A little over a year after his debut EP, Joan Cusack, Vancouver rapper LAWK dropped his second album of 2016 on Sunday with Pink. The followup to March’s Lonely Boy album, Pink finds LAWK working exclusively with Minnesota producer McTrilly. The two worked together on previous songs “5 Minutes”, “g2g”, and “Lonely Boy”. LAWK’s style,… Read More Vancouver’s LAWK Returns with his Third Project

Sincerely Collins’ latest album, The Legend of the Phoenix, is an autobiographical look into the young artist’s tumultuous life. The album, released for free on Datpiff and Soundcloud, details the unsolved disappearance of Collins’ mother when the artist was two years old. Through his impressively natural proclivity for storytelling, the Arizona rapper weaves his mother’s… Read More Sincerely Collins Gets Autobiographical

After a week of excellent releases from Jeremih, Lil Yachty, Westside Gunn, and others, new music Friday has arrived with a host of new albums for you. Check them out below, along with a couple of albums that dropped on Thursday: Curren$y – Weed & Instrumentals 2 Spitta Andretti’s eigth project of 2016, Weed & Instrumentals 2,… Read More New Music Fridays: July 22, 2016

Desiigner’s “Tiimmy Turner” recently became one of the most anticipated songs of the summer, and now it’s finally here: the “Panda” rapper finally released a studio version of the track to YouTube, and it’s his best work yet. “Tiimmy Turner” is the full version of a song the 18-year-old Brooklyn rapper premiered in his XXL Freshman… Read More Desiigner Drops “Tiimmy Turner”

XXL Freshman and speaker of the youth Lil Yachty has released his second album of the summer, titled Summer Songs 2, keeping up his frequent release schedule and living up to his proclamation as “only one who really care about cover art“. After teasing the album in interviews, Summer Songs 2 features members of Yachty’s usual “sailing team”… Read More Lil Yachty Drops “Summer Songs 2”

Jeremih’s been an incredibly busy artist. After confirming that he’s working on the third album in his Late Nights series (that started with his 2014 mixtape Late Nights with Jeremih and continued with last year’s Late Nights: The Album), and announcing a collaborative album with OVO artist PARTYNEXTDOOR to be titled Late Night Party, the… Read More Jeremih Drops New Mixtape “Late Nights: Europe”

“Fuck the blogs”, ScHoolboy starts his fourth album, which is probably fair. The followup to 2014’s Oxymoron, Blank Face LP is ScHoolboy’s best album yet. The first TDE release since Kenrick’s To Pimp A Butterfly and Untitled Unmastered irrevocably changed the rap game, ScHoolboy proves that he’s progressed just as much as his labelmate. The first major… Read More Review: ScHoolboy Q’s “Blank Face LP”

This week has been peppered with excellent releases, including albums by Jamila Woods, Juicy J, and Fetty Wap, but Fridays are the accepted release day for new music in the industry. Here’s some of the best projects released today: 21 Savage – Savage Mode XXL Freshman 21 Savage has been receiving massive acclaim since he started releasing music last year.… Read More New Music Fridays: July 15, 2016

Five years after their breakup, influential rap duo the Cool Kids recently announced that they are reuniting for new music. Back in 2007, Chuck Inglish and Sir Michael Rocks blew onto the rap scene with their single “Black Mags”, a song that’s basically just about how cool their bikes are. The Cool Kids went on… Read More The Cool Kids Announce Reunion

Chicago’s musical output in the last few years has been legendary. From Glo Gang to SaveMoney, different camps have been defining genres and propelling artists from local favourites to chart-topping stars. The latest release from the windy city comes from poet and singer Jamila Woods with her solo debut Heavn. Jamila Woods has been a part of the… Read More Jamila Woods Drop Debut Album, HEAVN