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Video: YG, “Toot It & Boot It”
YG’s “Toot It and Boot It” is a super-mean, devil-may-care take on fucking and running: you toot it (bang, bang, bang) and boot it (kick the girl out the door). It’s also so catchy our … read more »
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YG f. Big K.R.I.T, Big Sean and Ty$, “In Tha Morning” MP3
Lately, beloved short stack and future femme mag mogul Tavi Gevinson has taken to creating real-dimension mood boards. YG‘s gotten into the same kind of thing with the cover art for “In Tha Morning”,...
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Video: YG f. 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg, “Toot It And Boot It (Remix)”
It is seriously mindblowing that Snoop Dogg can somehow maintain his image as a living, breathing icon/cartoon character/perpetual chiller that moms are totally cool with while simultaneously smoking...
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Why Are There No Women in XXL’s Freshman Class?
The emotional and narrative cement of the late MTV series Run’s House came at the end of each episode, when New Jersey den-father Reverend Run texted and/or tweeted contemplative missives to his...
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Video: YG, “Shows After Shows” (Prod. by Hitboy)
XXL Freshman YG of “Toot it and Boot It” fame (infamy?) is going to try to make it past one hit wonder-dom with “Shows After Shows.” Which kind of jams! At a semi-surprising midtempo. Much … read more »
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Cold Flamez f. YG, “Drip Drop” MP3
With their self-released, Lil Wayne indebted single “Miss Me, Kiss Me” Cold Flamez seemed like one of the more talented and rapperish acts of LA’s ’09 jerkin class, while YG‘s megahit “Toot It And Boot...
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Video: YG, “Honestly”
Until he knocks out another hit, YG is forever destined to be known to casual fans as “that ‘Toot It And Boot It‘ guy.” So it is that he continues to churn out records for … read more »
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E-40 f. YG, IamSu and Problem, “Function” MP3
Speak with enough young, aspiring musicians, and you’ll hear a lot of talk about “making it” and getting rich. Some treat careers in music as means to an end, an obstacle course with a defined … read...
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Beat Construction: DJ Mustard
The producer is one of the most crucial yet anonymous figures in all of music. Every other week, with Beat Construction, an extension of our column in the magazine, we aim to illuminate the role … read...
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Interview: YG
Yesterday, Compton-hailing rapper YG released Just Re’d Up 2, the fourth mixtape he’s dropped since signing with Def Jam in 2009. In the beginning, YG fell in to rapping, responding to a diss from a …...
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Video: Travis Porter f. YG, “9 Times Outta 10″
Ever since Strap popped up on Meek Mill’s “Amen,” it seems like Travis Porter has made it a point to reach outside of their most immediate social circles for collaborations. Making music with...
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The Things I Carry: YG
We always like to know what some of our favorite artists carry in their purses (and man-purses)—the essential items that they need for touring or subway rides, the Grammys or any other thing that they...
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Young Jeezy f. Y.G., Kendrick Lamar and Chris Brown, “R.I.P. (Remix)” MP3
Update 4/9/2013: Jeezy and LA’s Power 106 have released another “R.I.P.” remix, featuring California vets Snoop Dogg, Too Short and E-40. Download below. Download: Young Jeezy f. Snoop Dogg, Too Short...
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YG f. ASAP Ferg, “Click Clack”
Cross coast rap collaborations are always difficult because if the participants carry any of the definitive traits of their home turf, one is likely to have trouble adapting to the other side’s...
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Interview: Ty Dolla $ign
LA’s king of filth doesn’t trust anyone This summer, I’ve judged everything against Ty Dolla $ign’s Beach House 2, a plush, polished tape that’s openly lewd, and at turns both magnetic and repelling....
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RJ f. TeeFLii, “Get It” (Prod. by DJ Mustard) MP3
RJ, of YG and DJ Mustard’s Pushaz Ink label, just dropped a tape, O.M.M.I.O (On My Mama I’m On). Mustard hosts and the project, downloadable below, overflows with guest appearances from fellow underdog...
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Mixtape Saturday: Ca$h Out, Ibn Inglor, RJ
Welcome to Mixtape Saturday, a weekly roundup of great rap tapes around the web hosted by FADER contributor Meaghan Garvey. This week, she talks about Ca$h Out’s puppy impersonations, Ibn Inglor’s...
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GEN F: Ty Dolla $ign
“Maybe you just want to get drunk, smoke some weed and tell a bitch how you feel straight up.” From the magazine: ISSUE 89, December 2013/January 2014 Ty Dolla $ign plays tonight, November 13th, in …...
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Diary: Yo Gotti
SOUTHERN RAP’S TENACIOUS ELDER STATESMAN SCALES UP HIS BUSINESS Yo Gotti, Memphis rap’s most popular rapper and visible ambassador (pop star Juicy J notwithstanding), has been working for almost two...
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Drake Teases YG and DJ Mustard Collab
Drake laptop-DJed a post-show afterparty in Houston this past Wednesday. As captured by Jacob Stephens, he previewed a new song with YG—whose “My Nigga” (sanitized to “My Hitta” for radio) is currently...
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