Jay Rock

Well, 2014 is finally getting underway in terms of hip-hop album and mixtape releases, with the first two of our 25 Most Anticipated Albums—ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron and Rick Ross's Mastermind—coming in the past 10 days. And with a slew of new projects on the way, the year is shaping up to be a formidable contender to challenge last year's epic release schedule that saw new projects from Jay Z, Drake

It’s always a good Friday when you heard unreleased music from Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar. Apparently, Kanye West’s tour DJ Mano decided to liberate the track that was cut for Rock’s debut album Follow Me Home back in 2007. This one is call...

Previously: ScHoolboy Q Has No Problems WIth Working With 2 Chainz ScHoolboy Q Previews Four Songs From His New Album XXL’s New Issue Features Eminem, Dr. Dre And Jimmy Iovine On The Cover

Tracklist: 1. The Put On Intro 2. Bpt 3. I Just Wanna Party featuring ScHoolboy Q & Jay Rock 4. Left, Right featuring DJ Mustard 5. Bicken Back Being Bool 6. Meet the Flockers featuring Tee Cee 7. My N***a featuring Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan 8. Do It ...

Tech N9ne recently stopped by Hot 97 to chat with Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds on the Juan Epstein show. Talking about his Strange Music conglomerate and his close ties to TDE, the label head got on the topic of his first encounter with Kendrick Lamar and unveiled a quite interesting revelation...

With the recent release of Isaiah Rashad’s Cilvia: Demo (available now on iTunes), TDE is staying on the path they promised to run 2014. In the preceding years, we’ve seen the Los Angeles-based crew evolve from underground darlings to mainstream phenomena. Kendrick L...

Ty Dolla $ign’s Beach House EP arrived this week. The Los Angeles rapper/singer is promoting the project with the debut of his new video. “Never Be The Same” is a song that speaks about his progress and how he’s allowed to flex a bit. Joining Ty Dolla $ign ...

Cali was active, last night, at Fresh Fest 2013 which took place at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Game, E-40, Too Short, Scarface, Ja Rule and Mystikal headlined the event but there were plenty of surprises. Game brought out ScHoolboy Q, YG and Problem...

As we noted in our Oct/November issue, Top Dawg Ent. had 2013 in the cobra clutch. Despite no one in the roster dropping an album, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, SZA and Isaiah Rashad put out enough banging singles, blazed enough features, killed enough stages and caused enough of a stir in hip-hop to have a buzz that majors would kill for...

TDE Cali Christmas by YardieGoals Last night TDE performed at Power 106's Cali Christmas show in Los Angeles, where Kendrick Lamar spoke on J. Cole and the Grammys, which streamed online. Today the full performance is available featuring Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock...

As he self proclaims the alias "Rap God", he can only have friends that seemingly fit to that title. With a very selective bunch at hand, check out the gallery of Eminem's famous friends as XXL presents "You Wish You Had Eminem's Friends...

Hip-hop royalty is a coveted position. Ever since Kendrick Lamar claimed he was the King of New York, the post-“Control” era has got the game shaken up. MCs are now firing back with every opportunity to prove him wrong. Meek Mill did in Philadelphia when he closed out Power 99’s annual concert  by tweeting, “I cheated with the home court advantage lol @kendricklamar.” In similar fashion, Fabolo...