Got to give it up. Che’ Noir and Apollo Brown’s grind just won’t let up on their new collaboration featuring Black Thought. Over the Detroit producer’s victorious bap, Buffalo’s female rising MC gives hope for the streets, while Black Thought gives the cut some Philly flavor with his motivational verse. The single is the first […]
New Video: 24Hrs Ft. Nessly “Love Atlanta”
12 AM at the Waffle House. 24Hrs shows hometown love in his and DJ Drama’s 12 AM In Atlanta 2‘s new video featuring Nessly. While cruising The A on a random night, the two make a pit stop at a local Waffle House where they turn up inside their booth while enjoying the 24-hour spot’s […]
Aly & AJ Return With “Joan Of Arc On The Dance Floor”
Aly & AJ’s ‘Attack Of Panic’ Aly & AJ released one of the most iconic bops of the ’00s on this day in 2007. Yes, “Potential Breakup Song” celebrates its 13th birthday today. I was originally going to honor the milestone with a retrospective, but I thought I’d mark the occasion by writing up the […]
New Video: Fast Cash Boyz, Tay Keith Ft. Co Cash “Cash Talk” | Rap Radar
Cashed out. Tay Keith and his Fast Cash Boyz put their money where their mouth is in their new video featuring Co Cash. As members gather around to conduct business, their female workers count their profits as a stick up of a stash out takes place. More money, no problem. The visual follows the Memphis […]
Prince and the Revolution's 1985 'Purple Rain' Tour Show Stream for 3 Days
Add Prince and the Revolution as the latest artists (or in this case, Prince’s estate) to livestream their past performances. This one though is for a limited time. The show took place on March 30, 1985 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. as part of the Purple Rain tour. The set is widely regarded as one […]
New Music: Lloyd Banks Ft. Vado “Painted Houses Freestyle”
Picasso, baby. Lloyd Banks and Vado splatter the boards with their joint freestyle, “Painted Houses”. Utilizing Daringer and Beat Butcher’s bells from Griselda’s Fire In The Booth freestyle, Banks self-proclaims his GOAT status, while Vado rings off with his guest spot. The work of art proceeds Banks’ previous masterpieces including his “Cold Summer” and “Hunting […]
Omni – "The Stranger" (Billy Joel Cover) & "Art For Art's Sake" (10cc Cover)
Atlanta post-punk trio Omni have made their second contribution to Lagniappe Sessions, the covers series maintained by OG music blog Aquarium Drunkard. Back in 2016, they tackled Alice Cooper’s “Identity Crisis” and the Boys Next Door’s “Somebody’s Watching Me.” Since then they’ve released a pair of great albums for a pair of venerable indie labels […]
Run the Jewels Announce Release Date for 'RTJ4' | SPIN
Run the Jewels will release their fourth LP, RTJ4, on June 5 via Jewel Runners/BMG. The 11-track album runs over 40 minutes and features a number of heavy-hitters, including Pharrell Williams, Josh Homme Mavis Staples, 2 Chainz, Zack de la Rocha and more. RTJ4, which took two years to complete, was primarily recorded at Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La […]
Nirvana Highlights List of Peel Sessions on YouTube
Legendary DJ John Peel was a music institution for almost four decades, highlighting influential bands and underground sounds on his BBC Radio 1 program. The shows featured over 4,000 in-studio sessions from over 2,000 artists — captured from 1967 up through his death in 2004. A good chunk of those recordings are floating around YouTube, […]
Amnesia Scanner – “AS Tearless” (Feat. Lalita)
These are bad times for many, many things, but they’re good times for pieces of art related to the apocalypse. Case in point: Amnesia Scanner, a Finnish experimental electronic duo based in Berlin, are getting ready to release their sophomore album Tearless, and it’s a sort of concept album about living in a dying world. […]