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Sources: Rapper J. Cole to play for Rwanda in Basketball Africa League - HipHop

Sources: Rapper J. Cole to play for Rwanda in Basketball Africa League

Posted: 10 May 2021 07:55 AM PDT

[FRESH VIDEO] J. Cole — Applying Pressure: The Off-Season Documentary

Posted: 10 May 2021 09:59 AM PDT

Full Documentary (YouTube, 12m32s)

Executive Producers:
Jermaine Cole, Ibrahim Hamad

Director:
Scott Lazer

A film by Dreamville Studios

[Wikipedia]

Dreamville Ventures is an American multi-disciplinary media company co-founded by J. Cole and Ibrahim "Ib" Hamad on October 12, 2020. It is a parent company to Dreamville Studios, which was also launched on the same day.

On April 19, 2021, Dreamville Ventures partnered with the Marcus Graham Project and Apple for the İCR8 Bootcamp, a program dedicated to media marketing aiming to increase diversity and equity in the music and entertainment industry.

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Lil Baby & Lil Durk announce new project Voice Of The Heroes dropping on May 28th

Posted: 10 May 2021 04:30 PM PDT

[FRESH] Black Star - "Automatic" [PROD. Madlib]

Posted: 10 May 2021 09:56 PM PDT

New DMX album announced for 5/28

Posted: 10 May 2021 09:33 AM PDT

The Curious Case of "Life Is Good" and its YouTube streaming numbers; currently averaging 450K global views per day, down from 3-4+ million it used to reach each day since its release

Posted: 10 May 2021 11:54 AM PDT

Hip Hop and Rap has been the dominant genre in the US for the past few years, dominating the streaming charts across Apple and Spotify. Outside of a few artists who achieve higher streams on Youtube (such as NBA Youngboy), most Western artists achieve higher numbers on audio streaming services in comparison to YouTube, particularly in contrast with South American or Asian artists, which tend to perform better on the video streaming giant.

With this context in mind, one interesting subject that has perplexed some is the immense streaming performance of Future and Drake's "Life is Good" collab. Its currently at 1.9 billion views just 1 year and 4 months after release. But after a whole year of stable high numbers, its current daily streaming count has significantly decreased.

"After experiencing a sudden drop in views a week ago, the "Life Is Good" music video has stabilized to around 450K global views per day, down from the 3-4+ million it consistently earned each day since its release."

Source: https://twitter.com/talkofthecharts/status/1390826407274504192

For comparison, "God's Plan" has 1.2 billion after 3 years, "Hotline Bling" has 1.7 billion views after 5 years and "Work" with Rihanna has 1.1 billion after 5 years. For Future, his next best viewed works are "Low Life" ft. Weeknd (667M views after 5 years) and "Mask Off" at 479M views after 4 years.

I know for some chart watchers this incredible discrepancy between the video and its streaming count (Spotify's numbers are 738M, nothing to scoff at though) always raised some questions, particularly when music video views for Western artists on a whole are not as prominent as they used to be, which makes sense given the rise of audio streaming subscriptions.

I guess my point is, what exactly caused this song to get nearly 2 billion views so quickly? Is it just the autoplay feature or the algorithm at play, some under-the-table label deals in promotion, bots or is it something else? It is undeniable the song was/is a massive hit, yet its sheer success on YouTube over other streaming services is a bit of a mystery.

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J. Cole — Work Out

Posted: 10 May 2021 05:24 PM PDT

XXL's The Break Presents: Kenny Mason – "My dad used to play a whole lot of Tupac Shakur and shit like that. He played that so much that I knew them songs like the back of my hand. But as far as like a person on my own, who I like was a first real fanatic of, was Lil Wayne."

Posted: 10 May 2021 04:44 PM PDT

Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey, and Dave Chapelle announce Black Star world premiere Gladiator Circus World 5.11.21

Posted: 10 May 2021 10:29 AM PDT

Featuring Questlove, Jon Hamm, and more.

https://www.instagram.com/p/COsyJelhd0Q/?igshid=6i1rh7d1iy2d

Edit:Ok, were getting music.

The @blackstarkeepshining account just Posted that there will be new Black Star music with Madlib (who has confirmed to be the producer of Blackstar 2!)

