After a quiet Christmas break on the music front, artists are back and ready to take over the first quarter of 2016. This past Friday, we saw TONS of new releases from some of our favorite names in music – from Wiz Khalifa’s Khalifa to Future’s Evol, Young Thug’s I’m Up, Boosie’s In My Feelings, Majid Jordan’s self-titled debut and Lion Babe’s Begin. We also saw the physical release of Rihanna’s ANTI, which prior to Friday, had only been available via digital retailers. Though not all forecasts are in yet for the aforementioned artists, we have the numbers for the biggest ones. Hit the jump to see what Wiz, Future, Thugger and Rih are expected to move this week.
Kanye West Says He’ll “Never Speak On Kids Again”
There’s been a lot of hip-hop headlines this week….all led by talks of Amber Rose playing with Kanye’s ass. But, before former Mrs. Khalifa jumped in the twitter beef Kanye made bashing comments about owning Wiz’s son. After a week of hearing it from all sorts of people probably about whether that was wrong, he takes to Twitter once again to say he’ll never speak on kids again. Hit the jump.
(Photos) #KanyeAnalPlaylist Is Trending…What Have We Done…
January 27, 2016 will live as a day of infamy for hip-hop due to Amber Rose’s comments about Kanye West’s anus. Hit the jump for the ensemble of #KanyeAnalPlaylist greats.
(Video) Wiz Khalifa Threatens Kanye: “We Coming For You Kanye, Better Run!”
This could potentially be the twitter beef of 2016 and the year has just begun. After Wiz Khalifa already shouted out to a packed crowd in Argentina “F*ck Kanye!”, he now furthers his remarks by realllly threatening ‘Ye – with Taylor Gang’s army coming for the GOOD Music owner. Hit the jump.
Wiz Khalifa Talks Oscars Snub/Juicy J Reworking “Bake Sale’
Wiz Khalifa had a colossal 2015 and it was all due to just one single – “See You Again”. That song is still in regular radio rotation and will forever be an anthem and memento for the late great Paul Walker. Now, he’s gearing up to release his next album, Khalifa, and gives Billboard the exclusive on what’s been going on with his new level of stardom including “See You Again” not being nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars and Juicy J re-producing his Travis Scott assisted stoner anthem “Bake Sale”. Hit the jump.
Album Cover & Tracklisting: Wiz Khalifa – Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa’s new album Khalifa will drop on February 5…though it was originally set to be out today, January 22. Perhaps as a consolation, the Taylor Gang leader has made the project available for pre-order now on iTunes, and with that, the tracklist is now out. (It also came with a new song – the Travi$ Scott-assisted “Bake Sale,” which you can listen to here.) As far as features, the 13-song album includes appearances from his Taylor Gang artists Ty Dolla $ign, Juicy J and Chevy Woods, his own son Sebastian and more. I can’t wait to hear the track with Bash! Check out the full tracklist below, and head here to pre-order.
