[Congrats] to Drake – #IYRTITL Goes Platinum!

August 13, 2015August 13, 2015Leave a comment

Not sure what happened – this was supposed to have posted on Monday! Weird. Well, here it is anyways because I can’t let a post about Drake slip away.

Got rich off a mixtape, got rich off a mixtape. But serious. Released by complete surprise to fans, Drake’s mixtape ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ has gone platinum! In jut a little over 10 days of its release, Drake had already moved 624,000 units of the tape.
In a great explanation and breakdown of how it hit platinum, his official fan site WordOnRoad broke it down:

“With the new ‘Sales + Steaming’ system, ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ was already platinum back in March. However, this week the mixtape sold 7,985 units putting it a total of about 1,006,000 units sold. This makes it platinum based off of strictly sales and no streaming.”

Congrats again to Drake and the whole OVO team for putting together, yet again, another quality piece of work. Really looking forward to Views from the 6!

Stream Dr. Dre’s #Compton Here!

August 6, 2015Leave a comment

After 16 years, Dr. Dre is back with the highly-anticipated album Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre, and is streaming exclusively on Apple Music. Make sure your iOS/iTunes is the most recent version to listen. 🙂

The 16 tracks feature Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Ice Cube, Xzibit, and more. It is available for purchase at midnight.

Stream it here!

TRACKLISTING: The Weeknd – ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’

August 4, 20151 Comment

Only 24 more days until we are blessed with a new album from The Weeknd. So until then, you can check out the tracklisting for Beauty Behind the Madness below.

With only one feature from Lana Del Rey, the 14 tracks feature ‘The Hills,’ ‘Often,’ and ‘Can’t Feel My Face.’ This album is set to have a more pop feel to it, compared to his 2013 album Kiss Land, which was eerie and dark.

BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS TRACKLISTING

1. “Real Life”
2. “Losers”
3. “Tell Your Friends”
4. “Often”
5. “The Hills”
6. “Acquainted”
7. “Can’t Feel My Face”
8. “Shameless”
9. “Earned It”
10. “In the Night”
11. “As You Are”
12. “Prisoner” feat. Lana Del Rey
13. “Dark Times”
14. “Angel”

via HHNM

#OVOFest – 8.3.15

August 3, 2015Leave a comment

Tonight was the final night of Drake’s annual OVO Fest, and I don’t even have FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). I am just MO (Missing Out), and I’m super bummed about it. I’ve received a handful of messages, again (love it!), from friends asking about my sadness of missing out. ‘They knowww, they know, they know.’ Drake reference. But that’s why I’m thankful for social media – one of the reasons.

PARTYNEXTDOOR kicked off the show, followed by Drake, and his set was lit from the beginning. He (obviously) started with his two response tracks to Meek Mill – first ‘Charged Up’ then ‘Back To Back.’ Now during these two performances, memes of Meek Mill were scrolling in the background. Quite the aggressive tone to start the evening. He also gave a shout out to Meek saying that ‘he did this to himself,’ before giving him a ‘Participation Award’ for his pretty weak attempt at a diss track.

Skepta, Future, KANYE WEST, Travi$ Scott, Big Sean, AND Pharrell all performed throughout Drake’s set, as well! I mean. I have to go next year. I tell myself this every year, but really, I must be in attendance in 2016. It’s only right.

Drake closed out the show with ‘Know Yourself,’ brought out a bunch of woes, and officially ended the 6th annual OVO Fest with an encore of ‘Back To Back.’

If Meek tries to do anything else at this point, it will just be ‘zzzzz.’ But if it means Drake will continue to come out with more music before Views, then keep it coming, Meek!

Complex compiled a great list of happenings from tonight, so I suggest you check it here if you want to get all of the details – videos and pictures! Alright, time for bed. Night, yinz!

Meek’s response here!

