Tagged: TDE
Download 16-Year-Old Kendrick Lamar’s First Mixtape, Y.H.N.I.C
Kendrick Lamar’s first-ever mixtape, released when the rapper was 16, has surfaced via The Masked Gorilla. In a 2011 interview with TDK, Lamar said of the tape: “My first mixtape, I was 16 and it … read more »
Interview: Schoolboy Q
Last week, Schoolboy Q stopped over in support of his upcoming third LP, Oxymoron, due out next fall. After dumping the contents of his kangaroo pocket on our conference table, he talked about copying Kendrick, … read more »
The Things I Carry: Schoolboy Q
We always like to know what some of our favorite artists carry in their purses (and man-purses)—the essential items that they need for touring, subway rides, or any other thing that they might be doing … read more »
Stream: Schoolboy Q, “Yay Yay” (Prod. by Boi-1da)
Produced by Boi-1da (previously: Drake, Soulja Boy), “Yay Yay” is the first taste of Schoolboy Q’s upcoming album Oxymoron. “It was beautiful to see what [Kendrick Lamar] did and the impact he had on people,” … read more »
Video: Kendrick Lamar, “Backseat Freestyle”
Kendrick Lamar visits Paris to deliver his boast—I pray my dick gets big as the Eiffel Tower/ So I can fuck the world for 72 hours—in the new video for Hit-Boy-produced “Backseat Freestyle.” The clip, … read more »
Ab-Soul, “Only 1″ (Prod. by Willie B) MP3
Who else can rhyme like me?/ I’m making profit out of prophecy/ We built this dynasty on democracy and philosophy, Ab-Soul exclaims on “Only 1,” an end-of-year victory lap produced by TDE in-house guy WIllie … read more »
Schoolboy Q, “Party” MP3
Schoolboy Q drops “Party,” following yesterday’s freebie from Ab-Soul, “Niribu.” Between these two and Jay Rock’s “YOLA,” Black Hippy has been producing a grip of hits for TDE Fam Appreciation Week, living up to their … read more »
Ab-Soul, “Nibiru” MP3
Ab-Soul, one time Black Planet text battle (freestyle, but you type) champ, returns with another song that requires some googling to wrap your head around. Soul ponders the Mayan calendar and whether aliens built the … read more »
Jay Rock, “YOLA” (Prod. by Dave Free) MP3
If you’re exhausted by Drake’s acronym for sorority girls’ favorite reason to do anything—You Only Live Once—then Jay Rock’s gruff new track “YOLA” is for you. The Dave Free-produced cut is a reminder that at … read more »
Video: Kendrick Lamar, “Swimming Pools (Drank)”
Kendrick Lamar falls backwards into a pool in this clip for “Swimming Pools (Drank),” the uncompromising, brainy and catchy first single from good kid, m.A.A.d. city, his first album with Interscope. Spoiler alert: he makes … read more »
