Colin Munroe just dropped his new mixtape, Unsung Hero on these here internet streets and it features Black Hippy favorites, Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul. The Canadian crooner has been putting on for the Great North for a long time and “Scars and Stars” is another example of such. Colin broke out a couple of years ago when […]
Rapsody blasts off her Jamla-helmed project titled, The Idea Of Beautiful. The album features production from the Jamla founder 9th Wonder, AMP, Khrysis and more, along with guest features from Ab-Soul, Mac Miller, The Cool Kids, BJ the Chicago Kid and others. Bonus tracks on the Deluxe Edition include the 9th Wonder-produced Thunder and Beautiful Music featuring Childish Gambino. In a move that should be applauded, A portion of […]
Jay Rock and the entire Top Dawg Entertainment group are having a pretty good summer. Powered by the anticipation behind crew member Kendrick Lamar’s good kid m.A.A.d city debut, Rock couldn’t be more proud of his friend. The two are set to embark on the BET Music Matters Tour next month, which will lead into Lamar’s […]
The existence of a Black Hippy album will never come into fruition, according to Ab-Soul. The Carson, Calif. rapper, and member of the Black Hippy crew (comprised of Ab, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, and Schoolboy Q), reveals to Hip-Hop Wired that the project will never see the light of day. “No, never, ever!” he says. […]
TDE’s rising star Ab-Soul is coming into his own, and the fact that he’s the headliner in Southern Florida’s concert, SouloInSloFlo, is proof. Before his headlining show, “the black-lipped bastard” gave an insightful and humbly, entertaining interview with AshleyOutrageous.com. The interview begins humorously with the nonsensical question, “Where does your hair come from?,” in which Ab-Soul quickly quipped, […]
JAMLA‘s leading lady, Rapsody gives us a preview of things to come with her new single, “NonFiction.” The North Carolina MC stuck to the formula of success by keeping her sound in-house, as 9th Wonder blessed the track with his patented boom-bap production. Raheem Devaughn inner crooner is on full display on the chorus, and TDE‘s own Ab-Soul […]
This past year and change, Hip-Hop became acquainted with a diverse group of West Coast MCs who with their powers combined are known as Black Hippy. XXL Magazine recently caught up with the crew, which is comprised of Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q and Ab-Soul for a photo shoot. Luckily for us, XXL provided us with some behind the scenes […]
Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino, starts off Independence Day with his new mixtape Royalty. This fourteen track project includes guest appearances from ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Nipsey Hussle, Bun B, Ghostface Killah, Danny Brown and many more. Royalty is Childish Gambino’s first offering since dropping Camp late in 2011 and h has come on strong in 2012 with a […]
Black Hippy has yet to release their debut, but according to ScHoolboy Q, the project is on its way. With the members of BH –comprised of ScHoolboy, Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, and Jay Rock –busy with solo-stardom, all of the components have to be perfect before they drop the album. “Once we make that sh-t a […]
Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q represent half of Black Hippy, the Cali based group also comprising of Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock, recently spoke with Karen Civil. Touching on a myriad of topics including their much lauded individual projects (Control System, Habits & Contradictions), the pair also spoke on the future of Black Hippy, and the recently […]
TDE’s Ab-Soul sat down with The FADER recently to speak about being the “Human Dictionary” of the Black Hippy collective. He also addresses Alori Joh’s passing, his album of the year candidate, controlSYSTEM, and what’s next for the Black Lip Bastard. If you haven’t copped controlSYSTEM yet, first off shame on you, second of all fork over the […]
Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul recently appeared on Green Lantern‘s Invasion Radio show. It wouldn’t be a true appearance if the Black Hippy affiliates weren’t put “On Da Spot,” right? The two MCs were up to the challenge, as they decimated Nas‘ “Daughters.” Check the footage after the jump.
