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Saturday School 7/2 | Memorial Upcoming | @topazjones, @lionbabe, @themind, @Steve_g_lover, @mickjenkins, @Kembe_x, and more this weekend!

Welcome to Saturday School..this class we are letting y’all enjoy your 3-day weekend and keep the vibes high. With some suggestions from the team, our friend Shomari and a few outside folks, we pieced this together and even saved some of our new favs (for what you’ll have to find out). Saturday School 7/2 | The Takeovah Presents: Saturday School We have some strong subjects this weekend,…

Head Nod Therapy: TheMIND – Summer Camp Mixtape

https://soundcloud.com/themindmusic/summer-camp?in=themindmusic/sets/summer-camp The first time I was introduced to TheMIND came courtesy of the Chicago collective named THEMpeople. Off top I respected his pen game, without comparing him in my personal opinion he falls under the same realm as Frank Ocean. From the content to his deliver, TheMIND has really made a name for himself especially over…

Saturday School Playlist 6/25 | Takeovah x Figgy's Choice | We need a couple tweets to mention ALL the dope music you about to vibe out to..

Welcome to The Takeovah Presents: The Saturday School Playlist, or Saturday School 6/25 for short. The Cavs won, D Rose got traded, Pablo’s “Famous” was very Yeezy through and through, friends become enemies ASAP with some rape culture sprinkled in there (smh), and I went to a Paint and Sip (pretty fun, byob). This weekend we’re covering another installment of the Figgy’s Choice Playlist from…

Sound Opinions: Liana Bank$ - Off | @LianaBanks delivers a playfully sexy new single

Seeing Liana Bank$ tearing down the stage a few weeks back at Knitting Factory (pictured below), it’s hard to imagine she hasn’t done a tons of shows. As she flexed on stage for Adrian Daniel‘s show, the green-haired songstress performed “Off“, little did I know the song was dropping right after that on her soundcloud. Liana Bank$ @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn The Queens newcomer isn’t a baby in…

Three days after releasing his freestyle “Night Job”, Lafayette Stokely returns to show just how bad he wants that seat at the Dreamville table. Seemingly an omen to his hunger and limitless dedication, Stokely took to the streets of the city that never sleeps to cook up a fresh visual for the popular Bas & J. Cole track. Press play on “Night Job” by Lafayette Stokely below.  …

Saturday School 6/19 | Vibe out with us this wknd. Some rap, some R&B that'll slap you awake! Feat @DaveEast, @thisNAO, @ItsMeLeaf, & more!

Happy Saturday, and welcome to our second installment of our weekend playlist series, Saturday School! This time around, we have a playlist curated by us (but mostly Pro), with some new comers, up-and-comers, big fresh faces…basically just a bunch of s*** we’re feeling right now. Like we’ve said before we will feature either playlists from us our our wonderful, creative friends! To commemorate…

Night Job -Lafayette Stokely [Premiere]

Lafayette Stokely has been on his sh*t lately. He’s surprised us with a loosie over the Cedric Brown & KQuick- produced beat, “Night Job”. Originally heard on Dreamville’s Revenge of the Dreamers II compilation, Stokely spits a familiar, but hungrier dissertation of deserving the recognition and top spot in the rap game. He’s holding no punches on this one- calling out the nonbelievers and…

Night Job -Lafayette Stokely [Premiere]

Lafayette Stokely has been on his sh*t lately. He’s surprised us with a loosie over the Cedric Brown & KQuick- produced beat, “Night Job”. Originally heard on Dreamville’s Revenge of the Dreamers II compilation, Stokely spits a familiar, but hungrier dissertation of deserving the recognition and top spot in the rap game. He’s holding no punches on this one- calling out the nonbelievers and…

Exclusive: Ibrahim Hamad talks building Dreamville with J. Cole & says numbers don’t matter.

J Cole’s album 2014 Forest Hills Drive  just went double platinum with no features and Villains everywhere are in a frenzy. It’s a great time to be a Dreamville fan. I remember the very first time I heard J. Cole.  I was 19 years old with a musical crush on rising R&B star Brandon Hines. MySpace’s popularity was on the decline, but I still used it to follow the musings of my favorite talents, as…

Saturday School Playlist | Takeovah x Figgy's Choice || @Radamiz, @JimiTents, and more kick off our weekend gift to you.

Welcome, I’d like to welcome you to the first installment of our weekend playlists series. Every Saturday we will be sharing a playlist put together by us, as well as our wonderful friends. This weekend we have the Figgy’s Choice Playlist, curated by Shomari “Figgy” Chioke, a recent grad of IAR and behind the scenes, all over kinda guy. Keeping his ear to the streets, he loves underground music…

JOSEPH CHILLIAMS FT. MFNMELO “BUCK” VIDEO

       If you’ve been following Pivot Gang, you’re already familiar with one of their founders, Joseph Chilliams, who is making heads turn with his newest single “BUCK”. The first single off of his upcoming project Henry Church, “BUCK” (featuring fellow Pivot Gang member MFN MELO) offers a fun flip to the old Crime Mob classic “Knuck If You Buck”. Pairing the theme of getting buck with caroling…

Sound Opinions: Dre Dollasz - Positive Vibes | @DreDollasz_wav sends us a message to stay positive

Dre Dollasz is back with “Positive Vibes” off his upcoming “Green Hues 2“. Ever so often, i’ll mention honesty and putting a great narrative into song form, are great qualities to have. What I don’t always say is that they’re great to have because you can experiment with them. Gentrification is a very real thing taking place in NYC. Over the last few years, it has only become more apparent as you…

Sound Opinions: Ben Al - 100 Times [Video] | @yourboybenal teams up with director @tower4hire for a dope visual for "100 Times"

Houston artist Ben Al teamed up with Mr. Tower to make a fun visual for a fun song, “100 Times“. Not fun in the sense where you are playing in a park (the line is funnier after you watch the video) but fun where you have an artist who doesn’t mind just enjoying theirselves on a song without trying to be overly serious and undermining the creativity. The video followed suit by just showing you…

Sound Opinions: Benkasso - Indigo | Let @Benkasso tell you how he's gonna get paid on "Indigo"

ATL artist Benkasso released his new single “Indigo” earlier last month. It caught my ear the other day, and I found myself digging through his last project “Hard as Hell” not too long afterward. Maybe the heat has me feeling like I drank a lot, or Ben’s music can get you there if you’re not paying attention..like your usual drink putting you on your ass because this is the first time you’re at…

Head Nod Therapy: The Pheels - RNS @ThePheels_

https://soundcloud.com/thepheels/rns As of late, Atlanta has been known as the home of Trap, turn up or Future to say the least molding the current sound of rap/r&b. In the past, we can’t forget the likes of Outkast, Dungeon Family, India Arie and Janelle Monae who pioneered a lane for artist to be more experimental and eccentric with their approach to music. Which helps me introduce you to a duo…

Sound Opinions: @thisNAO - Fool To Love [Video] | She's extending her tour so don't miss out!

A few weeks ago we shared “Bad Blood“, NAO‘s first song off her upcoming, untitled project, and now after dropping the second, a video for “Fool To Love” came out yesterday. Following the trend of mysteriousness and creative storytelling, it is a very condensed narrative starring Ashley Walters from the British show “Tom Boy“. Directed by Ollie Wolfe, it’s a hypervisual of the song, toned in…