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  • ESSENTIALS: “Sneak” (feat. Pell, Michael Christmas, Wonda, and Maarlon) — Casper & B.

    ESSENTIALS: “Sneak” (feat. Pell, Michael Christmas, Wonda, and Maarlon) — Casper & B.

    If you’re not already up on Los Angeles beatsmiths Casper & B., today is going to be a great day for you. Up and coming producers for a host of acts including Kiiara, Skizzy Mars, f(x), and 2am Club, “Sneak” is the first track of Casper & B. where their work sits front and center: a euphoric, Diplomats-era… [continued]

  • INTERVIEW: Khai Shares His Secrets and A Fresh PressPlaylist

    INTERVIEW: Khai Shares His Secrets and A Fresh PressPlaylist

    Khai (short for Justin Abokhai) is one of the fastest-rising singer-songwriters in electronic music. His voice and lyricism is the sort that stuns you the moment you hear it — hearing Khai elicits the same feelings as discovering Sam Smith and Ellie Goulding at their very beginning: mind-bogglingly enrapturing, yet still on an upward trajectory of refinement.… [continued]

  • PressPlay >>Rewind 005: Paris

    This week’s edition of the >>Rewind is sombre and shorter. On Friday night and into Saturday morning, three teams of jihadist terrorists carried out vicious attacks on innocent civilians in Paris. The bloodiest instance of the series of attacks took place at famed concert hall, Le Bataclan, where Eagles Of Death Metal were on stage… [continued]

  • BREAKING: Person Overboard At Mad Decent Boat Party — USCG, Cuban Gov’t Search Ongoing

    BREAKING: Person Overboard At Mad Decent Boat Party — USCG, Cuban Gov’t Search Ongoing

    FINAL UPDATE, 1:17pm LOCAL: The Mad Decent Boat Party is returning to Miami now, according to a report from Pitchfork. No official word on cancellation. — UPDATE, 11:04am LOCAL: According to several sources onboard, the United States Coast Guard is taking over the search and the ship is not completing its full trip to Cozumel. It is unclear… [continued]

  • NEWS: Pusha T Becomes President of Kanye West’s GOOD Music

    NEWS: Pusha T Becomes President of Kanye West’s GOOD Music

    Hip-Hop icon Pusha T has been named the President of GOOD Music, the Def Jam imprint label founded and headed by Kanye West. The news comes through an exclusive interview and report via Billboard, in which Pusha confirmed a number of details about the move — among them: -Pusha’s focus, per Kanye’s request, will be “to manicure the… [continued]

  • Essentials: “3 Way Freak” – Pimp C ft. Lil Wayne

    Essentials: “3 Way Freak” – Pimp C ft. Lil Wayne

    Pimp C will have a posthumous album called Long Live The Pimp, dropping on 4th December via Mass Appeal Records. The record will feature the first new material in four years from the rapper, who passed away in 2007. Paired with the announcement comes the delightfully blue, “3 Way Freak,” a track that proves The Weeknd and Lil Wayne were farrr… [continued]

  • Essentials: “Can’t Get Enough Of Myself” – Santigold

    Essentials: “Can’t Get Enough Of Myself” – Santigold

    After a nearly three-year silence from full-length releases, Santigold has come roaring back this week with the announcement of her third studio album, 99¢, out 22nd January on Atlantic. The announcement comes paired with the bubblegum-shaded “Can’t Get Enough Of Myself,” which explores Santi at her most pop-friendly. It’s not to say the track reflects a change… [continued]

  • PressPlay >>Rewind 003: REACT Presents Wins The Week, Skrillex Strikes Back At Deadmau5, Lots Of New Music

    PressPlay >>Rewind 003: REACT Presents Wins The Week, Skrillex Strikes Back At Deadmau5, Lots Of New Music

    Happy Monday, readers — PressPlay Rewind landing a day late after a busy Halloween weekend filled to the brim with festival and concert action pretty much everywhere. Hard DOTD sounds like it went off without a hitch, while we can verify that React Presents’ inaugural running of Freaky Deaky as a full-blown festival was one… [continued]

  • Album Review: I Changed A Lot – DJ Khaled

    Album Review: I Changed A Lot – DJ Khaled

    DJ Khaled is one of a kind. Equal parts the prototype for the modern hip hop caricature and the caricature itself, he’s grown acutely aware of his image and its strangely subversive clout in 2015. I Changed A Lot is perhaps the strongest testament yet to his varied talent — which ultimately amounts to making music… [continued]

  • PressPlay Mixes #011: Swisha Sweet

    PressPlay Mixes #011: Swisha Sweet

    I first chased up this interview and mix with Swisha Sweet all the way back in July. Being the champ that he is, he whipped up a mix the day I hit him. I sent him way too many questions and he was busy (playing shows on both American coasts and slanging a slew of new edits… [continued]