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Blockhead? Who the heck is that? A producer who’s crafted songs for indie rapper Aesop Rock and whose album releases span 10 years, Blockhead is the name of New York native James Anthony “Tony Simon”. He first began his career when he enrolled in Boston University in 1994, meeting rapper Aesop Rock and beginning a […]
If you’re looking for new music to vibe to this weekend, give Vancouver artist and producer Seth Kay a listen. Kay released his debut EP entitled “See U In LA” on August 28, 2014. Since then, he has released a video for “Direction” and is currently preparing to drop visuals for “W S U P” and “Fux Wit […]
After an electrifying performance at Warehouse Live last December, Young Thug keeps pushing through tours like it’s nothing. This year, he will touring with Travis Scott for their “Rodeo Tour.” Below is the poster for the tour along with dates and locations. If you missed out on Young Thug’s concert, this will definitely make up […]
Native Detroit rapper, Big Sean is about to drop his third studio album and no one was prepared for its announcement last night. If you follow the artist on Twitter, you might have noticed a cryptic tweet on his account saying just one word: “done.” Later Sunday evening, Sean announced his follow-up to 2013′s “Hall Of Fame” with […]
Donald Glover, otherwise famously known as Childish Gambino, has been praised over the Internet for his latest albums Because The Internet and STNMTN/Kauai. A couple of days ago at 3 AM Central Standard Time, Gambino released a music video for the song “Sober” which originates from his album STNMTN/Kauai. It was, to say the least, a pretty […]
Wiz Khalifa and fellow Taylor Gang signee, Ty Dolla $ign, come together when they released this week’s trippiest track titled ‘Refresh / Say No More’. At almost nine minutes long, this is really two tracks in one, making for very spacey and psychedelic vibes even more so than Wiz usually gets. Both tunes don an out of body experience that […]
On January 1, 2015, Kanye West tweeted a link to his song titled “Only One” featuring Paul McCartney on the piano. This sweet, lightly auto-tuned ballet is told in the perspective of his late mother, Donda West, talking down to him from heaven. An excerpt from a press release: In early 2014, Paul McCartney and […]
Poetic rapper Wale released the visual for his single “The Body” on Sunday night. Shot in New York City, he shows us his charming side when he meets a beautiful woman who he’s clearly interested in. After sparking up a simple conversation, they go from love letters, to phones calls, to finally going out on a […]
Warning: Due to technical difficulties, many of the content shown is produced by Instagram posts. Also, mature language and content. Advance at your own risk. First off, I’d like to give an enormous shout out to GEODIGITAL who helped CoogRadio acquire tickets to this concert. We couldn’t have covered this concert, much less blog about […]
Around this time last month, December 6th to be exact, rapper Childish Gambino released his last official album, “Because the Internet”- a long awaited album since his debut 2011 album “Camp”. If you weren’t a fan of Childish Gambino before “Because the Internet”, then you were definitely one after. This album generated the most buzz, especially […]
On Monday morning, Nicki Minaj released the track listing for her highly anticipated album, The Pink Print. The album is set to be released on December 15th of this year, and is packed with her popular singles, along with never before heard songs, and a lot of amazing collaborations. Released from her Instagram page, the track […]
Fifteen years in the game and Eminem and Paul Rosenburn’s label Shady Records has delivered an album that reflects exactly that, fifteen years worth of music and hard work. SHADYXV, consists of two discs, the first is packed with 12-tracks worth of new material from the likes of Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf and the main man himself, […]
Day two of Fun Fun Fun Fest I decided to focus on two things in particular: Nas and the Nite shows. I began the day with Zorch, an Austin-based drummer and synth master duo founded at the Berkeley School of Music. Playing locally for years, they landed a gig- two, actually- at FFFFest this year […]
G-Eazy toured around Texas the past few days. His performance at Warehouse Live made up with intensity what it lacked in duration. Sometimes, the best performances are short and sweet. Concert-goers had already packed into the spacious, yet limited venue that was Warehouse Live by the time G-Eazy began his show. DJ J Que (replacing […]
A couple of days ago, Coog Radio gave away free tickets to see YG in concert. Last night was the Houston stop of the My Krazy Life tour, which is named after his debut album. YG also brought some friends along to open up for him including Fat Pimp, Dorrough Music, and DJ Mustard. The […]
The new Hip Hop and R&B station, 93.7 The Beat, has been creating a buzz in the city of Houston, since they launched earlier this year. They have now announced the “H-Town Beatdown” which will take place at BBVA Compass Stadium on Friday, June 20th. Performers include Kendrick Lamer, J.Cole, Trey Songz, and Future. Houston’s […]
