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Hoodboi is back! After some serious time off, Hoodboi has finally blessed fans with a new track. ‘Black Money’ sees him sampling Sage The Gemini’s ‘Gas Pedal’ and Teriyaki Boy’s ‘Tokyo Drift’. The two tracks are snipped, chopped and looped with original production for a sound that bridges the gap between his early club remix days and his more recent original…

Joey took to his Pro Era Radio Soundcloud to drop three new gems. Backed by producer extraordinaire Statik Selektah, the All-Amerikkkan Badass goes in, barring out over some smooth ass instrumentals. Hopefully this means a collaborative mixtape is on the horizon. Listen to ‘Love is Only a Feeling’, ‘500 Benz’ and ‘Too Lit’ here. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/331585341″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true”…

Canada Day celebrated 150 years since Confederation this past weekend, and saw a slew of festivities occurring across the nation – including the return of Platform & Embrace‘s Electric Island. With the last event held at Woodbine Park, this time around we spent the day in the Portlands, near REBEL Nightclub; it welcomed techno legend Richie Hawtin, along with Maceo…

Skepta has been killing shit ever since he went from local to global act, further proving to the world that they need to listen up to the UK spitters. His latest offering is a 3 minute tirade on his haters, addressing the hypocrisy in the game. Check it out below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/331224421″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

The global music space that we live in is constantly blessing us with an abundance of killer new music. Yet another example comes in the form of a compilation from newly established South African label DREAMCORP. Founded by Yung Frankenstein, their goal is to bring more South African bass producers together, and create a brand. But more importantly, a culture…

Happy Long Weekend, y’all! We got a banging playlist for you today. This weeks FUXWITHITFRIDAYS features 14 tracks ranging from Rap to Trap. We got Vince Staples, TroyBoi, Plezier and more on this one. Bump it loud and enjoy the weekend! [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/333297111″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

Rising producers ELEX & Shwirl first caught our attention with their releases on Crystals Vol. 2. Today they return with a collaborative effort entitled ‘Slow Hype’. The track begins deceivingly slow and stunning. Birds chirp as powerful keys conjure a melancholy vibe. Militant snare rolls lead us into a much more fierce section. A laugh switches the scene as we’re dropped…

Sydney based producer Hydraulix has been slaying the scene on the low for a minute. With a ton of collabs with Oski, official remixes for the likes of Excision, Herobust and Habstrakt, and a bunch of killer originals, he’s one of Australia’s illest out. Despite this and his 30k SoundCloud followers, it still feels as though he’s being slept on.…

UZ is trap legend. The mysterious producer helped to define the genre with his ongoing Trap Shit series that began in 2012. The sounds served as the foundation and inspiration for a multitude of trap producers. Over the years, his sound has expanded and grown with his EPs Frontier to Magellan serving as markers. After 5 years in the game, UZ has…

Jay-Z’s 13th studio album 4:44 has arrived. Dropping exclusively through Tidal, the project is 10 tracks deep and features Frank Ocean, Damian Marley, Beyonce & his mother, Gloria Carter. If you’re a Tidal subscriber head over to the site now to bump it. Considering this is the first Jay album in years, I was too hyped not to write something. So…