July 30, 2015Leave a comment

Okay. So thank you to Parker for sending this along…. Meek Mill has finally responsed to the TWO tracks Drake has put out. Link here.

And Drake’s response to it is here… via Instagram.

NEW MUSIC: Roy Wood$ ft. Drake – ‘Drama’

July 29, 2015July 28, 2015Leave a comment

While the song is quite repetitive, I do like it. The very opening sound reminded me immediately of Drake’s ‘Houstatlantavegas’ from So Far Gone, my favorite Drake mixtape and probably body of work he’s done. If you’re a Drake fan, you’ll catch the resemblance. The whole song actually is very Drake-esque with regards to the beat and overall sound. The track was actually debuted during Drake’s first episode of his OVO Sound Radio show earlier this month.

Now I don’t know much about Roy Wood$ but from some quick research he is another Toronto native and can both rap and sing. Hmmm, sounds like another Toronto native we know… Drake 🙂 And he’s only 19! He is the newest signee to OVO Sound.

Listen below – what do you think?

NEW MUSIC: Drake – ‘Back to Back Freestyle’

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015Leave a comment

I mean… just four days after dropping the diss song, ‘Charged Up,’ Drake is back with another track aimed at Weak Mill. Sorry… Meek Mill. I woke up to a handful of messages with the link to this song – thank you to those who were looking out! I immediately played the track at 7:00am while lying in my bed and loved every second of it.

“Trigger fingers turn to Twitter fingers / You gettin’ bodied by a singin’ n***a.” #dead
“You love her then you gotta get a world tour / Is that a world tour or your girl’s tour?” #reallydead (in reference to Nicki Minaj – Meek Mill is currently on her tour)

This is one of the reasons why I love rap and hip-hop so much. I believe it’s the truest genre of music – what other genre do you know that has artists go back and forth with essentially real time tracks? And to think this all started from a Tweet! Thank you, Meek. You calling out Drake for having an alleged ‘ghostwriter’ has only made him more of a legend. How I wish I was going to OVO Fest this weekend!

Video: The Weeknd – ‘Can’t Feel My Face’

July 28, 2015July 28, 2015Leave a comment

It’s here! Abel is on fire in this vid… literally. Thanks to Complex Music, click below to watch the visuals via Apple Music. Can’t wait til Beauty Behind the Madness, dropping August 28.

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Lip Sync: Tom Cruise + The Weeknd’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’

July 28, 2015Leave a comment

This is great! Last night on Jimmy Fallon during their lip sync bit, Tom Cruise did an excellent job pretending to be The Weeknd and lip syncing his current top hit ‘Can’t Feel My Face.’ Enjoy!

And speaking of that song, the visuals for it are scheduled to drop today via Apple Music – I’ll try and find a working link for yinz when it does! Stay tuned…

Serge’s Selections 7.27.15

July 27, 2015July 28, 2015Leave a comment

On Saturday, July 25, Drake dropped three new tracks via the Beats 1 Radio Show (Apple Music – OVO Sound Radio).

‘Charged Up’ | This diss track is in response to Meek Mill accusing Drake of using an alleged ‘ghostwriter.’ Drake hasn’t publicly spoken before this regarding the accusation. He even brought Nicki into the track! All I’m going to say is Meek can keep Tweeting and Drake can keep dropping bars 🙂 “Wow, I’m honored that you think this is staged. I’m flattered man, in fact, I’m amazed.”

‘Hotline Bling’ | Rapping over a sample of D.R.A.M.’s hit ‘Cha Cha,’ Drake debuted the song at his barber’s wedding. He shows his softer side (not to be unexpected) as he sings to a special lady about late night calls on his cell phone. “You used to call me on my cell phone. Late night when you need my love.”

‘Right Hand’ | Over a West Coast beat produced by Vinylz, Drizzy raps about a go-to girl and ensures her she won’t find anyone better. “You’re my right hand, you’re my go to. Told me everything about you. That’s a bold move.”