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Retch delivers another joint for your "Bad Guy" playlist (if you have one) with "Amedei Porcelana," named after the Italian dark chocolate. As you may have surmised, the song is dark but certainly isn't sweet. Over a rickety key riff, Retch takes us on a journey through guns and possible felonies: "Caught two bodies when the Puerto Ricans tried to rob me/ He's Jason Willia

Nico & Vinz are an amicable Norwegian songwriting duo who struck gold this summer with the emotionally bare pop hit, "Am I Wrong." Maino is a veteran from the streets of Bed-Stuy who keeps it a hunnid wherever he goes. You mix them both together and you get the "Am I Wrong" remix. Main...

Dutch ReBelle is spearheading her way onto the blogs because of her poetic style. The female rapper continues to display her lyrical bravado in her new video, "Goddess." She takes us through a series of facepainting in the forest before taking a dip on the beach...

The future is looking increasingly bright for New York lyricist, Bishop Nehru. At just 18 years old, Nehru has amassed an impressive catalog with his 2012-debut mixtape, Nehruvia, and last year’s follow-up, strictlyFLOWZ. Both projects were greeted with acclaim from the likes of Kendrick Lamar , as well as a simmering buzz from hip-hop’s underground landscape. However, d...

Kanye West rarely tweets, but today the G.O.O.D. Music leader took to Twitter to share his excitement over the new creative director appointed over at Maison Martin Margiela. John Galliano ail be the creative director of the high-end brand, and will oversee the design of all Margiela lines...

Update (Oct. 8, 11:25 a.m.): Alchemist, Zola Jesus and Bruiser Brigade producer Skywlkr have joined Just Blaze and promised to produce tracks if funding for Meow The Jewels LP is successful. FUCK THAT @therealelp i WANT IN. DONATE SOMETHING SO i CAN GET STUPID BALLISTIC WITH THESE CAT SNARES https://t.co/F... Read More ...

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While some labels would desperately search all over the industry in hopes of filling a need, Def Jam prefers building from within. That's what they did when they promoted Bill Evans to Vice President of Urban Promotions. Executive Vice President or Urban Promotions, Rodney Shealey, made the announcement today through a press release...

If you're a part of Strange Music, it's likely you'll be putting the work and hitting the road at a feverish pace. Now that MURS has joined the imprint, he is going on tour with label mates ¡Mayday! for a 38-city tour in support of their project, ¡MURSDAY!. "Both of our live s...

iLoveMakonnen fever is upon us. "Too Much" comes off the Atlanta rapper's I Love Makonnen EP, and today it gets an official video directed by none other than Andy Milonakis. "I spoke to Makonnen about doing a video to one of his songs, he gave me the green light," he says...

The gift that keeps giving. Vince Staples fans have to be in complete and utter bliss right now. With the release of his EP Hell Can Wait dropping tomorrow (Oct 7), Vince played the role of Kris Kringle by announcing a new tour. Staples went on Twitter and surprised his fans with the news...

Trinidad Jame$ is still hard at work. In continuation of his #SoundCloudMondays series, the former Def Jam artist links up with Detroit's Young Roc for "3AM Eastside." The sultry, R&B cut is made strictly for the ladies, so you know what that means ...