Calvin Harris and John Newman collaborate once again on their new hit song “Olé”, only released a few days ago.
Beginning with legendary French house duo, Justice‘s, unexpected single and ending with a track from ever-powerful, ever-changing guitar god, Jeff Beck‘s, newest album, this week’s edition of TT has something for everyone.
It’s a sad fact of life that legends, of any trade, tend to dull with age.
Erykah Badu, an R&B singer/songwriter who turned the industry inside-out with her languid, jazzy persona, will donate a portion of her concert proceeds to test backlogged rape kits in Chicago.
On Wednesday, July 13th, Def Jam hosted the album listening for Lil Durk’s sophomore album Lil Durk 2x.
Every week, Scoreboard brings The Knockturnal readers the 411 on who is moving up and down the charts in the U.S., with an artist feature and a check-in on the international Scoreboard.
Swedish songwriter Ledinsky gave The Knockturnal an exclusive interview about his debut EP, “High Society”, which includes a track titled “DonaldTrumpMakesMeWannaSmokeCrack.”
Schoolboy Q recently released his fourth studio album “Blank Face LP” and, only a few days later, a music video for one of the songs from his album called “Black THougHts.”
Hip Hop. Rap. A subculture movement and music that spawned from black culture and originated in the 1970’s South Bronx is now global. I got the chance to catch up with one of Shanghai’s biggest rappers, Al Rocco, and the man behind the number one provider of Hip-hop in China, founder of Zhong TV, Stanley Yang to find out a little more about the rap scene in China.
Both Stanley Yang and Al Rocco have had extreme success in their careers. Rocco is a hip hop/trap artist who has been featured on the New York Times, Worldstarhiphop, Vice China, ICS TV, Hit FM Radio, TVB, Beats by Dre “Straight Outta” and has opened and shared the stage with the likes of OT Genasis, OG Maco, and Keith Ape. He has also worked with brands like Adidas Originals, SSUR, Jamesons, Marlboro, Redbull, Jagermesiter, American Apparel, Budweiser. His biography notes, “With over a million “over-all” plays towards the end of 2015, two of his latest projects “Raised in China” & “Red Money” have been nominated top 50 albums of China by That’s Shanghai & Smart Shanghai. He was ranked top 2 artist nationwide China on the Hip-Hop charts with his single “Red Money” ranking number one on China’s Spotify and Soundcloud, Xiami, in January 2015.”
Stanley Yang runs and operates Zhong Tv. China’s 1st ever hip hop / r&b / pop entertainment division, which facilitates audio and video content to the public and is credited for bringing the digital music video wave back in 2010, to China’s hip hop community. Producing over 50 original videos and having over 60 million total views on Youku ( Chinese version of Youtube), Zhong TV has also worked with the likes of WESC, Beats by Dre, Oakley, Nixon, Vans, Jordan Brand, Marshall Headphones, Urbanears and is responsible for discovering many up and coming artist.
‘LA LA LAND’s’ original soundtrack will be released by Interscope Records.