Schoolboy Q examines the repercussions of vengeance and the cyclical nature of violence in his stark new video for “Dangerous.” The Kid Cudi-assisted track appears on the rapper’s Crash Talk, which was released in April. In the Alexandre Moors-directed clip, Schoolboy Q and his associate are sitting in a car …
Read More »J. Period Preps for Revolution With Dead Prez, Andra Day in New 'See The Light' Video
Producer J. Period has tapped Andra Day and hip-hop stalwarts Dead Prez for a politically charged new video for their song, “See the Light.” The clip opens with a string of sprawling city skyline shots to accompany the song’s spare piano intro before jumping to a sequence in which Day …
Read More »Hear Logic's Guitar-Driven Soundtrack for Debut Novel 'Supermarket'
Logic has unveiled a new soundtrack to accompany his debut novel, Supermarket. The 13-track project finds Logic exploring an array of genres outside of rap, especially guitar-driven rock (the album opens with a driving indie rock tune titled “Bohemian Trapsody”). Logic collaborated with Mac Demarco on several cuts, including the …
Read More »Meet the 12-Year-Old With the Six-Figure Record Deal
He was eight when he got his first smartphone: an iPhone 5c in beaming lime green. He was 10 when his impromptu breakdance at a high school basketball game in Florida went viral. Now, at the grand old age of 12, Seth Vangeldren finds himself juggling marketing contracts in six-figure …
Read More »Chance the Rapper Is Finally Releasing His Debut Album
Chance the Rapper announced the release of his “Owbum” on Twitter on Monday, with his manager, Pat Corcoran, confirming the announcement in a post that read: “Chance Album. July 2019.” In a series of tweets, Chance described what separates his debut album from mixtapes likeAcid Rap and Coloring Book. “This …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Take a Daytrip and Octavian, 'Stressed'
Take a Daytrip is the present and Octavian is the future — or, at least, he should be. On their new collaboration, the two meet: Take a Daytrip, the producing duo responsible for the chart hurricane known as Sheck Wes’s “Mo Bamba,” as well as Vince Staples’s “Home” from the …
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