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Download The Devil’s VIOLENCE Mixtape
Last year, The Devil—ie Derek Schklar, former manager of Atlanta rappers Pill and Trouble turned producer and multimedia artist—emerged from the shadows with Harbinger, the kind of mixtape you’re...
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Young Dolph f. Gucci Mane & Young Thug, “Put Your Hands Up” MP3
South Memphis’ Young Dolph dropped off his Cross Country Trappin tape earlier this week. It’s a gracefully concise 10 tracks, and its guest roster pulls no punches, with features from Young Thug, Gucci...
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Mixtape Saturday: Ibn Inglor, The Devil, Shyst Red, Willie Neal
Welcome back to Mixtape Saturday, a weekly roundup of great rap tapes around the web hosted by The FADER contributor Meaghan Garvey. This week, she talks about Ibn Inglor’s sophomore triumph, The...
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Stream: Young Thug, “Eww”
If Young Thugga Mane La Flare wasn’t enough to get you through the week, another track has finally surfaced, and it’s Young Thug’s best new song since “Danny Glover.” Thug’s been teasing “Eww” for a …...
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Download Migos & Rich The Kid’s Streets on Lock 3 Mixtape
Here’s the second insanely long Migos-related project in as many months: Streets On Lock 3, the third installment of Migos and Rich The Kid’s collaborative series. It features 26 new to new-ish tracks...
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Video: Sicko Mobb, “Lamborghini Girl”
“Lamborghini Girl” was a latent favorite of mine from Sicko Mobb’s late December debut mixtape, the hypersaturated, bop-goes-pop Super Saiyan Vol. 1; more than almost anything else on the tape, it...
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Snootie Wild f. K Camp, “Made Me” MP3
Memphis’ Snootie Wild built a buzz with last year’s “Yayo,” a flute-heavy club smash somewhere in the realm between Kevin Gates and Ca$h Out. Eventually, T.I. and Yo Gotti hopped on the remix, and now...
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Kolley, “Real Love” (Prod. by Big K.R.I.T.) MP3
Straight out of the 235-person town of Bassfield, Mississippi, Kolley grabbed a much broader audience earlier this month with “Get In Line,” the twangy first look at his debut mixtape, RNS. But this...
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Stream: Young Thug f. Iamsu!, “OMG (prod. C4)”
FADER PREMIERE “OMG” (not to be confused with “OMG BRO”) was an immediate favorite off this weekend’s Young Thugga Mane La Flare, the long-awaited collaborative tape between Young Thug and Gucci Mane....
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Rome Fortune f. Peewee Longway & ShoMo, “Get That (prod. Dun Deal)”
Here’s the latest preview of Drives, Thighs, & Lies, the forthcoming collaborative EP from Atlanta idea guy Rome Fortune and go-to producer of the moment Dun Deal. Deal’s a master at beats that...
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Video: Tree, “Godlike”
Tree’sbeen a singular voice in Chicago since well before drill took off; the gravel-voiced soul trap originator has held down his world-weary corner since his 2010 debut The 3rd Floor. This year’s...
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Video: Lil Silk f. Mykko Montana, “Silent”
A rapper as spazzy as Lil Silk could only exist in the ever-weirder climate of Atlanta: in a scene where voice manipulation and ad-libs hold as much weight as traditional bars, Silk’s yelped...
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Stream: KIT, “RISE (prod. Supreme Cuts)”
FADER PREMIERE Chicago’s KIT lingers the shadowy outskirts of the city’s rap scene, favoring dim-lit, water-logged production that echoes like the inside of some forgotten cave. “Rise” is the first...
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Stream: Cakes Da Killa f. Fat Tony & Spank Rock, “I Run This Club (Remix)”
FADER PREMIERE The original version of “I Run This Club” from Jersey rapper Cakes Da Killa was minimal but cutthroat, with Cakes spitting full-throttle over a Siyoung production that sounded like the...
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Mixtape Saturday: Gucci Mane & Young Thug, Migos & Rich The Kid, & Bloody Jay
Welcome back to Mixtape Saturday, a weekly roundup of great rap tapes around the web hosted by The FADER contributor Meaghan Garvey. This week, she talks about Migos and Rich The Kid’s insane prolific...
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Stunt Taylor, “Flee Amigo” MP3
Stunt Taylor’s “Fefe On The Block” might be the most definitive song of Chicago’s bop movement; it may not have gotten the same viral hype as “Dlow Shuffle,” but on local radios, it’s become a … read...
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Stream: DJ Snake & Lil Jon f. 2 Chainz, Juicy J, and French Montana, “Turn...
