JAY-Z has released the latest video from 4:44, teaming up with director Rohan Blair-Mangat for Bam.
Featuring Damian Marley, the clip follows previously-released visuals for The Story Of OJ alongside the album’s title-track. Catch it in full below:
Watch: Mura Masa ft. Damon Albarn – ‘Blu’ (Live for La Blogotheque)
Mura Masa has united with Damon Albarn for a live stripped-back rendition of Blu, one of the most anticipated tracks from the producer’s self-titled debut album.
Filmed in partnership with La Blogotheque, the session coincides with the release of Mura’s album, launched last night via an intimate live-streamed Boiler Room set at London’s Bussey Building.
Catch the full performance below:
Listen: Chase and Status – ‘Love Me More’ (ft Emeli Sande)
Chase and Status have finally announced details of their long-awaited fourth studio album Tribe, alongside sharing their new collaboration with Emeli Sande on Love Me More.
Revealed as Annie Mac’s latest Radio 1 ‘Hottest Record’, the track follows Saul and Will’s recent hook-ups with the likes of Blossoms, Slaves and Tom Grennan, and will join additional features including Mr Vegas, Kano, Novelist and Craig David on the new project when Tribe lands on August 18th.
Grab a listen to Love Me More in full below; we’d expect even more new music to be previewed over the weekend as Chase and Status return to Lovebox to headline the festival this coming Saturday.
Live stream Mura Masa’s Boiler Room album launch party
Mura Masa has teamed up with Boiler Room for a special live-streamed set ahead of tomorrow’s release of his anticipated debut album.
The project, which has already spanned a wealth of singles (including the Bonzai-featuring What If I Go, and alongside the NAO-assisted Firefly) will see the young Guernsey-born, London-based producer enlist a wealth of additional collaborators, including A$AP Rocky, Damon Albarn, Desiigner and more.
Catch the full stream unfold as it happens – you can expect some ‘special guests’ to also appear along the way too:
Listen: Shy Luv – ‘First Fires’
Shy Luv’s ethos on delivering uplifting future-funk has rarely failed to disappoint over the past year or so, and today’s latest jam continues that trend with their catchy new release First Fires.
Listen below:
Listen: Lana Del Rey – ‘Summer Bummer’ (ft. A$AP Rocky & Playboi Carti)
Moments after dropping Groupie Love, Lana Del Rey has reunited with A$AP Rocky forSummer Bummer. Also featuring a guest appearance from Playboi Carti, the song joins its predecessor on Lana’s upcoming studio album Lust for Life, out 21st July.
Listen below via Apple Music:
Listen: Lana Del Rey – ‘Groupie Love’ (ft. A$AP Rocky)
Lana Del Ray has shared further music from her upcoming album Lust For Life, as she gears up for the project’s release in just under a fortnight.
Hooking up with A$AP Rocky for Groupie Love, the track joins the Playboi Carti-featuring Summer Bummer which is also expected for an imminent release too.
Lust for Life is Lana’s fifth studio album, and will feature additional collaborations from the likes of The Weeknd, Stevie Nicks and Sean Lennon.
Stream Groupie Love, below:
V Festival unearth Jay-Z’s greatest ever collaborations
Confirmed as a 2017 headliner for some time now, V Festival organisers have now revealed that Jay-Z’s upcoming appearance will also bring songs from his new 4:44 project to the stage as a first-time worldwide live exclusive.
Set to grace Weston Park on 19th August, Jigga’s journey to V will then see him travel south to close the weekend the following day, 24 hours after P!nk opens main stage festivities at Chelmsford’s Hylands Park. 4:44 hears Jay deliver probably his most intimate record to-date; with collaborations including Beyonce, Frank Ocean and Damian Marley, the guys at V have celebrated the album’s release by revealing their Top 5 Jay-Z chart-collabs of all time, and just because we want to, we’ve also thrown our own two-cents at the Top 5 Jigga collabs which never saw an official release as a single (yet were still mighty, mighty fine).
Catch V Fest’s run-down, alongside our own Top 5 below – tickets for Jay-Z’s V set are also available now – hit the link for more info:
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JAY Z’S TOP 5 COLLABORATIONS OF ALL TIME
– in partnership with V Festival:
YOUNG FOREVER feat. Mr Hudson – seven years ago, this reworking of Alphaville’s ‘Forever Young’ received blanket coverage across the airwaves and a staggering number of downloads, which became Jay’s 17th top ten single.
Rihanna’s UMBRELLA feat. JAY Z – having originally been created for Britney Spears, it’s a good thing Rhi Rhi and Jay took this on for themselves, scoring 10 weeks at the top of the charts.
N*GGAS IN PARIS feat. Kanye West – perhaps the most hard-hitting song on Jay Z and Kanye West’s collaborative album ‘Watch The Throne’. It’s no surprise that this tune hit number 5 in the top 100.
EMPIRE STATE OF MIND feat. Alicia Keys – Jay Z and Alicia Keys turned an ode to their city into a national anthem. Their duet not only topped the top spot for five consecutive weeks, but earned Jay Z his only number 1 so far, as a lead artist.
It can only be CRAZY IN LOVE feat. Beyonce herself – the power couple has been taking over the charts since their first hit together, ‘Bonnie & Clyde’. This banger topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 consecutive weeks, making it the duo’s most successful song.
JAY-Z’s Top 5 best unreleased singles
LIFT OFF (collab w/ Beyonce & Kanye West)
THE WATCHER 2 (collab w/ Dr. Dre, Rakim & Truth Hurts)
IS THAT YO BITCH? (collab w/ Memphis Bleek, Twista & Missy Elliott)
NEVER LET ME DOWN (collab w/ Kanye West)
HEART OF THE CITY (AIN’T NO LOVE) (collab w/ Kanye West & Jaguar Wright)
Vic Mensa finally announces debut album ‘The Autobiography’
After many years of waiting, Vic Mensa has finally announced details of his anticipated debut album, The Autobiography.
Set to land later this month (28th July), the project follows last month’s surprise EP The Manuscript, and comes alongside a competition to hear the entire project early via a fan-led competition, revealed on Twitter to coincide with the project’s announcement. The record’s artwork sees the Chicago rapper writing “THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS TOLD BY VIC MENSA BASED ON A TRUE STORY” adorn a pane of glass; find an associated bookshop with the imagery in the window, and, according to Mensa, “If you’re fast enough, [he’ll] play u my debut album this weekend”.
More as we hear it.
Go to these bookstores and take a 📷 & post with #vicmensa. If you're fast enough i'll play u my debut album this weekend 👀 pic.twitter.com/gEodLAkJIr
— vino (@VicMensa) July 11, 2017
Listen: Calvin Harris ft Frank Ocean – ‘Slide’ (Mura Masa & NAO cover)
Mura Masa made a stellar return to Radio 1’s Maida Vale Studios earlier this evening, delivering a striking stripped-back set as he gears for Friday’s release of his anticipated self-titled debut record.
Appearing with his band alongside frequent-collaborator NAO, the 21 year-old producer gave an exclusive performance of the album’s opening track Messy Love, before inviting NAO onto vocals for Firefly alongside a surprise cover of Calvin Harris and Frank Ocean’s Slide.
Catch the full set below: