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André 3000 to Co-Star in Season 2 of &qu...

André 3000 will star in the second season of ABC’s anthology drama “American Crime”, Billboard reports. André Benjamin will play Michael Lacroix, an architect and one-half of a power couple (his wife Terri is played by Regina King). The season’s arc traces the couple’s fight to defend their son when he becomes entangled in a scandal at an elite private school. “American Crime” is an Emmy-nominated anthology directed by John Ridley. The second season’s narrative follows an incident at a Midwestern high school that sparks...
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Baio (Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio...

Vampire Weekend‘s Chris Baio makes dance music under the name Baio. Back in April, he announced that a debut album called The Names, which will be out September 18 via Glassnote. Along with that announcement he shared a song called “Brainwash Yyrr Face”, and later, another one called “Sister of Pearl”. Now, he’s shared a new song called “Endless Rhythm”. Listen to it below. The Names takes its title from Don DeLillo’s 1982 novel. “The Names is a record that has reverberated through my mind for much of the last five...
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Kendrick Lamar Shares "For Free? (I...

Kendrick Lamar has shared a video for his To Pimp a Butterfly cut “For Free? (Interlude). Directed by Joe Weil and the Little Homies, the video features K dot chasing a beautiful lady around a stately palace, informing her that “THIS DICK AIN’T FREE!” Later, he dons Uncle Sam garb and lurks through a dimly-lit hallway – and by video’s end, he’s multiplied himself and taken over the suburbs. Check it out below. Read “On Kendrick Lamar and Black Humanity” at the...
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Chance the Rapper on Lil B Collab Album:...

Photo via Chance the Rapper’s Instagram Earlier this month, Chance the Rapper and Lil B revealed that they had recorded a “based freestyle album” together. In a new interview with Bootleg Kev on Tampa Bay radio station Wild 94.1, Chance talked a little bit more about the project, as Stereogum points out. He confirmed that it’s a “full-fledged album” that’s “all done.” He said “it’s a classic” and “it’s a masterpiece.” In the interview, Chance also talked about his upcoming Family Matters...
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Aphex Twin Shares New AFX Track "ob...

Aphex Twin, aka Richard D. James, recently revived his AFX moniker for an upcoming EP, Orphaned Deejay Selek (2006-2008). Following “Serge Fenix Rendered 2″, he’s shared “oberheim blacet1b”, another cut off the forthcoming release. The track was premiered by Mary AnneHobbs on BBC Radio 6 Music; listen to it here around the 2:38:13 mark. Orphaned Deejay Selek (2006-2008) is out August 21 on Warp. Richard D. James has also uploaded a mastered version of “MARCHROMT30A EDIT 2B 96″, which appeared as a Japanese bonus track on last...