Im gonna go get luminary right now lol

Edit2: just finished listening to his podcast with Madlib, and Kweli has said that Liberation II and Black Star II are done, both with Madlib beats

Edit3: NEW SONG ALERT

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Slowthai announces his new 1-day festival 'Happyland'; including IDLES, Easy Life, Pa Salieu and beabadoobee on the lineup

Posted: 10 May 2021 04:11 AM PDT

Lil Uzi Vert - Moon Relate

Posted: 10 May 2021 07:18 AM PDT

Daily Discussion Thread 05/10/2021

Posted: 10 May 2021 10:22 AM PDT

Welcome to the /r/hiphopheads daily discussion thread!

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A$AP Rocky - Bad Company (ft. BlocBoy JB)

Posted: 10 May 2021 06:04 AM PDT

Giggs - KMT feat. Drake (Reading and Leeds 2017)

Posted: 10 May 2021 08:55 AM PDT

[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Morray - Street Sermons

Posted: 10 May 2021 04:40 PM PDT

Street Sermons is the debut commercial mixtape by American rapper Morray. It was released on April 28, 2021 by Pick Six Records.

Background

On April 16, 2021, Morray announced that he signed to Interscope, in partnership with Pick Six. His manager, Moe Shalizi spoke about the partnership, saying "there was so much synergy between our side and Interscope that it just felt right, we are really excited to be working with John Janick and the rest of the team." In an interview, Morray described the album, saying "I really want it to show more of my story and for people to get to know me more. I want it to be like, 'I listened to this and I understand why he does this.' This is supposed to be my reference to who I really am."

Top Comments in Release Thread

He just brings that infectious energy with every track, I don't have much else to say

Quicksand is one of the catchiest songs I've ever heard, definition of infectious, excited to listen to the rest of his stuff

This dude has such a great voice and personality, I need him to get on some more interesting beats for me to really get hooked on him, but what we've got is pretty good so far.

looks like he's saving the big features for later on

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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] ALLBLACK - TY4FWM

Posted: 10 May 2021 12:36 PM PDT

thoughts?

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Cole Bennett hints at Don Toliver, Lil Uzi Vert & Gunna’s Lyrical Lemonade visual dropping this week

Posted: 10 May 2021 09:22 AM PDT

Cole Bennett on twitter

The track is an internet money single that was last teased in April

CONFIRMED: Dropping Thursday 5/13 + Cover art

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[DISCUSSION] Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (10 Years Later)

Posted: 10 May 2021 10:28 AM PDT

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two is the eighth and final studio album by American hip hop band Beastie Boys, released on May 3, 2011, through Capitol Records. The project was originally planned to be released in two parts, with Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1 originally planned for release in 2009. The release was delayed after band member Adam "MCA" Yauch was diagnosed with cancer. After a two-year delay, only one collection of tracks, Part Two, was released and the plan for a two-part album was eventually abandoned in light of Yauch's death on May 4, 2012.

The album received critical acclaim upon its release, with critics praising the energetic rapping, experimental production, and disregard for contemporary hip hop trends. It also had a positive commercial performance, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. The release was supported by four singles – "Lee Majors Come Again", "Too Many Rappers" featuring Nas, "Make Some Noise", and "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" featuring Santigold.

Background

The album was previously known by the working title Tadlock's Glasses, which was stated to be a reference to a former bus driver named Tadlock, who used to drive for Elvis Presley's back-up singers. Presley once gave Tadlock a pair of glasses which he was proud of. It was later speculated that the Tadlock's Glasses story was simply a joke misinterpreted by the media.

A large amount of material was recorded, and the plan was to release the album, now called Hot Sauce Committee, in two parts as the Beastie Boys revealed to Drowned in Sound. Regarding the structure of the album, Yauch stated, "It's a combination of playing and sampling stuff as we're playing, and also sampling pretty obscure records. There are a lot of songs on the record and there are a lot of short songs and they kind of all run into each other." A commentary track included with the Check Your Head re-release mentions that Bob Dylan would appear on the album.

Part 1

The first part of the album was intended to be called Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1 and was prepared for release, with artwork revealed and a planned release date of September 15, 2009. In an interview the Beastie Boys stated that the album was completed and group announced that they would tour the United Kingdom in support of the new record. This was delayed after Adam "MCA" Yauch was diagnosed with cancer. On July 20, 2009, Yauch announced the cancellation of tour dates, and assured fans that he should be fine after surgery. In October 2009, Adam Yauch announced that the band had not yet decided a new release date, but was quoted saying he was hoping to release it in the first half of 2010.

