Wale unleashes his brand new single Rotation featuring 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa. The record is roduced by Travis Scott and will land on Wale’s upcoming album The Gifted. Flex tags for now.
UPDATE: CDQ/No tags.
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DJ Drama has confirmed via Twitter that Lil Wayne is currently working on the next volume of his Dedication mixtape series, which dates back to 2004. Ever since the beginning, Drama has been the mixtape host and that doesn’t seem to be changing anytime soon. One thing to note in the tweet is that Drama said to be patient, which leads me to believe this won’t be out until late this year/early 2014. Hopefully it drops before then but we’ll have to wait and see!
Click here to listen to the first leak from Dedication 5!
Birdman unveils the official artwork for the upcoming YMCMB compilation album entitled Rich Gang. The project will include music from all of the YMCMB camp and guest appearances from plenty of others. Look for the LP to be released on July 23rd.
DJ Khaled decided to stop by the MTV studios in New York to announce the release date of his upcoming album Suffering From Success. After shortly speaking on No New Friends, Khaled goes on to announce that the new LP will be released on September 24th.
Hit-Boy made a statement back in 2012 when he released Jay-Z Interview, showing that he was going from producer to rapper. Now, one year later, he releases the sequel to that track, Jay-Z Interview Pt. 2. The record is produced by himself along with Childish Major. The Jelani Fresh-directed visual includes cameos from Big Sean, Schoolboy Q, Snoop Lion, Robin Thicke and Common.
B.o.B., T.I., Mac Boney, Problem, Trae Tha Truth and Young Dro team up to shoot the visual for their track Problems and here is a look behind the scenes. This record appeared on the Hustle Gang mixtape G.D.O.D., which can be downloaded here. Look for the full video to be released soon.
After plenty of speculation and predictions over the past few weeks, multiple sources (1,2) have reported that Top Dawg Entertainment’s new signee is 21 year old Tennessee rapper Isaiah Rashad. He definitely has a dope and unique sound to his music and it will be interesting to see how he meshes with the TDE crew. You can listen to his three most recent tracks below and if you want to hear more, you can head over to his Soundcloud profile.
Also, according to Miss Info, TDE has signed another new artist in addition to Rashad. After hearing what Kendrick Lamar had to say after his Summer Jam set tonight, we can expect the signee to be a a young female vocalist.
Jeremih revisits his Late Nights mixtape and shoots a visual for the Soundz-produced track Feel The Bass. Directed by G-Visuals. Thumpy Johnson album is coming soon.
Kanye West is the king of controversy and unusual antics when it comes to music and here is something else odd about his upcoming album Yeezus. According to A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou and the image he tweeted, the album will not be taking pre-orders. The poster-like image also encourages people to “please purchase” the album on June 18th. This strategy is similar to what Kanye and Jay-Z did with their Watch The Throne album, which did not leak. Another thing you may have noticed on the image is the a CD cover for the album. Interesting.
There is a lot of hype behind J. Cole’s upcoming sophomore album Born Sinner and here are some details about the project. While out in the UK, Cole stopped by the BBC studios for an interview with Charlie Sloth and mentioned that there are no rap features on the album. He also revealed that he has a record that features Chilli and T-Boz from TLC. Listen to the audio from that interview below, along with a video interview where he speaks on the TLC collaboration.