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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Watch Kanye West’s Full Lecture From The Oxford Guild Society
Watch Kanye West‘s full lecture at the Oxford Guild Society Below. In March of this year, Kanye West shared his thoughts and opinions in a lecture at the Oxford Guild Society. Up until yesterday, only a few short clips have been accessible to watch — however, the full-length lecture has finally surfaced online. Taking a… [continued]
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J. Cole Surprise-Releases Revenge of The Dreamers II
Having dropped hints over the weekend, J. Cole surprised fans with the release of Revenge of The Dreamers II. After giving away the first downloads to a lucky few on Twitter, Cole made the 9-track compilation project available to stream and download via iTunes on Monday night (7th Dec). Revenge of The Dreamers II, sequel to the 2014… [continued]
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Essentials: Tisoki and Spag Heddy – “Forest Temple”
I was having a conversation with someone this weekend about whether or not dubstep has circled back around to being “cool” again, and while I’m not entirely sure it was ever truly mainstream cool in the first place (at least not in the way it would be now), I don’t think there’s any misconstruing some… [continued]