At Irving Plaza tonight, Big Boi was the musical guest for Sony’s Music Unlimited campaign. Following his set, General Patton returned to the stage for an encore performance of “Tangerine” and “You Ain’t No DJ”. Great songs from an even better album.
With J.Cole handling the production duties, Kendrick Lamar finally treats us to the first release off his upcoming project, Section. 80.The track is also available on iTunes.
This ain’t no ordinary love, but the lyrics are. Anyways, to commemorate the kick-off of the Coming Home tour this evening, Diddy and his leading ladies release a new rendition of previous tracks for their fans.
Now that the two made amends, Phonte tells The Urban Daily that he plans to release a solo album with majority of the production done by 9th Wonder. No name as of yet, but Phonte is eyeing a September 13 release, which is also the 6th anniversary of the release of The Minstrel Show. The pair recently reunited last month on Lil B’s track.
[vodpod id=Video.6025121&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] We already got some footage from the Supafest Tour a few days ago. Now Joey Crack comes through with a new series where he is documenting his travels overseas. More footage coming soon.
Loso premiered his new remix with Ne-Yo and R-Les in 10 different cities tonight at 7 pm. Here’s the radio rip moments ago by DJ Clue. The saga continues, so look for the CDQ in a few. dunnyy UPDATE: CDQ
X to the V keeps the limelight on him and releases another track from his upcoming project with some help from Jazmine Sullivan and Sez Batter. Pay attention for Zero Heroes which drops Friday.
R&B artist Bei Maejor is up to no good with his brand new single featuring J.Cole. The track will be featured on his upcoming debut which will be available to purchase on iTunes this Friday. md
We got flicks from the set already but now here’s the remixed audio from Jizzle and 2 Chainz courtesy of DJ Black Bill Gates. Expect the video to be dropping soon as well.
[vodpod id=Video.6006558&w=540&h=350&fv=] Swizz Beatz will be the latest guest on Fuse‘s Hip Hop Shop later this evening. In this preview clip, Swizz explains to Touré the difference between a beatmaker and a producer. Episode airs at midnight.
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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.