Rapper and academic, Lupe Fiasco, who in his free time can be seen slicing through objects mid-air with a katana, is back in the booth. Following strong on the success of last year’s Samurai album, tlhe rapper plans to drop the deluxe version of the album in August.The Samurai deluxe cover features Lupe in Samurai attire, although this time, coloring has been reduced to a minimal. Instead, the red pops out like slashes, perfectly indicating the mood and tone of the project, especially Lupe’s razor sharp bars.As part of the deluxe, Lupe has just released a track called ‘SOS’, which listeners…
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Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist are finally out with their album Alfredo 2, probably Freddie’s most anticipated project since the first Alfredo album. Now, while the album is sonically exquisite thanks to Alchemist’s musical acumen, it is not the sole reason the project stands out. What has really perked the ears of fans are also certain bars on the project, which are obvious shots towards two prominent people in hip hop. This is specifically on the song titled ‘Lavish Habits.’First one being Gunna, whom he called a ‘bastard.’ To be precise, here’s the actual bar from Freddie: “Gunna dissed me & took a plea, he…
Atlanta Rap icon Offset is back in form and dropping music again. Last impressing fans on the J.I.D collaboration that was ‘Bodies,’ the rapper has now returned with a solo single called ‘Professional.’The artwork is essentially a photograph with popping yellows and reds as manifest in the exteriors of a NYC bar & cafe called Lucien. In the foreground, you can see women crossing the shot. The posh, yet grounded, look of the artwork perfectly captures the essence of the track.Kicking off with what seems to be a saxophone section, the beat dissolves into a well mixed trap beat that…
Chris Brown shared a snippet of a new song on his Instagram a few days ago which made the fans quite excited.Earlier this week, his dedicated fan base figured out that it was a new single called ‘It Depends’ which was ready to come out. Turns out, the new single features Bryson Tiller on it and is out today ( for international audience, midnight ET everywhere). The two have been on tour together for Breezy Bowl so it makes all the sense.The song contains the lyrics, “I’ll freak you right I will, I’ll freak you right I will, I’ll freak…
Hit-Boy has often spoken about his situation of having signed somewhat of a strong-armed deal in terms of music publishing.For those unacquainted with the matter, we are referring to a deal that nearly spanned two decades with Universal Publishing — a deal he signed when he was only 19 years old. Just last year, Hit-Boy spoke to Vibe magazine about the nature of his contract, and the assistance he received from Jay-Z on the matter.In the interview, Hit-Boy expressed his gratitude to Jay by saying, “I just now, thanks to Desiree [Perez] and JAY-Z and people like that, really got…
Tyler, The Creator, who on his last album claimed that he’s “biggest out the city after Kenny, that’s a fact” (referring to Kendrick) is making those big moves. One would have thought we’d have to wait a year or maybe a couple of years to listen to a new Tyler project, but it turns out you just have to wait until July 21st.The new album, like all of Tyler’s meticulously planned projects will usher in a new era of the rapper’s persona. We saw this with CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, IGOR and CHROMAKOPIA, where you can hear a…
For about a decade, Rymir Satterthwaite has been in public conversation for having filed a case against rap icon, Jay-Z. Satterthwaite’s claims were shocking: that Jay-Z is his father, and in fact had a relationship with his mother Wanda, in the year 1992. This was especially shocking to the general public, considering that she’d have been 16 at the time, and Jay-Z’d be 22. However, previously, courts have often denied the claims owing to lack of evidence.Notably, in 2010, Wanda requested a paternity test for two people in question, Jay-Z and Robert Graves. Graves took the test and was determined…
What do we have here.Raekwon has a new album out called The Emperor’s New Clothes that released this past Friday via Mass Appeal. Rae has been on the Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber tour so has not been able to promote the album as much as he would have liked, so far.But the album is sounding solid. It features guest appearances from Griselda (Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, & Benny The Butcher), Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Marsha Ambrosius and of course, Nas. The legendary emcee appears on the track ‘The Omerta’ which is a standout on the project.The verse that…
UPDATE: Tyler has dropped a visualizer for ‘Stop Playing With Me’ with cameos from LeBron James and Clipse.STOP PLAYING WITH ME pic.twitter.com/hO1ZVDd371— T (@tylerthecreator) July 21, 2025Previous story:Tyler, The Creator usually takes at least a couple of years off between albums so with CHROMAKOPIA having dropped just under 9 months ago, fans definitely weren’t thinking that we were going to get a new body of work from him so soon. When Tyler announced a couple of days ago on his website that his new album was dropping on Monday, fans went ballistic.yall better get them expectations and hopes down this…
In the early hours of the morning, Tyler, The Creator just dropped his 9th studio album DON’T TAP THE GLASS. It’s one he’s been teasing for a while, but pretty much came as a surprise when he revealed it was dropping over the weekend. You can stream it here.Below, we have the entire list of production credits for you, across all 10 tracks. Just like CHROMAKOPIA and most of his albums before that, this one is produced entirely and solely by Tyler, though there are vocal contributions from a couple of others that go uncredited.1. Big PoeProd. by Tyler, The…