Sacramento-bred rhymer Mozzy is prepping to drop 1 Up Top Ahk, his debut LP, on August 18. He's coming off a strong run of mixtapes and…

Today, ScHoolboy Q releases the excellent new album Blank Face, and to celebrate, the Top Dawg Entertainment rapper has released the "Black Hippy REMIX" for…

One of the strange developments of surprise albums is that, like most movies, the credits come at the end. So Kendrick Lamar's delightfully out-of-nowhere new…

About a month ago, BJ the Chicago Kid released his latest LP and major-label debut, In My Mind, boasting appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T., and Chance the Rapper.

Update: Top Dawg CEO Anthony Tiffith has issued an update on Jay Rock's status: My guy @JayRock just got out of surgery and…

Black Hippy member Jay Rock releases his solo album 90059 today on TDE. One of that record's best tracks, "Vice City," enlists the rest of…

Update: According to a new iTunes link, Jay Rock's new album 90059 will actually be released on December 4. Preorder it here. Jay Rock is…

Ty Dolla $ign's Beach House EP washed up on iTunes this week, and the Los Angeles rapper-singer is promoting his debut short-player with an apocalyptic…

The BET Awards cypher is, in part, a necessary nod to hip-hop traditionalism, where the ability to rap very well remains a touchstone. But it's also…

The original buzz around Rocko's "U.O.E.N.O." was that it was going to be pushed to radio with new verses by Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West,…

I think I wandered into a rap blogger version of a Beckett play the other night. I drove all around southern New Jersey on a…

Top Dawg Entertainment, the independent home of Kendrick Lamar and Black Hippy (a.k.a. ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock), has told the Fader that the…