So last night Soulection continued to dominate all things music with their weekly Beats 1 radio show on Apple Music and it was lit. Soulection kingpin Joe Kay hosted the show dropping new Sango and bringing the wonder kid Jaden Smith to freestyle over an old Mr. Carmack beat "1994". The track is slow and steady, hard hitting and wise beyond Jaden's mere 17 years. The kid has … [Read more...]
Diplo Sits Down With The LA Times + Releases Apple Music Mix
Diplo has had one hell of a year. When he's not busy performing and producing his solo music- he is teaming up with a handful of musicians on strong collaborations such as Jack U and Major Lazer. Gary Richards of HARD Events (AKA - Destructo) said, "He's, like, the guy right now," when talking about Diplo to The LA Times. Diplo recently sat down with The LA Times … [Read more...]
Drake Drops Three New Tracks on Beats 1 Radio Show
For the second consecutive OVOSOUND radio show, Drake has dropped three new tracks for our listening pleasure, the most notable this week being his Meek Mill diss track, "Charged Up." Aside from the diss track, Drake also dropped a remix of D.R.A.M.'s "Cha Cha," which he retitled "You Used To" and a Vinylz & FrankDukes produced track, "Right Hand". Lets hope this becomes a … [Read more...]
Run The Jewels Will Host a Show on Beats 1 Radio
Yesterday Killer Mike and El-P aka Run The Jewels took to instagram to announce they would be hosting a regular radio show (called 'WRTJ') on Apple Music's new Beats 1 Radio to stream every Friday starting at 9 PM EST. This announcement comes right on the tail of Soulection revealing they too would now be syndicating their radio show with Apple Music. This is why Apple … [Read more...]
Apple Announces Revolutionary Streaming Service, Apple Music
Apple's World Developers Conference (WWDC), kicked off today with their keynote presentation. The keynote was a star-studded event, featuring Drake giving his thoughts on an element of the service and a performance from The Weeknd to wrap things up. In classic Apple fashion, they hit us with a "One More Thing...." which typically alludes to the announcement of a brand new … [Read more...]
Here’s What To Expect From Apple’s Music Streaming Announcement
With the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicking off tomorrow, rumors are once again flying as to what exactly will be covered throughout the event. Among other things, Apple is expected to make an announcement about their new music streaming service tomorrow, June 8. Billboard was able to speak with a few Apple insiders who gave them a list of seven … [Read more...]
Details About “Apple Music” Leaked
Specifics about Apple's revamped version of Dr. Dre's Beats streaming service have begun to surface with the launch set for next month and it would seem that Apple will be reviving parts of their iTunes Ping social media / music platform to allow artists to engage with fans on a more intimate level. This comes amid reliable speculation that the service will be priced well … [Read more...]