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Noname has threatened to cancel the release of her new album after fans reacted critically to news of a feature from Jay Electronica.Earlier this year, the Chicago rapper announced new album ‘Sundial’, which is set to come out this month and follows ‘Room 25’.This week, she confirmed a release date of July 21, and that the song ‘Balloons’ would feature Electronica alongside Eryn Allen Kane.In response, fans have criticised the move, pointing towards Electronica’s continued support of Kanye West and a record of his in which he refers to himself as “Jaydolf Spitler, rap Hitler.”Noname then took to Twitter to share her anger at the criticism, and threaten to pull the album release at the last minute.“n***as legit rap about actual murder and sexual assault that they commit in real life and y’all can’t take a jay elect verse?,” she began (via The Fader), adding that she thinks the backlash came because she is considered “the mascot for the woke mob”.Then, in a further series of tweets, she added: “y’all want the album, fine,” adding in another tweet about her responses: “oh the song fa sho coming out lol. the album is another story.

The Roots‘ Questlove has weighed in on Drake‘s and Kendrick Lamar‘s ongoing rap beef – see what he had to say below.Yesterday (May 8), Questlove took to social media to share his thoughts on the feud between the two wrappers, writing in a scathing post: “Nobody won the war. This wasn’t about skill.”He continued, referencing the rappers bringing their partners’ names and children into the fold: “This was a wrestling match level mudslinging and takedown by any means necessary – women & children (& actual facts) be damned.

Jay Electronica has shared numerous cryptic tweets, suggesting that he supports Drake in his current feud against Kendrick Lamar.Over the past month, Lamar and Drake have been trading blows over a constant back-and-forth of diss tracks. The latest escalation came over the weekend with ‘Meet the Grahams’, when Lamar alleged that Drake is a sexual predator with a secret daughter.Then, Drake dropped his new diss track ‘The Heart Part 6’, on which the Canadian rapper suggested that Lamar’s disses are based on false information fed to him by Drake’s team.Weeks ago, Louisiana rapper Jay Electronica shared two tweets which fans think is his way of saying he supports Drake in the feud.

Kyle Eustice For the first time in … well, maybe ever, hip-hop fans applauded the Recording Academy in 2021 for “getting it right.” Nominees in the rap album category included unconventional releases that weren’t necessarily expected to get the nod: Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist’s critically acclaimed “Alfredo,” D Smoke’s “Black Habits,” Royce Da 5’9’s “The Allegory,” Jay Electronica’s long-awaited debut, “A Written Testimony,” and the winner, Nas’ “King’s Disease,” which netted the mighty 25-year vet his first Grammy.  The following year’s noms followed suit, with mentions going to Tyler, the Creator’s “Call Me if You Get Lost,” Nas’ “King Disease II,” J. Cole’s “The Off-Season,” Kanye West’s “Donda” and Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” (although the famous Grammy skeptic decided to withdraw the project before the votes were cast). Now the question remains: Will the streak continue? 

Later this year, London-based producer The Purist will team up with Birmingham, U.K. rapper Sonnyjim to share White Girl Wasted, a collaborative project that's been in the works since 2018.

Jazz funk icon Roy Ayers and dub legend Mad Professor will head up the Blues Kitchen’s spring line-up.

A.D. Amorosi Though he hasn’t been completely out of the public eye, or ear, there hasn’t been much Jay-Z to go around lately.

Big Thief debuted a brand new song called ‘Dragon’ during their performance at Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend.The Chicago festival kicked off in Union Park yesterday (September 10) and runs until Sunday (September 12). Artists on the line-up include Phoebe Bridgers, Erykah Badu, St.

James Blake has shared new song “Say What You Will,” the first track from his forthcoming album Friends That Break Your Heart. A video for "Say What You Will," featuring a cameo from Finneas, can be seen below.

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Nas has won his first-ever Grammy Award tonight (March 14), after being nominated at the annual awards show 14 times.The premiere ceremony for the Grammys, where the bulk of the awards are handed out, took place earlier tonight.During that livestreamed event, Nas was announced as the winner of Best Rap Album for his 13th studio record ‘King’s Disease’.

Nas fans have reason to rejoice.

