In the latest trailer for Denial Is a River Show, the comedy project premiering Jan. 2, Zack Fox is everything Doechii has been looking for. The musician is stationed in the kitchen in the clip, gushing to her friend and Top Dawg Entertainment label mate ScHoolboy Q when she commits …
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Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 8, Rolling Stone is breaking down 13 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. This year’s Best Rap Album race is poised to be a duel between Atlanta trap and …
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Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter is much more than a country album — it’s actually a tour through the Black roots of American music that manages to be both thematically rich and stuffed with indelible pop songs, in multiple genres. Kendrick Lamar‘s virtuosic “Not Like Us,” meanwhile, completely transcends its status as …
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There are two things ScHoolboy Q has been trying to wrap his head around. One of them is the success of Blue Lips, the his sixth album and first in nearly five years, released earlier this month. The South Central Los Angeles rapper with storied backgrounds as both a Crip …
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“Gang shit, I invented that, huh?” asks Schoolboy Q on “Pop,” a track from Blue Lips, his first album in nearly five years. It’s clearly an overstatement. But give the former Hoover Street Crip credit: Back in the early 2010s, he fused the open-eared, genre-less sensibility of Tumblr rap with …
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For 24 hours only, Schoolboy Q is offering a glimpse into the world of Blue Lips, his first studio album in nearly five years, set for release on March 1. The rapper, who announced the album with a trailer featuring its apparent track list, has yet to share any official …
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ScHoolboy Q has finally – and cryptically – shared a release date and track list for his long-awaited sixth album. Per a trailer and countdown on his website, the album, named Blue Lips, will drop at midnight on March 1. The trailer embedded on the site via YouTube is set …
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I n the parking lot of Anderson Memorial Park in Carson, California, just south of Compton and north of Long Beach, Ab-Soul chain-smokes Newports and speaks gently. We’re close to the houses he grew up in alongside his mother, aunts, and paternal grandparents. “I kinda like to call it the …
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Every Gorillaz concert is an all-star affair, but Friday’s show at the Forum was especially star-studded show as Beck, Tame Impala, Schoolboy Q, Thundercat, Del the Funky Homosapien and De La Soul all came out to perform with Damon Albarn’s cartoon band. Fresh off their standout Life Is Beautiful set, …
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The Roots‘ Black Thought landed guest spots from Killer Mike, Pusha T, Swizz Beatz, ScHoolboy Q and Portugal. The Man for his upcoming EP, Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Abel, out July 31st. The rapper detailed the track list on Monday, announcing a July 10th release date for …
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