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We’re 8 days out from the release of Big Sean’s Dark Sky Paradise and this is exactly what we needed. The second single from the upcoming album just dropped and it’s great. You can forget about bopping and catching a wave to this one. This ballad features Sean, Kanye West and John Legend over a somber piano melody. The last…

With Bam Bam’s Mr. Wonderful dropping next month, he released his second single ‘Terry’. Produced by Alchemist, ‘Terry’ is another wild tune about Bronson’s life and his advice for life, “smoke good, fuck, eat, drunk”. At around the 3:50 mark, the beat changes up from its soulful boom bap to a futuristic outro which sounds like it leads to a…

Big Sean is on the heels of having a great 2015 and with the sudden drop of Drake’s new mixtape, Sean let a verse he added to ‘Used To’ fly. Big Sean is really going in on every track as of late and though I’m not a fan of ‘IDFWU’, he has been soaking up a lot of shine. Check…

The speed at which producers turn around tracks never ceases to amaze me. Last night just before midnight, Drake dropped his surprise album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. This morning I’m already waking up to remixes of cuts off the album. The most notable so far is Oshi and Krs.’s flip of ‘Company’. The two producers have exploded…

It’s 11:20 pm Toronto time and I get a message from my homie that reads, “Drake just pulled a Beyonce”. Well whadayaknow? A day before the 6 year anniversary of his classic mixtape So Far Gone, Drake dropped a full length album. There are 17 tracks and the album features PARTYNEXTDOOR, Travi$ Scott and Lil Wayne. Is this the mixtape…

Grime artists like Wiley, Sway and Kano have always remarked in their music that they feel as if they are constantly in the shadows of American rappers. However, lately the tables have turned, and dynamic American rappers like Danny Brown are calling on UK grime producers like Darq E Freaker and Rustie for unique beats; something to set them apart…

“They say your attitude determines your latitude I’m high as a motherfucker – fly as a motherfucker. And still that motherfucker you love to hate But can’t – Because you love what I make.” This quote from Kanye’s verse in Rhymefest’s ‘Brand New’ has always described Kanye West. Considering the press created over the 2015 Grammys, it rings true now…

Last year, CyHi dropped a phenomenal body of work titled the Black Hystori Project. One year later, Cy is looking to build on the buzz with BHP2. On the second single from the upcoming tape, CyHi addresses all the fake friends and industry folks. Listen to ‘To Be Real’ below.

With the original still making its rounds, O.T. Genasis re-ups with ‘CoCo Part 2′ featuring some help from Meek Mill and Jeezy. Hearing Meek and Jeezy on this banger of a beat is dope and Genasis skips the basic rhyme patterns for some better wordplay this go ’round. Check out the track below.

A day after winning two Grammy’s, TDE’s Kendrick Lamar dropped a banger for the masses. This socially conscious and emotionally driven joint features Kendrick drawing on his thoughts about race relations in the rap game and society. Throughout the song he calls himself a hypocrite – and if you listen close enough, you’ll hear why. Listen below.