Let the controversy begin once again. XXL has unveiled this year’s freshman class (Chief Keef as the 11th man)

Kendrick and Soulo put their spin on Awolnation’s YouTube favorite. You blame this leak on the

TDE’s NYC takeover continued last night with Ab-Soul’s show at S.O.B.’s. Kendrick Lamar was in the house and ran through “Backseat Freestyle”. His chat with Info the previous night after the jump. boac

Ab-Soul sat with Hot 97’s morning crew today. The Black Hippy spoke on Kendrick’s success, weed smoking, upcoming projects, meeting DJ Premier and more. Catch him at

MTV’s RapFix Live invited the Wu’s Raekwon and TDE’s Ab-Soul on the couch this afternoon. Before ending the show, Ab-Soul decided to kick an acapella. Cut the beat.

It’s girls, girls and more girls on the first single from Ab-Soul and JMSN’s upcoming collaborative project, Unit 6.

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On track one of Control System, Ab-Soul professed to being the underdog and secret weapon. That’s actually a fair assessment. As Top Dawg Entertainment’s most enigmatic artist, Soul announces his arrival with “Track Two” and shortly after, delivers a mean hook alongside Danny Brown on “Terrorist Threats”. He dumps a full clip on the Kendrick Lamar-featured “ILLuminate” and then surveys the damage with calm (“A Rebellion”, “Empathy”). It’s politics as usual and on “Beautiful Death”, The Black Lip Bastard turns his face […]

Chuck Inglish of the Cool Kids steps behind the MPC on this new cut featuring Mac Miller and Ab-Soul. Give it a listen, it’s worth the time. ao

TDE’s got music in the stash. Tonight, the label’s in-house producer Willie B decides to treat the Black Hippy fans to some free audio from Ab-Soul.