Remember You - Wiz Khalifa X The Weeknd

Another leak from Wiz Khalifa's highly anticipated second album 'O.N.I.F.C'. The Taylor Gang lead man calls on The Weeknd for this RnB track; 

Wiz Khalifa In Europe

Wiz was one of the first artists to give his fans an insight into the life of a musician. Although he's not uploading 'Daytodays' as regularly as he used to...the Taylor Gang honcho is still keeping his fans happy with the occasional video; 

The Juicy J Hustle

There are few artists who can match the hustle of Juicy J. Releasing four mixtapes last year, the Three 6 legend has carried on his grind into 2012 releasing 10 bonus tracks from 'Blue Dream & Lean' and readying the release of the 2nd instalment in his collaboration with Lex Luger 'Young Nigga Movement 2'. 

Amongst an absurd amount of features with Taylor Gang artists and everyone from Big KRIT, Mellowhigh and E-40 he's also preparing his album 'Stay Trippy' and another collaborative project with Wiz..... So in the midst of all of his projects...Juicy still finds the time to drop yet another banger on his fans - as if you needed any more reason to download it; Jahlil Beats is on production. Get it below; 

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Juicy J - Codeine Cups (Official Video)

Juicy's released the video for another one of his tracks from his 'Blue Dream and Lean' mixtape. Juicy is always on his hustle, having released 10 bonus tracks and a couple of remixes for the tape within the last month. As for the video, it's everything you've come to expect from the Trippy Taylor Gang MC....a Hip Hop Honey, his Rolls Royce (that he really doesn't care too much about - skip to 2:30 in on this link) and the trippy stick. Perfect Sunday watching...

Wiz Khalifa X 50 Cent - Telescope

Leading up to Wiz Khalifa's 'O.N.I.F.C' album drop, the Pittsburgh MC has been leaking a few tracks to keep his fans going. 'Work Hard, Play Hard' was one  that was always going to make more of a mainstream mark, but his latest instalment 'Telescope' sees Mr Taylor Gang reaching for a more orthodox approach calling for the production of Harry Fraud and a perfect feature from 50 Cent. Check out 'Telescope' below..and stay posted for Wiz's 2nd Studio album due out on the 28th August.

Juicy J Releases 10 Bonus Tracks from 'Blue Dream and Lean'

Six months after dropping stellar mix-tape 'Blue Dream and Lean', Juicy J has dropped ten new bonus tracks off of the project. Featuring production from resident Juicy beat makers; Lex Luger and Sonny Digital among more from Deaf and Ignorant favourites; Jahlil Beats and  SpaceGhostPurrp. His first official Taylor Gang album; ‘Stay Trippy’ is due out soon but what better way to keep his fans happy then to drop 10 new tracks...


Download them here  

Pharrell previews his i am OTHER label

Some might argue that Pharrell hasn't been releasing music as regularly as he should be....although he had some production and features on both The Game's 'California Republic' and Tyga's 'Careless World' a lot of people would love to see some new work from the artist himself. It now makes sense as it seems that the mogul is set to take over with a new roster of artists such as; Buddy, Leah LaBelle and Youtube sensation Maxine Ashley. Armed with a new wave of visionary's, creative thinkers and young recording artists - P has finally decided to challenge Kanye's 'G.O.O.D Music', Ricky Rozay's 'Maybach Music' and Wiz's 'Taylor Gang'. Stay posted for more; 

10 Hip Hop Albums to Look forward to

Although we're already five months through 2012, some of the most exciting Hip Hop albums for a while are due out before the end of this year;

• SpaceGhostPurrp - Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp 
• Label: 4AD
• Release Date: 12th June
• Features: Raider Klvn
• Production: SpaceGhostPurrp
• Notable Singles: 'Get Yah Head Bust' & 'No Evidence' 

After some impressive production for artists like Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky and features with his Raider Klan, the A$AP Mob and MetroZu..it's time for the 'Spaced God' to deliver his debut album on British album 4AD; home to artists like Joker, Grimes & Zomby.

• Waka Flocka Flame - Triple F Life 
• Label: Bricksquad & Warner Music
• Release Date: 12th June
• Features: Drake, Trey Songz, B.O.B, Meek Mill, Nicki Minaj
• Production: Lex Luger, Soutside, Neptunes, Tyler The Creator, Kanye West
• Notable Singles: 'Round of Applause' & 'I Don't Really Care'

After a difficult year in which the MC considered retirement, Waka has continued to bring out quality music in the masses. Releasing no less that NINE mixtapes and an Album last year - some collaborative efforts with artists such as Gucci Mane, Slim Dunkin and French Montana ...the artists hustle cannot be questioned. Expect this project to be a big one for Waka, with huge features and production from pretty much an all star cast..it's hard to see where he's going to go wrong.

