Phife Dawg passes away 45

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We lost a Hip Hop legend when Phife Dawg passed away from diabetes complications. On Wednesday night a Tribe Called Called Quest sent out a statement on its website about their tragic loss…

“Our hearts are heavy. We are devastated. This is something we weren’t prepared for although we all know that life is fleeting. It was no secret about his health and his fight. But the fight for his joy and happiness gave him everything he needed. The fight to keep his family happy, his soul happy and those around him happy, gave him complete and unadulterated joy… until he heeded his fathers call.

We love his family his mother, his father, his son, his wife, his nieces, his family here in New York, Atlanta, California and Trinidad.

Thank you for the outpouring of prayers and support from the fans, fellow artists, music outlets, blogs, radio stations, DJ’s, social media and the music community at large. This too is part of his joy and means a lot to him. His family is overwhelmed by the support, well wishes and are thankful. His music and what he’s contributed is seismic and hard to measure. He’s affected us as much as he’s affected all of you. We’re inspired by his daily joy and courage. He wasn’t in pain. He was happy.

We take comfort in knowing he will be beside his grandmother.”

 

Spotify reaches 30Million subscribers

In a recent tweet Daniel Ek, CEO of the popular streaming application, Spotify, said that the service now has 30million paid subscribers. While there was a lack of day one releases of huge artists such as Drake, Adele, Kanye West, Coldplay and Rihanna, other On-demand music services  specifically, Tidal and Apple Music, haven’t been able to do enough to slow down Spotify’s momentum. Coming late to the on-demand party, Pandora is preparing its application to add that same ability. We’ll see how the music service war plays out.

 

 

Drake says ‘Views From The 6’ is slated for an April release

Drake has released a couple projects, ‘If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late‘ and ‘What A Time To Be Alive‘ since his last official studio release in 2013-Nothing Was The Same. In the meantime, Drake has been involved in a very one sided beef with Meek Mill. After his performance at SXSW where he released another Meek diss (Summer Sixteen) Drake went on to say that his new album, Views From The Six, would be out next month. If you’re anybody other than Meek Mill, check for it sometime in April.

 

Joey Bada$$ releasing two albums this years??

21 year old Brooklyn born rapper, Joey Bada$$, says there’s a possibility he could release two albums in 2016. During an interview with DJ Enuff’s ‘Shade 45’ show, Joey stated that he has an extensive catalog of unreleased music. While doing the interview the rapper states that…

I am sitting on about 80 tracks. I may just drop an album this summer. I may drop another in December

While doing the interview Joey also went on to say that he wanted to give his fans more free music.

I feel like as an artist I’ve established myself in the game, but I feel like over the years I haven’t given my fans enough. I am literally getting better everyday. I am growing and getting stronger.

Bada$$ released his debut album in 2015 titled B4.DA.$$. Go buy it if you haven’t already.

 

LUPE SAYS “DROGAS” COMING SOON…

Lupe Fiasco has yet to give an official release date for the highly anticipated album. It’s likely to be sometime soon as Lu has said he is releasing  three albums this year. Per Lupe’s twitter the albums are titled: ‘DROGAS‘ ‘SKULLS‘ ‘ROY’. 

 

WALE about “80 percent” done with next album

For those awaiting new music from Wale your wait shouldn’t be  much longer. During an interview with COMPLEX, Wale stated that his next album S.H.I.N.E (Still Here Ignoring Negative Energy) is about 80 percent finished. During the interview with the popular magazine, Wale went on to say

“Sonically, I always want to push myself as an artist and I think S.H.I.N.E. is a big example of me pushing myself and trying new things,” he explained. “My fifth album is a reason to celebrate, and a lot of the music I’ve been making is very chill. I’m singing—and I’m not singing to be the next Brian McKnight—I’m singing to enhance my songwriting ability and to evolve as an artist.”

Wale went on to say that he intends to release two albums this year so be on the lookout for those.

credit quote to: Complex

 

T.I is about to release his tenth studio album…

T.I is said to be ready to drop his tenth studio album “The Dime Trap”. The album is believed to be released on march 28 so let’s all hope this is a solid date. Tip gave us “Da Nic” in the form of a mixtape not so long ago to hold us over. If you don’t have it, go get it!