“Cause it’s not spelled as in being stuck up. It’s “T-I-E,” the rapper born LePreston Porter explains about the origins and meaning behind his childhood alias and current rap moniker, Snootie Wild. “It was my father’s name, so it was “Little Snootie” growing up. But then when my father passed they just took the “little” […]
Rapper Drake is in a precarious situation in the music game right now. He’s become the teacher and the student, or at least, that’s what he thinks of himself. He drives the point home on his new song “0 to 100/The Catch Up.” Produced by Boi-1da and Noah “40” Shebib, the song finds Drake shouting […]
R&B playboy Trey Songz is back with his sixth album entitled “Trigga.” The project is set to hit retailers on July 1st, but before we get there. The “Smartphones” crooner is unveiling the tracklist for the upcoming album. If you cop the standard version of the album, you’ll be getting a collection of 13 R&B […]
Popular Chicago MC Common is getting back to his musical roots after taking a break to get his acting credits up. For the first single from the upcoming album “Nobody’s Smiling” is the heavy track “Kingdom.” The song spends its time addressing the gun violence in Chicago. While the song is specific to Chicago, the […]
Popular jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove just had a recent brush with the law that turned out a lot better than it could have. The musician plead guilty to cocaine possession in New York City and got off with a light slap on the wrist. As the story goes, Hargrove was arrested and charged with misdemeanor […]
Singer Jhene Aiko is garnering a lot of attention due to her airy vocals and raw honesty in her songwriting. Now that the world knows she can sing, Aiko is unveiling a new talent–rapping. Aiko has released a new version of her beloved song “Stay Ready (What A Life).” The song originally featured Los Angeles […]
Singer-songwriter Ne-Yo strayed away from R&B on his last project in favor of a Euro-dance sound. Well, for his latest release “Money Can’t Buy,” the Grammy Award winner returns to his R&B home with an airy summer groove. On the song Ne-Yo continues to harp praise on his favorite kind of woman–the one who has […]
Singer John Mayer is simply a fan of good music. The smoky-voiced pop singer especially loves Beyonce‘s song “XO” from her surprise self-titled album. After performing the song live in Australia last month, Mayer has released a studio version of his acoustic cover. The Grammy Award winner takes the Beyonce track and strips it of […]
Legendary pop superstar Mariah Carey is back with a brand new album and is dropping a new single titled “Meteorite.” The song produced by Q-Tip, finds the self-proclaimed elusive chanteuse referencing Andy Warhol before singing about being your best. Rapper/producer Q-Tip gives Mrs. Nick Cannon a groovy mid-tempo jam to glide over in her lower […]
Trinidad James takes it to the streets of Brooklyn in his latest video “Def Jam.” Filled with crazy colored contacts, goons and cocky lyrics, James explains why he decided to sign with Def Jam as opposed to the other record labels were interested. The best part about this video has to be the fact that […]
