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This is a big week for music releases. As March closes out, Tyler, The Creator released his deluxe album Call Me If You Get Lost: Estate Sale, featuring the standout track, “Sorry Not Sorry.” Quavo is back with a new solo single “Honey Bun,” which interpolates a popular Drake song. And DJ Drama just dropped his […]

Before you head out for the weekend, you should know about some of the biggest music releases this week. Benny the Butcher and Conway the Machine connected on “Fly With Me,” which is a standout on Benny’s new album Pyrex Picasso.  Denzel Curry is back with his bar-heavy track “The Game.” And YNW Melly and […]

Joseph Robinson, better known as Joe Freshgoods, wants you to stop asking him when his second collaboration with New Balance—a pair of brown, green, and blue 990v3s—are coming out. “This is like my sophomore album,” says Robinson over the phone, the day before he would drop the sneakers in Chicago first at the Garfield Park on […]

Conway the Machine continues to keep the game in the Cobra Clutch with the release of his latest project, La Maquina.  The Griselda capo released La Maquina on Friday after teasing the project to his social media followers.  Along with the usual suspects, Benny The Butcher and Westside Gunn, La Maquina features, J.I.D, 2 Chainz, and more. There’s also a feature […]

Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats have shared another taste of their fast-approaching collaborative project. On Thursday night, the rapper-producer duo unleashed their “Cosmic.m4a” remix with a new contribution from Pro Era’s Joey Badass. The updated version also features production by The Alchemist, who is one of the handful of hitmakers enlisted for Unlocked 1.5—a re-edition of Curry and Kenny’s 2020 joint effort Unlocked.  […]

Freddie Gibbs is celebrating his Grammy nomination for the Alchemist-produced Alfredo with a small capsule collection of new merch. Alfredo has gotten a nod for “Best Rap Album,” and ahead of the Grammys next month, he’s released three T-shirts and a hoodie to mark the occasion. Featuring an original illustration from Frko Rico, the pieces come as part […]

Earl Sweatshirt‘s excellent Feet of Clay, originally released in a seven-track form back in November, has been given the deluxe treatment. The new version was first made available on vinyl on July 10. On Friday, Earl released the Feet of Clay deluxe edition—which now also includes “GHOST” featuring Navy Blue and “WHOLE WORLD” featuring Maxo—to […]

Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist have a long collaborative history, dating all the way back to (sadly unreleased) tracks from Gangsta Gibbs’ earliest days in the rap game. But the Gary, Indiana-raised spitter and the West Coast beat magician really connected when Gibbs guested on Curren$y’s 2011 track, “Scottie Pippen.” That led to the trio making the full-length collaborative […]

We know, you’re bored in the house, but at least Earl Sweatshirt has released his new song “Whole World” to help you pass the time. The psychedelic-sounding track is the latest we’ve heard from the L.A.-based rapper since his last project Feet of Clay dropped in late 2019. Prior to this, Earl sat down to have a candid one-on-one conversation at […]

Earl Sweatshirt makes his return with his new project, Feet Of Clay. Earl announced the project via Twitter just hours before its release. It contains seven songs that were mostly produced by the rapper. Assisting Earl with the beats is the legendary Alchemist and Ovrkast. Feet Of Clay will boast features from Mach-Hommy and Mavi.  Similar to his previous project, Feet Of Clay will […]