If you somehow didn’t cop Talib Kweli and 9th Wonder’s Indie 500 project, shame on you. You would be well aware of the dopeness that album harnesses. Either way, here’s a new set of visuals for the Bad Lucc and Problem assisted “Pay Ya Dues.”
The title isn’t some kind of sexual innuendo as Chris Rivers is joined by Sheek Louch and Whispers for the video that finds a girl going nuts on police.
Dr. Dre will always have some gems in the vault. This time, the good doctor took to his Beats 1 radio show to debut this previously unreleased song that features T.I., Sly Piper, Justus & Victoria Monet titled “Back To Business.”
Kendrick Lamar has become known to drop something completely new when he is doing a live performance and then you never hear it again. This time, K Dot hits The Tonight Show to perform “Blue Faces.” No telling if we’ll ever get a studio version of this so enjoy the live session.
Dave East goes for his over the instrumental to O.T. Genasis and Young Dolph’s “Cut It.”
Murs and 9th Wonder surprised everyone with their Brighter Daze project and now the duo drop the visuals for “Otha Fish” where Murs laments about moving on from relationships.
After having a stellar 2015 with the lone rhyming appearance on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, Rapsody — along with 9th Wonder and the musical collective known as The Storm Troopers — was the latest guest to the small desk of NPR Music’s Bob Boilen and blessed the desk with a brief set that includes “Godzilla,” “The Man” and “Hard To Choose.” Watch and enjoy.
To close out 2015, Kendrick Lamar combines “U” with “For Sale?” and delivers the haunting cinematic visual titled “God Is Gangsta.” It’s claustrophobic, chilling and downright uncomfortable as K Dot battles with his vices in this 7-minute short film.
MF Doom and Busta Rhymes bless a classic J Dilla instrumental from Dilla’s Jay Loves Japan project with BJ The Chicago Kid also popping in for a cameo.
VH1’s original movie that chronicles the rise of hip hop in New York in the early 90’s titled “The Breaks” (and scored by none other than DJ Premier) will debut on January 4th. Starring Mack Wilds, Afton Williamson, Wood Harris, Antoine Harris and including a litany of cameos, the film has been highly anticipated since its announcement last year. But before you watch it, check out this interview WatchLoud did with Mack Wilds on Method Man playing his father in the movie and much more.