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Reason & TDE Co-President Moosa Argue Over Label Practices
Reason was a guest on the BACKONFIGG podcast, getting into a heated discussion with TDE co-president Moosa.
How SZA’s ‘S.O.S.’ Cut Through the Holiday Noise to Rule the Charts
The holiday season is usually a wash when it comes to new music releases: the charts are dominated by the likes of Brenda Lee, Mariah Carey, Michael Bublé and Bing Crosby, and carols are dominating the radio on just about every channel. But this year has been different: while the top 10 of the Hot 100 has been full of the usual suspects, the Billboard 200 has been dominated by SZA’s S.O.S., the first album by the alt-R&B singer/songwriter in five years that roared out of the gate upon its Dec. 9 release with the fifth-biggest debut of 2022 and that has ruled the Billboard 200 for three straight weeks, bridging the gap between the holiday season and the opening of 2023. (And the Hot 100 found room for 20 songs from the album for good measure.) The success of that release has been no acc...
HHW Review: Isaiah Rashad Embraces The Towering Arc Of His Artistic Journey On ‘The House Is Burning’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty Isaiah Rashad has always shown reverence for his fellow artists from the south and that fact is reflected in some of his song titles dating back to his 2014 studio album debut, the excellent Clivia Demo. The Chattanooga rapper has taken care to release his third album in seven years in The House Is Burning and while the wait was more than worth it, it may have been absolutely necessary. Seven years is several lifetimes in Hip-Hop considering the rapid-fire nature of music releases in the modern era. Few artists can wait five months, much less five years between releasing projects or studio albums, but then, Zay shouldn’t be compared to his peers as he’s part of a machine that doesn’t waste moments when they actually come to fruition....
SZA Calls Out Magazine For Refusing To Hire Black Photographer For Photoshoot
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christopher Polk/NBC / Getty It seems some media outlets are still refusing to hire from the culture they profit from. SZA has called out one publication for refusing to hire a Black photographer for her photoshoot. As reported by Madame Noire the songstress did a bit of venting earlier this week regarding opportunities for people of color within the entertainment industry. On Tuesday, May 25 she took to Twitter to reveal that she requested a creative from the melanin community curate the visuals for said feature but was told no by the staff. I requested a black photographer for a cover n the mag told me no lol its 2021.. and almost Juneteenth . Respectfully I can’t do it” she wrote. Naturally the post quickly went viral and her fans pressed he...
TDE’s Audio Engineer Extraordinaire MixedByAli Purchases Former Death Row Records Studio
Source: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Derek “MixedByAli” Ali has become one of the most sought after audio engineers of his era, applying his mixing and mastering skills with the Top Dawg Entertainment stable of artists and beyond. Over the weekend, MixedByAli shared via social media a virtual tour of his new recording studio home, which just happens to be the former studio used by Death Row Records. MixedByAli took to Instagram this past Sunday (Dec. 6) and shared details on his new studio, which is apparently known as NoName Studios/EngineEars Office. From IG: This is Death Row Records former studio, where they recorded and mixed @drdre ‘The Chronic 2001’, @snoopdogg ‘The Dog Pound’, Tupac’s ‘All Eyes On Me’ and countless other records that shaped my childhood and inspired me to create the mu...
Kendrick Lamar’s Album Coming “Soon Soon” Teases TDE’s Punch
Source: MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images / Getty Kendrick Lamar’s long-awaited, highly anticipated album is on its way, apparently. The news comes after a curious Twitter user quizzed Top Dog Entertainment’s president Terrence “Punch” Henderson on the status of Lamar’s highly anticipated drop. “When is Kendrick dropping,” the user asked. Punch replied, “Pretty soon.” Another user followed-up, “As in…this year soon?” “As in soon soon,” he confirmed. Unfortunately, “soon soon” isn’t an actual date on anyone’s calendar, but the response suggests it may hit streaming platforms by the end of this year. Thundercat, a phenomenal bassist who appeared on To Pimp A Butterfly and DAMN, hinted at working on the new project in March. Kung-fu Kenny knows his c...
Westside Gunn Says There Is No Griselda Vs. TDE & Dreamville Beef
Source: Jacopo Raule / Getty Griselda Records has transformed its consistent underground grind into a major label partnership all while releasing music at a rapid clip. In a 2019 interview, Westside Gunn spoke about his crew’s productivity in comparison to TDE and Dreamville in what some thought was in an offensive manner, but he says that’s not the case. Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher, the core members of Griselda, joined Elliott Wilson’s Rap Radar with Brian “B-Dot” Miller for a wide-ranging chat about the crew’s rise, their proper Shady Records debut album WWCD, and more. When comparing the crew’s output and quality against the aforementioned labels, Gunn’s passion and confidence boasts were apparently misunderstood as a sign of arrogance. “If you’re gonna name...
