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Top Dawg Entertainment’s multi-platinum selling, chart-topping, and award-winning recording artist SZA, officially releases “I Hate U” today at all via TDE/RCA Records.
Produced by Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, thankgod4cody, and Dylan Patrice, “I Hate U” emerged as a fan favorite after being posted on Soundcloud in August as an “experiment.”
“I Hate U” comes nearly a year after SZA released “Good Days” on Christmas 2020. Grammy-nominated for Best R&B Song, “Good Days” quickly became SZA’s greatest gainer solo single release, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and marking her first time in the chart’s top ten as the main artist.
DJ Kay Slay just dropped the official video for “The Jungle” featuring Snoop Dogg, Too Short, Sheek Louch & Papoose. The Trackateering Music-produced track is the first single off DJ Kay Slay‘s upcoming album The Soul Controller that will be dropping on December 17th.
Earlier this year, DJ Kay Slay enlisted a total of 110 rappers including E-A-Ski, Ice-T, Chuck D, Jon Conner on “Rolling 110 Deep”, a fresh take on his decade-old track ‘Rolling 25 Deep‘ which featured folks like Saigon, Papoose, Stack Bundles, Murda Mook and more.
Check out “The Jungle” from DJ Kay Slay featuring Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, Sheek Louch & Papoose below:
Today (December 3), breakout Jacksonville, FL rapper Nardo Wick releases his highly-anticipated debut album Who Is Nardo Wick? via Flawless Entertainment/RCA Records.
In little over a year, Nardo has earned a platinum certificationfor “Who Want Smoke?,” debuted at #17onthe Billboard Hot 100 Chart, and scored features with Future, Lil Baby, G Herbo, Lil Durk and 21 Savage –– and now with the release of Who Is Nardo Wick? Nardo Wick is seizing his defining moment in undeniable fashion.
The 18-track album is a collage of sharp flows, exhilarating instrumentals, and cut-throat lyrics––showing the full depth of Nardo’s cunning artistry. From start to finish, Who Is Nardo Wick? is a non-stop thrill ride through the mind of Nardo Wick––detailing the vivid imagery and haunting anecdotes of his Jacksonville origins. Outside of the star-studded collaborative singles on the project, Nardo is joined by two of hip-hop’s most exciting stars on the project, 2021 XXL Magazine freshman Lakeyah and Memphis’s own BIG30––with both tracks further highlighting Nardo’s ability to tailor fit his style with any collaborator. “Blam Bloom” is a fiery track that shows Nardo flowing ferociously over pristine production courtesy of the producer FOREVEROLLING.
The impressive producer credits don’t stop there, with Grammy-winning super-producer Hit-Boy curating the instrumental behind the gripping track “Power”, Murda Beatz producing “Poppin Out (feat. BIG30)”, & Tay Keith workingbehind the boards for “Lullaby”. The release of Who Is Nardo Wick?is not only a massive moment for Nardo, but Jacksonville as a whole––with both him and the city reaching new heights that will redefine hip-hop in the region forever. Nardo Wick is notorious for moving successfully in silence and letting his music do the talking––and with the release Who Is Nardo Wick? we are finding out exactly what the superstar hitmaker has to say.
Multi-platinum selling, global superstar Khalid releases his Scenic Drive tape today via Right Hand Music Group/RCA Records. Scenic Drive, which Khalid describes as a companion piece to his 2018 EP Sun City, features collaborations from artists such as Alicia Keys, Ari Lennox, 6LACK, Lucky Daye, JID, Smino, Majid Jordan, Kiana Ledé, and QUIN.
Earlier this week Khalid dropped the music video for the lead track “Present”.
In a press release about Scenic Drive, Khalid said, “After a break from making music — I’m excited to return joined by other artists that I respect and love. I am a really big believer in collaboration and “Scenic Drive” to me represents me moving into a more mature direction with my sound. I’ve been holding onto this for the past few months and can’t wait until it’s yours. And after this …then comes the album. Enjoy this with your friends and loved ones. This tape is yours”
Today (December 3), Snoop Dogg dropped the official video for the DJ Battlecat-produced “No Smut On My Name”, which features Battle Locco and Kokane, and is directed by Peter Quinn.
Prior to the release of Snoop Dogg PresentsAlgorithm, DJ Battlcat spoke to Chad Kiser of West Coast Styles about the three songs he produced for Snoop’s album and said this about the “No Smut On My Name” track, “Last, but not least is Battle Loc and Snoop Dogg featuring Kokane called ‘No Smut On My Name’ that gives you the L.A. classic sounds you miss from the late 90s.“
Check out the official video for “No Smut On My Name” from Snoop Dogg, Battle Locco, Kokane, DJ Battlecat and Peter Quinn below:
Snoop Dogg made his Def Jam Recordings debut dropping his 19th studio album, Snoop Dogg PresentsAlgorithm, on the iconic record label in November. The album features a star-studded cast including Mount Westmore –the supergroup of west coast rap legends Ice Cube, E-40,and Too Short — Busta Rhymes, Jane Handcock, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Benny The Butcher, Morray, Nefertitti Avani, and more.
Other music videos released from the Snoop Dogg PresentsAlgorithm album include Jane Handcock’s “Like My Weed”, “Murder Music” featuring Busta Rhymes, Benny the Butcher, and Jadakiss, the Fabolous and Dave East featured “Make Some Money”, and Mount Westmore’s “Big Subwoofer”.
The new project from the label’s new Executive Creative and Strategic Consultant also features production from ProHoeZak, DJ Battlecat, Soopafly, LT Hutton, Rick Rock, Nottz, Kato On The Track, and others.
Global superstar Doja Cat releases the music video for her hit song “Woman” via Kemosabe/RCA Records. “Woman” is featured on her Grammy-nominated album Planet Her which was released this summer. The video i’s directed by child. (Janelle Monáe, H.E.R.) and stars singer/songwriter, actress, dancer, and model Teyana Taylor along with actress and model Guetcha.
Doja Cat partnered with Girls Who Code to create DojaCode, an interactive music video experience for Woman. Inspiring a new generation of computer scientists, DojaCode invites fans to unlock exclusive content in Doja Cat’s newest video — all by using code. The interactive experience was dreamt up in partnership with Mojo Supermarket and built by Active Theory.
Check out “Woman” by Doja Cat below:
Doja Cat was just nominated for 8 Grammy Awards including the coveted Album of the Year, Record Of The Year, and Song of the Year categories amongst others. She also just took home 3 American Music Awards last month for Favorite Female R&B Artist, Favorite R&B Album for Planet Her and Collaboration Of The Year for “Kiss Me More” ft. SZA.
Kokane & Suga Free stopped by Unique Access Entertainment to discuss how their Power Of The P LP is anticipated like Dr. Dre‘s Detox. The Pomona legends also tell host Soren Baker about how Suga Free wishes he could have written the What A Man Thinks movie.
Earlier this year Kokane and Suga Free announced they were collaborating on a forthcoming album entitled Power of the P and released the wildly funky Cutty Dre-produced single, “SugaKane”, in September.
