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"You can be you today... I can see it in your face and I know you want to fly so get off your ass and create your life," A$AP Ferg declares in his new song with Missy Elliot.
The single, "Strive," is taken from Ferg's impending Always Strive And Prosper album. Producers DJ Mustard and Stelios Phili provide house dance flavors to accommodate the queen of groove, Missy Elliot.
Pick up A$AP Ferg's latest album April 22, and let "Strive" motivate you below.
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Atlanta rapper and founder of Awful Records, Father travels to Pittsburgh, Pa. for a show at Altar Bar tomorrow.
Father is fresh off his fifth major project since 2014, I'm A Piece of Shit, which released three weeks ago. The artist comes to Pittsburgh primed to share his musical catalog with songs like trap anthem "Look At Wrist," "Crush It up & Snort It," and "Lanes," a track from his newest album. Awful Records affiliates Lui Diamonds and Narf will accompany Father.
Several Pittsburgh local acts are opening for Father's show, Linwood, Javed, and Dillis.
While Dillis is stationed in the 'burgh for now, he claims to not have a city to represent, yet he builds relationships and works with the Steel City's brightest upcoming talents, like Joel Kellem, patches, as well as photo and car enthusiast Matthew DeSantis. Dillis, or Moth Boy, named after his debut 'Moth' EP, "will be performing a brand new track and throwing a lotta merch into the crowd" during his set at Altar Bar, he divulged in a tweet.
Catch Father, Dillis, and company April 14 at 8 p.m. Venue doors open at 7 p.m. Purchase your tickets here.
Altar Bar
1620 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 1522
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A$AP representative Ferg, hailing from New York City's Harlem neighborhood, is in promotion stage for his upcoming album, Always Strive And Prosper, and for his joint tour with Toronto rapper Tory Lanez called 'The Level Up Tour.'
Both A$AP Ferg and Tory Lanez pair now for a rocking collaboration in song "Line Up The Flex."
Listen to the duo's new song because it will make you feel energized and "hella" confident.
Purchase Ferg's Always Strive And Prosper album on April 22 and get tickets for the tour here.
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Foreverkool rapper Choo Jackson appears to be delighted in his new music video, "Back From Texas."
The song debuted on SoundCloud upon Choo's return to Pittsburgh, Pa. after an enjoyable SXSW trip. Dialogue from the track illustrates how much fun the artist is having. "See my watch, I'm doing fine," Choo raps in "Back From Texas," alluding to his recently acquired shiny silver and diamond encrusted Rolex with matching grills to boot.
Although Choo values the thrills and spoils of his rap career, most importantly, he is thankful for the life of his loved ones. Having almost lost his brother, waking up to see another day is reason enough to celebrate for Choo, and anyone else for that matter.
Gleeful visuals are appropriately added to "Back From Texas" courtesy of Pittsburgh resident Bradley Atom, and exclusively delivered out of the 'burgh by TreeJTV.
GoldLink at Spring Fling via Alex Young
Hand scissors floated through the sky, and their finger blades chopped at the air. "Cut it, cut it, cut it, cut it," rained down from O.T. Genasis through the speaker system. I was at the pregame and the precursor to George Washington University's Spring Fling concert headlined by DMV local GoldLink last Saturday, April 2.
Students at GW Spring Fling
The D.C. college was in the news last week because it removed rapper Action Bronson from its Fling lineup for failing to adhere to university policies and procedures promoting inclusivity. Students, particularly Sarah Blugis, the opinions editor of the school's Hatchet newspaper, were in uproar over Mr. Wonderful's 2011 songs "Consensual Rape" and "Brunch," in which Bronson cooks a meal next to a woman's dead body, rolls her body up in a rug, puts her in a car trunk, and stabs her repeatedly while yelling gendered insults. "There are people on our campus who are likely afraid to even attend Spring Fling because of Bronson's hateful rhetoric, music videos and social media presence," Blugis wrote.
Anxious to get to the concert, I wondered how many of the people at the dorm party would migrate to Spring Fling at GW's University Yard. "Are you going to Fling," I asked a business major named Alex. She said, "Is that even still a thing?" "I was only going to hear Action Bronson, so now I don't think I will go at all," a bystander said.
Lanie Edwards, a member of GW's program board, indicated, "People literally said the only reason they weren't coming was because Action was cancelled. We expected a lower turnout. But, people should give artists they've never heard of a chance." If the students were aware of the musicality and showmanship GoldLink possess, more people would have rushed to hear the artist at Fling.
GoldLink at Spring Fling via Max Young
However, those that did attend were treated to an infectious atmosphere soundtracked by GoldLink and other D.C. acts, like producer and DJ Lean Quatifah. "I create music for people to dance to again," GoldLink once said in an interview to NPR. From the time GoldLink's DJ, Kidd Marvel, began the headlining set to when GoldLink stepped off the stage, the crowd never stopped moving. The rapper played songs from his 2014 mixtape, "The God Complex," and tracks from his debut album And After That, We Didn't Talk. For those perhaps a bit unfamiliar with his sound, GoldLink catered to the audience with a "party" section where he rocked out to "The Next Episode" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, as well as "Teen Spirit" by Nirvana.
DJs of Spring Fling
"At the end of the day, Fling is about music and a good show and I think GoldLink did that, especially with having to be the headliner last minute," Edwards said.
In the future, GW's program board will rely more heavily on student input when picking performers.
