Monday, April 30, 2012

Logic - Young Sinatra: Undeniable (Mixtape)

Friday, April 27, 2012

Easy Does It - Pocket Full Of Change (Official Video)


Pocket Full Of Change is the latest official video from the Atlantic City crew Easy Does It.

Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - The Echo (SMoke TriXX Remix)


The homie SMoke TriXX shot this track over to me a few weeks back. Between law school finals and kickin' it my with family over graduation weekend, I lapsed on getting this posted. My bad. SMoke TriXX's dubstep-inspired rendition to Bad Meets Evil's Echo is pretty fresh tough. Make sure to peep all our prior posts on the Denver-based Producer here.



Thursday, April 26, 2012

Chiddy Bang - Mind Your Manners (Official Video)


Here's the latest set of official visuals from the Chiddy Bang crew.

Lips – Everything To Me (DJ Fresh Direct Remix)


DJ Fresh Direct's remix of Lips' Everything To Me is too fresh.



St. Lucia - Closer Than This (Viceroy Remix)


With the help from the homie TheFatRat, Viceroy puts his own unique spin over St. Lucia's Closer Than This. Enjoy..



Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Jhameel - Pursuit of Happiness (Blue Satellite Remix)


Blue Satellite's progressive house remix to Jhameel's Pursuit of Glory is pretty sweet. I really dig the original too. It's one of those songs that leaves you  wondering. That leaves you asking questions about your own life. Reflecting. Thinking. On top of being an incredible talented musician, Jhameel's maaaad humble too . I know I speak for many of you when I say it's pretty cool to see his career take off before our eyes...



M83 & Credence Clearwater Revival - Midnight Moon (LeeDM101 Remix)



LeeDM101 pairs M83 alongside Credence Clearwater Revival on Midnight Moon. I hope you dig this track as much as I do..




SonReal – Words I Said (Mixtape)


Fresh new mixtape from the Vancouver native SonReal. Make sure to check out Alone, Back Home, Back Where We Began,  Mr. Mojo Freestyle & I Know I Never Say This. Stream and download below.



Hoodie Allen, Timeflies & The Temptations - Hoodie's Fun. Ex Girl (DJ SweekUh Remix)


DJ SweekUh mixes Hoodie Allen's Ain't Gonna Work alongside Timeflies' Ex Games, Fun.'s Some Nights, The Temptations' My Girl and Willow Smith's Whip My Hair. Funky, but super dope. Enjoy..



Kirko Bangz - Drank In My Cup (PropaneLv Cover)


For the next few weeks, PropaneLv is going to be giving fans exclusive covers of some of the hottest tracks in hip-hop. Up first: Kirko Bangz's Drank In My Cup. Is that a Arvydis Sabonis bobblehead doll in the background. F*ck. Yes.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Timeflies Tuesday: Call Me Maybe (Video)


The Timeflies duo takes on Carly Rae Jepnsen's Call Me Maybe for the latest installment of Timeflies Tuesday.

Warm Gun - Let Me Fall (Official Video)


Warm Gun is one talented dude. The Seattle emcee is a one-man wrecking crew when it comes to writing lyrics, creating the music behind his vocals, and then (dopely) filming the flicks. The above visuals for Let Me Fall are the first from Warm Gun's forthcoming mixtape, Adventures EP - which TheJourney is fortunate enough to present in it's entirety on May 2nd. Let Me Fall stars Brian Chinn (Warm Gun) and the always-gorgeous Lauren Dahl. Make sure to check out all of Warm Gun's previous features on TheJourney.

Avicii – Silhouettes (Official Video)


The consistently jet-setting DJ Avicii provides us fans with a glimpse into his insanely-cool life with the official visuals for Silhouettes.

Eddy B & Tim Gunter - Tomorrow (Official Video)


Eddy B & Tim Gunter took to YouTube earlier today with the official visuals towards Tomorrow - one of my favorite hip-hop tracks of this early part of 2012. In all honest, I've probably bumped this track like 5 times a day over the past two weeks straight. Good music.

The Rapture - How Deep Is Your Love (Official Video)


The standout track off The Rapture's 2011 album In The Grace Of Your Love gets some well deserved visuals. Make sure to check out In The Grace Of Your Love - which landed at the #45 spot on TheJourney's Top 50 Albums of 2011 List.

Chiddy Bang - Mind Your Manners (Official Video Teaser)


The official visuals towards Mind Your Manners (the 2nd single off Breakfast) drops this Friday via VEVO.

