Disclosure have announced their upcoming new album called ENERGY, which will be released August 28 via Capitol Records. Brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence are now also sharing the title track and its accompanying video, the duo’s first official video in five years. The album will include features from Kelis, […]
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Chicago hosted the All-Star Game again this weekend, but the big names on the court wasn’t reserved just for basketball’s finest players. Chance The Rapper was given the task of putting on a show worthy of the occasion, and the hometown star delivered. Chano hit the stage to
Common has dropped a new song entitled “HER Song,” which features Daniel Caesar and Dwele but most notably this includes what the press release is calling an unreleased beat from the late J Dilla. The Chicago rapper is an ode to Hip Hop, putting to rhyme everything it
Common, Robert Glasper, and Karriem Riggins have joined forces to form their new group August Greene. The trio have added to that announcement by releasing their first single “Optimistic,” which features Brandy. The track premiered on NPR Music and it will appear on the group’s self-titled debut, an Amazon Original
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Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda and Questlove of The Roots have released The Hamilton Mixtape, which brings together various artists to rework songs from the award-winning musical. Some of the artists that contributed to the mixtape are Chance The Rapper, Nas, Alicia Keys, Common, The Roots, Regina Spektor, Busta Rhymes,
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton Mixtape is coming to life today with a live performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (where Hamilton is performed). The livestream will kick off at 12pm CT, and it will feature live performances from artists that contributed to the album. Though there’s no information on who exactly will
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Ashanti and Ja Rule’s contribution to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s The Hamilton Mixtape has dropped today. The latest release off the forthcoming project brings together the Murder Inc. Records labelmates and long-time collaborators for “Helpless.” The last release of songs from the project included Usher performing “Wait For It,” and
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The Hamilton Mixtape continues to take shape ahead of its December 2nd release, and today sees the release of a couple more songs. The latest release includes Usher’s interpretation of “Wait For It,” plus Hamilton‘s mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda connecting with Nas, Aloe Blacc, and Dave East for “Wrote
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A couple more tracks from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s upcoming Hamilton Mixtape have been unveiled. Sia leads “Satisfied,” with guest features from Miguel and Queen Latifah. The other track is “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” and it brings together K’NAAN, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC, and Residente all dropping bars. The mixtape, which also
What a time to be alive. Lin-Manuel Miranda gave us a little taste of what we can expect from him and Questlove’s Hamilton Mixtape by dropping two tracks on iTunes and Spotify. One track features Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz and Nate Ruess for the ever so popular “My
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During the inaugural White House SXSW South by South Lawn event yesterday, Common played a “Tiny Desk Concert” for NPR. The Chicago rapper was accompanied by Robert Glasper and Bilal as he performed songs like “I Used to Love H.E.R.” and newer tracks that will appear on his forthcoming album Black
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On Sunday we were able to follow-up the incredible experience of being at Chance The Rapper’s Magnificent Coloring Day festival at U.S. Cellular with another super dope all-day show at Common’s AAHH! Fest, completing what was definitely one of the best weekends music fans in Chicago can ask for! While
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