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Big Sean Had Everyone Screaming “I Don’t F*** With You” With His 2015 Smash Hit

August 29, 2024 by newhiphopnews

After multiple setbacks and leaks, Big Sean is finally releasing his next studio album Better Me Than You this Friday. Overall, it’s been a mentally and emotionally taxing process for the Detroit, Michigan rapper. In fact, during a recent Instagram Live, he let his emotions out, getting pretty tearful explaining what he’s been going through trying to get this album as perfect as he possibly could despite all sorts of roadblocks. “When you make art, you put your heart into this s***”, he told his IG audience. Now, him and his fans can celebrate all of the hard work on August 30, and we can also not wait for what’s in store.

So, to tide our appetites over, we are heading back to one of his biggest bangers and records ever, “I Don’t F*** With You”. As most people know, this 2015 track landed on his third studio album Dark Sky Paradise, one of his releases with G.O.O.D. Music and Def Jam Recordings. One thing about Big Sean is that he’s always going to rap with a lot of fervor, especially on his aggressive sounding tracks. He does this through using zany voice inflections, something that newbies to his music are just now coming to learn about. It’s part of the reason why this song became such a hit. However, you cannot forget about the iconic pre-chorus and chorus, the high school football music video, and the equally entertaining E-40 verse. Relive “I Don’t F*** With You” below.

“I Don’t F*** With You” – Big Sean & E-40

Quotable Lyrics:

(Mustard on the beat, ho) I don’t f*** wit’ you
You lil’ stupid a** b****, I ain’t f***in’ wit’chu
You lil’, you lil’ dumb a** b****, I isn’t f***in’ wit’chu
I got a million trillion things I’d rather f***in’ do
Than to be f***in’ with you (You,) lil’ stupid a**

[Via]

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Drake & J Cole Stock Up On “Born Sinner” CDs In Old Clip From Drizzy’s “100 GIGS” Website

August 25, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Fans aren’t really clear on whether or not J. Cole and Drake are still cool with each other after the Kendrick Lamar battle this year. However, a new batch of footage that the latter released on his “100 GIGS” website suggests that it’s all still love. Moreover, he included an old video that many fans might recognize, showing the “First Person Shooter” duo buying a lot of Cole’s Born Sinner CDs at a New York Best Buy back when it dropped in 2013. Along with some other commonly accessible footage, some fans cheekily wonder why the 6ix God is sharing this stuff from the vault when a quick YouTube search is just as effective. To make matters even more ironic, the video is literally on Cole’s page.

Nevertheless, that’s a nit-picky and irrelevant argument to make if you want to add that to your Drake hater resumé. Jokes aside, another example of this is his inclusion of a classic clip of Kanye West at OVO Fest 2013. In the video, Ye credits the Toronto superstar for inspiring him and Jay-Z to make Watch The Throne together after the “pressure” that he was putting on them and the rap game at the time.

Drake & J. Cole Go On A CD Shopping Spree

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Elsewhere, though, it seems like J. Cole might continue to be a “MIDDLE CHILD” when it comes to Drake, a situation he found himself in during March and April of this year. Many fans clowned the Dreamville MC’s decision to retract his Kendrick Lamar disss, thus placing him in between of two warring colleagues. But at the end of the day, it’s probably the most humanistic, honest, and respectable moment to emerge out of this entire saga. Regardless, the reason why he might be stuck between two worlds again is not only because of his feature on Future and Metro Boomin’s WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU, but because of a supposed collab with A$AP Rocky that will land on the Harlem creative’s next album.

Meanwhile, all these new Drake drops (and shots at his opps) sharply contrast his rival Kendrick Lamar’s silence these days. He might release something soon according to a couple of unverifiable sources, but you’ve been hearing that all year, if not all decade. At least that whole situation didn’t seem to impact Drizzy and J. Cole’s bond, if this re-uploaded Best Buy video is any indication. But some fans will not stop their speculations until their relationship is as clear as day.

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Travis Scott, Big Sean, & The 1975 Left Us In Awe With “Don’t Play”

August 22, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Travis Scott is finally doing something that his die-hard fans have been asking him to do for years. On August 23 at midnight, the Houston megastar is going to be bringing his second mixtape, Days Before Rodeo, to streaming services. The fan-favorite 2014 release has strictly been on Soundcloud or downloaded onto people’s phones illegally for just over a decade. Those days are now over and also for the first time, physical music buyers can relive the magic on vinyl or CD. What’s also so amazing about this is that he will also be dropping some extra tracks from around that time that never got to see the light of day. With all of this excitement, we are going back to DBR to relisten to some of its biggest bangers. Undoubtedly, one of those is “Don’t Play”, the collab between Travis Scott, The 1975, and Big Sean.