A Frog Sitting on a Bench Like a Human (Video)


This made me grin from ear-to-ear. There are few things as neat as the beauty found within mother nature.

Logic reveals 'Young Sinatra; Undeniable' artwork


Young Sinatra: Undeniable, coming next Monday..

Monday, April 23, 2012

Outasight – Now or Never


Outasight follows up his catchy single Believe In Me with his latest track Now or Never.

Wiz Khalifa - Work Hard Play Hard (Video)


Here's the official text video for Work Hard Play Hard - released earlier today via Atlantic Records.

Wiz Khalifa – Work Hard, Play Hard [Off O.N.I.F.C]


Here goes the Stargate and Benny Blanco-produced first single from Wiz Khalifa’s forthcoming sophomore effort O.N.I.F.C. (Only Nigga In First Class) out August 28. On a unrelated side-note, I graduated Law School today. Fresh.

UPDATE: Lyrics via Rap Genius



Usher & Diplo – Climax (Bouncier Climatic Remix)


After various remixes of Climax hit the net over the past few weeks, Diplo decided to officially remix his Usher-assisted track. Enjoy..



Sunday, April 22, 2012

Slaughterhouse – Hammer Dance (Official Video)

The four-headed, lyrical-monster known as Slaughterhouse unveils their latest music video Hammer Dance. Filmed during SXSW, cameos include Eminem, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Big Sean and A$AP Rocky. This is the first official single for their album, welcome to: OUR HOUSE - scheduled for a June 12th release.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Mac Miller - The Grow Op


Treejay & DJ Clockwork let go their annual 4/20 mixtape - this year titling it The Grow Op: Official 4/20 Mixtape. Mac handles the title track, produced by Big Jerm.

The Rapture - In The Grace of Your Love (Mannequine Remix)


The Zurich-based DJ duo Mannequine recently released this remix - a fresh twist on The Rapture's 2011-hit In The Grace of Your Love.



Friday, April 20, 2012

Willie Nelson & Snoop Dogg - Roll Me Up


This just makes sense. Listen to Roll Me Up here.

Bow Wow - Drank In My Cup (Official Video)


Wizzle took to YouTube with these visuals - an apparent homage to Purple Drank & strippers - moments ago. Freeesh video, but a song about Lean on 4/20? Kinda weird. Come on Bow Wow...  everyone knows Promethazine Passover isn't until next week..

Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights feat. Nas


Austin-based blues musician Gary Clark Jr. releases his new single Bright Lights featuring Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones. This track will play as the official theme music of the 2012 NFL Draft - airing Thursday, April 26 at 8 p.m. Listen here.

Tyler, The Creator Hosts Punk’d (Video)



Thursday, April 19, 2012

Asher Roth – Party Girl f. Meek Mill (Video Teaser)



Here's the official teaser to Party Girl - the lead single off Is This Too Orange which we heard earlier today.

Kanye West - Way Too Cold feat. DJ Khaled (Unofficial Video)


Unofficial, but chill nonetheless.

Asher Roth & Meek Mill - Party Girl


Dope. Listen here. Despite having my hardest final of the term in less than 3 hours, TheJourney stays promoting new music in real-time for you guys (and gals)..

Gorilla Zoe - Twisted ft. Lil Jon (Captain Midnite Remix)


This dubstep-inspred remix is the latest release from the Pacific Northwest producer Captain Midnight. Not gunna lie, you woudln't typically find me bumpin' Gorilla Zoe - which is a testament to how dope Captain Midnite's production is on Twisted. This beat is fuckin insane. S/O to the homie Captain Midnite, make sure to check out all his other ridiculously dope concotions here.



Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Theophilus London - Love Is Real (Fred Falke Remix)


Theophilus London has released a couple tracks off his upcoming remix-project Timez Are Weird These Nights (available April 24th) - one of which was this catchy Fred Falke remix of Theo's Love Is Real. Make sure to check out all of TheJourney's prior posts on genre-bending emcee Theophilus London here.



VH1's Behind The Music: Nas (Video)




Yet another full episode off VH1′s Behind The Music Series, this time with Mr. Nasir Jones.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

TheJourney Presents: EQ - Nonfiction (Mixtape)


TheJourney is stoked to present EQ's first mixtape of 2012, Nonfiction. The 19 year-old emcee - who's opened for Mac Miller and XV - is back with a whole new batch of fluid flows, killer choruses and dope beats for his latest release Nonfiction. Chalked full of 16 quality tracks, the Richmond, VA spitter is an early front-runner for top spot on TheJourney's 2013 Freshman Predictions List.


