According to HipHopDX.com, J. Cole has released two versions of the artwork for Born Sinner. One is for standard, the other is deluxe. Tt remains unclear whether the sophomore album has a June 18 or June 25 release date.

For his 8th solo LP, Queens emcee junclassic teams up NY DJ/producer Bazooka Joe for BLVD Backdrop. Produced entirely by Bazooka Joe, BLVD Backdrop is a heavy East Coast Boom Bap Hip Hop album made for the streets, avenues and boulevards worldwide.

BLVD Backdrop is straight raw, unadulterated New York Hip Hop. Comprised of 13 tracks, the album includes features from Ceez, King Cesar, Evolve and C-Rayz Walz; with cuts by 2 Kool Tony and DJ 717. Standout tracks include the album leak “Rugged N’ Hard”, lead single “NY Won’t Stop” and the LL Cool J inspired track “Rep Queens”.

The album is available now for digital pre-orders on iTunes and on UGHH for physical CDs.

Today you can hear two cuts from the album: “Rugged N’ Hard” (released earlier this year and newly remastered) and “My Style (Re...

It’s 6p.m. Vans are lined up and unloading the cameras for VH1’s hit TV Reality series, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta. Luckily, there is a place to park the car, which is filled to the brim with clothes, in all the pandemonium. Just based from all the cars in the parking lot, it was obvious that this was going to be one of those nights.

Models are running frantic. Some don’t have their make-up done, while others are unsure of what they are going to wear for tonight’s show. There is an aura in the air that something big is going down tonight, and the excitement in filling the air.

Instantly, I fall into my groove of things. Accessories, shoes, and bags are being thrown in every which direction...

Despite being one of, if not the first mainstream UK artist to truly ride the R&B-club wave in the 90s, the ‘Return of the Mack’ singer hasn’t released a lot of music since. When he does however, it’s usually good and he hasn’t moved over to David Guetta and Will.i.am’s dance music.

So, Mark Morrison’s latest exercise in good judgement comes with his track “IAmWhatIAm (Remix)” — an uplifting, anthemic, chopped & screwed summer jam. It’s a hot number, Mark sounds hungry and he’s saying something. The Mark Sparks beat uses wobbly, electro-infused drops, before chopping and twisting Mark’s vocals in a way southern producers usually toy with. Crooked I heats up the track at the end with his usual cocky bars and over smart metaphors.

TGT (better known as Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank), speak to ladies around the world with the music video to their hot new single, “Sex Never Felt Better.” The R&B veterans perform for a crowd of screaming female fans in the celebratory concert based visual, directed by Matt Alonzo.

The bedroom banger is the first single from TGT’s forthcoming album, “3 KINGS,” which is slated for release later this year. They have also announced details for an upcoming “3 Kings Tour,” which will see the three R&B heartthrobs taking their sultry sounds to venues nationwide, kicking off in Oakland, CA on June 26 and wrapping up at Chene Park in Detroit on July 28.