Summer Walker has revisited her hit single “No Love,” for a video and added Cardi B. “Yall guessed it, my girl @IamcardiB jumped on ‘No Love’ with me & @Sza and we’re going live at 10pmET tonight to celebrate. I can’t wait for y’all to see the video Friday!” Summer Walker said ahead of the release of the extended version.
The original version of “No Love” was released on last year’s Still Over It album. You can see the video below.
DDG has teamed with Gunna for the new video “Elon Musk.” The new release is directed by StripMall and follows the young star as he hops in a rocket and is blasted into space. The video is a preview of what’s to come for the rapper, as he attempts to beat Soulja Boy to a first, and will become the first rapper that is sent to space.
You can check out the new video below and stay tuned to The Source as we bring you more of DDG’s space coverage.
Babyface Ray, a Detroit legend and rising rapper, released his new album FACE earlier this year, and now he’s back with a new video for “Motown Music.”
The album, which was released in January, debuted at #2 on the Independent Charts and reached #31 on the Billboard Top 200. It also charted on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Rap Albums, and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album features Pusha T, G Herbo, 42 Dugg, Wiz Khalifa, Icewear Vezzo, Yung Lean and Landstrip Chip with production from 808 Mafia, DJ Esco, OG Parker, Romano, ATL Jacob and more.
The return of SxSw, might have taken place during the Spring, but on March 18th, in Austin, Texas it was Holiday season! The legendary Hip Hop DJ helped to capture the essence of what SxSw music festival in Austin is all about with his Hollipalooza stage powered by Kim SoMajor, The Umbrella Firm and The Source Magazine.
“The Hollipalooza event was everything you could ask for,” said the Atlanta artist Atmore VI, who debuted an unreleased song he has featuring Bad Bunny called “Passport.” Atmore VI shared, “Hot artists from the past, present, and future all showing love and performing some great music.”
Hollipalooza not only provided the entertainment with big named artists like Trae The Truth, Sally Sossa, Domani, K Shiday, Rob49 and Beat King, it also gave independent artists a time to shine.
“I don’t think they understand,” said Holiday as he introduced his special guest. “I brought some very important people here.”
Along with himself, The Source, and other media outlets in the building, Kim SoMajor and Holiday also brought out Josh “J1” Raiford to help new artist set up their own unique stations as a way to reach those larger audiences. Raiford is the VP of music programming at Pandora.
Attendees felt that the Hollipalooza stage powered by Kim SoMajor and The Umbrella Firm was a great opportunity for them to grow as an artist.
“My Hollipalooza experience was mad lit and definitely one to remember,” said the Georgia native Big Legend who performed” Money Habits.”
He continued to speak on how he took advantage of the mass amount of people present for the event, “I networked with a lot of artists and industry executives, along with making a lot of new fans.”
Rising artist out of South Memphis, Tripstar, loved the enthusiasm of the attendees. Being the next big thing out of Memphis, Trip wanted to know how others felt about his music and said he received a great response.
“I really like how everybody was very supportive and had great energy in the crowd,” said Tripstar, the latest signee to Moneybagg Yo.
Currently, Tripstar’s “Favorite App” song featuring Lil Migo is running on all music platforms.
PGF Shawt, another artist from Atlanta, said The Source was his favorite magazine growing up and loved the fact that he got a chance to perform with them in the building.
“Just being able to be a part of The Source is big,” said Shawt. “It’s a pleasure and honor truly appreciated. Right now, fans can check out PGF Shawt’s new single “Confessions” on all music platforms.
A lot of the performing acts recognized the prominence of DJ Holiday and they all felt honored for the opportunity to showcase their talents in front of him on a big stage.
Atmore VI added, “DJ Holiday is an OG we all grew up listening to, and his down-to-earth demeanor shows you he really does this for the love.”
The Hip Hop duo from St. Petersburg, Florida, Yo Simi, and Dredlock Esoc second that thought when it comes to the persona of DJ Holiday.
“DJ Holiday was a solid dude I got a chance to meet him at the show and after I performed, we chopped it up,” said Dredloc Esco, half of the duo who performed “Vegas.”
FeVaOG also loved the fact that DJ Holiday was down to earth.
“DJ Holiday showed me love and was laid back, so I look forward to working with him,” said the Jersey artist who got the crowd lit with his hit “Casamigos”.
Hollipalooza wasn’t your basic open mic showcase. Along with great networking, The Umbrella Firm offered a single record distribution deal via Beatroot Music to one of the nights top performers. Congratulations are in order to PGF Shawt who won the distribution deal.
Woodrow, CEO of The Umbrella Firm, shared that Shawt’s performance stood out as the “total package.” He said, “Shawt showed he has great music with substance and flow patterns which is rare. Artists usually are one or the other. He’s invested in his career and he has a track record of already having collaborations with other artists and uploading to major platforms.”
“Overall, he has a heavy promotional campaign so he came correct and participated while other artists were performing. That showed humility but he was one of the most dominant independents we had. Looking forward to working with him,” Woodrow shared.
The event also featured a live activation with Atlanta’s own Scotty Atl. Scotty ATL showed some major fan appreciation. Being the new King of Grillz, Scotty gifted out two 6-piece grills to the audience, just for attending the Hollipalooza event. Scotty’s grill company, Grillz By Scotty, provided the grills exclusively done onsite.
“We just wanted to show love, said Scotty ATL, who didn’t perform but brought his artist Just Call Me Veto to the music event.
Under the Cool Club label, Just Call Me Veto introduced himself with his new single “One Of Them Ones.” This was his first Austin performance and the New Orleans-born, but Atlanta-raised artist didn’t take it lightly.
