• Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign Share Trippy New Song 'Refresh/Say No More' [LISTEN]

    Wiz Khalifa and Ty Dolla $ign have shared a trippy new collaborative track titled "Refresh/Say No More," which you can check out below. Being almost nine minutes long, this is really two tracks in one, and if the cover art is any indication (which you can check out up above), this is some really spacy, psychedelic stuff, even moreso than Wiz usually gets. It's not clear who the producer is on this track, though the Soundcloud page says it was "engineered" by Drew Drucker and Ricky P, so maybe they should be getting the credit for this one.

  • 10 Best Late-Night Performances of 2014: Ryan Adams, Bobby Shmurda and Kendrick Lamar Make the List [WATCH]

    The late-night performance has become a rite of passage in recent years for up-and-coming bands. For more established acts, it is a chance to play some songs from a new record. There is no denying that the moves made in 2014 in the late-night realm affected the quality of the performances. David Letterman is retiring in May, so he has just been enjoying it all — he really dug Ryan Adams. Jimmy Fallon took over "The Tonight Show," which meant The Roots adding their Philly funk to acts like Bobby Shmurda. And Stephen Colbert ended his tenure on "The Colbert Report" recently, wisely booking Kendrick Lamar for his final week.The last year was filled with great performances that may have been on past your bedtime. Here are a few of our favorites.

  • Music Times 25 Best Songs of 2014: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Hozier, St. Vincent & More

    2014 was the year of a thousand controversies: Taylor Swift pulled all of her music from Spotify, Sun Kil Moon started a feud with The War On Drugs, Jack White accused The Black Keys of ripping him off (again), and almost nobody went platinum. When you put all of that aside, however, what you're left with is a bunch of incredible songs, which is really what it's all about. Here are the 25 best songs from 2014, as determined by Music Times writers Ryan Book, Caitlin Carter, Joey DeGroot, Kyle Dowling, and Carolyn Menyes.

  • Kendrick Lamar's TDE Label Announces Free Holiday Concert, Toy Giveaway In Los Angeles Projects Today

    Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) is giving back this holiday season with the gift of music (and more)! The label — home to Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SZA, and Isaiah Rashad — has partnered with Nickerson Garden Projects to donate toys, shoes, and more along with a free concert today (Dec. 23) starting at noon. The even is free and open to the public, so if you're in the Los Angeles area, head there between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.

  • Nicki Minaj Says Kendrick Lamar's Animated Voices Remind Her Of Her Own, Twitter Reacts

    While hitting the press circuit in support of her new album The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj has repeatedly mentioned the lack of respect she gets in the industry as a woman and how she is always having to prove herself despite her success and her status as the queen of mainstream hip-hop. In a new interview with Rap Radar's Elliot Wilson for is CRWN interview series, Minaj brought up the fact that no one took her crazy voices seriously but that they respect it when Kendrick Lamar does them.

  • Kendrick Lamar Premieres New Song on 'The Colbert Report' [WATCH]

    As "The Colbert Report" finishes its last week, the show has been able to pull together some high-profile guests to pay homage to a man, Stephen Colbert, who has become a star on late-night television. As his final music guest on the show, the show had Kendrick Lamar come on for a short interview and to perform a song, an opportunity which K.Dot used to premiere a new, unnamed track.Before jumping into the song, Colbert poses the difficult questions he always does in the sarcastic and humorous manner that has made his stage persona so popular. He lets Kendrick know there is some pressure on his shoulders, noting that "Paul McCartney, R.E.M., Jack White and Nas were your opening acts."He asks if it is difficult to get life insurance as the leader of West Coast rap and what he is trying to communicate through his songs as a writer, not a rapper.
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