#LAOnLockExclusive - Steve DaMar - "U Ain't For Me" (feat. Chris O'Bannon & N3 On The Track) [Video]
This is the 3rd single off of Steve DaMar’s debut album KnightMares Of The 310. This video is an ode to the movie “Love Don’t Cost A Thing” starring Nick Cannon and Christina Millian. The song describes why Steve remains single and doesn’t want to be in a relationship. Watch & drop a comment below!
Dreamville's Cozz Talks Upcoming Album 'Revenge Of The Dreamers III,' Plus Signing & Touring With J. Cole On New Digital Series 'MLTD Presents: The Grinds TV with Bobby James
Premier retailer of street fashion MLTD debuts the fifth installment to its new digital interview series, 'The Grinds TV with Bobby James,' featuring Los Angeles rapper and Dreamville Records signee Cozz.
On episode five, Cozz explains how his competitive nature led him to music around age 16 -- this after making a bet with friends to see who had the best verse. The rapper's passion for sports soon evolved to one for rapping and writing. Coupled with his Nigerian father's love for Reggae and Hip-Hop playing around the house, Cozz continued honing on his skills, which eventually granted him his own label, Tha Committee, and landed him in front J. Cole to then be signed to his Interscope Records imprint, Dreamville Records.
Also, he talks debuting his first album with Dreamville, 'Cozz & Effect,' 2018's 'Effected,' touring with Cole on his '2014 Forest Hills Drive Tour,' and attending the label's recent recording sessions for the upcoming compilation album, 'Revenge of the Dreamers III.' In addition to 'ROTD3,' the rapper continues to tease his own project, 'We Tight ASF,' featuring, friends and his label Tha Committee's signees, Correy C and Kyle Banks.
'The Grinds TV,' presented by MLTD, offers "intelligent conversations at the intersection of Hip-Hop, Fashion and Sports." With Los Angeles, Hip-Hop & streetwear culture at the forefront, the series comes to life through creators Byze One, a 25+ year music industry vet that's worked with everyone from Kanye West to Kid Cudi to Kendrick Lamar to Damian Marley, and Eric Flores, who started off in the music industry at Interscope Records and stands as the men’s buyer for MLTD. The show is filmed at Harun Coffee in historic Leimert Park, a coffee shop owned by ASAP Rocky’s manager Chace Infinite.
DJ Pharris ft. Young Dolph, Gherbo prod. by Mano - "BOSS" [Video]
Heavy Hitter And Chicago trendsetter DJ Pharris releases his debut lead single/video “Boss” ft. G. Herbo and Young Dolph today via his new label TCMG in partnership with Entertainment One (eOne). Produced by 3x’s Grammy Award-Winning producer Mano of Treated Crew (The Weekend, Kanye West, Big Sean), fans will recognize the nod to Project Pat on the track.
A living legend in the Chicago music industry, DJ Pharris began his professional career at Chicago’s WBMX radio station playing house music. Pharris was featured on Kanye West’s Way Too Cold,” and co-produced Future’s “Parachute” ft. R Kelly and West’s “Fade
Fatboi Gwalla Gwalla - "Turkey Bag Flippa" [Video]
Craig Young aka Fatboi Gwalla Gwalla was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. One of the roughest and most dangerous cities for a black young teen. He became musically influenced at a very early age. His influences are people like T.I., Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Yo Gotti, also E-40.
He started recording by 16 and by 18 he had released his 1st project titled “Fortune Family” which instantly became a local classic in his city. Right after that he released another project titled “All I See is G’z” which landed him a national distribution deal early with Southwest Distribution Company out of Houston Texas in the early 2000’s. This is the same company which help distribute and build Cash Money Records, artist like Lil Flip, Slim Thug, Swisher House, Mike Jones, Paul Wall and many more. Under his old alias “Money I’z” he released his 3rd hood classic project called “Tears for Dollaz” which did great for such a short run before Southwest Distributions filed bankruptcy owing him for record sales.
