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Griselda Face-Off In SOHH Squad’s New Music Freestyle Battle

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It was a New Music battle to remember in this week’s SOHH Squad broadcast. Keeping with the tradition of hip-hop freestyles, we took a different approach this week with Griselda’s Westside Gunn teasing the inevitable release of his Hitler Wears Hermes: Sincerely Adolf studio album. While we didn’t get the LP on Friday and anticipation […]

Westside Gunn + Boldly James Hit The Studio W/ New Album On Deck

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Griselda’s Westside Gunn and Boldy James are putting in work, work, work in the studio. The duo share a sneak peek at themselves hanging out. Gunn salutes James on putting out his new Alchemist-produced album ‘Bo Jackson’ album. But all the focus is now on Westside’s album. With anticipation growing for Westside’s Sincerely Adolf album, […]

Westside Gunn Gets More Ice For His Born Day

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You only turn 39 once and Westside Gunn is embracing more life. The hip-hop veteran goes to his IG Story with some fresh footage. The clip features him showing off even more iced-out awesomeness. Fresh from buying himself his first-ever Richard Millie, there’s no signs of slowing down. Gunn goes the extra mile by copping […]

Westside Gunn Buys His First-Ever Richard Mille

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New York rapper Westside Gunn is treating himself to some hard-earned royalty and luxury. The hip-hop artist goes to his IG Story with footage of himself moments before copping a pricey Richard Mille watch. To keep things 100, these watches aren’t anywhere close to cheap. The starting price of most Richard Mille watches being $100,000 […]

IDK Stands Shoulder-To-Shoulder With MF DOOM, Westside Gunn, And Jay Electronica On ‘Red’

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A year and a half ago, IDK seemingly shot out of a cannon and landed on a new rap tier thanks to the release of his 2019 major-label debut, Is He Real?. The project was quickly met with acclaim and left both new and old fans excited for what the DMV native would next have in store for fans. Nineteen months later, IDK returns with his sophomore album, an effort that answers the question posed in the title of his debut album. USee4Yourself checks in at 17 songs including one that finds the rapper standing beside a trio of respected lyricists.

USee4Yourself sees IDK standing beside MF DOOM, Westside Gunn, and Jay Electronica on “Red.” It’s is a heavy banger supported by verses from IDK, Westside Gunn, and Jay Electronica while MF DOOM makes brief appearances throughout the song. The song could grow to be one of the favorites from the album alongside “Shoot My Shot” and “Pradadabang.”

As for the rest of the album, USee4Yourself presents features from Young Thug, Offset, Lucky Daye, Sir, T-Pain, Rico Nasty, Swae Lee, Slick Rick, and Sevyn Streeter.

Press play on the video above to hear “Red.”

USee4Yourself is out 7/9 via Clue No Clue/Warner Records. Pre-order it here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Method Man, Griselda, And More Deliver A Gritty DMX Tribute At The 2021 BET Awards

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It was Method Man who kicked off the the DMX tribute on the 2021 BET Awards, rapping an acapella rendition of one of DMX’s most beloved verses. Then, Griselda Records took the stage to perform a snippet of their new song with DMX, “Hood Blues,” before a succession of X’s contemporaries and admirers, including actor Michael K. Williams, Busta Rhymes, and his own Ruff Ryders crew, including Jadakiss of The LOX, channeled his gritty energy to perform some of his biggest hits like “Ruff Ryders Anthem” and “Party Up.”

DMX passed away earlier this year after an accidental overdose. He was in a coma for a week, during which his contemporaries and fans in the hip-hop world shared an outpouring of well-wishes. Eventually, after he’d passed, it was announced that Def Jam, the label where he’d released groundbreaking classics like It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot, Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood, and And Then There Was X…, put out his posthumous album Exodus, which was named for his son.

Meanwhile, his funeral was held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, with Def Jam footing the bill, where his casket was brought in on a monster truck, and the service featured performances from his daughter (who sang her own rendition of his song “Slippin’”) and the Kanye West Sunday Service choir. DMX’s longtime collaborator Swizz Beatz gave an impassioned eulogy, imploring the assembled mourners to “learn how to celebrate each other while we’re here.”

Watch the 2021 BET Awards tribute to DMX above.