“This is major,” said Veto. “In 2014 I was just walking around. I always wanted to do a show here and now I had three. Shout out to DJ Holiday, Scotty, Kim SoMajor, and The Source. This is major.”
There was a ton of fresh faces in the building for Hollipalooza. Check out a list of some of the new faces of Hip Hop to keep on your radar.
Nas digs back into his Magic bag to release the video for “Wave Gods,” featuring ASAP Rocky and DJ Premier. ASAP pulls double duty for the release, as he co-directed the visual alongside Hidji and Spike Jordan.
In the video, Nas wears the same iconic white Avirex jacket that was worn in the 1998 classic film Belly. The “Icon Jacket” was re-released with Avirex’s Fall 21 collection and sold out within weeks nationwide. Fans can get their hands on the jacket now as it is back in stock in its four core colors (white, black, red and blue) and two new releases for spring (berry and limeade).
Sony Australia’s chart-topping starLara D makes her North American debut with a new single and video “Bad Case of Loving You.” For the debut, the Morrocan-Lebanese singer-songwriter tells a rollercoaster love story that ends in one discovering self-love. Stream the new single below via Sony Entertainment Australia.
“about falling into the trap of toxic love and the mixed emotions that come with discovering if someone is genuine, or if it’s all part of a game,” said Lara D about the song’s concept. “Sometimes we fall for someone that we shouldn’t because they don’t treat you right or they fall through on their promises. It’s not a heartbreak song, it’s more about warranted disappointment in someone for turning out exactly like you thought they would.”
The song was co-written by DNA Songs, Lara D knew the song was a hit from the first listen.
“I was playing with vocal ideas and I come up with a cool rhythm vocally in the chorus, everyone reacted and said “that’s it”, it became a key hook – it was funny as I kinda wrote it without thinking,” says Lara.
“Bad Case of Loving You” was filmed at Caves Beach and an arcade in NSW. Lara D, alongside director Alex Greaves, was hands-on with elements of the creative including directing and styling allowed to bring her vision to life. In an unbelievable turn of events, filming was delayed on Caves beach with beached whale drawing on the efforts of Lara, Alex and the crew to get it back to open waters. Despite it held up and everything worked out accordingly.
Lara’s debut is only the beginning of her U.S. take over. She plans to release more new music and is currently in album mode, eager for a late-2022 release. “I’ve been waiting so long to show off my sound and creativity, I’m going to be playing shows too, so I can’t wait for people to hear the songs I’ve been working on live!”
Take a look at the U.S. debut below, afterward, stream Lara D’s catalog above.
Saba releases the official video for “Come My Way,” which features one of his inspirations, Cleveland rapper and Bone Thugs n Harmony member Krayzie Bone, fresh off the release of his critically acclaimed third studio album Few Good Things and its accompanying short film.
“When I think back on first discovering Bone Thugs-N-Harmony as a child, it immediately stood out to me as unique,” Saba said of Bone Thugs n Harmony. “I started paying attention and really learning how to rap from listening to them and trying to recite it. It felt honest and completely true to themselves — authentic in a way that doesn’t come around very often and in a way that will be impossible to recreate. Their mix of melody and rhythms that I had never heard is what connected with me in a way that other music just didn’t. It inspired me to be more creative.”
With “Play For Keeps,” a new video single from the upcoming deluxe edition of Yellow Tape 2, Glock channels his inner Fast & Furious. Glock glides over unique piano chords and booming subwoofers as he delivers some of his most electric flows on the Sledgren-produced track.
Glock is seen in the video for “Play For Keeps” surrounded by the riches of his autonomous domination. Glock illustrates that few things are more deadly than a man with alternatives, bouncing through a list of dream cars including a Cullinan, a McLaren, and a Hellcat.
Yung Bleu and NE-YO released the brand-new music video for their single “Walk Through The Fire.” NE-YO plays a detective investigating a house fire in the video made by Blank Square Productions, with the visuals finally shifting to the events of the previous evening. The picture depicts a heroic Bleu dashing into a burning house to save his love interest from the flames.
“Walk Through The Fire” dropped this past January and is the second collaboration between Yung Bleu and NE-YO, following “Stay Down.” You can see the new video below.
King Von’s What It Means to Be King has given the late rapper a posthumous top 5 debut. The new album will land at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 59,000 equivalent album units earned. According to Billboard, 55,000 of the units came from 79 million official streams. Von moved 4,000 traditional album units.
The estate of King Von has released the video for “Too Real,” a track from the new posthumous album. Von delivers an emotional message in the song, rocking a stutter-stepping rhythm and stating unequivocally that he’s the most real in the streets. Von stalks the backstreets of Chicago with a flamethrower in hand, flashing the glittering smile that his fans and friends loved so well, in “Too Real,” directed by his usual partner DrewFilmedIt.
The What It Means To Be King album is a labor of love that gathers previously unreleased songs from the artist’s output. It’s packed with the fiery bars and riveting storylines that have gained him a devoted following, but it also hints at some of the routes he may have explored if he had more time. Many of the people who know Von best contributed to the album, including longtime collaborator and producer Chopsquad DJ, his “twin” Lil Durk, and fellow O’Block natives like Boss Top and DqFrmDaO, as well as street rap heroes like 21 Savage, Moneybagg Yo, G Herbo, and others.
Also making a debut on the chart is Better Than You, the collaboration release from DaBaby and YoungBoy Never Broke Again. The album will debut at No. 10 with 28,500 equivalent album units sold.