DJ Snake and Lil Jon’s “Turn Down For What” is the kind of ungodly, Lime-A-Rita-soaked EDM-rap hybrid that fuels thinkpieces on how millenials are ruining culture, which is precisely why it’s...
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Stream: Tink f. Jeremih, “Don’t Tell Nobody (Final)”
Chicago rising star and GEN F alum Tink has had the best April ever: earlier this month she announced her “big project” with Timbaland, and earlier today, she released her long-awaited collaboration...
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Video: GoldLink, “Ay Ay”
On The God Complex, the debut album we premiered from DC’s GoldLink, you get the sense that he’d rather be a guy who makes dance music with rapped vocals than a straight-up “rapper.” Sure, he … read...
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Watch Future Perform “I Won”&“Honest” on The Arsenio Hall Show
Future performed an emotional medley of “I Won” and “Honest” last night on The Arsenio Hall Show, after sitting down for his first ever late night interview. It’s not often that a live band rap … read...
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Watch Young Thug Dance like No One’s Watching In “The Blanguage” Video
Young Thug and Metro Boomin are making an album as Metro Thuggin–since clearly Thug doesn’t have enough collaborative full-lengths on his plate, from the just-released Young Thugga Mane La Flare to the...
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Rome Fortune & Dun Deal Master Subtlety on Drive, Thighs & Lies
After a landmark 2013 in the wake of Young Thug’s “Stoner,” Dun Deal’s become Atlanta’s producer of the moment. But the first time I fell head over heels for his work was on Rome Fortune’s … read more »
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Kolley’s “Real Nigga Shit” Mixtape
Over the last few weeks we’ve been introduced to a steady stream of promising new material from small-town spitter Kolley, hailing from the 235-person town of Bassfield, Mississippi. Today he shares...
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Jose Guapo and Offset Are Otherworldly On “Fishtail”
Jose Guapo, who left Rich Kidz years back to forge his own path and now runs with Atlanta’s crew of young, wily tongue-twisters like Migos and Peewee Longway, is set to drop the fourth installment …...
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Rocko & Too $hort Treat Your Whole Life On “Sucka”
In theory, Atlanta rappers hitching a ride on DJ Mustard’s bandwagon would seem ill-advised, but it keeps resulting in magic (see Jeezy’s 2013 dabblings and Migos’ “Fight Night,” the easy highlight of...
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Tree & Chris Crack Soften Trap’s Edges on #TREESWAG
Tree’s something of an anomaly in Chicago’s current landscape; it’s easy to forget that Chicago was once defined by warm, weathered soul samples instead of drill’s apocalypse-beckoning bombast. His...
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Mixtape Saturday: Rome Fortune, Kolley, Derek King, Kris Henry
Welcome back to Mixtape Saturday, a weekly roundup of great rap tapes around the web hosted by The FADER contributor Meaghan Garvey. This week, she talks about Rome Fortune and Dun Deal letting loose,...
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See Chief Keef & Friends as Cartoons In New Video “How It Go”
Chief Keef’s playful, almost cartoonish side has a tendency to reveal itself through his videos—giddily racing a four-wheeler through his back yard in “Citgo,” or bopping around with his head inside...
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Congolese-American Rapper Well$ Gets Gritty in New Video “Django”
FADER PREMIERE Well$, born in Charlotte to illegal Congolese immigrants, shares a gorgeous, intense video for new song “Django.” Though filmed primarily in Cape Town, it’s a reinterpretation of the...
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Hear Two New Songs from Problem & HBK Gang’s P-Lo
In a 2013 interview with FADER, LA rapper Problem spoke almost incredulously of the breakout success of “Like Whaaat”: [It's] the most me type of music I’ve ever dropped. That lets me know, uh oh, …...
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Video: Mel Looks Important in “Business Man”
FADER PREMIERE Mel, a third of Houston-via-Dallas rap group The Outfit, TX, has the kind of subtle but powerful swag exclusive to sensitive guys who’ve realized that girls love sensitive guys (not just...
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Young Scooter Revisits Colombia on “Hector”& Shares “Drugs” with Young Thug
Young Scooter’s seemed particularly gloomy following last year’s six-month prison stint for probation violation (during which he allegedly shared a cell with Free Bricks 2 collaborator Gucci Mane). But...
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Iamsu!’s Debut Album “Sincerely Yours” Is Finally Streaming in Full
Earlier this year, FADER spent time in the Bay with Iamsu! and his tight-knit squad of friends and collaborators, the ever-expanding HBK Gang, tracing their communal journey from a diverse alliance of...