Coachella Announces 2013 Hologram Lineup


Looking to capitalize on the viral-notoriety that Pac's hologram has brought Coachella over the last 36 hours, the music festival announces their 2013 hologram lineup, including Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Mr. motherfuckin' Bob Marley, The Beatles, Hendrix, and some old-school cat named Mozart. Well played internets, well played..

*for all the gullible folks out there: this is not real, more like a late April Fools joke..

Sammy Adams - Only One (Official Video)


Sammy Adams' catchy lil' jingle Only One is the latest track from the Boston native to get some official visuals..

Wiz Khalifa & Mac Miller Announce “Under The Infuence” Tour Dates


The Rostrum Records frontrunners Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller will be hitting the road together this summer. Here’s a list of the scheduled dates:

July 26 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
July 27 – Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 28 – Indianapolis, IN – Klipsch Music Center
July 29 – Toronto, ON – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre**
August 01 – Boston, MA – Comcast Center
August 02 – New York, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater*
August 03 – Philadelphia, PA – Susquehanna Bank Center
August 04 – Pittsburgh, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
August 05 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre

TiRon & Ayomari - Her Theme Song feat. BJ The Chicago Kid (Official Video)


TiRon & Ayomari - the guys responsible for this classic ode to good food - are back with the official visuals towards Her Theme Song, off their recently released album A Sucker For Pumps, and featuring the sounds of the always-soulful Chi-town native BJ The Chicago Kid. This video is pretty #Supercalifragilisticexpialidoc­ious

Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa – Payphone Live (Video)


Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa took to The Voice last night to debut their radio-friendly single Payphone.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Tupac Performs At Coachella 2012 (Video)


Makaveli made an appearance - albeit in hologram form - at this year's Coachella festivities. So dope..

B.o.B - So Hard To Breathe (Official Video)


So Hard To Breathe - the latest track to be released off B.o.B.'s upcoming album Strange Clouds comes accompanied with some official visuals. Enjoy..

Frank Ocean - Thinking About You (Official Video)


On the heels of killin' his Coachella set Friday night, Frank Ocean releases the much-anticipated visuals towards Thinking About You. You may remember High5Collective releasing this video a few months back as an 'unofficial video'. Recently though, Def Jam decided to acquire the visuals and release them as an official video. Good looks. It's dope to see the creative geniuses over at High5Collective getting the proper recogniton w/ this release.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Warm Gun - The Morning (The Weeknd Cover)


As a treat to hold us over until the release of his upcoming EP Adventures on May 2nd, Warm Gun took to his Bandcamp page a few moments ago with this ill cover of The Weeknd's The Morning. With a laid back reggae feel, accompanied by some sick guitar licks alongside the continual presence of the organ - Warm Gun just created one of the doper The Weeknd covers to come out in a hot-minute... Warm Gun's EP Adventures will be World Premiering via TheJourney in just a few weeks. Until then, make sure to check out all of the Seattle emcee's music here.



Florence + The Machine Perform At Coachella 2012 (Stream)


10:00 pm PST, watch here.

The Weeknd Performs At Coachella 2012 (Stream)


7:30 pm PST, watch here.

The Airplane Boys Perform At Coachella 2012 (Stream)


7:10 pm PST, watch here.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

b.FUNK - Me Kno Rap (Video)


Me Kno Rap is off b.FUNK's upcoming mixtape CHeCk yO mIND - which will be co-presented by TheJourney & BuckMarleyxxx in the coming weeks.

Bon Iver, Miike Snow, SBTRKT, Radiohead and A$AP Rocky At Coachella (Stream)


Bon Iver at 9:39pm, Miike Snow at 10:10pm, SBTRKT at 10:15pm, Radiohead at 11:05pm and A$AP Rocky to conclude the festivities at 11:35pm, all times PST. Watch here.

AWOLNATION Live At Coachella (Stream)


4:05 pm PST, watch here.

Childish Gambino Live At Coachella (Stream)


Watch here.

Cisco Adler – Lemonade feat. Yelawolf & Johnny Polygon


Cisco Adler recruits Yelawolf, Dirty Nasty & Johnny Polygon for his latest single Lemonade. Enjoy..



Friday, April 13, 2012

The Rapture Live At Coachella (Stream)

| Coachella earlier today| 
The Rapture right now, The Black Keys are on at 9:55 pm EST and M83 hits the stage at 11:20 pm EST followed up by Swedish House Mafia at 12:25 pm EST. Watch here.