• French Montana - Excuse My French 
• Label: Bad Boy Inc
• Release Date: 17th July
• Features: Rick Ross
• Production: Lex Luger, Harry Fraud & Play N' Skillz
• Notable Singles: 'Shot Caller'

French Montana had a big 2011, releasing one of the biggest bangers of the year in 'Shot Caller' and featuring on Rick Ross's huge 'Stay Schemin''.  I don't doubt Montana as a rapper - he's definitely recognisable....and he's also got a talent with hooks...but i'm interested to hear what a full album will sound like. His presence in the industry eventually led to his first major label deal; inked with Bad Boy and with full backing from Diddy, it's safe to say that the album is something to look forward to.

• Nas - Life Is Good  
• Label: Def Jam
• Release Date: 17th July
• Features: Rick Ross
• Production: RZA, Salaam Remi, No I.D, Bangladesh
• Notable Singles: 'Nasty', 'Daughters'

Not much music has come from the Queens rapper since his collaborative album with Damian Marley; 'Distant Relatives'. But after some stellar features on Rick Ross's 'Triple Beam Dreams', Lil Wayne's 'Carter IV and Tyga's 'Careless World' it feels that one of Hip Hop's true great lyricist's is back grinding away. With production rumours ranging from Swizz Beatz, DJ Premier, Dre, Kanye West and Rza to name a few....it's exciting to see Nas back.

• G.O.O.D Music Artists  - G.O.O.D Music  
• Label: G.O.O.D Music/ Island Def Jam
• Release Date: Estimated Spring 
• Features: 2 Chainz 
• Production: Hit-Boy, Kanye West, S1 & Lifted
• Notable Singles: 'Mercy' & 'I Don't Like (Remix)' 

Where to start with G.O.O.D Music. With artists varying from; Kanye, Big Sean, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Mos Def, Q Tip and more, and the production roster looks as strong with beat makers like; Hit Boy, Kanye himself and Lifted amongst others. With some of the most exciting names (Chief Keef and 2 Chainz) featuring on the only tracks we have from the album..you can't help but think what Kanye has planned for this one.

• A$AP Rocky - LONGLIVEA$AP 
• Label: Sony RCA/ A$AP Worldwide
• Release Date: Estimated July/August 
• Features: Schoolboy Q
• Production: Clams Casino, Pharell, Boi1Da, Hit-Boy & T-Minus
• Notable Singles: 'Goldie' 

Probably the biggest breakout artist in Hip Hop from 2011.. A$AP Rocky and his Mob gained a huge amount of popularity off of 'Purple Swag' and 'Peso' along with his mixtapes 'LiveLoveA$AP' and Deep Purple. His emergence led to a $3million deal with Sony and a huge amount of expectation for the artist's first album. Lets hope his first track from the project; a collaborative effort with Hit-Boy is a sign of strong things for 'LONGLIVEA$AP'. 

• Rick Ross - God Forgives I Don't 
• Label: Maybach Music/ Def Jam
• Release Date: 31st July
• Features: Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj
• Production: Lex Luger, Just Blaze, Beat Bully, Justice League
• Notable Singles: 'I Love My Bitches' & 'You Tha Boss' 

Does Rick Ross need any sort of introduction? Although it's been two years since his last album; Teflon Don...the Boss continues to release both good and relatively mainstream music - he's one of the only artists that manages to convert great production, unique rapping and an astronomical amount of features into chart success. 'Rich Forever' was one of the most successful mixtapes of all time..my bet is the album doesn't come far off.

• Tyler the Creator - Wolf 
• Label: Odd Future/ XL Recordings
• Release Date: Estimated Summer 2012
• Features: Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis.
• Production: Tyler The Creator, Left Brain
• Notable Singles: 'Analog 2'

Similarly to A$AP Rocky and the mob...it took a few youtube video's for the whole of Hip Hop to be talking about Odd Future and Tyler. Tylers 'Yonkers' and his brother's self entitled 'Earl' both hit youtube along with an insane amount of virals and hilarious skate video's of the LA Collective. Needless to say, pretty much every label tried to sign them in any way they could - but only XL who released Tyler's last album; 'Goblin' and Sony; who offered Odd Future their own imprint came up trumps. It's still unsure if XL are going to release 'Wolf' or whether the third instalment of the trilogy will come through Odd Future Recs...either way, with Tyler you know it's always an interesting result to say the least.