The lead single to this 12-track mixtape, “Don’t Play” features one of La Flame’s hungriest rapping performances in his entire discography. While this collection of songs was more so a building block for his debut album Rodeo a year later, there were some fairly consistent themes on DBR. With Scott learning so much from the likes of Kanye West and more, he felt that he was on the cusp of stardom. That’s why there so many songs on here about believing in yourself and having that ambitious mindset. “Don’t Play” is certainly one of those cases, especially with bars like these. “Up at 5 A.M., still workin’, but I treat it like it’s one / I’m never actin’ like I got it / B****, I’m actin’ like I won it on these n****s“. Relive “Don’t Play” with the music video link down below.

“Don’t Play” – Travis Scott, The 1975, & Big Sean

Quotable Lyrics:

Go, n****, go, n****, grab my bottles
Go, n****, go, n****, grab my chronic (Bando)
Keep ya head up in the air, my n****
Niggas gon’ be billionaires, my n**** (Straight up)
F*** how much time that s*** might take
N****s, ain’t playin’ with ’em (Playin’ with ’em, playin’ with ’em, playin’ with ’em)

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Sexyy Red Reminisces On Her High School Days With Slew Of Throwback Photos

August 20, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Happy Back to School Day, as proclaimed by Sexyy Red. While not every student out there starts today, she took it upon herself to celebrate the new season by sharing a boatload of throwback pictures of herself in her high school days. This is far from the first time that the St. Louis femcee has done so, but we have a lot of new snaps to look at now. Even Metro Boomin and other celebrities pulled up to her comments section to laugh or reminisce themselves. It’s oddly jarring but nonetheless heartening to see this rise from hallway beginnings to superstar status and even an NSFW beauty brand.

Jokes aside, not all of Sexyy Red’s reflections are light, but she always rises above the hardship at the end of the day. “STORY TIME: The night get it sexyy was made I was goin thru a lot,” she captioned an Instagram post celebrating the Gold certification of her hit “Get It Sexyy.” “Just had my baby felt depressed and was goin thru postpartum. My team in Miami would leave me in the studio to write songs. I would just b in there crying thinkin about life. I finally said send me back to St. Louis so I can b around the ones I love and get back to me!

Sexyy Red Posts High School Throwbacks

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“Boom I’m in St. Louis,” Sexyy Red continued. “I invite all my sisters and friends to my studio session. We had blunts, bottles, food allet and I came out wit GET IT SEXYY GET IT SEXYY. It really was ah confidence booster for me, we was so turnt all my sadness was gone. I love my family period ps… I was monain in the song cause my h0 was behind me humpin me while I was recording.”

Meanwhile, there are still fans demanding answers as to one of Sexyy Red’s recent online antics. Is she really dating Chief Keef, is Kayla B actually Sosa’s partner, or both? Nevertheless, the “Bow Bow Bow” collaborators apparently have a joint album on the way. As such, romance or not, we can expect a lot more bombast from them in the near future.

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The Weeknd’s “Out Of Time”: Refreshing Our Memory Amid The Conclusion Of This Final Trilogy

August 8, 2024 by newhiphopnews

These last two weeks have been an exciting stretch for The Weeknd’s fans. After leaving off with Dawn FM back in January of 2022, Abel would tweet out “I wonder. Did you know you’re experiencing a new trilogy?”. He shared that message shortly after his fifth studio album was released to the public and we can remember the hype levels rising. Right now, though, they are shooting up again after three cryptic teaser trailers revealing what’s in store for this final third. The most recent one titled “Unprepared certainty…” has numerous unreleased tracks playing throughout, giving us still a pretty blurry look into the future. Because of this, we are going back to The Weeknd’s last project and one track we are replaying quite a bit is “Out of Time”.

We will tell you this is for science, but it’s mostly because this track is so damn good. The production on this song is arguably the best on the entire album. Abel, Max Martin, Oscar Holter, and Oneohtrix Point Never, all did an amazing magic job incorporating the dreamy sample from the 1980’s a Japanese pop classic “Midnight Pretenders”. The Weeknd glides over this instrumental, as he gets real about the mistakes he’s made in the past and how his willingness to change is too late to save his relationship. It’s beautiful heartbreaking anthem and one that still captures our ears to this day. We hope he’s able to work some more of these types of sonics into a supposed melding of his ideas from Dawn FM and After Hours.

