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 […]
[Video] Scoolboy Q, Vic Mensa & Vado on ‘RapFix Live’
Wednesday might as well have been “Come Up Day” over at the MTV RapFix studios in New York City. I say that because Sway, wearing a SaveMoney sweatshirt nonetheless, found himself flanked by two of the most aggressively progressive artists in hip-hop today in Vic Mensa and Schoolboy Q who were also joined by Cam’ron […]
[Songs of the Day] 2/19/14 (Feat. Schoolboy Q, Major Lazer, Hudson Mohawke & More)
Wednesdays tend to be a bit slow for new music on the web, but we scoured our way through everything ot find some gems that hit airwaves today. Schoolboy Q teased his highly-anticipated debut album Oxymoron with the lead single, “Blind Threats” featuring none other than ‘The Chef’ himself, Raekwon. The Legion of Dudez got […]
[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] Schoolboy Q Announces “#OXYMORON” Release Date
The collective of Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and now SZA and Isaiah Rashad, have established themselves atop the overall music landscape as the team to beat. Top Dawg Entertainment, TDE for short, has grown the larger group on the strength of Lamar’s breakthrough album, Good Kid m.a.a.d. City, released late last year. […]