It was a T.D.E take over during Day 1 of the Made In America Festival in Los Angeles, as West Coast natives Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Isaiah Rashad, Jay rock and SZA blazed the stage! Watch clips of the crew performing their hits including ‘Money Trees’, ‘Man Of The Year’, ‘Studio and more, here!
TDE Gearing Up For A World Tour?!
You can’t miss this – I mean, it’s a TDE tour! Hit the jump for details.
TDE CEO Reveals Who’s Up Next! Plus Gives The Deets On These Days Release!
After Ab-Soul drops These Days in just four more days, Top Dawg, TDE’s CEO, will have fulfilled 4 of his 6 project promise for 2014. Wondering who’s going to be number 5? Find out after the jump!
(Video) Isaiah Rashad – Modest
TDE’s Isaiah Rashad cleans up a bit for the dark visuals to ‘Modest’. The track appears on his debut project ‘Cilvia Demo’ and the clip is directed by Eric Swiz.
(Video) XXL 2014 Freshmen Cypher – Part One
Excited! XXL’s freshman cypher begins with Kevin Gates, Vic Mensa, Chance the Rapper, Isaiah Rashad, and August Alsina. BARS! Check out the first episode down bottom.
Guess Who Was Supposed To Be On The XXL Freshmen Cover But Cancelled At The Last Minute!
This year’s XXL Freshmen cover was revealed yesterday, with the ‘Dirty Dozen’ being Ty Dolla $ign, August Alsina, Chance The Rapper, Rich Homie Quan, Isaiah Rashad, Lil Durk, Kevin Gates, Troy Ave, Vic Mensa, Lil Bibby, Jon Connor and Jarren Benton…the latter of whom was voted in by fans. One person who should have been on the list but cancelled at the very last minute, though? Young Thug! I’ll get into those details in a second…but I’d like to add my little inside info first. I originally received the list before everyone got together to shoot the cover, and there were 10 people listed, as well as one slot that was TBA. The only two missing from that list were Kevin Gates and Chance The Rapper, and judging by the popularity of Chance, I’m going to make an educated guess that Kevin was the last-minute addition. Just a little tidbit! Now on to Young Thug! During her interview with Sway In The Morning this morning, XXL’s Editor in Chief Vanessa Satten revealed the ATL rapper was scheduled to be on the cover, but called 10:30pm the night before the cover shoot and said he wouldn’t be making it. Interesting move! They also discussed other artists who are bubbling right now that didn’t make the cut…like Sage The Gemini (he was left out because he had a major label debut already) and IAMSU!, who they said is likely to be a contender for next year, and broke down why they included singers for the…
