MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. LEON BRIDGES – KEVIN [VIDEO]
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis tell the story of Kevin, a 21-year-old who dies from an accidental overdose, in the latest video from their upcoming album This Unruly Mess I Made.
AG DA CORONER – MY TRUTH
AG Da Coroner spills his truth on this new joint from his forthcoming Sip The Nectar album dropping on March 10th.
CONSEQUENCE RECALLS THE TIME WU-TANG & BONE THUGS FOUGHT AT A DEF JAM PARTY
Complex put together a great series on hip hop in 1996 and one of the best stories comes from Consequence, who recalls the time that the Wu-Tang Clan and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony got into a brawl at a Def Jam holiday party. This line summarizes the whole thing…
“I turn to the left and Ghostface is taking off the Halle Hansen outfit and putting on a ninja suit, with three other guys doing the same thing…He really is about that Wu-Tang life.” – Consequence
JOEY BADA$$ – READY (PRODUCED BY STATIK SELEKTAH)
Joey Bada$$ goes nuts over a Statik Selektah production on “Ready.”
JOELL ORTIZ – SUMMER SIXTEEN (REMIX)
Joell Ortiz jumps on Drake’s “Summer Sixteen” and takes it for a ride around the block.
NOISEY BOMPTON: VIOLENCE TOUCHES US ALL (PART 4) [VIDEO]
“I know a lot of people are saying that it’s getting better, but I’m the one that’s doing the funerals.”
Religion plays an important role alongside stories of Compton gang life in the music of Kendrick Lamar. In the fourth of six segments of Noisey Bompton, we pay a visit to the Greater Zion Family Church and talk to Pastor Michael Fisher about what he thinks the role of gangster rap is in the community and whether crime in Compton is actually receding. Then, we head to Campanella Park, the heart of Piru gang territory, to talk to Kendrick’s friend G. Weed about his experiences growing up Piru and becoming involved in the ongoing back-and-forth with the neighboring Crips. “Can’t nobody make this place safe,” he tells us.
TOKIMONSTA FEAT. ANDERSON .PAAK & KRNE – PUT IT DOWN [VIDEO]
TOKiMONSTA connects with Anderson .Paak for this single from TOKi’s upcoming album Fovere dropping on March 4.
FUNKADELIC FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR & ICE CUBE – AIN’T THAT FUNKIN’ KINDA HARD ON YOU
Ice Cube adds his two cents to the Funkadelic and Kendrick Lamar joint “Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You.”
D.I.T.C. (O.C.) – GET WITH THE PROGRAM (PRODUCED BY DUCK DODGER)
Diggin In The Crates member O.C. blesses a Duck Dodger production on “Get With The Program.”
YUNA – PLACES TO GO (PRODUCED BY DJ PREMIER)
Yuna has just announced that her third album Chapters will be dropping on May 20th and drops the first single from the album in the form of the DJ Premier produced “Places To Go.”