UPDATE: The album is now available for download on iTunes! Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information It appears Top Dawg is a man of his word. Two days after announcing that he would drop a new TDE project this week to validate claims that he expects there to be releases from ScHoolboy Q, SZA, Isaiah Rashad, […]
Its been two years since the release of Kendrick Lamar‘s critically acclaimed debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information K-Dot partnered with helmsman Kahlil Joseph to bring the album to the big screen. It was shown at Sundance’s NEXT Festival in Los Angeles, as well as the L.A. Museum of Contemporary Art last year. However, […]
It has been a long tradition to celebrate music and pop culture with Essence Magazine in the heart of Louisiana. This year The Essence Music Fest boast headliners like Kendrick Lamar, Mariah Carey and Maxwell. Ciara, Charlie Wilson, Babyface, Lion Babe, Faith Evans and Tyrese are also scheduled to perform. The festival will be held […]
For the past few years, southern California based label Top Dawg Entertainment or TDE, has been one of the premier imprints in Hip Hop. Home to Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock, collectively known as Black Hippy, they have grown from underground favorites to global stars. Monday evening (February 29), the company’s CEO […]
George Clinton has been one of the biggest influences in Hip Hop, as one of the most sampled artists ever. Clinton’s funk has provided many artists with the inspiration needed to make classic material, with everyone from Dr. Dre, Pimp C to R. Kelly sampling his music. Clinton’s song “Atomic Dog” has been sampled over 150 […]
As one of the most popular genres of music in America and the world, for decades artists have created Hip Hop that makes us dance, sing, celebrate,mourn, fall in love,and reminisces on good times shared. From politics to religion, rap has been one of the pillars of music that best represents the African American community. […]
The thirst is real. And in the case of Kendrick Lamar‘s unreleased “Untitled” records, it appears to be impacting everyone – even LeBron James. The Cleveland Cavalier took to Twitter recently and publicly begged the founder and CEO of TDE, Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith aka Dangeroo Kipawaa, to unleash the songs once and for all […]
J.Cole had fans who attended the opening night of Los Angeles’ second-annual Air + Style festival on Saturday in an absolute daze. After figuring out which side of the crowd was most engaged during his headlining set by asking concertgoers to repeat the chorus to his debut album’s lead single, “Who Dat,” at the top […]
With the buzz of Beyoncé’s impending Formation tour still at an all-time high, it looks like Hip Hop might have a monstrous tour of it’s soon. In a recent interview with DJ Whoo Kid, Snoop Dogg revealed that there is a strong possibility that he, Dr. Dre, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar might be on tour […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Kendrick Lamar hasn’t just been dominant in the music aspect of his career. The Compton rapper has also excelled in the humanitarian category, performing as part of a TDE toy drive during the Christmas holiday and forwarding some of the proceeds from sales of his new Reebok shoes to charity. Yesterday, […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Kendrick Lamar has a batch of music that didn’t make the final cut of To Pimp a Butterfly, and he’s taken his time unveiling it, from two performances on Stephen Colbert‘s late night shows on Comedy Central and CBS, and more recently, last night’s Grammy Awards, in which Kendrick dropped […]
Later this evening, Kendrick Lamar – who leads the ceremony with 11 nominations on behalf of his sophomore album, To Pimp a Butterfly (already winning four), nearly an all-time record if not for Michael Jackson‘s 12 nods for Thriller in 1984 – is set to give what five-time consecutive host LL Cool J has already been describing […]
UPDATE: Make it five. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information That’s right, now that things have gotten underway at the 58th Grammy Awards, awards continue to be handed out and speeches are made. Ice Cube and his son, O’Shea Jackson, just presented the award for Best Rap Album, and Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly beat […]
Compton Mayor Aja Brown decided that enough time has already gone by without giving the CPT’s golden child Kendrick Lamar the key to the city, but not before sending a little shade at Drake as sub par to the Compton native. Check out the footiage from today’s ceremony in sunny L.A. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more […]
With the 58th Annual Grammy Awards now just two days away, there’s a reasonably enormous amount of excitement surrounding Kendrick Lamar, who leads this year’s ceremony with 11 nominations – a would-be all-time high if it weren’t for Michael Jackson‘s Thriller LP earning the King of Pop a whopping 12 nods in 1984. Adding to the hype […]
With the 58th Annual Grammy Awards exactly one week away, Kendrick Lamar, who leads the ceremony with 11 nominations for his second album, To Pimp a Butterfly – a Hip Hop milestone, and nearly all-time record had it not been for Michael Jackson‘s Thriller racking up one extra nod in 1984 – along with several […]
Last year it was announced that “the world’s most dangerous rap group”, N.W.A., would be joining the ranks of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, Run-D.M.C., The Beastie Boys and Public Enemy as the next Hip Hip group to be inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information It […]
Well, it’s really on and popping now. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The Jay-Z endorsed emcee took to Periscope while in Miami and while behind the wheel, Jay Electronica had some very controversial statements about some of the rap game’s top dogs. First, when a fan asked Jay-E to play some Kendrick Lamar during his […]
With 11 Grammy nominations for To Pimp a Butterfly, being crowned one of the best by the Commander in Chief President Obama and a certified double platinum ranking by the RIAA, Kendrick Lamar is definitely the man of Hip Hop right now. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In a recent interview with Billboard, Kendrick discussed […]
Due to the Internet Age and the technologically advanced means in which music is now consumed, the Recording Industry Association of America has modified its Gold and Platinum album guidelines to include on-demand audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent in Gold and Platinum album awards. Because of the new standards, now Hip Hop […]