This did not stop Fatboi Gwalla Gwalla drive. He stayed on the gas and took his grind back to the trunk selling over 20,000 cds of his release titled “Bac2datrunk”. Independently, this album included platinum recording artist B.G. formally of Cash Money Records. He also managed to lock in features with Eightball and M.J.G. & Young L.A. from Atlanta also. After this came serval more album releases like
“Down 2the Shake“
“Me,Myself,& Money I’z”
“StreetMoney”
“I See Green Dead People” “4thCoastCompilation”
In 2018 Fatboi Gwalla Gwalla released “Milwauksterdam “ his 10th project. Where he teamed up with 4x Grammy nominated producer Soundz ,who has produced for platinum recording artists like Nicki Minaj, Rae Sremmurd, Justin Beiber, Rihanna,Usher, Beyoncé and many more. With a smooth and raspy voice over hard 808’s and groovey melodies, Fatboi Gwalla Gwalla tends to catch your attention instantly. His goal as an artist is to bring a completely entire new sound to the industry and to let everyone know that the Midwest has a certain sound & great talent. Starting his own label in 2016 called 4th Coast Music Group, Fatboi Gwalla Gwalla has plans on breaking the Midwest wide open.
Skizzy Mars - "No Advice" [Video]
Skizzy Mars returns today with the release of his newest single, “No Advice.” The track is also joined by a new companion visual, streaming now at Skizzy’s YouTube channel. Additionally, Skizzy announced his new studio album, Free Skizzy Mars will be released later this summer.
“No Advice” is Skizzy’s first solo material since his joint project with labelmate Prelow, I Can’t Take Me Anywhere; the 9-track collaborative project was released in November of 2018. I Can’t Take Me Anywhere follows Skizzy Mars’ last EP, “are you OK?” which includes hit singles, “2006” and “American Dream,” the latter of which was joined by a companion video that premiered on HypeBeast. “American Dream” was also featured on the soundtrack for Madden NFL 19.
NYC native, Skizzy Mars earned instant buzz with his first single, 2011’s “Douchebag,” and has since made his bones as one of contemporary rap’s most eclectic new stars. The Harlem-based MC – known to his family as Myles Mills – followed “Douchebag” with the powerful “Profound“ as well as a pair of much-talked-about mixtapes and increasingly popular live appearances as both headliner and support to such stars as G-Eazy, Logic, and Ty Dolla $ign.
Highlighted by chart-topping tracks like “Time (Ft. G-Eazy & Olivver the Kid),” “The Red Balloon Project” EP dropped in February 2015 and proved a straight-up sensation, debuting at #4 on Billboard’s “Top Rap Albums” chart before peaking at #35 on the overall SoundScan/Billboard 200. A 33-city headline tour followed, highlighted by sold out shows in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Skizzy’s own NYC.
Skizzy has also received a remarkable range of press coverage, with features in such outlets as The Fader, NYLON, Complex, i-D, Pigeons & Planes, and HypeBeast, as well as an appearance on the premiere installment of XXL’s “Ante Up” podcast.
#LAOnLockExclusive: Kid Blue - "Wake Up!" [Video]
Kid Blue is a 20 year old who lives in Sydney, Australia. Practicing his craft since he was 12, he’s been working on his first studio album for the past two years, of which Wake Up! will be the first single.
The music video follows a young man who wakes up in a different spot every night after going out, while simultaneously contending with thoughts of becoming mature and what he should be doing with his life. As the video reaches it's conclusion, the young man comes to the realization that he's not a kid anymore.
In writing the song, Kid Blue and his producer, Taka Perry, listed all the unusual places they've ever found themselves waking up after a night out. The Japan line was a joke though. While Taka has been to Japan before, he's never woken up wondering how he got there.
