Constant drinking and love songs aren’t such bad combination after fall. This week, J.Cole’s lead single, “Power Trip” has crossed the one million mark. Congratulations to the entire Dreamville team. Download Born Sinner here.
Numbers don’t lie—or do they? Despite Billboard not counting Jay-Z’s million seller, the tangible edition of Magna Carta Holy Grail has sold approximately 528,208 copies. If the number holds up, this will mark Hov’s 13th number one album. Watch out Paul, John, George, and Ringo; he’s on your ass. Pause. Final tally tomorrow. UPDATE: 527,000 copies sold. Oh, what a feeling!
Ace Hood was back on Power 105.1’s morning show. He discussed his single, departing from Def Jam, and rolling through these mean streets. UPDATE: Back with Power 105 today, Ace discusses his album Trials & Tribulations, the watch debacle, his loyalty to DJ Khaled, the Zimmerman verdict and more. Sidebar: Hot 97 Interview
“My people be projects or jail never Harvard or Yale…” Street knowledge continues to amaze the scholars. Despite dropping out of the eighth grade, Nas has been honored by Harvard University with the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship. The program will fund and enrich artists and scholars with connections to hip-hop. Says Nas: “In my rollercoaster of a life I’ve endured good and bad for sure, and I’ve truly been blessed to have achieved so much thru art in my short life […]
We’re a week into the new season of Nick Cannon’s Wild’n Out. And for tonight’s episode, Mac Miller is the celebrity guest. Here’s a sneak peak of their freestyle battle. That Eminem line works every time.
Surrounded by a ring of fire, Ace Hood brings the heat on the title track of his new video. Trials & Tribulations in stores today. Purchase yours here.
Powered by the Quad City DJ’s sample, Audio Push release their new track featuring hip-hop’s resident martian, Lil Wayne. Don’t be afraid to do your dance to this. hnhh
From the strip club to the trap house, Freddie Gibbs and Hit Screwface search for that elusive white girl. Seems as if the guy at the :40 second mark found her. Off ESGN, which you can download here.
Mannie Fresh mans the boards on this new collaboration featuring new comers Carmine and Maylino. The chorus sounds like something that would be up Future’s lane.
With Mustard on the beat, Paul Wall gets tho’d with West Coast ryders, YG and Kid Ink. Off Paul Wall’s upcoming mixtape, Check Season. hnhh
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This is a great reminder of how powerful and lasting Lauryn Hill’s influence has been in music. The fact that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill eventually reached diamond status after so many years shows that truly meaningful music can continue finding new listeners long after its original release. I also like how the article highlights the combination of hip hop, R&B, neo soul, and reggae that made the album so distinctive. Achieving more than 10 million sales is an incredible milestone, especially considering how much the music industry has changed since 1998. The album’s success feels less like a temporary trend and more like proof that strong songwriting and authentic artistic expression can remain relevant across generations. It is interesting to see how numbers can tell part of a story, whether we are looking at album sales or using a proportion calculator to understand relationships between different figures.