Wyclef Jean Guapdad 4000 Spits an Exclusive Freestyle for DJBooth & TIDAL's ‘Bless The Booth’ Seriesdjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman Guapdad brings his charisma to the forefront in an exclusive freestyle for "Bless The Booth."Oakland's own Guapdad 4000 is the latest rapper to take …
Play buttonBTS At 24, BTS’ RM Is a K-Pop Icon — and Hip-Hop Legenddjbooth.net - Elliot Sang The world’s biggest boy band began as a hip-hop group.The world’s biggest boy band began as a hip-hop group.BTS, a seven-piece pop outfit from South …
Megan Thee Stallion Maxo Kream Deals In Reality Only: Interviewdjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman “I don’t glamorize it; I give you the reality.”When all’s said and done, Maxo Kream will go down as one of Houston’s best rappers. The man born …
Indie Music Caleborate Wants to Be Heard: Interviewdjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman “Knowledge is power, never stop being inquisitive.”Caleborate needs you to hear him out. Don’t just nod along and wait for your turn to talk; lend an …
J. Cole J. Cole Shouts out Day One Fan Felicia on "Prove It" — We Spoke to Feliciadjbooth.net - Yoh Phillips “I don’t think he realizes how much of my life he got me through.”“See, we do it for that boy that graduated, that looked you in your eyes real tough …
Mac Miller Remembering Mac Miller’s ‘The Jukebox’djbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman The prelude to Mac Miller’s prolific career.Dear Mac,Do you remember when you opened a mixtape by tapping the mic and saying: “Yo, yo, it’s the kid: …
Play button “Manuscripts Don’t Burn”: A Conversation with Wale About Writingdjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman “Whether you like it or not, art’s timeless.”“Manuscripts don’t burn”—Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and MargaritaWhen you’re a writer, the work never …
Babies The Reason Why Lil Baby Believes His "Real Fans" Are In Europedjbooth.net According to Lil Baby, his "real fans," the ones that go crazy at the shows, are all residing in Europe. In a new interview with 16BARS, Baby …
Albums Latrell James Cannot Be Rushed: Interviewdjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman “I would prefer everyone go back to taking two years to put out an album.”Latrell James takes his time. While artists feel the pressure to drop music …
Ajani Jones Takes Flight on Debut LP ‘Dragonfly’: Reviewdjbooth.net - Jack Riedy ‘Dragonfly’ is perfect for the dog days of summer.On the first track of his debut album, Dragonfly, Chicago’s Ajani Jones raps about performing in …
Play buttonThe Beatles What If the Movie ‘Yesterday’ Was About Rappers Instead of The Beatles?djbooth.net - Hershal Pandya The licensing checks are a bit more reasonable.An unlikely hit at this summer’s box-office, the film Yesterday tells the story of an aspiring …
Play buttonMissy Elliott These Artists Are Mastering the Art of World-Buildingdjbooth.net - John Noire The mind is a canvas and we are all painters with 26 letters at our disposal.“O brave new world / That has such people in't!” –William Shakespeare, …
Latinx Chicago’s KAINA Is a Healer: Interviewdjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman “Everything that I talked about on the album is real.”I could wax poetic about KAINA for eons.There is an elegant and consequential quality to her …
Albums Big K.R.I.T. 'K.R.I.T. IZ HERE' 1 Listen Album Reviewdjbooth.net During the infamous blog era, to become a rapper of notoriety, releasing a cult-classic mixtape was the only sure-fire way to establish your name. …
Lil Wayne How Does Hip-Hop Process Heartbreak?djbooth.net - DJBooth Staff Donna and Yoh discuss what heartbreak sounds like in hip-hop.Heartbreak can be spectacular; heartbreak can be crushing. It's the universal emotion …
Streaming Songwriters, Mark Your Calendars: January 1, 2021djbooth.net - Mark Tavern In 18 months, a new rights organization will make sweeping changes to how royalties will be collected and paid.Songwriters, mark your calendars: …
J. Cole Kal Banx Played a Beat for J. Cole. It Changed His Lifedjbooth.net - Yoh Phillips An interview with Dallas producer Kal Banx, who scored four production credits on Dreamville's 'Revenge of The Dreamers III.'Kal Banx is a DJ and …
Play buttonNotorious B.I.G. Breakdown: Ma$e’s Rhyme Scheme on The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money Mo Problems”djbooth.net - Thomas Hills Damn, Ma$e.In 2018, The Notorious B.I.G.’s second and final studio album, Life After Death, crossed the diamond certification threshold, becoming 11x …
The Art of Anxiety: A Guest Editorial by Aaron Ayedjbooth.net - Aaron Aye When anxiety creeps into the artistic psyche, it’s like hosting a visit from an uninvited critic.This is a guest editorial written by Aaron Aye, a …
Mashups Is Digital DJ Pool the World's Best Record Pool and DJ Network?djbooth.net - DJ Blaze Digital DJ Pool updates their website, making it easier for DJs to find music.Roughly three months ago, DJBooth announced a partnership with Digital …
Play button An Ode to Madlib, the Forever Loop Diggadjbooth.net - Dylan "CineMasai" Green In the Loop Digga I trust.Madlib was wine drunk at MoMA PS1 in New York City this past weekend. He made a rare public appearance with Freddie Gibbs …
Play buttonKendrick Lamar 10 Best Rap Songs 10 Minutes or Longerdjbooth.net - Gal Hazor Lengthy rap records create unique and compelling narratives.“Less is more” is a beautiful mantra, but sometimes an artist needs a sizable canvas to …
Mac Miller Mac Miller's "Wings": The Ultimate Lessondjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman If 'Swimming' is an album about saving yourself, then “Wings” is a song about turning the motions of ordinary life into our various life rafts.“I …
Play buttonRhythm & Blues 6LACK Is the Realest R&B Act Todaydjbooth.net - Yoh Phillips He hangs his hat on his singing talents, but 6LACK hasn’t allowed R&B to become a gateway to fantasy.When it comes to romance, we often detach our …
J. Cole The Best Hip-Hop Debut, Every Year Since 2000djbooth.net - Brad Callas The rap game has delivered an endless array of seminal debut albums. We hand-picked the very best. You're welcome.Since its humble beginnings, the …
Jean-Michel Basquiat Breakdown: Jamila Woods' Creates the Ultimate Self-Love Blueprintdjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman On ‘LEGACY! LEGACY!,’ Jamila Woods transforms self-love into a series of wonderfully constructed odes.Few things are as thorny as the process of …
Schadenfreude Tyler, The Creator Is a Success Because He Isn't Afraid to Fail, Manager Saysdjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman Shout out Tyler.Success in music does not come easy. Just ask the manager to the stars, Christian Clancy, who jumped onto TIDAL's Rap Radar podcast …
Wyclef Jean NoCap Spits an Exclusive Freestyle for DJBooth & TIDAL's "Bless The Booth" Seriesdjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman NoCap goes totally off the dome in an exclusive freestyle for "Bless The Booth."Rising Alabama rapper NoCap is the latest rapper to take part in our …
Coloring Book Chance The Rapper's 2013 Mixtape Is Now His Highest-Charting Albumdjbooth.net The Chance The Rapper nostalgia machine is strong. To tease his upcoming "debut album," the Chicago MC re-released his first two mixtapes, 10 Day and …
