CHRIS RIVERS – TEN TOES DOWN CHALLENGE
Chris Rivers takes on the TEN Toes Down Challenge and tackles it by opening up about his dark past and dealing with depression.
DAVE EAST – DIRTY LITTLE SECRET [VIDEO]
With the release of Paranoia, Dave East cuts loose a video for “Dirty Little Secret” where the Harlem emcee ends up getting caught in some mess with the daughter of the boss.
JAY-Z FEAT. JAMES BLAKE – MANYFACEDGOD [VIDEO]
The beautiful Lupita Nyong’o helps assist Jay-Z with the gorgeous black and white video for “MaNyfaCedGod” from the 4:44 album.
ACTION BRONSON BREAKS DOWN THE LYRICS TO THE CHAIRMAN’S INTENT [VIDEO]
After spending the last few years mostly focused on his television career, Action Bronson is getting back into music with the upcoming release of his Blue Chips 7000 project. The Queens rapper recently released his single “The Chairman’s Intent,” which has racked up more than half-a-million views on YouTube since it dropped in late July. The track is produced by his longtime collaborator Harry Fraud, who also handled the entirety of Bronson’s Saab Stories EP in 2013. As usual, the song is full of food references, including a line about him applauding for a chef at a restaurant.
LOGIC FEAT. ALESSIA CARA & KHALID – 1-800-273-8255 [VIDEO]
Logic releases some poignant visuals for the Alessia Cara and Khalid assisted “1-800-273-8255.” The video features appearances from Luis Guzman, Don Cheadle and Modern Family’s Nolan Gould as the story about being alienated is brilliantly played out.
DAVE EAST – DJ CLUE FREESTYLE [VIDEO]
With Paranoia around the corner, Dave East heads to Power 105.1 to give DJ Clue some bars on his show with this sizzling freestyle.
SKYZOO – SHOW OFF RADIO FREESTYLE [VIDEO]
Skyzoo, rocking a “Fight The Power” hat, shows up to Statik Selektah’s Show Off Radio show to drop some bars. If you haven’t copped Peddler Themes, you should.
ROYCE 5’9″ ADDRESSES NEW SLAUGHTERHOUSE ALBUM, ALCOHOLISM & FATHERHOOD
Everybody wants to know where Slaughterhouse’s Glass House album is at. The rumors are that it’s been finished for quite some time but, for one reason or another, has been locked away in purgatory. During an appearance on Erin Ashley Simon and Brandon Hall‘s Grass Routes Podcast, Nickel talked about his past struggles with the bottle, being a better father and a husband and the elusive Slaughterhouse album.
‘Everybody’s just passionate about it,” Royce says. “Sometimes, you may have one member that wants to do it sooner than another member, and that causes a little bit of an issue. But that’s just passion. Passion for the creativity, and that’s a great thing…It’s a work in progress, and it will happen, it’s just about when.”
O.C. & APATHY – SOVIET OFFICIAL [VIDEO]
Apathy has announced that he and O.C. will drop a collaborative album later this year titled Perestroika. To go along with the announcement comes the video for the MO$$ produced song.
“Live from the Iron Curtain”
“Tomorrow Is Gone” f. Slaine & Kappa Gamma
“Soviet Official”
“Winter Winds” f. Marvalyss
“Covey Leader to Raven”
“No More Soft Shit”
“Gorbachev”
“The Broadcast”
Perestroika”
“STOMKILLCRUSHMODE” f. Celph Titled
“What It’s All About”
“Globetrotters” f. Jus Cuz
LOADED LUX FEAT. JOEY BADA$$ & RASHEEDA WALLACE – AIN’T GONNA HOLD YA [VIDEO]
Loaded Lux releases a set of visuals from his Talk Dirty Vol. 1 project. “Ain’t Gonna Hold Ya” find the battle rapper alongside Joey Bada$$ and Rasheeda Wallace as the trio kick it in the studio.