Johnny Gill swung by Sway in the Morning and blew us away with his 5 Fingers of Death. Take a look below and let us know what you think!
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Via OkayPlayer Sway Calloway protégé and product of Oakland rap royalty, rising MC GLAM is out to break barriers and represent lovely for The Bay with a merciless flow and fierce presence that help to make sense of her recently meteoric rise. The child of Oakland legends Dangerous Dame and Nic Nac, GLAM burns through mics with the presence of a seasoned professional and the kind of lyrical skill that could finally shatter the gender divide to truly level the playing field in hip-hop.What do you think? The release of The Feel mixtape at the top of 2014 and a…
First Hip-Hop executive to come out of the closet, Buttahman, swung by Sway in the Morning yesterday. If you didn’t know, Buttah helped create MTV Jams and Hood Fab at MTV, as well as 106 & Park on BET. He opened up about how he announced he was gay — after Obama said it was cool, and how he had to pretend he was straight for so long. He even shares stories of being in the strip club with Sway and how he used to talk to strippers about their lives, instead of recieving lap-dances. See below for the funny…
It’s that time again! The Rob Report with Rob Markman, where we break down music for the game’s hottest artists. Last week we checked out Trademark da Skydiver on Return of the Super Villain and this week we’re hooking up with Royce da 5’9″ and DJ Premier on their new group album PRhyme. From Primo spitting bars, to their tight features like, Mac Miller, Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy Q, Common and Killer Mike — Rob was impressed. “…but there seemed to be a disconnect with his verse. Rob mentions. “The lyrics are A+, but a sub-par mix distracts from what could’ve been…
MTV News caught up with Kendrick Lamar and spoke about “i” and how it connects to the world RIGHT NOW. Watch below as he elaborates on his frustrations watching the Eric Garner and Mike Brown injustices. “I remember coming up in the city of Compton and having these same type of ordeals,” Kendrick tells MTV News. Get More: Kendrick Lamar, Music News Via MTV
This morning the Rich Homie Quan debuted his new Blah, Blah, Blah remix featuring Fabolous, Dej Loaf, and Ty Dolla $ on Sway in the Morning. Got places to go, got people to see Got this kilo on my neck, I’m just keepin’ it G N****s dissin for a listen, waitin for a mention N****s lose all respect tryna gain attention All this extra shit man I need choppers with extensions And all this work out here you think we waitin on a pension n***a Take a listen to the remixed track below and cop it on iTunes HERE. Keeping…
Legendary producer and rapper E-A-Ski shows us how messed up and fake the world and the music industry has gone with his new visual ‘They Know’ with Codany Holiday on the hook.
Another day, another dope DJ swings by Sway in the Morning and mixes live for the crew and our Citizens. Today, DJ Flip Out did exactly that. Listen to it below and download it HERE. Follow @djflipout
Producer, photographer, director, singer, model, actor, philanthropist and co-founder of his own production company, FourXample Productions — Quincy is an unstoppable force. Today, he drops his lyric music video for Friends First featuring French Montana. The official music video is on will be on it’s way soon, off his new album “1948” — the year Quincy’s grandmother was born, who passed away earlier this year and was a huge inspiration to his career and who the album is dedicated to. Catch that in 2015. In the mean time, enjoy Friends First below.
RCA Inspiration artist, Dee-1, made a guest appearance on BET’s The Backroom to deliver a lyrical utterance that far surpassed all preconceptions… His verse, started off with an epilogue of purpose which quickly trailed into a barrage of antiquated self-motivation, and he definitely didn’t shy away from being fully equipped with witty one-liners that will surely make you grin. Dee-1 took to the instrumental of “Lil Stomp”, produced by Tony Crow, to deliver a freestyle unlike any you’ve ever heard before. “Give me the mic and you gon’ see World War III / Yo’ money, power and respect, man I’ll…