• Vince Staples Bites Back At Noreaga And Others Who Say He Doesn't Appreciate 1990's Hip Hop

    Vince Staples was born in 1993, as he readily admits. He did not truly "experience" the age of "boom-bap" Hip Hop inspired by the production of the East Coast's RZA and the "g-funk" of West Coast's Dr. Dre. However, like most rappers (and music fans), the era is held in extremely high regard. Classic albums like Illmatic, Ready to Die, Reasonable Doubt, The Chronic, Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers), Hard To Earn, etc. cement the decade as one of the most important in the short history of hip-hop. These albums dealt with the sociopolitical issues facing African American youths in the inner city, and shined a light on an issue many Americans ignored. Vince Staples, however, is not particularly impressed with the decade's output, nor the comments made by peers such as Tyler the Creator and Noreaga over his critique.

  • Collective Shout Calls Tyler, the Creator's Song 'F*ck You' a "Tantrum"

    On Monday, Tyler, the Creator shared an especially angry new track, "F*ck It," that, in part, addresses his controversial immigration status in Australia. In August, Tyler cancelled the Australian leg of his "Cherry Bomb" tour following a lobbying campaign from Australian activist group Collective Shout that protested his past lyrics, which the group deemed violently misogynistic. A spokeswoman for Collective Shout has since responded to "F*ck It," and she describes the song as a "tantrum."

  • Guitarist Covers Kanye West's Entire Discography From 'College Dropout' to 'Yeezus'

    When you have a lot of time on your hands and you really like Kanye West, some weird things can happen. For six hours and 41 minutes, Jacob Brody took his own spin on West's discography by performing some creative guitar covers starting with College Dropout's "We Don't Care" and powering all the way through to the Yeezus closer "Bound 2."

  • Tyler, The Creator Banned From Australia

    Tyler, The Creator has been banned from entering Australia. This according to Tweets sent out today by the Cherry Bomb rapper. The news comes as a disappointment to fans who were hoping to see Tyler later this year when he was going to head down under for a series of shows in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth during the beginning of September.

  • Wu-Tang Clan, 50 Cent Notorious B.I.G. & More Get Marvel Comic Treatment

    Marvel Comics has been playing up its relationship with hip-hop for some time now. There have been a number of comic books starring rappers, and the label released a pair releases featuring Run The Jewels-tributes on their respective covers. Now the publisher has announced a series of 50 comic book covers featuring tributes to classic hip-hop album covers. The first ten were released online this week.

  • TBD Festival 2015 Lineup: Chromeo, Chance The Rapper, Madeon

    Fiercely proud of its roots in the Republic of California, TBD Festival has announced the complete lineup for the 2015 edition of the three-day event. The lineup includes a wide range of trendy electronic acts, rappers and different bands. Among those who will be headlining include Madeon, Chance The Rapper, Chromeo, Ratatat, Death Grips (though you never know with them) and Tears For Fears.

  • Tyler, The Creator Responds to Fan Criticism About 'Cherry Bomb'

    Tyler, The Creator is an artist who is very interactive with his fans. Whether it is chatting with them on social media or starting his own media company Golf Media that delivers content directly to those who buy in for a monthly fee, he tries to give something to those who support his regularly. Constantly paying attention to those who are following you are commenting at you can be wearisome for an artist who has become as widely known as Tyler, The Creator because with fame and success inevitably comes haters and those who feel the artist has lost their edge. On the Odd Future Reddit thread a fan vented their frustration that the "Smuckers" rapper's recent album Cherry Bomb was not depressing enough. Tyler saw the post and wrote a very lengthy response of his own detailing the evolution of his own life and expressing the desire to move on as a human being and emotionally from four years ago.

  • Odd Future Officially Broken Up According To Tyler, The Creator

    Over the past few days, speculation has been wild about the future of hip-hop collective Odd Future, which counts Frank Ocean, Tyler, The Creator, Hodgy Beats and Earl Sweatshirt among its members. Observers have known that the group has been growing apart over the past few years as the members have focused on their burgeoning solo careers, but according to a response to a fan on social media network Spring from Tyler, the group is officially broken up.

  • Earl Sweatshirt Shares Thoughts On Possible Odd Future Break Up

    Tyler, The Creator caused a stir, unknowingly, two nights ago when he got nostalgic looking over past Odd Future pictures with friends and shared some of his thoughts on social media. He made it seem like the group, which has not been very active recently, had broken up when he stated, "although its no more, those 7 letters are forever." Fans started talking and headlines started to appear overnight questioning if this was in fact the end of the group. Tyler attempted to clarify the situation yesterday saying his words shouldn't have been taken literally, but hinted at some tension among the members. Earl Sweatshirt has responded to the whole situation on Twitter and had some pretty unpleasant words for all of the "Odd Future runoff."

  • Odd Future Isn't Breaking Up According To Tyler, The Creator

    Last night, Tyler, The Creator got super sentimental while looking through old Odd Future pictures and shared some of those emotions on Twitter because that's what you do now. As he was reminiscing, it appeared that the 'Cherry Bomb' rapper let slip that his collective had broken up when he stated, "although its no more, those 7 letters are forever." Unaware of the consequences of saying something like that in public, Tyler went to sleep thinking everything was all right, when in fact, fans were convinced that Odd Future was finished. He woke up this morning and saw all of the headlines and online activity. He tried to clear things up by saying that people shouldn't read into his comments, he was simply looking over some old pictures with friends.
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