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The Game Reveals Jay-Z Cleared A Whopping Seven Samples For His Upcoming Album, ‘Drillmatic’

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At the end of 2019, The Game dropped his ninth album Born 2 Rap, and claimed that he would retire from rap after the project’s release. As you’re probably aware by now, we live in a world where rappers are really bad at retiring and it was only a matter of time until The Game reclaimed his position in hip-hop. Fast-forward almost three years and the Compton native is gearing up to release his tenth album Drillmatic, and while a release date for it is unknown at the moment, The Game did reveal an interesting tidbit about the album.

The Game took to Instagram to reveal that Drillmatic will include a number of sampled Jay-Z songs and he thanked the Reasonable Doubt rapper for allowing him to use them. “S/O to S. Dot for clearing all 7 samples on #Drillmatic,” he wrote in the post. “3 more sample clearances & the AOTY belongs to me & hit-boy.”

The latter half of the message seems to explain the delays behind Drillmatic. The Game initially said the project, which is executive produced by Hit-Boy, would arrive on June 17, but it was later pushed back to July 1 which came and went without its release. The album has yet to receive a new release date, but with three samples left to clear, it shouldn’t be too long until we know when it will drop.

You can view a screenshot of The Game’s message in the post above.

Hit-Boy and Dom Kennedy Link Up For New Track, “Corsa”

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Dom Kennedy has released the visuals for “Corsa”, produced by Hit-Boy and directed by Razak Ologunebi. Rapper Dom Kennedy has teamed up with super-producer Hit-Boy for the new “Corsa” video, directed by Razak Ologunebi. The song will fully drop next Friday on streaming platforms on June 17th.  The video has Hit-Boy and Dom showing their […]

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Best New Music This Week: Lil Durk, Babyface Ray, Quavo, Takeoff, and More

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  • Quavo & Takeoff, “Hotel Lobby (Unc and Phew)”


  • Lil Durk, “Computer Murderers” 


  • Babyface Ray f/ DJ ESCO & Lil Yachty, “Congratulations” 


  • Symba, “GOAT”


  • 070 Shake f/ Christine and the Queens, “Body”


  • Lil Gnar f/ Lil Keed & Yak Gotti, “No Reason” 


  • TiaCorine, “FYK” 


  • Harry Styles, “Daydreaming” 


  • Dreezy & Hit-Boy f/ Future, “Sliders”

Things Get ‘Ugly’ In Nas And Hit-Boy’s Latest Video From Their Joint Project, ‘Magic’

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Nas isn’t resting on his laurels after achieving new successes in his career. After winning Best Rap Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards, he performed at the ceremony for the first time at this year’s awards, delivering a career retrospective via a medley of hits spanning the past 25 years. Despite reaching these new plateaus, he’s not taking any time off to celebrate, dropping a new video for the song “Ugly” from his and Hit-Boy’s third joint project, Magic.

Produced by ASAP Rocky’s media company AWGE, the abstract, black-and-white video is pieced together from archival footage taken around the city of New York, spliced in with shots of Nas rapping the lyrics of the song in the back of a limo with a female companion. The video ends with a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

Despite Magic being less than five months old, Nas and Hit-Boy are already hard at work on their third installment of the King’s Disease series, which has been credited by fans as rejuvenating Nas’ public perception. Nas is also preparing to embark on the NY State Of Mind Tour with Wu-Tang Clan beginning late this summer.

Watch Nas and Hit-Boy’s “Ugly” video above.