest work is comprised of eight songs. Lil B, RJmrLA, Guapdad 4000 and Slimmy B are among the guests featured on the […]
It was only a matter of time before Ben Gibbard, singer of such anthems of death and doom as âI Will Follow You Into the Dark,â âTransatlanticism,â and âWe Will Become Silhouettes,â wrote a song about, well, all this. That time is today, when the Death Cab for Cutie and Postal Service bandleader â whoâs […]
Kehlani isn’t letting the coronavirus pandemic stop her from shooting new videos. While stuck inside following the calls for social distancing, the Atlantic Records singer put together some simple yet effective visuals for her latest single “TOXIC.” The “quarantine style” video features some grainy footage while relying on Kehlani’s seductive moves and poses to do […]
Los Angeles, CA – Rhino Records is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s debut album by releasing a deluxe edition of the LP. The expansive re-release of Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version features 43 tracks, including previously unreleased tracks and instrumentals that weren’t available on digital platforms. All 17 songs […]
Lil Uzi Vert has landed 22 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including every single track from the recently released deluxe version of Eternal Atake. According to Billboard, the latest chart includes the songs âMyronâ at No. 13, âBean (Kobe)â at No. 19, âYessirskiiiâ at No. 26, “Lotusâ at No. 45 and âWassupâ at No. […]
Drake and Future’s single “Life Is Good” has spent 10 weeks in the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100, but one of the double-platinum selling song’s producers hasn’t even spoken to the rap stars. In an interview with RealStreetRadio, Germany’s Ambezza detailed how he ended up producing the highest-charting song of Future’s career. Yet […]
D-Nice was admittedly shaken when he realized former First Lady Michelle Obama had tuned in to his Instagram Live session on Saturday (March 21). The Boogie Down Productions DJ made the confession during a video appearance on the “At-Home Edition” of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon! on Monday (March 23). His IG Live “social distancing […]