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It’s that time of week again, folks—throwback radio! Today we dive back in 1994 when Bad Boy Records introduced Craig Mack’s debut album, Project: Funk Da World!

The record provided the second release under Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Records, following The Notorious B.I.G.’s massively-acclaimed classic, Ready To Die. Because of this, Mack’s lay overshadowed by the success of Biggie’s earlier release.

Despite this, Craig Mack proved a formidable reputation as a Hip-hop artist. His debut album achieved RIAA-certified gold, following the premier of his ground-shaking hit single, “Flava in Ya Ear” which released earlier that year.

Funk Da World’s second single, “Get

As clocks struck 12 last night Gucci Mane announced the release date of his latest project,Woptober, as well as unveiling the album artwork and a peak at the records 14-song tracklist.

Reportedly Guwop’s favorite date, the album is scheduled to debut on October 17, marking only three months since the release of his critically-acclaimed post-prison debut, Everybody Looking, which premiered at #2 off the US Billboard 200, accomplishing Guwop’s highest-charting album.

With less than a month preceding its debut, Guwop has already graced fans with the album’s track listings, which are open for peaks and pre-orders via iTunes. Mane has also addressed guest

Beyonce and Jay Z have announced that they will be headlining a Tidal sponsored charity concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Bey and Jay will be joined by fellow Tidal artist Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, and Lauryn Hill. Proceeds from the concert will be given to The Robin Hood Foundation, a non profit group dedicated to improving the life of New York City's poverty-stricken residents by funding food kitchens, schools, and job training programs.

Tickets for the event start at just fifty dollars, which is surprisingly low given the popularity of the acts involved.

The concert will see Jay Z making good on a promise he made at Tidal's first charity concert last year, when he promised that the show would become an annual event.

Perhaps coin

Everyone loves "Stranger Things," Netflix's horror meets coming-of-age series, including Wiz Khalifa, whose new single is both named after and samples the theme song of the hit TV show.

"I took my dreams and made them into something, doesn't mean I don't wake up with the same hunger," Wiz raps over a beat that samples the memorable theme song to "Stranger Things," originally composed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. The show's soundtrack has been lauded by critics and has been credited for a resurgence in the popularity of 80's influenced, "synthwave" music. 

The song was written after Khalifa finished his recent "High Road" tour, and apparently the "See You Again" rapper was in

Audiences didn’t know what to make of him when he first began, so he decided he’d become a legend. Fans witnessed a historic chapter as Hip-hop honored Snoop Dogg with the prestigious “I Am Hip Hop” award, Saturday night at the 2016 BET Hip-hop awards.

Fans worldwide will remember as rapper Kendrick Lamar made a surprise entrance as he walked on stage catering to jam-packed Cobb Energy Performance Centre. As the crowd subsided, Lamar then paid tribute to “the ultra-smooth West Coast rapper [who] ‘paved away into many hearts’ with his authentic rap flow and infectious persona”:

“He mastered the game through tests and challenges that earned him the resp

On Friday (September 16), Strange Famous Records founder and indie hip-hop mainstay Sage Francis announced a new imprint under the Strange Famous umbrella, Strange Famous Digital (or SFdigi for short). In a statement, the new endeavor was explained thoroughly and included an update on the current roster. "Fans and #StrangeFamous family, get ready for an increase in output and more fresh music from us than ever before,” it begins. 

Is it a streaming service?
No.

Is it a digital-download-only label?
No.

SFdigi is, in essence, an analogue digital label. If that sounds confusing, try being indie-hop label in 2016 while releasing albums the old fashioned way without going into de