Jay Rock has released the visual for his track “Win” and it just confirms that T.D.E. isn’t going away any time soon. With adlibs from Kendrick Lamar throughout the song and cameo appearances from Isaiah Rashad, SZA, Ab-Soul and other Top Dawg heavy hitters Jay Rock proves that he is part of the upper tier […]
[Review] Ab-Soul “Do What Thou Wilt.”
I’ll admit it, after These Days I really had no interest in another Ab-Soul album. I was more willing to hear him on a battle rap than a rap track, but boy did he come back and shut me up. The best bar-for-bar emcee from TDE dropped an album to close out 2016, and it’s pretty […]
[SXSW Journal] Day 3
Photo by Kristen Wrzesniewski After a whirlwind Wednesday that had me crisscrossing the town chasing interviews left and right, Thursday took on a bit of a different tone. The festival continued on in the wake of the terrible accident that took the lives of two on Red River Street the night before as a car […]
[Songs of the Day] 3/3/14 (Feat. Coldplay, Big K.R.I.T., Ab-Soul & More)
The weekend gave us a plethora of new tracks to sift through, and we got them all organized and ready to stream here as we get into another week of Songs of the Day. Starting things off is Smoke DZA who linked up with TDE’s Ab-Soul for the dark track, “Hearses” and newcomer Sunni Colon […]
[Video] Schoolboy Q Performs Everywhere In Support of “Oxymoron”
If you haven’t heard already, the second wave of TDE just crested and is currently flooding the country with smooth, introspective new-age west coast gangsta rap, courtesy of the bucket-hatted Schoolboy Q. As casual as one can be stepping into the bright lights at the top of the rap world, Q has handled it gracefully […]
[Album Stream] Schoolboy Q: “Oxymoron”
All the hype has finally led to this: the highly-anticipated and talked about major debut for Schoolboy Q. With the release of his album, Oxymoron, tomorrow, Q follows a tough act from fellow TDE-signee Kendrick Lamar who set the bar with 2012’s Good Kid, m.A.A.d City. It’s also the first substantial release we’ve had from […]
[Mixtape] Isaiah Rashad: “Cilvia”
Among one of the most talked about young artists in the game right now, TDE’s latest signee, Isaiah Rashad, offered up his latest project, Cilvia today with a free stream on Spotify. The project comes as the hip-hop world anxiously awaits label-mate Schoolboy Q’s upcoming Oxymoron project, and closely follows a disappointing Grammy Awards for […]
[Video] Isaiah Rashad: “Ronnie Drake”
In case you haven’t noticed, TDE is a pretty big deal these days. The latest from Top Dawg Entertainment comes from the pair of recent signees, Isaiah Rashad and SZA. The newbies show they can certainly hold their own, proving why they were tapped by Kendrick, Schoolboy, Ab and Jay Rock to join the team. […]