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  • PressPlay Picks The Best of 2015

    PressPlay Picks The Best of 2015

    The PressPlay team reviews the year in music with our favorite singles and albums from 2015. Top Ten Singles Will Cua’s Picks 10) “SMUCKERS” – Tyler, The Creator feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne 9) “Bitch Better Have My Money”- Rihanna 8) “All That” – Carly Rae Jepsen 7) “Really Love” – D’Angelo & The Vanguard… [continued]

  • REVIEW: “Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude” – Pusha T

    REVIEW: “Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude” – Pusha T

    “Espera, ven aquí, who you wanna be? Drug dealer? Demon? Rap nigga? You tryna save the culture? Ay dios mio. You gotta pick one, daddy.”   Mr. Lee narrates in the opening lines of Pusha’s latest, Darkest Before Dawn. The first track, “Intro“, proceeds with an incredibly strong verse from Pusha addressing the trap lords and… [continued]

  • Essentials: “Ice Face” – Iglooghost and Mr Yote 

    Essentials: “Ice Face” – Iglooghost and Mr Yote 

    Londoner Iglooghost has been smashing out top quality production in the past few months. Having recently signed to Flying Lotus‘ Brainfeeder outfit, the 18-year-old released his first EP on the label, Chinese Nü Yr, on 30th October 2015. His conceptual and experimental prowess turning heads in the subsequent weeks. This follows on from his concept-rap album… [continued]

  • Watch Pusha T’s Film For “Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude”

    Watch Pusha T’s Film For “Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude”

    Along with a 22 minute film, Pusha T today released his new album Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude on Spotify stream. Pusha T –Darkest Before Dawn film The film, also titled Darkest Before Dawn, centres on Pusha and two of his friends. As the movie progresses, Push finds himself alone, battling the forces of the devil himself who’s darkness and… [continued]

  • News: Watch Episode 1 of J.Cole’s “Road To The Homecoming” Mini Series

    News: Watch Episode 1 of J.Cole’s “Road To The Homecoming” Mini Series

    J. Cole: Road to the Homecoming – F**k Money, Spread Love (Episode 1) from HBO on Vimeo. On January 9th, J. Cole‘s documentary 2014 Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming will be air on HBO. However, Cole has just released a new mini-documentary series as a run up to the premiere show. You can watch Episode 1 below. Road… [continued]

  • EP Review: Christmas and Chill – Ariana Grande

    EP Review: Christmas and Chill – Ariana Grande

    “Arianators” were treated by a barrage of lyric tweets and song preview Instagram posts yesterday hinting new music dropping today. Ariana Grande’s Christmas & Chill EP was a pleasant surprise, but isn’t anything too new with Grande releasing annual music with Christmas Kisses and “Santa Tell Me” that past two Christmases. If you were expecting a long EP, Christmas & Chill does have… [continued]

  • Essentials: “Go Get Her” – Mr. Carmack, Jordan Rakei and Tom Misch

    Essentials: “Go Get Her” – Mr. Carmack, Jordan Rakei and Tom Misch

    Mr. Carmack, Jordan Rakei and Tom Misch gifted the internet yesterday with a collaboration overflowing in relaxing vibes. This past year, each artist has individually produced some great music: in August, Jordan Rakei released the smooth soulful Groove Curse EP; that same month, Tom Misch released Beat Tape 2, a collection of both funky and chill tracks; in… [continued]

  • Op-Ed: It’s Time We Talk About Why All The Blogs Have Gone To Shit

    Op-Ed: It’s Time We Talk About Why All The Blogs Have Gone To Shit

    On Monday night, DJ, producer, and DJ Mag’s new Editor-At-Large Dani Deahl shared this text message, which a musician friend of hers received from a blogger. To clarify this situation if you don’t fully grasp: a blog writer is asking a recording artist for payment in exchange for posting a written review to their outlet. This is called payola,… [continued]

  • Essentials: “Soak” – Mt. Doubt

    Essentials: “Soak” – Mt. Doubt

    Traverse across the expansively beautiful Scottish countryside in Mt. Doubt‘s video for the moody “Soak“. Aided on vocals by Annie Booth, the Edinburgh singer/songwriter croons with a rock-tinged voice that hovers between the gravelly fragility of The National‘s Matt Berninger and the earnest depth of Fleet Foxes‘s Robin Pecknold. The visuals are stunning; directed, shot, and produced by Andrew… [continued]

  • ESSENTIALS: “For A Minute” (feat. MOONZz) – TastyTreat

    ESSENTIALS: “For A Minute” (feat. MOONZz) – TastyTreat

    It’s no secret that house-influenced R&B is all the rage right now in pop music, especially when you toss in some big, flared-out synths and deep sub-bass for good measure, but TastyTreat might just know this recipe well enough to make it a 5-star-dish where others sound like McDonalds. Teaming up with the soulful vocal… [continued]