Author: Scarlett Pham

Last Tuesday, May 17th Snoop Dogg announced that he will release "A Death Row Summer Album" in the near future. This is a compilation album. The exact date has yet to be confirmed and the project will be released under his Death Row records label.

Snoop Dogg was very happy after acquiring the Death Row Records label because he was a part of the label at the beginning, he was one of its founders. And now he finally has ownership of Death Row.

Snoop also released the single "Touch Away" featuring October London. Check it out below:

On Wednesday, May 11th, Vic Mensa and Chance The Rapper released the song "Wraith" to start their 2022 collaboration. As we know, they are still working hard together and will release more music in the near future. "Me and Chano have been working on a lot of music for a while now, there's much more to come" shared Vic Mensa.

This is not the first time they have collaborated together, the pair of friends have together released catchy hip hop tracks since the early 2010's like "Cocoa Butter Kisses", "Suitcase", "Family", and more.

Last year, Vic Mensa and Chance The Rapper dropped a single called "Shelter", marking their first comeback after nearly 10 years.

"Wraith" was produced by Smoko Ono and Beat Butcha. Check it out below:

Author: Scarlett Pham

Earlier this year, Chris Brown released the single "Iffy" as the lead single of his upcoming tenth studio album. Chris Brown then released the following single "Warm Embrace" which received positive reactions.

What makes his fans most excited right now is that after three years, Chris Brown has finally set a release time for the new album "Breezy."

Brown took to his Instagram to announce that the long-awaited "Breezy" is coming out next month.

"Breezy" has been in production for more than two years now. With that amount of time, we can count on this album to create a big hit on the charts.

The album is expected to have 16 tracks, just the same amount as his debut album in 2005. After releasing "Breezy" in June, Brown will begin his busy "One of Them Ones" tour with Lil Baby starting mid-July. Stay tuned for "Breezy" and Brown's upcoming plans. 

Author: Scarlett Pham

After three days of dropping a track list with the names of "strictly legends" in the music industry causing excitement among fans, as Jack has promised, the album "Come Home The Kids Miss You" has arrived (May 6th).

The highlight of the album mentions "First Class" where Jack samples Fergie's "Glamorous" to create a special throwback feeling. Next, is the previously leaked track "Churchill Down" featuring Drake. Along with great collaborations with Lil Wayne, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell.

Initial speculation surfaced that Dua Lipa will feature in Jack's album because Jack did not hesitate to flirt with Dua Lipa in a teaser. Apart from the song named after her, Dua Lipa does not have a song with Jack.

Jack Harlow is at the top of his generation in mainstream rap. Jack Harlow's debut album "Gazebo" was released in December 2020 and peaked at no.5 on Billboard 200.

"Come Home The Kids Miss You" is expected to achieve much greater success than what "Gazebo" did.

In Mid April, Future took to Instagram to announce that he released his ninth solo studio album on April 29th. It has made fans curious and excited for his comeback. And finally "I Never Liked You" is here.

The album feature Ye, Drake, Young Thug, Kodak Black, Gunna, Tems, and EST Gee. Future and Ye have worked together before to produce "Pablo" and "Happy" from Ye's album "Donda 2" just released a few months ago. Future expressed his thoughts on his collaborations with Ye on GQ not long after. 

Few days after dropping "I Never Liked You", Future earned his eighth No.1 album on Billboard chart with all 16 song of his album lineup on Billboard 100. Huge congrats to Future. 

Future and Ye have worked together before to produce "Pablo" and "Happy" from Ye's album "Donda 2" just released a few months ago. Future expressed his thoughts on his collaborations with Ye on GQ not long after. Of course, Future dropped a music video for the song featuring Ye "Keep It Burnin." It is standing in the top of YouTube's music videos.

One special aspect you should not miss is the music video Future featuring Drake and Tems called "Wait For You." This music video is in totally different tone and style from "Keep It Burnin." Future, Drake, and Tems have chosen a unique medieval style for this video. To discover what story they tell in the music video, let's watch it and compare with "Keep It Burnin."

On April 26th, Pusha T dropped a clip showing the first glimpses of the crime thriller "Respect The Jax" produced by him. 

The plot is about a boy named Cat with a miserable childhood in Jamaica, abandoned by his mother. Cat then grows up and goes to the US to pursue the American dream, but he gets himself into a life of violence and crime. The film will hit theaters on May 6th.

Prior to the release of the clip, Pusha T did not ignore his musical career. He dropped a new album called "It's Almost Dry" on April 22nd, which featured Jay-Z, Ye, Pharrell Williams, Labrinth, Cudi, and more. 

Author: Scarlett Pham

Ed Sheeran wrote a heartfelt message at the beginning of the music video his new music video.

It stated:

"I filmed the video for "2steps" in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine before the devastating acts of violence started to take place. It was my first time visiting the country and I felt so welcomed during my stay there - everyone from the production crew to the many people I met across my days off. Ukraine is a proud and resilient country and I'm grateful to have had the chance to film my video there. I stand with Ukraine and will be donating my record royalties from YouTube streams of the video to the DEC's Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal - Ed x."

Ed Sheeran has worked hard and released music in collaboration with other artists recently, last month was "Bam Bam" with Camila Cabello. The song has achieved great responses from fans. 

And now is "2steps" with Lil Baby. Ed also shared some great thoughts about Lil Baby on his Instagram.

The collaboration is very special as it puts humanity first. Ed and Lil Baby are trying to spread sympathy and sharing to Ukraine through music, as well as finance.

The music video was specially edited, with Ed dressed simply as usual with his guitar. The music gives listeners and viewers a very relaxing feeling.

Travis Scott is back with a collaboration single with Future, produced by Southside.

"Hold That Heat" is a song with a hint of a trap song of the years 2015-2016 that makes fans feel extremely excited and nostalgic. We have to give praise to Southside - the producer and at the same time one of the founders of the 808 Mafia team.

The music video is carefully invested and edited in dark blue and red tones, directed by Philip Andelman.

Check out the music video below:

Author: Scarlett Pham

Kendrick Lamar fans have finally received the official announcement for the release of his new album. "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" will be Kendrick's fifth studio album and will be released on May 13th . This was revealed through the letter that Kendrick posted on his Instagram.

Kendrick's latest album "DAMN" was released five years ago and that's certainly why Kendrick wrote "Appreciate Your Patience" at the end of the letter.

We also know that "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" will be the last album that Kendrick will release under Top Dawg Entertainment.

On Friday April 22nd, NLE Choppa dropped a new song called "Slut Me Out". He also dropped a music video directed by Ben Marc for "Slut Me Out".

The music video is filled with sexy women surrounding Choppa. The lyrics and visuals of "Slut Me Out" are very sexually and the music video is age-restricted on YouTube. Through this track, Choppa expresses his vegan lifestyle. He is having a partnership with Slutty Vegan and will have his own meal called "Slut Me Out Meal."

"Slut Me Out Meal" will be on the menu of Slutty Vegan's chain located on Edgewood Ave from May 4th to 10th. Fans will get a chance to meet Choppa as he will appear at the restaurant on May 14th to personally prepare and hand out the meals.

From May 1st to June 5th will be the time when the NLE Tour takes place in the US. Choppa will perform in Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania and end up in California.