The death of Florida rapper XXXtentacion brought about the awareness that the younger generation needs guidance and support now more than ever. His death also shined a light on his talent as a songwriter, as well as to remember that he was a 20-year-old who now has a family left to grieve over his untimely […]
Moneybagg Yo is one of the south’s rising rappers. His claim to fame has been his association with Yo Gotti, in which the two released the mixtape 2 Federal in the fall of 2016 under Gotti’s record label, Collective Music Group. Moneybagg Yo has kept that momentum going, releasing four projects since that collaboration and he’s gearing up for […]
Janelle Monae saw her name in the news recently: but not for her music. Rumors spread of Monae and Tessa Thompson being in a lesbian relationship, but it was sort-of confirmed and sort-of not. Anywho, Monae stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to remind us that she just dropped an album (Dirty Computer) […]
Usually, teenage rappers are too busy making melodic tracks about nonsense: such as jewelry, drugs, and women. They also “usually” don’t provide any substance pertaining to lyricism. But 19-year-old rapper Curtis Roach, who hails from Detroit, Michigan, has proven to be the anomaly. Roach has preferred to have his music feature an old-school hip-hop/jazz vibe, […]
Legendary Queens rapper Nas released his long-awaited eleventh album, Nasir, this past Friday (June 15). While the overall rollout for the project to be released to streaming sites took awhile, the response to the project has generally been favorable. A majority of the praise, though, was the album’s production helmed by Kanye West. But as most […]
R&B artist Sean Gast has slowly begun to make a name for himself on the urban music scene. Last year, Gast released a song with Rich the Kid titled “No Exxageration” while websites such as Revolt featured him as an artist to watch. Today, Gast is letting The Source.com viewers get an early glimpse of […]
Rapper Kid Cudi released his cult-classic Man on the Moon: The End of Day in September 2009 and the albums second track, “Soundtrack To My Life” instantly became a fan favorite that has stood the test of time. The lyrics on the track, although deep and personal, resonated with music fans who instantly gravitated to Cudi’s […]
This past April, A$AP Rocky released his triumphant single ‘A$AP Forever’ with accompanying visuals. The song was the last of three singles released by Rocky this year (Bad Company and Cocky.) Since Rocky is gearing up to release his long-awaited third album Testing this Friday (May 25) Rocky stopped by Genius to explain “A$AP Forever.” Check out […]
Hailing from St. Louis, up-and-coming rapper/producer Mvstermind is gearing up to release a new track titled “More.” The track is set to officially get a release this Friday. (May 18) “More” is a moody, but well-written track that featured a lot of trap elements in the production. Mvstermind has garnered steam over the year, in […]
Lil Baby, a rising rapper from Atlanta, has released a new visual to “Southside,” a song from his latest project, Harder Than Ever. The video takes place in Atlanta, most-likely his neighborhood stomping ground where Lil Baby showcases his people from around the way. Appropriately enough, the track is produced by hitmaking producer Southside. Visit streaming.thesource.com […]
Post Malone’s second album, beerbongs & bentleys has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. With 461,000 equivalent album (153,000 traditional album sales) Malone’s debut has surpassed J.Cole’s KOD as the biggest first-week debut for 2018. Malone also has the biggest debut since Taylor Swift’s Reputation was released in December 2017. That project moved 1.238 million units in its debut. […]
This past Monday (April 30) Travis Scott celebrated his 26th birthday. In the process, he teased his fans by tweeting that new music was on the way. So today (May 4) Scott delivered on that promise by debuting a new track called “Watch” featuring Kanye West and Lil Uzi Vert. Pi’erre Bourne delivered the production for the track, enhancing […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The reemergence of Kanye West into the social media, and pop culture stratosphere this week has predictably caused many heads to turn. His while he sent out his usual self-help-according-to-Kanye tweets, his thoughts on Donald Trump caused a stir. So of course, there were pleads from music pundits and (some) […]
Janelle Monae has finally revealed the tracklisting to her new album, Dirty Computer which drops this Friday (April 27). She announced the track listing via Twitter, and her Tweet instructs fans to go to an interactive website which will direct them to the tracklist-once they type in “I am a dirty computer” first. Repeat after me, "I […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information With TLOP4 (The Life of Pierre 4) on the way, hit-making producer Pi’erre Bourne comes through with another banger. The track, which was released this past weekend, is titled “Planet Namek” and features Pi’erre displaying his melodic flow over his guitar-driven production. The South Carolina native is set to have features such […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information J. Cole released his highly anticipated fifth album KOD Friday morning (April 20) and the 12-track project already has his fans buzzin. The album had Cole take more of a minimalist approach to the production, while his friendlier-conscious lyrics took center stage. Cole also once again followed his no features format, outside of […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The power of a Drake cosign is still immense. BlocBoy JB, Drake’s latest cosign has parlayed the attention given to him by churning out new music. Today, (April 17) BlocBoy released a new track and video called “Prod By Bloc.” The video captures the energy of the track, with BlocBoy […]
Post Malone took the Sahara stage as the final act for the prestigious Coachella music festival, but he left fans with a treat. During his performance, he debuted a new song with Swae Lee titled “Spoil My Night.” The song is projected to be released on Post’s second album, Beerbong’s & Bentley’s. The melody-driven track marks Swae & […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Harlem rap group The Diplomats came through like an unannounced storm in the early 2000’s. Led by the de facto leader, Cam’ron, the group’s style, and flash played an integral part in their come up. The group consisted of Cam’ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and Freekey Zeekey. Prior to their arrival, New York […]
Janelle Monae is gearing up for her long-awaited third studio album Dirty Computer. Two singles have already been released: “Make Me Feel” and “Django Jane” and for her third release, Monae pushed for female empowerment not only with themselves but with their sexuality on her new track, “PYNK.” On “PYNK,” Monae teamed up with Canadian pop artist Grimes. […]