• 2 Chainz - Based on a T.R.U Story 
• Label: Def Jam
• Release Date: 14th August
• Features: Drake, Kanye West 
• Production: Drumma Boy, Kanye West, Mike Will
• Notable Singles: 'No Lie'

Tity Boi a.k.a 2 Chainz returned to the game in 2011, quickly becoming one of Hip Hop's biggest names after he dropped his mixtape 'T.R.U Realigion'. Along with anthem 'Spend It' the Georgian rapper featured on a host of big tracks including 'Yao Ming', Wiz's 'It's Nuthin' amongst a load of tracks on mix tapes from Gucci, Juicy J and Rick Ross. A lot of people question 2 Chainz as an MC, I for one rate him highly, but the question has to be asked...is he just one of the best feature artists around? Either way, 2012 will be a big test for him, by the end of the year I expect to hear everyone shouting out '2 Chaaaaaaaainz'.

• Wiz Khalifa - O.N.I.F.C
• Label: Rostrum Records/Atlantic Records 
• Release Date: 28th August
• Features: The Weeknd, Mac Miller, 2 Chainz, Chris Brown, Cam'ron, Adam Levine
• Production: StarGate, Harry Fraud, 1500 or Nuthin, Benny Blanco, Pharrell
• Notable Singles: 'Work Hard, Play Hard' & 'Make Me Remember You'

After his debut album 'Rolling Papers' was released, a lot of fans found themselves disappointed. Not only did Wiz lean towards a more commercially appealing sound, but he left no space for tracks that people expect to hear him on. But since then, Wiz has been back making Taylor music with mixtape 'Taylor Allderdice' and an array of tracks ranging from 'It's Nuttin', 'Till I Die' and a lot of collaborative work with Juicy J. There's no doubt that the album is going to have some commercial appeal to it, but it seems that Wiz is finally mastering the art of crossing over his Taylor Gang sound with mainstream success. 

Honourable Mentions; 

• Dr Dre - Detox (Is it ever going to come out?)
• Kanye West & Jay Z - WTT 2 (Will it come out this year?)
• Maybach Music Group - Self Made Vol 2
• Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate 
• DMX - Undisputed 
• Cam'ron - More Gunz Less Buttah
• T.I - Trouble Man
• E-40 - The Block Brochure
• Chris Brown - Fortune

Wiz releases first track off O.N.I.F.C

Work Hard, Play Hard. Wiz's first track off of his second studio album; O.N.I.F.C.

Wiz Khalifa crashes the Internet

Last night, Wiz Khalifa dropped highly anticipated mixtape Taylor Allderdice. Having been one of the tens of thousands of people trying to get it from the Exclusive site; Datpiff last night I feel the pain of all the Wiz fans out there. It actually took me two and a half hours until I was able to get onto the Datpiff site, let alone even download the mixtape - crazy. According to sources, Wiz's Datpiff site was receiving 20,000 refreshes per second on the moment of the release, no wonder the site crashed. The mixtape has now been downloaded over 420,000 times in under 24 hours of release - with artists like Lex Luger, Rick Ross, Juicy J, Chevy Woods and Harry Fraud on it, is there any wonder it went Platinum on the website within 8 hours. Enough hype. Download the tape below; 

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Wiz Khalifa get's ready for 'Taylor Allderdice' in NY

In true Wiz style, the Pittsburgh rapper has taken to Youtube to upload another instalment of his daytoday series to show off his promotion for upcoming mixtape 'Taylor Allderdice', which is set to drop 13th March. With Juicy J, a lot of Bombay Sapphire Gin and a typically Taylor Gang amount of weed smoking - do you need more persuasion to hit the play button. Watch out for Wiz's album O.N.I.F.C. (Only Nigga In First Class).

Wiz and Juicy J's Favourite Song

Wiz's new mixtape, Taylor Allderdice is coming out soon, and the Taylor chief took to Twitter to let his fans get a taste of his 'Favourite Song' from the project, fittingly the song is called 'Favourite Song' - featuring none other than the Trippy King Juicy J. 

Download it here and stay posted for the mixtape.

Pharrell's New Friends

Pharrell's been chilling in the studio with A$AP Rocky recently, check some pictures below; 

Last week, Wiz released his latest instalment of 'DayToday'...a video insight into his life. The newest video see's the rapper and his new 'TaylorGang' recruits Juicy J and Chevy Woods in the studio with Pharrell, Tyler the Creator and Lola Monroe. Watch the video below: