British Pop-Soul powerhouse vocalist Emeli Sandé recently returned with her very highly anticipated sophomore album, Long Live The Angels, which was released just this past Friday.  Earlier today to keep ...

You know the sales for albums is in a steady decline when one of the biggest artists there is Alicia Keys debuts here latest solo album, Here, at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart with only 50,000 units and ...

Chicago emcee Common released his latest album, the very uplifting and socially political, Black America Again, nearly a week and a half ago with features from everyone from Bilal to Marsha Ambrosius, John ...

Over the many years since Hip-Hop's inception, there have been many great emcee and producer duos, from the master of all emcee and producer/DJ duo's Eric B & Rakim to GangStarr, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Pete Ro...

A week after releasing one of her most critically acclaimed and what Alicia Keys and many critics are calling her most personal album to date, Here, Alicia premiered earlier today on TODAY, her new video fo...

Run the Jewels recently announced they were going on tour, so you knew it was just a matter of time before they released new music.  Whether it was new music from their highly anticipated new album, RTJ3 o...

Chicago native, poet, activist and spoken word artist, Malik Yusef, has never been one to bite his tongue, and always speaks his mind on what needs to be said no matter what the consequences may or may not be. ...

On the eve of possibly one of the most important elections in U.S. history, Roc Nation emcee and fellow Chicago native took his very powerful, politically-charged latest single, 16 Shots to late night.  As...

Several times Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum rap superstar Jeezy today has earned his third #1 album of his amazing 10+ year career with Def Jam Recordings, and eighth consecutive top 10 on the Billboard ...

Fans of very talented singer/songwriter Tinashe have been waiting on her highly anticipated and long awaited sophomore album, Joyride, for quite some time, which has suffered quite a few delays.  While they wi...

About exactly a week after dropping her Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned anthem, How Far I'll Go, from the upcoming Disney animated film, Moana, Alessia Cara and Disney on Thursday morning premiered through Vevo the ...

Fellow Chicago native, The Boy Illinois reflects on his memories, for his latest appropriately titled track, Memories.  As over the hypnotic horns and triumphant production of Cartier Jones, he raps about ...

Run the Jewels are ready for a big return with their upcoming highly anticipated, Run the Jewels 3 album, which they have been talking about for over a year and they recently finally released the lead singl...

Anderson .Paak has had a pretty breakout year that started with his critically acclaimed Malibu project he released in January, his signing with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment imprint and more recently h...

Alessia Cara has had a quietly pretty big 2016, whether it be the success of her chart-topping singles, her amazing performances on both tour and TV, from Jimmy Kimmel Live! to Lollapalooza.  The latter wh...

Compton emcee The Game is now tied with one of his idols and another Westcoast legend, 2Pac, after his brand new album, 1992, debuted at No. 1 on the Rap/Hip-Hop Chart, as well as No. 1 on the Independent C...

London producer KDA teamed up with rising singer/songwriter and slowly, but surely to be climbed the ladder one day soon new reigning pop princess, Tinashe back in July for his seductive and catchy, electro...

Pharrell has had some pretty incredible success over the years with soundtracks and he looks to continue that streak with his soulful, upbeat and bluesy latest single, Runnin'.  A lot of you may remember a...

Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the tragic shooting of a teenaged Laquan McDonald at the hands of a Chicago police officer on Chicago's Southside and to commerate the event fellow Southside Chicago ra...

You can never go wrong with Twista catering to the ladies over a smooth instrumental.  As it's always like musical heaven whenever he does and when you add fellow Chicago native Jeremih to the mix, the che...

Get your Monday started off the right way with some blessings from MMG and Chicago emcee Rockie Fresh.  As earlier this morning he gave us some fresh new tunes with his very smooth latest new track, Pray 4...

Koreatown EDM pioneers Far East Movement have been on hiatus for awhile (nearly two years since their last EP, KTown Riot, to be exact), but that all changed earlier today with the exclusive premiere video via...

Hard to believe, but it's nearly that time of year again for some peace, love and soullll!  With the Soul Train Awards set to be coming again soon with the 2016 Soul Train Awards set to be taped at the Orl...

Harlem emcee Dave East has been on fire lately and he continues his hot streak with the Fred Focus-directed video for his standout track, Type of Time, off his chart-topping latest project, Kairi Chanel.  A t...

Westcoast emcee Nipsey Hu$$le has been consistently putting out new music for nearly five months now with his #MarathonMondays series.  Over the last couple of weeks he took a break though by releasing videos...

