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.Paak and Knxwledge Return For NxWorries Debut, “Yes Lawd”

Following his latest studio album, Malibu, Anderson .Paak joins forces again with NxWorries partner, Knxwledge, for their latest project Yes Lawd!

The album is scheduled for store-purchases next Friday, October 21, and features 19 tracks which interestingly amount a run-time below fifty minutes. Also, the project catalogues no featured artists, challenging .Paak to showcase his rhymes over Knxwledge's deft production.

The two have recently opened the complete album for online streaming, one week before its scheduled release date. You can check out their latest work, Yes Lawd! Through the link below.

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Retrospect Record: LL Cool J's “Phenomenon”, 1997

Today in Hip hop marks the nineteenth year since the album Phenomenon, which signified rap icon LL Cool J's seventh studio album under Polygram and Def Jam Records.

Following the success of his previous album, Mr. Smith, Cool J echoed its fundamentals, catering to numerous R&B-influenced tracks, as well as blending a little hardcore rap. The album showcased production from Sean “Puffy” Combs as well as his line of in-house producers, “The Hitmen”.

The album also resonated to the forerunning success gathered by the previous, peaking at #7 for the Billboard 200, and #4 off the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. To this day, the album has sold well over one million copies nationwide, attaining RIAA-

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“Woptober” Never Felt So Fine, Thanks to Gucci Mane

Gucci Mane is invading the month of October and making it his own with his upcoming album,Woptober.

Since his recent liberation from a lengthy house arrest, the Trap King has placed tremendous amounts of time with his latest music, and he's making sure his fans across the country are rewarded for they're faithfulness.

Fans in Miami are the first to experience Guwop's patronage as he hosts a special event at DJ Khaled's restaurant today, October 13, to continue magnifying the hype towards the album's release. Mane will also be participating in a live Q&A discussion anchored upon the subject of his second LP since his return to the music scene.

In response to his previous critically-acclaimed album, Everybody Looking

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Questlove's Radio Show, How's That Been So Far?

Multi-talented artist Questlove recently revealed his latest project in the form of “Questlove Supreme”, a radio show which made its first broadcast last September 7th. Accessible through the Roots drummer's Pandora station, the program has showcases a blend of wide-ranging playlists and conversations with artists such as Maya Rudolph and Kimbra.

I see in Pandora both a deep respect for the craft of music and a commitment to the musicians that make their living,” mentioned Questlove in an interview with The New York Times

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14 Years of Nasty Nas' Debut Single, “Halftime”

Today in Hip-hop commemorates the release of Nas' 1992 debut single, “Halftime”, which featured his original Nasty Nas persona. The song was initially released under Ruffhouse Records off the Zebrahead soundtrack collective, and later inserted onto Nas' ground-breaking debut record, Illmatic.

Produced by Large Professor, the single contained samples from Average White Band's “Schoolboy Crush”, Gary Byrd's “Soul Traveling”, and “Dead End” by Japanese Hair. Large Professor's sampling presented the song's iconic up-tempo blend, and, reinforced over percussion and trumpets, became the perfect stage for the Illmatic star to dish out his hard-hitting hooks.

“You could

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Cash Money Recruits Denver-based Artist, Trev Rich

Numerous reports claim Birdman sightings in the Rocky Mountains. As strange as that may sound to some, what it actually means is Cash Money Records found its newest member, in the Denver-based MC, Trev Rich.

Making its first stop in Denver this summer, the Birdman decided he'd found his latest recruit upon hearing the MC's singles “Score” and “All Mine”. Rich began working with a Cash Money engineer the next day. “I was just back and forth from the hotel to the studio,” mentioned Rich pertaining to the sessions spanning for two weeks.

Birdman flew the young artist to their Universal Music Group HQ in New York, and the official signing commenced. “I met everybody, and they treated us like family from the beginning,&rdq

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