In attempt to bring trap music back, T.I. released a much needed single. Although the radio won’t eat this up, “Trap Back Jumpin” will definitely do well on the streets and interwebs. DJ Toomp handled the production on this banger. Look out for T.I.’s upcoming album, Trouble Man in the future, hopefully we get a solid…
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Music Video: Cris Cab ft. Big Sean- “Good Girls (Don’t Grow On Trees)”
by Anthony Porcelli •
Upon my first listen of Cris Cab’s mixtape Echo Boom, I was shocked at the amount of talent Cris Cab had. This collaboration with Big Sean was released back in June, which makes sense considering its undeniable summer feel. Co-written by Pharrell (Cab’s mentor) and produced by Wyclef Jean, “Good Girls” has a reggae feel…
Pink ft. Eminem- “Here Comes The Weekend”
by Raffi Khatchadourian •
Pink managed to get Eminem on her new single “Here Comes The Weekend.” Considering how Em hasn’t been delivering new verses recently, this definitely was a treat. Although he just spits one verse, it really sounds like that early 2000 Eminem. Pink called the new collaboration an “alternative club banger” and it’s not far off of…
Jay-Z Performs New Verse to Coldplay’s “Paradise”
by Raffi Khatchadourian •
Jay-Z joined Coldplay during the Paralympics closing ceremony and debuted a new verse to Coldplay’s hit single “Paradise.” He broke down his new verse on lifeandtimes.com. You can watch the video of Jay spitting his new verse below. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zgbJu-XaRQ]
Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean- “Clique”
by Anthony Porcelli •
Kanye, Big Sean, Jay-z, and Hit-Boy (on production) come back together with the latest Cruel Summer single, “Clique”. The beat on this track is insane; the second I put it on I knew I needed to turn it all the way up. “Clique” is perfect to be played at clubs and parties, and it doesn’t…
Mixtape: Big Sean “Detroit”
by Raffi Khatchadourian •
Big Sean FINALLY dropped his highly anticipated mixtape, Detroit. I’ve been waiting for a new Big Sean mixtape since the release of Sean’s debut album, Finally Famous. I remember right before the release of the album, Big Sean announced that he has a mixtape that is almost done and will be out before the album. Then…
Styles of Beyond ft. Michael Buble- “Damn”
by Raffi Khatchadourian •
I remember first hearing about Styles of Beyond on Fort Minor’s We Major mixtape since the underground Cali rap group was featured on most of the tape. After just simply hearing “Styles of Beyond” said in the background on a majority of the mixtape, I knew I had to check them out considering how We Major was on…
Colin Munroe ft. Kendrick Lamar & Ab-Soul – “Scars N Stars”
by Raffi Khatchadourian •
Canadian singer and songwriter, Colin Munroe dropped a new project today and one of the standout tracks features TDE heavyweights, Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul. I didn’t know much about Colin before this new tape, but he is most definitely worth checking out. His style is different yet dope and it doesn’t hurt that he has…
Mac Miller- You Like to Party? (Nimbus Remix)
by Justin •
Nimbus, a native of Denver, Colorado started off in high school producing hip hop beats for a group called Nimbus & Stratus, which has since split up as they went to different colleges. Now Nimbus is tearing up Vanderbilt doing his own thing and producing remixes of a variety of pop songs. Besides hip-hop, he’s…
Blu- “Rap Dope”
by Raffi Khatchadourian •
I was never too fond of Blu’s beat selection, but the dude can rap. On his new track “Rap Dope”, Blu reminds us why is his viewed as one of the better lyricists in the game right now. It was refreshing to hear Blu’s new single after just listening through Weezy’s new tape. Production was…
