Ab-Soul

It's looking to be a long, hot summer for Kendrick Lamar. In addition to an already full docket, the Compton rapper has been announced as a headliner for Sasquatch, the major music festival that takes place in Quincy, Wa. over the Memorial Day weekend...

Former Young Money rapper Short Dawg A.K.A. Fresh emerges with a new visual for his Ab-Soul assisted track, "Addiction." In the clip, Fresh and Ab kick back in a house full of bikini-clad women. There's plenty of smoke and drank on deck...

Christmas comes early in South Central. As per a post late yesterday (Dec. 22) on the Top Dawg Entertainment Twitter page, the Los Angeles collective will be performing a free show today, Dec. 23, in Watts. Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Isaiah Rashad, and Jay Rock are expected at the Nickerson Garden Projects this afternoon for a free show that will run in conjunction with a toy drive... R

Ab-Soul often finds himself collaborating with soulful singers. Nikki Jean, who's collaborated with him in the past, is one of the few. The two open up hump day with "Champagne Water." Like the drink that inspired it, Nikki Jean's extended jam features bubbly production that Ab-Soul's lyrically dense style happens to fit into: "God damn, why these humans so devilish/ Fuck Led Zeppel

Photography By: Joseph Chea Ab-Soul’s These Days Tour stopped in New York City for a packed show at Irving Plaza last night (Oct. 6). Openers EarthGang warmed up the crowd for the night’s main events Bas and Ab-Soul. Both MCs have excellent releases to their name - Bas’ Last Winter and Soulo’s These Days… - that made up the bulk of each of their setlists. Overall, the two shined with ... Read Mor

Kendrick Lamar has been pretty quiet about the details to his sophomore LP, but it hasn’t stopped him from putting out cold verses. Since getting snubbed at the Grammys in January by Macklemore,  K.Dot has been hard at work contributing features to various artists including the likes Alicia Keys, YG, Breezy, Jeezy, Imagine Dragon, his TDE label mates and most recently the Purple One himself. There

My Own Lane It took two years of waiting in the wings and watching his TDE labelmates soar on the charts for Ab-Soul to deliver a new album. Is it finally his time to step into the spotlight? Words Dan Rys Images Tom Medvedich Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the August/September 2014 issue of XXL Magazine. T...

Currently on his 40-city North American, These Days Tour, Ab-Soul is in reflection mode. Today, the Top Dawg MC releases the new track, "W.W.S.D." which finds the black-lipped rapper fittingly spilling his soul-o over Jackson Browne's country-folk classic "These Days...

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Ab-Soul will be heading on tour. The TDE member announced that he would be hitting the road to promote his latest album These Days… The tour currently includes 40 dates throughout North America. It kicks off in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 17. M...

TDE is said to be gearing up for a massive tour next year and this makes perfect sense as all of the artists on the label plan to release projects over the course of this year. Specifics have yet to be revealed but XXL recently spoke with the camp acquiring that the label is in the midst of planning a world tour...

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