Frank Ocean Live at Coachella (Stream)


Frank Ocean is set to perform live from Coachella at 8:15PM PST. Watch here.

SonReal - Alone


Before the Vancouver, WA emcee's forthcoming album Good News drops he will release a mixtape titled Words I Said on April 25th. Alone is the first offering from Words I Said.



Jon Connor – The People’s Rapper LP (Mixtape)


In celebration of his birthday today, the Michigan emcee lets loose his latest mixtape The People's Rapper LP - spitting over classic, timeless and legendary Slim Shady beats. Stream below, download here.



Chill Bump - Leakin (Official Video)


Leakin is the latest set of official visuals from the French group Chill Bump's new EP Back To The Grain. Over the last week, their track It's Alive has been on constant repeat around these parts, definitely check it out!

Coachella 2012 Kicks Off Tonight (Video)


This guy, haha. Performances tonight include M83, Frank Ocean, Grouplove, The Rapture & The Black Keys. TheJourney will be streaming Coachella throughout the evening.

Lemâitre - The Friendly Sound


The Friendly Sound has been out for more than year now, but considering I've been playing it all morning while I study, I thought I'd throw it up here for peeps who may have not heard Lemâitre's The Friendly Sound. Enjoy..



Thursday, April 12, 2012

Mac Miller - Flashing Lights (Chase & Status Remix)


For their latest trick, Chase & Status splice the extremely-catchy instrumentals off Flashing Lights alongside the raw and unfiltered sounds of Mac Miller. I got a feeling you're going to enjoy this!



Frank Ocean - Whip Appeal (SBTRKT Remix)


As if I didn't listen to Whip Appeal enough already, SBTRKT swings through with their official remix to the OFWGKT croony's latest release. Via SBTRKT;
“just some beefed up production over an already dope track,”



The Weeknd - The Morning (Count Ninjula Remix)


Count Ninjula brings the wobbles for his latest remix, taking on The Weeknd's The Morning.




Wednesday, April 11, 2012

EQ - Sacred Places


With the release of his forthcoming project Nonfiction right around the corner, the homie EQ gave TheJourney the greenlight to go public with Sacred Places. This track will wind up on Nonfiction, a project that TheJourney & Rap Genius will be world premiering next Tuesday. This project is too dope, I can't wait to premiere it you guys (and gals) next week!



Warm Gun - Higher Than Ever (Preview)



Higher Than Ever will be featured on Warm Gun's forthcoming release Adventures - slated to world premiere right here on TheJourney May 2nd. Make sure to support the Seattle emcee and check out all our prior on Warm Gun here. Stoked for this project..

ForteBowie - Missin You (Video)


This is one catchy little jingle, eh? These visuals for Missin You is the latest video from the Atlanta native. Word on the streets is that ForteBowie will have official visuals out for Decatur and My Beyonce in the comings months... #conversationswithrapper'smanagers

Wiz Khalifa’s O.N.I.F.C. Release Date


The Morning Freak Show on Pittsburgh’s 96.1KISS announced that they will be premiering the first single — Work Hard, produced by Stargate — from Wiz’s forthcoming Sophomore album next Monday. They also announced that O.N.I.F.C. has a release date of August 28th.

J. Cole – Sideline Story (Official Video)



Cole World: The Sideline Story is out now.

Jon Connor – Hello


Hello is the final leak off Connor’s Eminem-inspired The People’s Rapper LP, dropping this Friday. Jon Connor's flow is as good as any in the game right now. Bars for days..




The Weeknd Announces U.S. Tour Dates


Following his Coachella performance, the Weeknd will embark on a tour across North America. No San Diego tour date? Shooots... Check out all the dates below.

04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-22 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-25 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
04-26 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04-27 Boston, MA - Royale
04-28 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-29 Philadelphia, PA - TLA
05-03 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
05-06 Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre
05-08 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
05-11 Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market
05-12 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballrom
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-09 Porto, Portugal - Optimus Primavera Sound
08-03 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era


Shouts to the homie (and longtime friend) BeN GZ for showing me this..

Josh Osho - Giants feat. Childish Gambino (Official Video)



The London-based 20 year old singer Josh Osho brings Childish Gambino along for Giants - the lead single off his forthcoming debut album L.I.F.E., which is slated for a May release.

Steve Aoki - Cudi the Kid Feat. Kid Cudi & Travis Barker (The Remixes)




Steve Aoki rolls through with a team of remixers to bring us 8 new renditions to Aoki, Kid Cudi and Travis Barker's recently released track Cudi The Kid.




