Artist and producer, Tito Rodriguez, drops a new song and animated visual for “No Regrets” off his forthcoming LP The Message. The emotional track tackles the concept of teenage pregnancy and the strain that can be left on a family as a result of it. Rodriguez also addresses the importance of a father figure in a child’s life and overall proposes the question if you could go back and fix past mistakes would you do so or simply choose to live with regret?
Long Beach native Joey Fatts drops off a new track with “For The Bitches” featuring A$ton Matthews. The cowbell, laid-back production provided by Sledgren gives Fatts and Matthews the perfect platform to spit that gangsta shit and “take ya bitch” raps over. In order to appropriately vibe out to this one, it’s highly recommended you roll somethin’ up before pressing play on the audio stream below.
Oj Da Juiceman is back with another visual for “Life On The Edge” off his Juice World 2 project. Produced by D Rich, the visual finds Juice literally on the edge of a rocky cliff and also struggling with one foot out the dope game and the other in it. Juice spits his trappin’ tales, serves up the tough guy talk and of course demonstrates his love for the paper.
Follow Juicy J along on his hectic schedule across the country in the first episode of his new vlog series Every Day Life. The trippy rapper brings cameras along on his first stop to New York for a performance at Fuse and then heads over to Brooklyn to shoot the video for “Clappers”. Juicy’s next stop takes him to Memphis to perform at the Monster Dub Car Show and finally he takes his act to Los Angeles to shoot visuals for his new hit single “Bounce It” featuring Wale and Trey Songz. It may be a busy life style and things might get trippy but for Juicy J it’s just every day life.
P. Reign drops his new music video for “We Them Niggas” featuring A$AP Rocky. Produced by Pro Logic, the Toronto native delivers the first look of what’s to come off his forthcoming mixtape, Dear America, which originally was suppose to release on July 4. Directed by Footage, the visual is like night and day as P. Reign is decked out in all black surrounded by his crew of goons while Rocky takes the cocaine white approach for his respective half. Check out the video below and let us know what you think about the collaborative effort between the Toronto rapper and Harlem’s A$AP Mob front man.
Tayloy gang artist Tuki Carter links up with Hot New Hip Hop on the set of his music video for “She Said” featuring Wiz Khalifa for a behind the scenes look and Q&A. Tuki explains the “classy ratchet” concept behind the video and says the song will be featured on his forthcoming mixtape LATL. Always one to have a good time, Wiz keeps the mood light and jokes around while dragging Ty$ Dolla Sign into the interview for his take on what the word ratchet means to him.
As fans anxiously wait for the release of Chevy Woods’ new Gangland 2, the Taylor Gang member delivers a new music video for the intro off his Gangsta Grillz mixtape with “G2” featuring DJ Drama. Produced by RMB Justize, the street cut gives the fans a taste of what they can expect to hear as Chevy goes in over some pounding drums and spits that slick gutter talk. The visual keeps it simple with Chevy and company packed in a hallway while sippin’ gin and smoking great. Look out for a cameo as well from in-house producer Sledgren up front who appears to be all sorts of wasted and having a good time.
Juicy J keeps it trippy and brings along Taylor Gang front man Wiz Khalifa for a new collaborative track called “Shootin”. Produced by Juicy J and Crazy Mike, the juice man announced that he would be releasing the new track tonight and came through on his promise via his twitter. Take a listen to “Shootin” below and be sure to CLICK HERE to download Juicy’s latest offering. Stay Trippy dropping soon.
Jay-Z who is currently promoting his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail, stopped by Hot 97 for a one-on-one interview with the lovely Angie Martinez. In this first clip above, Hov opens things up by revealing that he prefers to stay off social media platforms and enforces a certain code of ethics in his chosen circle, however, he admits to giving Lenny S. the exclusive green light to post what he desires. Jay also opens up about his memorable Q&A session with fans on Twitter, the Brooklyn Nets, and tells Angie he no longer needs money.
In part two of Hot 97’s exclusive interview with Jay-Z and Angie Martinez, Hov gives his opinion on the growing public backlash towards Miley Cyrus and the recent album releases from J. Cole, Wale and Kanye West. Jigga man also praises Kanye’s latest effort with Yeezus and explains why he feels the album is artistic and great for hip hop. Continuing with the interview, Jay enlightens Angie to the fact that Beyonce has a vault of hit records they enjoy listening to privately and also shares his experience with attending President Barack Obama’s inauguration which apparently ended up getting ratchet.
Young Guru sits down with Chedo on The Come Up Show and discusses the importance of piracy in Hip Hop and how it has allowed the opportunity for upcoming artists to establish their careers. Guru points out how piracy has helped the genre grow in a new digital era and also speaks on the reality of its effects on the art of the album. Chedo also talks with Young Guru about Mac Miller’s past courtroom troubles over his remix to Lord Finesse’s 1995 “Hip 2 Da Game” instrumental. Young Guru also says he hopes Jay-Z never retires and speaks on transition of his career as Hov approaches his mid 40’s this year. Before heading out, Guru lets the viewers know he’s working on developing his own line of headphones which will be catered towards home studio mixing and engineering.
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