THE AVALANCHES FEAT. DANNY BROWN & MF DOOM – FRANK SINATRA
Australian group The Avalanche come back after a 16 year hiatus with the zany “Frank Sinatra” that features MF Doom and Danny Brown. And the video as just as wild as the song.
JOELL ORTIZ FEAT. TOKEN & BIG DADDY KANE – KILL AT WILL
Joell Ortiz becomes hip hop’s Jason Voorhees in the animated video for the Big Daddy Kane and Token assisted “Kill At Will.” If you haven’t by now, go cop Mr. Ortiz’ That’s Hip Hop album now.
COMMON FREESTYLES ON SWAY IN THE MORNING
The artist formally known as Sense is working on a new album and slid through Sway In The Morning to showoff what he has been working on.
CHANCE THE RAPPER FEAT. LIL WAYNE & 2 CHAINZ – NO PROBLEMS [VIDEO]
Chance The Rapper drops the “No Problems” video off of his Coloring Book album. While the song features both Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz, there are appearances from DJ Khaled, Young Thug, Boosie Badass and more.
MEYHEM LAUREN: CONQUERING THE WORLD WITH A BEAUTIFUL FACE (A NOISEY RAPS DOCUMENTARY) [VIDEO]
Over the past few years rapper Meyhem Lauren has been making a name for himself in the underground hip-hop scene. And in the last year, he’s elevated his status with his first record on Fool’s Gold called ‘Piatto D’Oro.’ We hung out with the Queens rapper in New York as he told us the plans for the rest of his year, which may or may not include spa treatments. – Noisey
WATCH THIS RECREATION OF NOTORIOUS B.I.G’S “I GOT A STORY TO TELL” IN A SHORT FILM
Director Aristotle Torres comes through with a short film recreation of Notorious B.I.G.’s “I Got A Story To Tell.” Which is interesting considering that Fat Joe just revealed that the subject of Biggie’s tale was the late Anthony Mason. Perfect timing? Sure, why not. As for the film, it stars Broadway actors Ade Otukoya and Delano Barbosa in the roles of Biggie and Mason and Amina Blue is the young lady that is at the center of it all.
JABEE – EXHAUSTED (PRODUCED BY STATIK SELEKTAH) [VIDEO]
Oklahoma City is really winning right now. With the Thunder on the verge of knocking off the record breaking Warriors, OKC emcee Jabee releases the video for the Statik Selektah-produced “Exhausted.”
HAVOC REVEALS HIS FIVE FAVORITE BEATS HE MADE FOR OTHER ARTISTS
WatchLoud caught up with Havoc to get him to list the best five beats he ever concocted for other emcees.
DJ PREMIER ADDED TO THE FRESH ISLAND FESTIVAL 2016
FRESH ISLAND FESTIVAL 2016
12-14 JULY 2016
ZRCE BEACH / ISLAND OF PAG / CROATIA
EARLY BIRDS TICKETS ON SALE NOW: http://www.fresh-island.org/tickets
3rd of 3 Line-up announcements:
CHRIS BROWN / WIZ KHALIFA
KEHLANI / TY DOLLA $IGN / DJ PREMIER
BIG NARSTIE / SHAKKA / CHIP
STATIK SELEKTAH / TIM WESTWOOD / LOGAN SAMA /
HOSTED BY MAYA JAMA & CLIQME
APPLEBUM / CHEESE ON BREAD / DJ CUT SUPREME / DEMIR CESAR & KIDCUT / DJ PHOX / FADED / D.O. GIBSON / FAME LUCK & CLIQME / ILLVIBE / JULIE ADENUGA / LATIN PRINCE / MAHREEN LUV / MASTERSTEPZ / MELODY KANE / MISS DJ CANDY & TRUTH / PFUND 500 / ROMPA’S REGGAE SHACK / SHOREBITCH / SIAN ANDERSON / SLADICA / SO FRESH SO CLEAN / THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS / TWO CROOKS / YARD
+ MANY MORE
Fresh Island is Europe’s leading Hip-Hop and Urban music festival set on the stunning island of Pag in Croatia.
Taking over three super clubs on Zrće beach, Fresh Island is renowned for welcoming international talent to its stages including Snoop Dogg, Nas, Rick Ross, Mobb Deep, Redman and Method Man, KRS One, Eve, Iggy Azalea, Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$, Migos, Danny Brown, Stormzy, JME and many more.
Returning for it’s fifth anniversary in 2016, Fresh Island is the only beach festival in Europe where you’ll see DJ’s, MC’s, boat parties, pool parties and more representing the absolute best in Hip-Hop, R&B and Grime.
See you on the beach!
THE MAKING OF J DILLA’S THE DIARY [VIDEO]
The good folks over at Mass Appeal put together this exceptional documentary outlining the making of J Dilla’s posthumous album titled The Diary. The documentary features the likes of Nottz, Pete Rock, Hi-Tek and many others as they tell the story about how this album was to focus on J Dilla: The Emcee more than J Dilla: The Producer.