This picture surfaced a couple days ago and shows Jay-Z, Nas, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland in the studio together, a quartet that people are calling the 'new rat pack'. The VP of A & R at Def Jam ,Lenny Santiago, posted this picture on his instagram account last Wednesday: "JAY x JT x NAS x TIMBO Rat Pack sh--," he captioned a pic of the four stars laughing … [Read more...]
Rustie – Slasherr (Flume Edit) + Disclosure – You & Me (Flume Remix)
Young Flume is at it again, and this time around he's supplying a free download for the already amazing Rustie - Slasherr. As far as I'm concerned Harley Streten is one of the best producers in the game right now, and definitely in my top 5 favorites of 2012 and beyond. His critically acclaimed self titled 'Flume' album has been in heavy rotation since it dropped in November of … [Read more...]
Free Drinkz – All Summer Mix [RTT Premiere]
Fresh off of the drop of their Flosstradamus - Lana's Theme (Free Drinkz Re-TWRK), we're serving up another round of new Free Drinkz material with their All Summer Mix to keep your buzz going strong. The Free Drinkz - All Summer Mix is 30 minutes of straight trap til it hits Brillz - Ratchet Bitch and it's 100 BPM heaters onward from there; if you read our article about 'Twerk … [Read more...]
Spring Awakening Festival Schedule + Official After Parties
WINTER IS COMING... Errr I meant, SPRING IS FINALLY HERE, and what better way to wake up out of that long winter slump than hit (one of the top festivals in Chicago this year) Spring Awakening Music Festival. We attended SAMF last year, and let me just say that React Presents did a stellar job of running this thing. The festival was extremely clean, with free cold water filling … [Read more...]
AYO – DRVNK (Drunk Right Now) [RTT Premiere] + Bonus Tracks
Today we've got a dope new Run The Trap premiere from the Grammy Nominated, 3x Platinum, Maybach Music Group affiliate, AYO the Producer.. You might have heard a couple different big time tunes he's produced, including but not limited to: Drake - "Do It All", Lil Wayne x Rick Ross - "John", along w/ starting a team that co- produced Beyonce - "I been On" and the first … [Read more...]
Run The Trap Guest Mix 007: Penthouse Penthouse + Bonus Tracks
Fresh off of their recent collaboration with two of the best producers in the game right now (Mr. Carmack and Djemba Dejmba) on their latest track 'When it's Hot', we scooped Penthouse Penthouse up for a vibe-d out 30 minute guest mix exclusive for Run The Trap readers. The mix features material from the likes of Djemba Djemba, Mr. Carmack, Team Supreme, Sango, various artists … [Read more...]
Lollapalooza After Parties Announced (2013)
Lollapalooza After Parties 2013 Today is the day, the official Lollapalooza After Parties for 2013 have been announced, and there are quite a bit of aftershows that look pretty awesome. Some notable highlights are, SBTRKT & Disclosure @ The Mid Friday night, Chance the Rapper @ Reggies Friday, Kendrick Lamar & Baauer @ Aragon Saturday, and Alt-J @ Lincoln … [Read more...]
Disclosure – Settle (Full Album Stream)
The two UK based garage, deep house, electro-pop, 90's dance influenced, whatever-genre-you-want to attempt to silo them in producers, Disclosure, have just released the full stream of their debut album Settle via the Guardian a week prior to the release (June 4th via Cherrytree/Interscope). Disclosure - Settle opens up with When A Fire Starts To Burn, then into Latch, F … [Read more...]