Hardy Caprio - "Sponsored" [Video]
Produced by renowned London production duo iLL BLU (Ray Blk, The Weeknd), ‘Sponsored’ was premiered by DJ Target on 1Xtra last night and is the latest track to be taken from his highly anticipated debut album set for release this summer. The video was directed by Daps (Stormzy, Drake, Migos) and continues to tilt a hat at Hardy’s success. Shot in London’s infamous Bond Street the video also features an array of influencers including Bria Myles, Jena Frumes, Mettisse Campbell, Lela Simone, and Shantania Beckford.
‘Sponsored’ drops off the back of a stellar 2018 for Hardy Caprio. Most people would be absolutely delighted to either achieve a first-class degree in accountancy or to launch a thriving rap career. Incredibly Hardy Caprio did both at the same time. After gatecrashing the UK rap scene, the charismatic young south Londoner has been on a vertical rise making waves and scoring chart hits with summery r'n'b-rap like Unsigned and Best Life, (both feat. One Acen), and the harder-edged dancefloor swagger of Rapper. He has sold more than 1 million singles, sold out two national tours (many of which sold out within minutes of going on sale) and accomplished a gold and two silver records in one calendar year. His most recent single 'Best Life' was in the Top 40 for 12 weeks, becoming a mainstay on UK radio playlists and racking up 30 million audio streams and 16 million video streams.
Earmarked by The Guardian as an artist who’s “on the edge of breakthrough” and GRM Daily as “a rapper that is going to blow” and described by The Independent as “poised to break into the mainstream”, Hardy has delivered on the hype, cementing his reputation as an upcoming British MC to watch. With a rise to glory that is testament to an ever-evolving and expanding UK music scene, Hardy’s lyrics are as relatable as his success-story is inspirational.
Following the release of ‘Sponsored’, this year will see Hardy perform at a string of festivals and release his debut album.
Noah Kahan - "Mess" [Audio Video]
Produced by Kahan’s frequent collaborator Joel Little (Lorde, Khalid), Noah wrote “Mess” last fall while he was home in Vermont in between sold out tours. Of the song, Noah explains, “My life has taken a 180° turn. I’m on a very different path than what I thought I would do. I get nostalgic for the locale where I grew up, because the scenery is so beautiful. Going from this to bigger cities and tours is crazy for me. The truth is—regardless of where I’ve gone—my parents still yell at me to pick up the dogs’ shit when I’m back home.”
He continues, “‘Mess’ is a song I wrote during a very overwhelming and generally sad time in my life. Being able to work on this song and bring these feelings to light was a lifeline for me, and I hope it provides you with similar comfort.”
“Mess” follows the global success of Kahan’s breakout singles, “Hurt Somebody” and “False Confidence.” With over 200 million global streams to date, “Hurt Somebody” is triple platinum in Australia and gold in Canada, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland and New Zealand; and it peaked at #1 on the Top 40 radio charts in Australia for three weeks, making it the third most played song on the Australian airwaves in all of 2018 where Noah has become one of the most buzzworthy new acts. “False Confidence” continues to grow with over 15 million streams to date and is currently sitting in the top 5 at Triple A radio in the U.S.
Noah Kahan will be hitting the road with James Bay this month on his North American tour, performing at New York’s iconic Beacon Theatre for two nights on March 12 and 13 and at Los Angeles’ The Wiltern on March 25. He will also be joining Dean Lewis on his headline tour in Europe and the U.K. in April. See the full list of upcoming dates below. Tickets are available now at www.NoahKahan.com/tour.
In two short years, music quite literally carried 22-year-old singer, songwriter and artist Noah Kahan around the world—a long way from his native Strafford, VT (pop. 1,045) and the 133-acre tree farm where he resides. On the trip, the alternative troubadour notched an international hit in the form of “Hurt Somebody” [feat. Julia Michaels], while his singles “Young Blood” and “False Confidence” also racked up millions of streams and he sold out headline tours in North America, Europe, and the UK and hit the road with artists like George Ezra and Leon Bridges. Not to mention, he has garnered critical acclaim from Billboard, Stereogum, Clash, Idolator, and more. In the midst of this whirlwind, he assembled his upcoming full-length debut album. The first single “Mess” illuminates his marked growth as a songwriter and storyteller by way of its biting lyrics and undeniable sing-a-long, underscoring a heartwarming and often hilarious portrait of hometown longing.
