Ab-Soul

Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sande has been making a name for herself stateside, recently working with the likes of Alicia Keys and Professor Green. The budding crooner just tapped TDE's Ab-Soul for the remake of her hit, "My Kind Of Love...

This week, the world finally saw Kendrick Lamar body his cypher in this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards. Don’t get it twisted – every MC that was hand selected did their thing. But, it was Kendrick who showed confidence and poise that was almost frightening. Sounding like he...

Ready to hear some new music from Ab-Soul? Well the #blacklippastor will soon grant the wishes of fans as he recently hinted via Twitter that his new project will soon release. Serving as a follow-up to 2012's Control System, the TDE MC told XXL in August that he was unsure if his next effort would in fact be an album, at the time stating, "I just want to call it a project...

Last night's BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher appearance from XXL cover-stars highlighted something we've know for a while: TDE has incredible rappers and they sound incredible together. The interplay between the group last night—the nods, the glances, yep, the high-five—was part of what made the cypher so special. These guys...

In May, there were murmurs of TDE signing their next artist. Tennessee rapper Isaiah Rashad was already a buzzword in the industry before he even dropped a full project to back it up. Peter Rosenberg, who is always on point when it comes to inside information, tweeted that he met the newest signee, but couldn’t say much about it. A mo...

Last night, BET aired its annual BET Hip-Hop Awards, which means one thing: cyphers. While the awards themselves are more often than not treated as an afterthought at the ceremony, the cyphers still have the potential to make waves. With an early clip of Kendrick Lamar's appearance leaking weeks before the show, anticipation was higher than ever...

With Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul plus newest additions Isaiah Rashad and SZA, Top Dawg Entertainment has proven already that it's the illest crew in hip-hop right now, and it's all just begun. TDE's Black Hippy group appears on the cover of the October/November issue of XXL with a special photo shoot by Jonathan Mannion and story by kris ex, which explores the fast-growing s

If you haven't seen them yet, or to refresh your memory, you can watch the BET cyphers here. Cypher 7 with Asia Sparks, Bad Lucc, Problem and Astr is only available online. BET Hip-Hop Awards Cyphers Line-Up Cypher 1 – Wax, Rapsody, Emis Killa, Rittz, Jon Connor Cypher 2 – A$AP Ferg, A$AP Twelvy, A$AP Nast, A$AP Ant, A$AP Rocky Cypher 3 – Action Bronson, Star Life Breezy,Travis $cott, Tifanny Fox

Jhené Aiko, the sultry singer who accompanied Drake on "From Time" off Nothing Was The Same and has collaborated with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Ab-Soul and Big Sean (the latter for Sean's Hall Of Fame single "Beware"), will be dropping a new EP next month. Sail Out, the f...

Chuck Inglish helps roll out his new EP Easily by releasing the visual for the Ab-Soul and Mac Miller assisted single, "Came Thru/Easily" which he premiered last week. The video pays homage to a musical clip from the rap trio Beastie Boys...

Many rappers took to twitter to vent frustrations this past week. As DJ Quik took many by surprise with his revelation about Andre 3000, Action Bronson went off on a reporter, and Future cleared up a comment about Drake, things got a little hectic on the social space...

With Chuck Inglish's Easily EP dropping soon via Dave Sitek's Federal Prism label, the co-Cool Kid has released a bouncy collaboration with the TDE brainiac Ab-Soul and Pittsburgh's very own Mac Miller. The almost-title-track, "Came Thru/Easily," is the perfect opportunity for the three rappers to drop little witticism and playful boasts over Inglish's production...