Top Dawg Entertainment has already had a successful 2018. They were at the helm of the heralded Black Panther Soundtrack, SiR put R&B on his shoulders early in the year, Jay Rock released an Album of the Year candidate, an insane collection of clothing with Nike and they toured the nation on their The Championship Tour. […]
TDE officially kicks off its highly-anticipated ‘Championship’ tour this week, but live music isn’t the only thing that the hip-hop/R&B collective has in store for us. Given that the first stop on the tour is in Vancouver, the city’s own Reigning Champ decided to pair up with rap’s favorite record label of hitmakers for a […]
Historically, hip-hop has never been short on a classic marijuana-based anthem; anyone that owns a Dr. Dre album can attest to that. Over the years, you’d be hard-pressed to find a mixtape or playlist that didn’t include “I Got 5 On It” by the Luniz, Redman & Method Man’s “How High”, “Good Times” by Styles […]
On Monday morning, Top Dawg Entertainment sent fans into a frenzy after they announced that the label is going on tour. Titled ‘The Championship Tour,’ Kendrick Lamar, SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SiR, and Lance Skiiiwalker, will be hitting the road on a two month trek across North America. While TDE label-mate Isaiah Rashad […]
Words by Roman White Battle rapper Daylyt took to Instagram early Friday morning to send prayers to his fellow South LA rapper Ab Soul. Daylyt posted a picture of the Top Dawg Ent artist with the caption “I need everybody to say a prayer for my boy ab soul ! He’s going thru some really tuff s**t […]
Check out Ab-Soul on Montreality discussing various topics in society, music, friendships and more! Ab-Soul speaks about : Advertisement – disliking the term “Stay Woke” (0:51) – the Law Of Attraction (1:24) – our Planet being Sad (2:16) – his Upcoming Album(s) “Longterm 3” & “Control System 2” (2:47) – Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” / the Blind […]
“Don’t Ruin Us God Said.” With less than 72 hours remaining until DWTW drops, Ab-Soul continues to have fans salivating in anticipation. Today Soul shared a new song, “D.R.U.G.S.” with the trippy visuals to accompany it. The black and white video is filled with symbolism including balloons, roses, pills and an apple on fire. A […]
Ab-Soul‘s new album DWTW is coming and now fans have the first track in the PakkMusicGroup-produced “Threatening Nature.” The Top Dawg Entertainment rapper had been hinting that something was coming with the use of the hashtag #DWTW across his social media accounts. Back in February TDE CEO Anthony Tiffith hinted that 2016 would see the release of a new Ab-Soul album. The rapper then revealed that […]
Since signing to Roc Nation in July, Jamla artist Rapsody has continued to make a case as one of rap’s strongest lyricists out. Holding her own with the likes of Talib Kweli and Kendrick Lamar, Rapsody has shown that she is definitely one of the strongest lyricists out today. After hitting us with “Fire” last week and “Mad” […]
After gracing the pages of HNNH, FakeShoreDrive, AHH, TheSource, HHS1987 and others with his song “Family First” featuring Twista and GLC, Chicago artist Nightlife returns and links up with TDE’s Ab-Soul for a bold new track called, “Good Shit.” The track is a slow-moving hazey track with melodies that make this the perfect song to […]
Bas dropped his stellar Too High to Riot album earlier this year in March, and he’s just wrapped up the Too High to Riot tour in support of it. Naturally, the Queens emcee’s got a little time on his hands, so he decided to gift us with a remix. TDE’s self-proclaimed black-lipped bastard, Ab-Soul, joins […]
On the dawn of Schoolboy Q’s album release date, we get a bonus track with the new Black Hippy “THat Part” remix featuring Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul. After the release of the original version featuring Kanye West as well as the music video, we can still find room to appreciate this unique collaboration […]
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 […]
It’s been a little over a year and a half year since TDE’s Ab-Soul released his third studio album, These Days and it appears he might be getting restless. Today [February 8, 2016] he took to Twitter to voice his frustration with the lack of his new music being released, tweeting “Preciate everybody that’s been […]
In an exclusive interview with MTV News, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) president, Dave Free, spoke about Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, SZA and more. Check out the excerpts below. TDE president Dave Free told MTV: “This year was a great year, but 2016 is going to be an amazing year. We’ve got a lot more music […]
Ab-Soul, the Black Lip Bastard, in the midst of his These Days… album run, decided to stop by our Midtown offices and chop it up about just where the hell he’d been in the years leading up to the release of his 3rd LP. Soul talked about continuing his highly revered Long Term series, his […]
Ab-Soul is widely regarded as Top Dawg’s best lyricist, and though Kendrick has experienced the international commercial fame thus far, there’s no shortage of interest in the Carson, California native. The Black Lip Bastard invited SourceTV cameras to hang out with him for a day, and find out the many things that make the left […]
This year’s Block Party LA included amazing performances by independent artists as well bigger names.
Ab-Soul links up with Alchemist for another metaphysical magnum opus. Giving you 47 bars in appreciate of his fan’s support for his These Days tours which spanned 47 cities. Take a listen below. Soulo!!! -Def Soul (@DefSoulNJ) Advertisement
If you are a fan of TDE, then you would know that Ab-Soul is one of the original members of the music group. With the success of Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, and SZA many have been waiting for the release of Ab-Soul’s break out album. Well, there might be some problems over at Top […]