Xiuhtezcatl - "Boombox Warfare" (feat. Jaden Smith)
The smooth bass lines and even flow of the track’s vibe is offset with Xiuhtezcatl’s woke and provocative lyrics. Jaden Smith undeniable lyrical prowess adds a stunning layer both sonically and lyrically. Jaden reflects back on the project and comments, “X Is One of my favorite artist of this generation and I’m honored to work with him every chance I get.”
Read and listen to the Complex exclusive premiere of “Boombox Warfare” here: https://www.complex.com/music/2019/02/xiuhtezcatl-jaden-smith-boombox-warfare. “Boombox Warfare” drops today on all streaming platforms and here[http://smarturl.it/boomboxwarfare]. “Boombox Warfare” comes out on the heels of Xiuhtezcatl’s debut full length album Break Free. Critically acclaimed by fans and critics alike, the new album has garnered support from tastemakers like Rolling Stone, Remezcla, I-D, Complex to name a few.
A progressive hip-hop artist at his core, Xiuhtezcatl splashed into the public eye as an activist speaking out on critical issues including climate change and Indigenous rights. His performance at and support of the Standing Rock movement made national headlines as Rolling Stone took note and named him one of the 25 under 25 Changing the World. He has become a voice for his generation, highlighted by his work with the Earth Guardians and his passion for youth empowerment. His work as an advocate for the youth and environment includes an address at the UNGA, TED Talks, interview by Bill Maher and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Currently, he is one of the faces and a spokesperson for Shepard Fairey’s + Amplifier’s #WeTheFuture campaign, and suing the U.S. government for violating our constitutional rights by perpetuating the climate crisis in the trial of the century – Juliana vs. the United States. His first book We Rise was published early last year.
Xiuhtezcatl will be touring with his band and performing fan favorites alongside new material. Audiences can expect to see live drums, strings, synth bass and Isa, his sister, on vocals. Live shows are high energy, guaranteed to leave audiences turned up and hyped! Check out the tour dates listed below or track them here.
ZION - "HER, HER & YOU" [Video]
The 19-year-old British-Nigerian talent stepped out in the UK scene with recent tracks ‘Friendzone’, ‘The Point’ and‘Wahala’, which have collectively garnered over 2 million streams and 1 million video views.
Following their success, and lifted from forthcoming project of the same name, ‘Her, Her & You’ is produced by recent collaborator Fanatix (Giggs, Stylo G, Chip) and combines old school R&B vibes with Afrobeat influences and ZION’s signature smooth vocals.
Sure to cement his rise in the UK, the accompanying music video sees ZION turn on the charm as he sings to mesmerize the women in his life. Zion says; "I remember being in the mind-frame of wanting three women because they offered three very different things to me, its such a relatable topic I had to put it in a song. 'Her Her & You' is definitely one of my favourite records so far, it's the second track I have made with Fanatix and how everything came together was dope and phenomenal."
Joshua J - "Let Go" [Video]
Following on from the single release which dropped on Christmas Eve, Joshua J can now reveal the official video for 'Let Go', shot in Barcelona.
Watch the video here.
Speaking on the video, the 20-year-old Dutch artist says “Somehow I couldn’t come up with an idea for the video, so my best friend booked us flights to one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and we decided to ‘let go’.”
As well as this, Joshua J has announced his debut LP '1998' which is due for release on 8th March 2019. Joshua J started writing and singing when he moved out of the foster home he grew up in. Creating this album helped him to process a lot of what happened in the first nineteen years of his life. It brought him closer to who he is and outlined who he wants to become. '1998' represents Joshua in his purest, more sincere form.
Young Ceno - "Another Day" [Video]
A year after the release of his debut album “Boss’d Up”, Young Ceno just released a music video for #2 on the project; “Another Day”. Beat produced by N3 On The Track. Video shot by Bijan Productions.
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