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Drake and the Game Shut Down Compton in ...

Photo via Drake’s Instagram Drake and the Game‘s new collaborative single “100″ is set to appear on the Game’s new album The Documentary 2. Today, the track’s video surfaced. Directed by Theo Skudra, it features footage of the two rappers amid huge crowds in Compton, along with shots of the neighborhood and its residents. Late in the video, Drizzy brings a kid to the front of the crowd to perform the hook. Check it out...
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Lil B, DOOM, GZA Get Marvel Comic Book C...

Last month, Marvel Comics announced they would pay homage to hip-hop through a series of variant covers inspired by classic and contemporary hip-hop albums. Today, they revealed a handful of covers inspired by Lil B‘s Black Flame, DOOM and Madlib‘s Madvillainy, and GZA‘s Liquid Swords, as Billboard reports. That’s Thor, above, in the style of Madvillainy; below, Hercules gets the Lil B treatment, while GZA is used for the Contest of Champions. The GZA-inspired cover goes on sale in October, while Lil B and DOOM/Madlib can be had in November....
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Todd Terje Performs "Alfonso Musked...

Todd Terje was among the many performers at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival. Below, watch him perform “Alfonso Muskedunder” and “Preben Goes to Acapulco”, two tracks from last year’s It’s Album Time. Read our Guest List with Todd Terje. Check out photos from the fest here and here. Watch more videos from Pitchfork Music Festival 2015 here. “Alfonso Muskedunder”: “Preben Goes to...
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Teklife to Launch Label With Compilation...

Footwork crew Teklife will launch their own label with a 15-track compilation this November, Fact reports. In a statement released via the Teklife mailing list, they announced “a compilation of 15 trax including DJ Rashad – DJ Spinn – DJ Earl – DJ TAYE – TASO – and pretty much everybody from the crew.” It’ll be available digitally, with a vinyl release to follow if there’s demand. You can register interest here. Last year, Teklife teamed with Hyperdub to realease the compilation Next Life, a tribute to DJ Rashad, who...
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Lauryn Hill Performs Nina Simone Cover &...

Photo by Douglas Gorenstein/NBC Lauryn Hill was a musical guest on tonight’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”, performing her Nina Simone cover “Feeling Good”, from the tribute album Nina Revisited: A Tribute To Nina Simone. Watch the performance...