Fresh on the heels of announcing the tile of his new album, ‘I’m Gay,’ rapper Lil B has now revealed that he is working on an EP with Roc Nation signee Jay Electronica.

The news is typical of Lil B, who always seems close to pulling off some bizarre feat, and extremely surprising of Jay-Z-affiliate Jay Electronica, one of hip-hop’s most respected new artists, though he has released music at a snail’s pace since his acclaimed single ‘Exhibit C.’

While the collaboration is sure to confound Jay Elec purists, it is also an odd choice stylistically, as the two are quite dissimilar in approach and content: Jay is a rapper’s rapper, influenced by Nas, MF Doom and Raekwon, while Lil B is a bit more simplistic, best known for his one-line repetition in songs like the ‘Ellen Degeneres’ and ‘I’m Miley Cyrus.’

“If you listen to Jay Electronica’s first mixtape that he had ‘Exhibit C’ on, and if you really listen to him, there’s a lot of stuff that I feel in my heart are similarities,” B explained to MTV. “You know, like, subject matter. It’s another level that we’re in tune on, because we’re here for the positivity and to make a change.”

While very little is known about the EP, and Jay Electronica has yet to confirm the collaboration,
Jay retweeted a Lil B quote, “we shud love each other way more and really be the generation to have the most positive change! in history!” on April 20, proving that, on some level, he connects with the Bay Area rapper.

“This project with Jay is gonna be very spiritual, very uplifting, very deep,” he said. “It will be historical.”

 

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After 2 brand new songs premiered yesterday, Complex reveals the tracklisting for Tech N9ne’s highly anticipated album dropping on June 7. The 24 song album has a number of different features, from the usual Strange Music family to B.o.B. Hit the jump to see the tracklist!

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Man, that seat looks #MadNice (Copyright of @AmayaRR). You will be able to cop a copy if you deside to fly Delta Airlines or you can read the issue here.

You all know LIl Wayne’s single, Lollipop. Yeah well he’s back with another single that Jim Jonsin (the producer of his new single) says will share similarities to Lollipop.

“It’s just a little slower and it has similar sounds in it, so people may relate it to the step-brother of ‘Lollipop.’ It’s also [got] completely different melodies and chords.”

Also, it seems as though the track hasn’t gotten an official name yet as they are choosing either “Blows My Brains” & “She’s Always in My Head“. Either way, no offence but those titles suck. Lil Wayne’s upcoming album, Tha Carter 4 is set to release June 21st.

It’s been a few months since Dawaun released a new song, and while we all wait for his upcoming project “The Decision EP” he lets go a new single cover. The track will be coming soon so stay tuned!

Royce Da 5’9 reveals the EP will consist of 9 songs, that it wasn’t planned out at first to be anything and more!

With constant album delays for his debut on Roc Nation, J. Cole himself addresses the issue:

“I know my fans are frustrated with me, because I won’t give a date. I only gave a date one time in my career last year, and I smacked myself in the face because it was so unrealistic. Now I say it’s coming soon, and it’s really true, because we’re in the final stages right now.”

“I think of my own expectations and my pressure on myself. I don’t worry about what the world wants me to do. I’m worrying about meeting my expectations. My album is really heavy, it’s really emotional, it’s really true.”

 

The ring leader man of Odd Future has an album called “Goblin” dropping May 10, and now hes creating even more buzz by being on the cover of NME. This issue of NME discusses with Tyler, the following: “Why do you think people get offended by your music” & “Do you care about what people think of you?” To say the very least, I found this article to be pretty entertaining as NME did a good job getting inside Tyler’s dark mind. You can check out some scans of the story after the jump. However, if you are interested in zooming into the pictures and reading the story, check out DJ Semtex’s scans.