Gallery: From Umbrella to Toxic: These 10 songs will give you noughties nostalgia (BANG Showbiz)"However let's not forget the Grammys nominated soo many independent Black artists this year that don't get the exposure by blogs, magazines and other award shows like Chika, D Smoke, Royce 5'9, Freddie Gibbs, Jay Electronica, Kaytranada, Brittany Howard, Mykal Kilgor, Ledisi, Jean & Marcus Baylor, Luke James, Gregory Porter, Giveon, Ant Clemons, Robert Grasper, Free Nationals & Thundercat and so much

LOS ANGELES -- Lil Baby, Roddy Ricch, Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby have blazed the Billboard charts, but Grammy voters gave the young hip-hop stars the cold shoulder in the best rap album category, instead, surprisingly nominating the genre’s more matured voices like Nas and Jay Electronica.Some were baffled by the academy's decision to push through some lesser-known projects in the category instead of the popular chart-topping albums that have dominated streaming services with record numbers.

Killer Mike has responded to Run The Jewels not receiving a single nod in the 2021 Grammy Awards nominations list.The rap duo made up of Killer Mike and El-P missed out in Tuesday’s (November 24) nominations, having released their fourth album ‘RTJ4’ in June this year.While many expected them to at least get a nomination in the Best Rap Album category, instead that honour went to the likes of Nas, Royce Da 5’9″, Jay Electronica, D Smoke and Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist.“I wanna congratulate every

Noname has taken to Twitter to share a video of her freestyling over Jay Electronica's "Rough Love," a song taken from his recently leaked, then released, album Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn). "I write to Jay Elect beats when I'm bored," Noname captioned the video.

Jay Electronica released his long-awaited debut album A Written Testimony in March of 2020, but nearly a decade prior, the reclusive rapper completed and never released another project called Act II: The Patents of Nobility. The full album was leaked online over the weekend; at one point, as Complex points out, the rapper's manager Lawrence "Law" Parker uploaded the full album to SoundCloud.

Featuring songs from Jay Electronica, 2Pac, Nina Simone and James Brown

The-Dream has released Sextape 4. It’s the singer’s follow-up to his 40-song release Ménage à Trois: Sextape Vol. 1, 2, 3 from December 2018. Hear the new album below (via Radio Killa Records).

British artist Kay Young flexes all over "Sweet Dreams," her debut single and the first fruit of a deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation label. Discovered by Jay Electronica in the U.K., Young flips the script between rapping over boom-bap production and jazzy piano and delivering her own pillow-soft chorus.

Even as normal social life was grinding to a standstill, with much of the world resigning itself to an uncertain future, waves of dread permeating every conversation, and previously unthinkable sights presenting themselves hourly, there was still a frisson of unreality when, late at night on Friday the 13th, one opened up Tidal and saw Jay Electronica’s “A Written Testimony” just sitting there, ready to stream.

As the world is completely engulfed in the coronavirus outbreak, over on the hip hop end of thingsJoe Budden and Jay Electronica are beefing with each other following the release of Jay’s new album. Things quickly escalated between the two and spilled over to social media—and it’s say to safe neither party is backing down anytime soon.

“Jay’s life philosophy is ‘my train is running on schedule.’ That’s how he lives his life.” 

Jay Electronica’s long-awaited album, A Written Testimony, arrived last week after a decade of anticipation. While fans have praised the project, the crew over at The Joe Budden Podcast had some criticisms that led to a back-and-forth exchange between Jay Electronica and Joe Budden.

Trust Jay Electonica to drop his long-awaited album amid a global pandemic. A record few truly believed would ever see the light of day, A Written Testimony is Electronica's debut album and features multiple appearances from Jay-Z plus contributions by James Blake, Travis Scott, Khruangbin, and The-Dream.

Chris Brown got his fans’ attention when he posted a pic of himself with very blond hair on Instagram on Mar. 13. The 30-year-old singer can be seen looking down from the side and showing off longer platinum blond locks in the now deleted epic snapshot and was wearing a gray T-shirt. It didn’t take long for fans to respond with their thoughts once the pic went up and some of them even compared his new look to Justin Bieber‘s similar blond hairstyle.

Jay Electronica just returned after a decade of no-shows with his debut album, A Written Testimony—and his JAY-Z-assisted track, “Flux Capacitor,” samples a cut off Rihanna’s 2016 LP, ANTI.

Shawn Carter appears on the rapper's long-awaited debut album 'A Written Testimony', which came out today (March 13)

Jay Electronica closes out his newly released debut album, A Written Testimony, with “A.P.I.D.T.A.” featuring JAY-Z. Houston rock band Khruangbin is credited as the song’s producer thanks to a sample of its 2018 track, “A Hymn.” As Jay Electronica revealed in an Instagram Live session previewing the album, “A.P.I.D.T.A.” was recorded on the night of Kobe Bryant’s death.

Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.