“Out Of Time”- The Weeknd

Quotable Lyrics:

The last few months, I’ve been workin’ on me, baby
There’s so much trauma in my life
I’ve been so cold to the ones who loved me, baby
I look back now and I realize

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Travis Scott’s “WAKE UP” Turns Six: Another Year Where La Flame Was Robbed At The GRAMMYs

August 3, 2024 by newhiphopnews

The year that most likely started Travis Scott’s confusion with the GRAMMYs was 2018. That’s when the Houston, Texas native put forth his third studio album, ASTROWORLD. Since its release six years ago, it has become one of the biggest projects not just for him, but also in the streaming era. It boasts billions of streams and easily possesses his most hits on one tracklist to date. Additionally, its simply one of the best pop/trap rap LPs of the 2010s decade thanks to some memorable performances from the main attraction and his laundry of guests, as well as the rich and expansive soundscapes. Furthermore, it’s constantly argued as Travis Scott’s best work thanks to songs like “WAKE UP”.

One of two collaborations between him and The Weeknd, it is essentially a raunchy and wavy love letter to their partners at the time. Overall, “WAKE UP” features some of the most creative, playful, and serene instrumentals on the record. It’s just another reason why Scott and Abel are one of the best rapper/singer duos in the mainstream. Moreover, this track is part of the reason why it was snubbed for Best Rap Album. A lot of listeners painfully remember Cardi B’s massive, but not nearly as impactful Invasion of Privacy taking home the GRAMMY.

It may not just be the fact Scott didn’t win that year that still angers so many till this day. It’s also because Pusha T, Mac Miller and Nipsey Hussle were also in the running and were denied. All of them made incredible records that year and were more than worthy winners. However, it’s arguably worse for Scott because he could have two wins in this category. Killer Mike winning it this year was definitely a great choice. But at the end of the day, UTOPIA may once again be the more remembered album. Sadly, Scott will have to live with the Run The Jewels MC subliminally taunting him for the rest of his career.

“WAKE UP”- Travis Scott & The Weeknd

Quotable Lyrics:

Please don’t wake me up, I feel it creepin’ (Yeah)
Controllin’ how you movin’, lucid dreamin’ (Dreams)
Always on the side of different seasons, yeah-yeah
Took the beltway down to your hood (It’s lit)
Say you was in the crowd, I never looked
Lookin’ back how things came back around, guess I was hooked

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“Nothing But Net” By Travis Scott, PARTYNEXTDOOR, & Young Thug Should Be Much Bigger Than It Is: Revisiting The Soundcloud Masterpiece

July 24, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Travis Scott’s journey to mega stardom has been one heck of a wild journey. From being a Kanye West understudy to overcoming the controversial Astroworld tragedy, and to still be on one of the biggest hip-hop tours in recent memory with Circus Maximus is quite remarkable. While many are going to view the larger accomplishments as the ones that got him to this point, it is really the journey in between those major milestones. One of the more underrated things Travis Scott did earlier on was becoming something of a Soundcloud legend. His catalog on the platform features some of his most fun and grimy bangers still to this day. Travis’s “Nothing But Net”, featuring Young Thug and PARTYNEXTDOOR, is one that we constantly revisit.

The star power isn’t just on the mic, though. TM88, Boi-1da, and Southside cooked up a darkly wonderous instrumental that is evokes quintessential 2014-2015 Travi$. From hilariously nasty bars and an outrageous delivery from Thugger, to the toxicity oozing from PND, as well as the atmospheric performance from Travis, the track has it all. Sadly, though, the song never got as much love as it deserves. Instead of making the final cut for Rodeo, it was instead released as a loosie on Scott’s Soundcloud and on a Hustle Gang mixtape called, We Run This, Vol. 13 (2016).

Yes, it still has over 21.6 million plays on the streaming service, which is very respectable. However, with Rodeo evolving into one of the best trap albums of all time nearly 10 years later, this could have been one its biggest success stories. Travis is certainly doing more than fine right now, so it doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things. What this does prove is that he has so much heat in the vault that ultimately, he has to split hairs. But we still are going to show love to it, and you should too.

“Nothing But Net”- Travis Scott, PARTYNEXTDOOR, & Young Thug

Quotable Lyrics:

My words don’t know if I crashed into a pool or her jaw
Pops never home, left a long term
On the back when a lil’ n**** had to sit and deal with it
Loner turned rock star, n****, under the moon
Got the world in my palm, ’bout to rub her p***y with it
When you dominate it, come with digits

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Future’s “Thought It Was A Drought” Remains A Top-Tier Metro Boomin Collab 9 Years Later

July 18, 2024 by newhiphopnews

“Dirty soda, Spike Lee / White girl, Ice T / Fully loaded AP, yeah“. These lyrics are synonymous with Future’s “I Thought It Was a Drought”. Woozy and intoxicating, the intro to his third album is one of the most iconic trap rap songs, period. The same can be said for the 13-song set. It perfectly kicks off the druggy and lean-filled trip that Future is about to send you on. This LP was released right around the time that he broke through into superstardom and it further solidified his chemistry with Metro Boomin. The latter was also considered a bubbling talent waiting to explode and when this track and project released, it was game over from there.

Post DS2, the Southern hip-hop/trap tandem is still producing top-notch material in these subgenres. That is even with all of the newcomers who have tried to recapture their magic in some shape or form. In fact, they are still in the upper echelon this year after giving fans a two-fer with WE DON’T TRUST YOU and WE STILL DON’T TRUST TOU. Speaking of which, those projects have some incredible Future and Metro works. But for us, “Thought It Was a Drought” manages to stand stall amongst the trees. The thick kicks, blistering hi-hats, and ghoulish tones looming the back are instantly recognizable. Future’s cool demeanor while rapping about drugs, sex, and the traditional trap fare instantly transport you to his world.

“Thought It Was A Drought”- Future

Quotable Lyrics:

I just had some b****es and I made ’em lip lock
I just took a piss and I seen codeine coming out
We got purple Actavis, I thought it was a drought
I just f***ed your b**** in some Gucci flip flops

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ScHoolboy Q Holds “Groovy Tony / Eddie Kane” In High Regard & We See Why: Revisiting It Eight Years Later

July 8, 2024 by newhiphopnews

The aggressive nature of gangsta rap and hardcore hip-hop is something that ScHoolboy Q embodies. Of course, growing up in California helps, as he was around that style of genre growing up. Over the course of his frankly underrated career, Q has not just copied and pasted these subsets for the modern fan. He has truly formed a unique approach since getting his feet wet in the music industry over a decade ago. His third studio album Oxymoron saw him take that West Coast sound and make it slightly more accessible for fans with songs like “Collard Greens” and Studio”. But ScHoolboy Q’s now eight-year-old project Blank Face LP took a more innovative step, and “Groovy Tony / Eddie Kane” is a prime example of his creative genius.

While the instrumental on the previous album single did/does not turn reinvent the wheel per se, it still absolutely bangs. The eerie whispers of “Blank Face” play really nicely with the ghostly tones, dirty drums, and Q’s animated flows. If you remember, the single version was just the “Groovy Tony” side and there was no feature. While the track did not necessarily require the latter to succeed, the addition of Jadakiss was pure genius. His trademark cadence fits snuggly without ruining the momentum. On the “Eddie Kane” half, the raspy and soulful singing from Dem Jointz, along with the even darker production take things to another level. ScHoolboy Q views this song as one his favorites from Blank Face LP and so do we without a doubt.

Relisten To “Groovy Tony / Eddie Kane” By ScHoolboy Q & Jadakiss

Groovy Tony
By any means
JoHn Muir
Tookie knows
Kno ya wrong https://t.co/LKWLg32cix

— ScHoolboy Q (@ScHoolboyQ) July 8, 2024

Quotable Lyrics:

So f*** you, Mr. Teacher, ’cause the paper, I ace it
Lead tried to erase it, but I’m still standing
They mad and everything, nothin’ given, I’ma take it first
On the trees like a hammock, flippin’ work behind the campus
Young Groovy turn your hood into a movie (To a movie)
Gangbangin’, dope slangin’, GTA-in’

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Dr. Dre Lit Up “The Pop Out” Alongside Kendrick Lamar With His Snoop Dogg-Assisted Classic, “Still D.R.E.”: Stream

June 20, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Kendrick Lamar’s “The Pop Out” concert on Juneteenth in Los Angeles held many great moments for the current generation of rap fans, but also plenty of love to the forefathers of the West Coast. Moreover, Dr. Dre popped out to perform his classic Snoop Dogg collab “Still D.R.E.,” and it reinvigorated love for an overplayed hit. Well, the Cali legend certainly proved us wrong, and we’re sure plenty of people have been bumping this classic piano line and crisp percussive pattern today in wake of the show.

In addition, Dr. Dre also graced us to “California Love” by him and Tupac Shakur, and even introduced “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar, leading to an absolutely electric moment. But this doesn’t mean that his guest appearance went without scrutiny. Many folks lamented that K.Dot chose to platform a known woman abuser, regardless of the impact of “Still D.R.E.” or that of its artist as a whole. While Dre has a complicated legacy to reckon with and be accountable for, one can’t deny that his blueprint for G-funk and West Coast hip-hop alongside Snoop Dogg and others is worthy of recognition and praise in tandem with the conversation around his personal actions.

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg also have another album on the way, so it looks like the West Coast will stay up. Revisit the music video for their anthem “Still D.R.E.” below, take a look at some standout bars down there too, and let us know what you think of this throwback in the comments section. For more hot hip-hop drops and retrospectives, come back to HNHH.

Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg’s “Still D.R.E.”: Stream & Watch The Music Video

Quotable Lyrics
Wake up in the A.M., compose a beat,
I bring the fire until you’re soaking in your seat,
It’s not a fluke, it’s been tried, I’m the truth,
Since “Turn Out the Lights” from the World Class Wreckin Cru

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