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Rae Sremmurd Wile Out in the Video for Mike WiLL-Produced “No Flex Zone”
Rae Sremmurd, which seemed like an insanely awkward name until they explained that it’s EarDrummers (Mike WiLL Made It’s label and production crew) backwards, share a super-energetic video for their...
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Video: Shy Glizzy’s Life Is “Awwsome”
The best song from DC rapper Shy Glizzy’s Young Jefe mixtape finally has a video. “Awwsome” is remarkably somber-sounding for a song about how cool you are; Glizzy’s ragged voice is so suited for songs...
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Lil Durk & Young Thug Sound Incredible Together On “Party”
It’s just a radio rip for now, but Lil Durk’s new single “Party,” featuring Young Thug and produced by Young Chop, aims straight for the club. Not every rapper can dabble with EDM elements gracefully …...
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Lil Silk & Michael Christmas Ham It Up On “Problems”
Listening to Atlanta’s Lil Silk and Boston’s Michael Christmas trade jokes on “Problems” feels like shooting the shit with your best friends from back in the day. The two are known for their goofiness...
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Young Thug & Skooly Lose Their Shit On “Every Morning”
Metro Boomin wants some more, indeed—he’s produced the latest from Young Thug and Rich Kidz’ Skooly, even though it won’t be included on he and Thug’s Metro Thuggin project. Still, “Every Morning”...
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Vic Mensa Almost Has the Worst Night Ever in “Down On My Luck”
Save Money crew member and recent XXL Freshman Class 2014 pick Vic Mensa wrapped up a tour with pop-house duo Disclosure this spring, so it makes sense that his latest single “Down On My Luck” … read...
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Hurricane Chris & Lil Boosie Made Another Song about Ratchets
For Lil Boosie, the godfather of ratchet, seeing the term’s current ubiquity after being released from prison this spring—not to mention its geographic transplant from the South to the West—must have...
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L.E.P. Bogus Boys & Young Chop Make Rap Beef Look like Child’s Play On “I...
L.E.P. Bogus Boys have been quietly holding down Chicago gangster rap since before it was cool—the duo, G Count and Moonie, have been rapping together for more than a decade and a half. They don’t …...
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clipping. Gets Curb-Stomped in Their “Work Work” Video
“Work Work,” the lead single from Los Angeles trio clipping.’s Sub Pop debut album, CLPPNG, dials down the harshness of their previous works—last year’s mid city was an often jarring collage of harsh...
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Kolley Pushes His Voice to Its Limits on “No Money”
Earlier this month, Kolley, the small-town rapper with the big voice, dropped Real Nigga Shit, a polished, promising debut effort. He’s already back at it with “No Money,” a searing cut produced by the...
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T-Pain’s “Up Down” Remix, with Boosie, Kid Ink, & B.O.B., Is Really an...
T-Pain’s been going through it the past few years, despite godfathering the Autotuned warbles that dominate Southern rap—he admitted earlier this year to the New Yorker that he lost pride in himself...
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GoldLink & Kaytranada’s “Sober Thoughts” Will Soundtrack Your Next Barbecue
The DMV’s most uncategorizable rapper, GoldLink, and wavy Montreal beatmaker Kaytranada join forces on “Sober Thoughts,” an instant summertime backyard party staple that’s way less tight-laced than its...
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God Drops a Slick New Track “Broke”& Fuels Rumors of Deal with 2 Chainz
The “women as drugs” rap trope isn’t particularly original, but shadowy Chicago rapper God proves it can still be done well on his new track “Broke (You Remind Me Of Dope).” Over jazzy, grown-and-sexy...
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Gunplay Takes “Deep Cover” in His New Video For “187 Freestyle”
The last we heard from Gunplay, Maybach Music’s most under-utilized member, he was telling Nardwuar about his plans to build a bomb shelter. Maybe he’s been camping out there—it’s been a minute since...
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Fly Ty, Juelz Santana, Lil Durk, & Cap 1′s “Usher Raymond” Is Massive
Fly Ty, born in Queens but currently based in Atlanta, is a relative newcomer to the rap game, but he’s got friends in high places. On “Usher Raymond,” he’s recruited an impressive crew of of … read...
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Jeremih, YG, & DJ Mustard Form a Trifecta of Pure Sex On “Don’t Tell ‘Em”
It’s been almost two years since Late Nights With Jeremih, a slick, sexy game-changer of a mixtape that elevated Jeremih from “Birthday Sex” guy to one of R&B’s most interesting voices. He’s...
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