Solange is sitting right at the top of the charts with her appropriately titled, A Seat at the Table.  Giving the singer/songwriter her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, after selling 72,000 eq...

Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend recently promised some new music would be arriving today and he delivered on that by giving us his highly anticipated latest record, Love Me No...

Joe Budden has one of the most anticipated albums of the year, Rage & The Machine, set to drop in just a little over two weeks on Oct. 21st and earlier today to hold fans over until its release Joey gave f...

Chloe x Halle are a very talented duo of rising new singers signed to world-renowned global R&B/Pop superstar Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment, whose music continues to soar to new hights.  So recently...

The new highly anticipated, The Birth of a Nation film based on Nat Turner is set to release a week from today and to coincede with its release in a week, the soundtrack, The Birth Of A Nation: The Inspired...

Def Jam has been bringing on a lot of dope new rising talent lately and one of their latest, R&B/Soul singer/songwriter, Bibi Bourelly shows with her new single, Ballin, why she's one to watch.  The co...

Common putting his fist up after performing his powerful latest single, Black America Again, at Union Park in Chicago, IL on Sunday Sept. 25, 2016 at the second annual AAHH! Fest.  Photo courtesy of Tito Garc...

Chicago emcee Mvrcus Blvck contributed on a couple of tracks to The Game's critically acclaimed, The Documentary 2, album last year and now is looking to step out more on his own, as he recently dropped his...

Emcee, actor, activist and fellow Chicago native Common has always been one of the more socially conscious emcees and artists in all of Hip-Hop and music to use his platform to give that real rap for a rea...

Boy it has been a busy past few 24 hours for Westcoast emcee, The Game.  As after having the pre-order put up for his highly anticipated new autobiographical album, 1992, last night and in conjunction with...

British singer/songwriter and vocal powerhouse, Emeli Sandé had a long four-year hiatius, but is back with a very powerful new single, Hurts.  A record which is one of her most powerful and compellingly v...

Yesterday, Thursday, Sept. 15th, singer/songwriter and dancer Tinashe took the stage on the premiere episode of MTV's Wonderland.  The networks first live weekly music series on the network in nearly 20 ye...

Westcoast emcee, The Game has been on fire for the past year plus with his many releases, from The Documentary 2 last October to his soundtracks for Streets of Compton this past June and Block Wars just thi...

Today marks a seminal moment in not only Rap and Hip-Hop history, but music history period with the 20th anniversary of the untimely death of one of the greatest emcees and actors to ever live, Westcoast an...

Following last weeks release of his newest single, Love Star, Common has teamed with ESSENCE for a new documentary celebrating his love for black women.  It's really all about love and the different ways y...

Every so often a new singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist comes along that creates such great acoustic music with such authentic and emotional rawness that translates to such heartfelt, soft and simp...

Earlier today Grammy Award-winning trio KING, premiered their trippy, but stunningly amazing new Filip Anthonissen-directed video for Native Land through The FADER.  Staying true to their artistic vision o...

Ain't nothing more American or political than getting to the Benjamins.  So with his fourth solo album, More Politics, set to drop in November it's only right Termanology's latest release, Count It, is about ...

Corinne Bailey Rae has shot a video for almost half of her latest album, The Heart Breaks In Whispers and doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon, as she premiered the fifth visual from said album earlier...

You want sunny days in Chicago, while look no further then rising Chicago talent Asatta Jones.  The singer/songwriter is the latest in line of great up and coming Chicago talent to pretty much show why Chicag...

Even on a holiday, Westcoast emcee Nipsey Hu$$le is still working and keeps his #MarathonMondays series going, even if it’s a day late with Foundations Of A Man.  Another Mike & Keys-produced, Westcoast...

Skylar Grey never ceases to amaze us with how great of a truly great artist she is in every sense of the word.  So with her upcoming third solo album, Natural Causes, set to drop at the end of the month on Se...

LBC & C.O.B. reps Horseshoe Gang are back with some new heat and seem like they never stop working.  As only weeks after dropping their latest project, Anti-Trap Music, the Shoe Gang is already set to rel...

Westcoast singer/songwriter, rapper and producer Ty Dolla $ign has been keeping busy lately, whether it be dropping his hypnotic and dope new single, Zaddy, just last week or performing Bacon with Nick Jonas on...

Westcoast emcee Nipsey Hu$$le keeps the heat coming to get the new school/work week started right with his latest #MarathonMondays track State Of Mind.  Another Westcoast banger, that finds Neighborhood Nip g...