Drowned in Sound also gave a review of the first part on 28, June 2009, the same time they did the interview with the Beastie Boys for the album. It features most of the tracks which appeared on Part Two in a different order with the additional skit "Bundt Cake" which was described as "Another skit, this time a mere 21 seconds over a crisp drum break with snatches of cyber vocals".

Part 2

An email sent out on October 17, 2010, from the Beastie Boys announced that Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1 would be shelved indefinitely, and Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 would be released in 2011. An email sent the following week now clarified that Pt. 2 would be released with almost exactly the same track list as was announced for Pt. 1, excluding the track "Bundt Cake." No date was set for Part 1. The project was finally released in May 2011 under the title Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, with a slightly altered track listing including a new version of "Too Many Rappers".

According to Andrew Eastwick from Tiny Mix Tapes, "Long Burn the Fire" paid homage to the 1970s soul-rock band Black Merda with its fuzz-inflected guitar riffs. Its song title, Eastwick continued, "may also be a sly nod" to music critic Robert Christgau, who recommended the band's 1972 record of the same name to the Beastie Boys in his review of their 1994 album Ill Communication.

Vintage Posts

Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 leaked (edited version)

Listening now and digging what I've heard. Sounds like old school Beastie Boys for sure!

Entire "Dirty" Version of Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2 streaming on Beastie Boys website

Bout god damn time.

Did anyone notice the slight dig at will.i.am on the Nas track? I like it.

Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part2, full album.

rockin out

Top Comments in Hip-Hop Listening Club thread from 2014

The fact that these guys, in their mid 40's, one suffering from cancer, still put out an album of this quality and pure energy shows just how amazing they really were.

Too Many Rappers is the standout track for me, mainly because they pushed Nas to his limit - it's like the anti-"Oochie Wally" - and the line "Oh my god, just look at me, Grandpa's been rappin' since '83". Here's A Little Something For Ya and Nonstop Disco Power Pack could easily fit right at home on Hello Nasty with the flawless pass the mic routines. Lee Majors Come Again is an amazing Check Your Head style punk-rock roots throwback.

Low point is Don't Play No Game because I'm not a big Santigold fan and the whole thing sounds like it was recorded underwater so it's really hard to hear the rhymes. They also put a lot of just random snippets that are complete filler.

Other than that it's such a solid album from these guys that gives a little bit of everything they have done across a career that spanned 3 decades. Power to Ad-Rock, MCA, and Mike D.

Such a good fucking album. The best thing about the Beastie Boys, was how consistent they were, up til the end. This, IMO, is their third best after Paul's Boutique and Hello Nasty. The way they just evolve their sound album after album is so fucking incredible. I could go on and on, but I can't think of many other groups with as much talent as the Beasties. RIP MCA.

Hot Sauce Committee Part II by the Beastie Boys was my first Beastie Boy's album and helped me fall farther in love with Hip-Hop and introduced me into one of my favorite MC's, Nas.

The rhymes the BBoys spit on this album are some of my favorite. I feel like they never miss a beat and are just as witty and clever as their past work. But what made me fall in love the most with this album is the production. The experimental beats on songs like Say It, Long Burn the Fire, Heres' a Little Somethin' For Ya and Too Many Rappers are just some examples of how good the production is on this album..

Is it their best work? Of course not, but it's a great way to go out and has a very memorable place in my heart. Also, you definitely should check out the Fight For Your Right (Revisited) video if you haven't already.

This is really underrated. I think it stacks up to their older work and the production is crazy. Pop the Balloon is my favorite track on it. Just a fun album from beginning to end.

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DJ SHADOW - Rocket Fuel (Feat. De la Soul)

Posted: 10 May 2021 10:33 PM PDT

[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Night Lovell - Just Say You Don't Care

Posted: 10 May 2021 03:17 PM PDT

better than goodnight?

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[FRESH VIDEO] Spinabenz, Whoppa Wit Da Choppa, Yungeen Ace & FastMoney Goon - Who I Smoke (GTA Version)

Posted: 10 May 2021 04:12 PM PDT

Saba 'Uzumaki Freestyle' on Twitch

Posted: 10 May 2021 08:19 PM PDT

How Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ Tracked Down Rare Footage of the Landmark Harlem Cultural Festival

Posted: 10 May 2021 02:56 PM PDT

Cali Swag District - Teach Me How to Dougie

Posted: 10 May 2021 04:27 AM PDT
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