Macklemore – Victory Lap (Official Video)


Macklemore let loose these visuals a few moments ago. Support Macklemore's movement and check out the 30+ prior posts on TheJourney highlighting the Seattle emcee here.

Mac Miller - Thoughts From a Balcony (Official Video)



Latest visuals off Macadelic.

Hoodie Allen - No Faith In Brooklyn feat. Jhameel (Official Video)


Here's the second set of official visuals off Hoodie Allen's recently-released album All American (available on iTunes), which can be streamed here. Glad to see the homie Jhameel was part of No Faith In Brooklyn - the dude's an incredible artist, and certainly on the verge of blowin' up.

Ramaj Eroc - For The Love (Official Video)


Here's the latest set of official visuals from Hona Costello's homie Ramaj Eroc. Look for the remix to For The Love to drop soon..

Hoodie Allen - All American (Album Stream)


Glad to see Hoodie Allen's All American - which was released at midnight - is beating out Nick Minaj's Roman Reloaded for the #1 spot on iTunes. Stream the album in it's entirety below, and support Hoodie by purchasing All American for the low price of $4.99 on iTunes.



Phil Adé - Gone! (Official Video)


TheJourey's 2012 Freshmen Predictions enlistee drops off his latest set of official visuals with Gone.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Hoodie Allen - Top of the World


Top Of The World is off Hoodie Allen's album All American, which as of a few minutes ago, was available on iTunes. Look for the official visuals towards No Faith In Brooklyn - also off All American and featuring Jhameel - to drop sometime tomorrow (or if you'r on the east coast, today).
“Went from workin at Google to watching my Google Alerts/ Now I’ve got a buzz bigger than Google Earth”


Sammy Adams – Summertime (Official Video)



Mr. Wisner recycles bars from his track I Hate College - which served as the catalyst track behind his early success - to create a “Summertime” anthem of sorts. Sammy Adams' debut album is on the way..

Tayyib Ali – Ride With Us feat. Cisco Adler


brand new collab from Tayyib Ali and Cisco Adler. The acoustic, summer-ry feel on Ride With Us is perfect soundtrack to the recent string of 75 degree days here in San Diego. Enjoy..



Jon Connor- Hova Mojo (Official Video)


Latest set of official visuals off Jon Connor's recently released project, The Blue Album.

Childish Gambino - Bonfire (No Pets Allowed Mix)



For his latest offering, No Pets Allowed puts the remix touch on Childsh Gambino's Bonfire.

Chiddy Bang - Handclaps & Guitars (Video)


To support the recent release of Chiddy Bang's 14 track album Breakfast, the musical duo dropped the above visuals which were taken from their recent SXSW shows.

The Weeknd - High For This (Rimshox Remix)


Rimshox is the latest producer to take a stab at The Weeknd's High For This. Enjoy..




Florence & The Machine - MTV Unplugged (Video)




Turning an old converted synagogue into an acoustically sound concert hall, and in front of an audience that included Kanye West and Q-Tip, Florence & The Machine delivered the ultimate unplugged performance recently, fully captured by MTV.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

The Weeknd - Initiation (Unofficial Video)


The above unofficial visuals were inspired by The Weeknd's Initiation and were uploaded to Vimeo a few weeks back via the producer MSTRD.

Curren$y – What It Look Like feat. Wale (Official Video)


MTV premieres Curren$y's Wale-assisted cut What It Look Like - set to appear on The Stoned Immaculate. June 5th. Jetttts..

Saturday, April 7, 2012

J. Cole Set To Unveil Sideline Story Video Apr. 11th


Mr. Cole Wold threw up this teaser photo of the upcoming Sideline Story video on Instagram earlier today.

The Kickdrums - My Life feat. Machine Gun Kelly


Shouts to the homie Reza for bringing The Kickdrums latest project to my attention. My Life - featuring MGK - is off The Kickdrums recently released mixtape Follow The Leaders.




Tyga - Dancin 4 Dollas (Official Video)


Enjoy..

Friday, April 6, 2012

Drake – Take Care f. Rihanna (Official Video)



Drake debuts the Rihanna-assisted title track of his sophomore album.


Tyler, The Creator Gets Punk’d (Video)


Watch (and laugh) here.

Eddy B & Tim Gunter - Tomorrow


Woke up this morning to find Tomorrow kickin' it in my inbox. 2 words; replay value. With heartfelt lyrics and a chorus that's as on point as this beat, I can' t wait to hear more from Eddy B & Tim Gunter.
This song is an insight to Eddy's childhood and our first chance for people to get to know us as artists.