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Makonnen Makes Brooklyn Shake at NYC Headlining Show
Makonnen Makes Brooklyn Shake at NYC Headlining Show
Makonnen Makes Brooklyn Shake at NYC Headlining Show
It wasn't long after Makonnen took the stage around 10:30 pm last night at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn that the building began to shake. It started under the floorboards, reverberating through the basement bar that props the place up before moving upward and infiltrating the walls...
iLoveMakonnen “Super Clean”
iLoveMakonnen “Super Clean”
iLoveMakonnen “Super Clean”
iLoveMakonnen sent Noisey a song without a title, which they dubbed "Super Clean." "Super Clean," from the Atlanta rapper's upcoming EP Drink More Water 5, has Makonnen spitting pimpish, Too $hort-like rhymes over dark wave synths. "Super Clean" is borderline free-association, Makonnen's rhymes about women trying to have his kids and stacking his paper broken up by Ma
The 14 Best Hip-Hop Songs Of 2014
The 14 Best Hip-Hop Songs Of 2014
The 14 Best Hip-Hop Songs Of 2014
Hip-hop has been morphing into a singles-driven genre for years now, and 2014 seemed to be the year when individual songs mattered more than ever. Tracks like "Loyal" and "We Dem Boyz" ruled the first half of the year before "Tuesday," "CoCo" and "I Don't Fuck With You" emerged to dominate the airwaves in the second half...
The 14 Best Mixtapes And EPs Of 2014
The 14 Best Mixtapes And EPs Of 2014
The 14 Best Mixtapes And EPs Of 2014
In 2014, the line between free mixtape and for-sale EP blurred more than ever, as SoundCloud releases and Datpiff exclusives wound up on iTunes and Amazon with increasing regularity. But that didn't take away from the overall quality of the year...
XXL’s Songs Of The Week
XXL’s Songs Of The Week
XXL’s Songs Of The Week
There’s plenty of new music to sift through. How do you know what is good or bad? Well, that’s where we come in. Aside from a busy week of interesting news, there’s always a plethora of dope music that drops. Sometimes it’s out of nowhere, and sometimes it is promoted and released right when we expect it. As rap heads, we are a...
iLoveMakonnen Signs To Drake’s OVO Sound
iLoveMakonnen Signs To Drake’s OVO Sound
iLoveMakonnen Signs To Drake’s OVO Sound
Last night, buzzing Atlanta rapper/singer iLoveMakonnen gave several hints that he might've signed to Drake's OVO Sound. According to Miss Info, the 25-year-old LA native, who resides in Atlanta, officially made his hit "Club Going Up On A Tuesday" (shorten to just "Tuesday") available for purchase on iTunes...

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