Electronic Music Makers, Tastemakers & Media

On February 23, 1999, The Roots performed what many consider to be their best album, Things Fall Apart. The album has been remastered and repressed in two vinyl offerings: a standard black 3LP, and a limited-edition crystal-clear 3LP, set to drop September 27. While the standard version features the original album, a third LP of bonus tracks curated by Questlove, a 24-page booklet featuring rare photos, retrospective essays by Black Thought and Questlove and track-by-track liner notes from Questlove, the clear version features all of the above, a die-cut slipcase of the primary cover art plus the 4 original alternate covers as interchangeable lithos with foil stamp numbering plus a 6th, brand new bonus cover. The standard version will hit for $65, while the deluxe edition costs $99.

Purveyor of progressive gangster music, G Perico — now signed to Roc Nation — dropped his debut project with the label Ten-Eight in August 2019. He now drops off a video for “Dog Year

A continuation of his 2018 EP Commissary, Casanova will drop Behind These Scars on October 11th via Roc Nation/Republic Records. Led by the “everybody’s jumping on it” track “So Brooklyn,” 2X heads across the pond to go “Live” with Giggs

After spending the first half of the year releasing her Shea Butter Baby album and contributing to Dreamville’s Revenge of the Dreamers III, the ultra-talented Ari Lennox is next up on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. Following the likes of The-Dream, Ty Dolla $ign and Masego, the first lady of Dreamville stepped onto the Tiny Desk stage to give us another dose of shea buttery goodness. Holding it down for fifteen minutes, Ari performed “Speak To Me,” “Pop,” “New Apartment” & “Shea Butter Baby. ” Check it out below.

it’s been over a year since Alina Baraz released The Color Of You, but the seductive singer is officially back in action with her new song, “ Celebrating her 25th birthday this week, Alina decided to treat her fans to some new music. And, you already know, we’re here for it all. Press play and be sure to revisit her “

Less than a month removed from his joint EP, The Real Book Vol. 1, with Brady Watt, Bishop Nehru is back with some new tunes. I Miss.” Looking back at a simpler life and worry-free times, the song serves as another output from his weekly #NehruvianTuesday series. Paired with matching visuals, hit play on the track below.

Denaun returns with a new project, While You Wait. After spending the last year and change dropping instrumentals and lacing tracks for Royce 5’9 Book of Ryan and Eminem’s Revival albums, Mr. Porter is back showing off his rapping abilities with a six-track EP that features contributions from Joi Tiffany and fellow Detroit rapper, Marvwon.

After appearing in the latest installment of our Weekly Dope playlist, Jay Wile makes his official DopeHouse debut with his Somewhere in Mind EP. Handling both the vocals and the production, the Texas-based talent comes through with a six-track effort full of soul for your earholes. This has all been such a journey for me discovering my musical process and surrounding myself with the right energy along the way,” Jay Wile says. I hope that the music resonates with y’all in some way and the stories that we’ve told through the music come to life on this EP.

With a third installment of his Straight Bars mixtape series on the horizon, Page Kennedy has decided to hold it down for Detroit and and take aim at Lord Jamar over his latest remarks about Eminem. Check it out below and be sure to revisit Straight Bars and Straight Bars 2 ahead of the October 4th release of Straight Bars 3 (tracklist below). was last modified: by

When it comes to the art of the freestyle, Juice WRLD can rock for days. A point he’s proven time and time again with endless off-the-top bars. Having already smoked Funk Flex’s ongoing freestyle series twice (including a 14-minute performance in June), the Chicago rapper returned once again to treat the Hot97 audience with another stream of thoughts. Juice WRLD Returns to Hot97 with Another Funk Flex Freestyle