New York’s Ransom releases a new promotional trailer for his new album titled, The Proposal . The black and white visual showcases Ransom and his trusty goons snatching up an unsuspecting victim and dragging him over to an undisclosed location for an interrogation. Take a look as Ransom gets real gritty and starts performing to the camera towards the end. The Proposal is now available on iTunes and Amazon.
?uestlove takes the spotlight in Vanity Fair’s latest episode of “The Snob’s Dictionary.” Take a look as ?uestlove speaks on his obsession with music and his key attention to details in music. In fact, the musician embraces the title of a “music snob” and shares his motivation for taking a teaching position over at NYU to spread his vast knowledge. ?uestlove also breaks down the emotion behind Michael Jackson’s “She’s Out Of My Life.”
TMZ catches up with rapper and part-time VH1 reality star Jim Jones while leaving court after being taken into custody for allegedly speeding while high. Remaining hush hush on the details surrounding his arrest, the Dipset artist appeared to be in good spirits and even found the time to make a joke about the Government’s recent shutdown before taking off to enjoy the rest of his evening. Must be nice.
BET serves up another promotional clip to showcase what went down during the recent filming of the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards. Check out producer and artist Travi$ Scott dropping a few bars apparently off-the-top in a new bonus clip that just surfaced from the annual cypher sessions.
Go behind the lens and see how Eminem and Rick Rubin came together to put together his new single and video for “Berzerk.” Rubin opens up to the camera and shares details about the song’s production and the creative energy in the studio while working with rapper Eminem. Though the Detroit native never takes the opportunity to address the camera, Rubin breaks it all down nicely and touches on Eminem as an artist before heading out.
The L.A. Leakers’ very own Justin Credible took the stage to DJ and party the night away with B.O.B. and Taylor Gang artist Ty Dolla $ign. The artists performed to the crowd and turned the energy up as Credible held it down on the turntables for the evening. Take a look at the short recap video courtesy of L.A. Leakers to see how it all went down at Hollywood’s trendy club Playhouse.
Revolt TV heads down to Atlanta for the A3C 2013. Take a look at some compiled footage from day one which consists of some different interviews from unsigned artists who attended this year along with bigger names like rapper Problem, Badd Lucc and Rich Homie Quan. The creative minds behind the growing music festival also lend some commentary to the camera as they stress the importance of the event and what it means to independent artists.
Kendrick Lamar participated last weekend in the BET Awards’ annual cypher sessions along with the rest of TDE and footage has now surfaced of the Compton emcee throwing what appear to be subliminal jabs in the direction of YMCMB rapper Drake. Courtesy of the short clip provided by AllHopHop, K-Dot can be seen dropping a few bars which include, “And nothing been the same since they dropped Control, and tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes.” Needless to say, all signs appear to be pointed in Drake’s direction, however, it hasn’t been officially confirmed by Kendrick or any of his people if that is truly the case. You read between the lines.
In part five of rapper Stalley’s confessional series, the Ohio native speaks on the importance of spontaneous creativity in the studio and stresses the importance of allowing things to play out organically. The MMG emcee also shares the reasoning behind his motivation for making music that everyone can relate to but staying true to his message.
Mass Appeal comes through with part two of Release Rountable with G.O.O.D. Music artist Pusha T. Watch as the panelists continue their discussion and break down King Push’s “Suicide” and “S.N.I.T.C.H.” off his upcoming My Name Is My Name LP. Pusha T takes the opportunity to share details behind how each track came together and speaks on the inspiration that helped to construct both. The Virgina Beach native also channels his inner Ma$e flow on the mellow track titled “Let Me Love You.”
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