Month: March 2022

Dreamville Set to Drop Mixtape with DJ Drama Before Dreamville Festival

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J. Cole hit Twitter Wednesday night and announced a new mixtape, pairing together his Dreamville squad with DJ Drama. The new mixtape is called D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, and is set to release Thursday night.

““Smoke n-gga !!!!!!!!!!!!” J. Cole said of the mixtape online. The tape is arriving ahead of the return of Dreamville Festival.

“You n-ggas over here talking ’bout festivals?” DJ Drama said in the album’s trailer. “I’m thinking more like invasions!… You gon’ stop playing on Dreamville’s top!… Like n-ggas don’t run this!”

And now for a word from Ib:

On Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3, J. Cole and his Dreamville crew are excited to announce that Rotation, Amazon Music’s worldwide hip-hop and R&B brand, will broadcast the official live stream of the 2022 Dreamville Festival.

Dreamville Festival announced its star-studded music roster earlier this month, with 80,000+ attendees expected to attend the extended two-day music extravaganza this April. Dreamville Festival is partnering with Rotation to deliver unprecedented, real-time access to the two-day festival, which is one of the biggest yearly events on the East Coast, for fans who can’t make the trip to North Carolina.

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Rob Markman, a respected music journalist and broadcaster of Rap Rotation, Gia Peppers, host of R&B Rotation DJ Mode, and hip-hop industry veteran Wayno will host the stream.

“In just a few short years, J. Cole has made Dreamville Festival into one of the preeminent hip-hop moments of the year, hosting performances from the hottest up-and-coming artists and established talents. We at Rotation have worked to make Amazon Music the home for these kinds of activations and I can’t wait to bring Dreamville Festival into the homes of hip-hop and R&B fans around the globe,” said Tim Hinshaw, head of hip-hop and R&B for Amazon Music.

“We established Dreamville Festival as one of the premier hip-hop events in the country; bringing together all aspects of the Dreamville brand. This year, we’ve scaled the festival to two days and have curated a lineup of some of Dreamville’s closest collaborators. It’s always been a goal to make Dreamville Fest accessible to fans around the world, and partnering with Amazon Music has made that a reality,” said Candace Rodney, President Dreamville Studios & Records.

The Amazon Music Channel on Twitch, Prime Video, and the Amazon Music app will exclusively broadcast the Dreamville Festival 2022 livestream on April 2-3, 2022.

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Nike Set to Release Off-White Blazer Low

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Nike is preparing to release the first posthumous sneaker collaboration with Virgil Abloh. The Off-White x Nike Blazer Low is set for an April release.

According to Sneaker News, Abloh aimed at “mixing languages for a new signature.” The new sneaker will release in a white and black colorway, featuring holes throughout the upper area of the sneaker, additional laces, and a heel sharpened to a point like the Terra Humara. The sneaker comes equipped with the signature zip tie.

The new sneaker will be available on April 8 on Nike SNKRS for $140.

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Ella Mai Releases the Tracklist and Release Date for ‘Heart on My Sleeve’ Album

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Ella Mai is set to release her new album, Heart on My Sleeve, on May 6. The album will be released on 10 Summers/Interscope records. “I poured my whole heart into this album, more so than ever before. I am overly excited for this sophomore journey. Let’s do it all over again,” Mai said on Instagram.

The new album will be 15 songs in length and will feature Latto, Roddy Ricch, and Lucky Daye.

Speaking with Zane Lowe on New Daily Music on Apple Music 1, Ella Mai cited the lead single, “DFMU” as “almost a therapy session.”

“This song in this process was very, very hard for me because it was like my life in real time,” Ella Mai said. “So it was almost a therapy session when I was in the session. But I think that’s the best way. All the people that I grew up listening to are always very, very honest. And I’ve always just appreciated honesty. I think it’s the best way I think that people can relate to you also so…I was having a very honest conversation with Prince Charlez who I wrote the song with about I was going through at that point. And it just was basically a conversation, and it just came together that way. And I think those are the best songs because storytelling is just conversation really.” 

She added, “It was one of the ones during the recording process that I just knew it had to make… I think it was maybe the 10th song in the recording process. I recorded a whole bunch of songs. And I remember saying to my day manager, I was like, ‘Yeah, this is making the list.’ And she was like, ‘We just started. Calm down. There’s no list yet. We’ve got a long way to go.’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah. Yeah, I know. But I just feel this one. I just feel this one on a different level.’ And I’m grateful that it still made the list.”

You can hear the single and see the full tracklist below.

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Silk Sonic Named Opening Performers for the 2022 GRAMMYs

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Silk Sonic Named Opening Performers for the 2022 GRAMMYs

Kanye West won’t be on the GRAMMYs stage but Silk Sonic will. The duo of Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars are a part of the third cycle of performers announced for this Sunday’s show.

Named alongside Silk Sonic are Carrie Underwood, J Balvin, John Legend, and Maria Becerra.

Previous performance announcements included Chris Stapleton, Foo Fighters, H.E.R., Nas, Jon Batiste, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Rachel Zegler, Billie Eilish, Brandi Carlile, Brothers Osborne, BTS, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, and Olivia Rodrigo.

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Kanye West Might Be Able To Perform At The 2022 Grammys: Report

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Kanye West has been rather quiet over the past few weeks since Instagram suspended his account. The rapper’s incessant posts about Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson, Trevor Noah, and countless others finally got put to a halt but it also came with repercussions outside of social media. The Donda 2 rapper was initially slated to perform at the Grammys but the Recording Academy pulled that offer off of the table following some highly offensive posts he shared on IG.


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Per Hits Daily Double, there’s a possibility that Ye might touch the stage, after all. The Recording Academy is reportedly on pace to make one last announcement surrounding Grammy performers ahead of the live ceremony in Las Vegas on Sunday (April 3rd). The Grammys having conversations with a pool of artists including Ye, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga.

Ye’s performance was initially pulled due to “concerning online behavior” that ultimately had the rapper banned from Instagram for 24 hours. Perhaps, his recent streak of silence is what prompted the Grammys to offer Ye a second chance.

Despite the Grammy’s decision to pull his performance, the rapper is still allowed to attend the ceremony. Kanye’s up for a number of categories including Album Of The Year, Best Rap Song, Best Melodic Rap Performance, and Best Rap Album.

We’ll keep you posted on any updates surrounding the Grammys. 

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Dreamville Announces “D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape” With DJ Drama

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Dreamville remains one of the tightest labels in hip-hop right now. And with each release under the imprint, each artist proves that they are stars in their own right. However, it’s a different ball game when they join forces, as we’ve witnessed on each of the Dreamville compilation projects since 2014


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On Wednesday night, Dreamville and DJ Drama announced they joined forces for D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape. The new project will serve as the formal follow-up to Revenge Of The Dreamers III and arrives tonight (Mar. 31) at 7 p.m. ET. A trailer for the project arrived with the announcement consisting of dramatic shots of the Dreamville roster. Drama makes it Gangsta Grillz official with a suspenseful drop over AraabMuzik production. 

J. Cole and co.’s forthcoming compilation project is strategically arriving a few days before Dreamville’s annual festival in Raleigh, NC. The Dreamville Festival takes place on April 2nd and 3rd at Dorothea Dix Park with the entire Dreamville roster, as well as Lil Baby, Wale, Kehlani, Fivio Foreign, Ja Rule & Ashanti, Wiz Khalifa (performing Kush & Orange Juice), Rico Nasty, and DJ Drama, who will be joined by Lil Wayne, Jeezy, and T.I. for the first-ever Gangsta Grillz performance. The festival will be live-streamed on Amazon Prime.

Check out the trailer for Dreamville and DJ Drama’s D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape below and sound off with your thoughts. 

Chief Keef Shuts Down Talks of Forthcoming NBA Youngboy Collaboration: “This Song From 2018”

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The Internet came across a snippet of a collaboration between Chief Keef and NBA Youngboy and immediately perked their ears, looking for the full thing. Don’t look for it to arrive anytime soon as it is allegedly old.

No Jumper noted Chief Keef Sosa saw the murmurs of the collaboration online, leading him to let fans know the song is old and not one that he cares for.

“This song from 2018 And I don’t like the song and I’m sure Lil folks don’t like it either,” Keef wrote. You can hear the snippet and peep Keef’s response below.

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Pusha T Names JAY-Z, Jeezy, and Himself as the Big 3 of Drug Rap

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When it comes to coke rap there aren’t many who can flow about pyrex pots and bricks like Pusha T. Speaking with Complex, Pusha T highlighted who are the three greatest coke rappers of all-time.

“Hov is first, because he made Reasonable Doubt, and that is the grail of all drug levels, without being all about drugs. It spoke more to the lifestyle,” Pusha T said. “Lyrically, I’m going to say that I’m next. And I’ll say Jeezy is third, because I don’t believe there was a stronger moment in time than Trap or Die.”

The latest display of exquisite coke bars from Pusha T comes on his new single “Diet Coke.” The single is produced by YE and 88 Keys, the latter of which reveals the single was created by him 18 years ago. Great music doesn’t age.

 “I made that beat 18 years ago,” 88 Keys said. “It was an interlude that I made for my beat tape, and the name of my beat tape was called ‘The Makings of Crack Cocaine.’ How funny is that?”

You can tap into the new single below and be sure to read the full interview over at Complex.

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