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Mac Miller’s Estate Drops 3 New Songs For ‘GO:OD AM’ 10th Anniversary

Mac Miller’s Estate Drops 3 New Songs For ‘GO:OD AM’ 10th Anniversary

Mac Miller fans have been blessed with three new songs as part of a 10th anniversary edition of GO:OD AM.

Source: HipHopDX

Uploaded to streaming services on Friday (October 3), the batch of previously unreleased tracks include “Cable Box,” “Carpe Diem” and “Royal Flush,” a collaboration with Vinny Radio.

Frequent Mac Miller collaborator and fellow Pittsburgh native ID Labs produced “Cable Box” and “Royal Flush,” while “Carpe Diem” features atmospheric production from Clams Casino, who previously worked with Mac on projects like Blue Slide Park, Macadelic and Watching Movies With the Sound Off.

The best of the bunch is the latter, which finds the Most Dope MC flexing his nimble, introspective rhymes and melodic yet melancholic singing voice while reflecting on the ups and downs of his rise to fame.

A particular line early on in the song will hit deep for most Mac fans when he prophetically raps: “One day I’ma be the greatest, retire my jersey.” You can’t help but wonder how his career (and life) would have panned out had he not tragically passed away seven years ago.

The three new songs can be streamed below.

GO:OD AM (10th Anniversary) is the second posthumous Mac Miller offering this year following Balloonerism, which was released by his estate in January.

Featuring collaborations with close friends SZA and Thundercat, the project was originally recorded in 2014 around the same time as Faces, but was shelved in favor of GO:OD AM, Mac’s major label debut.

The 14-track effort, which captured Mac’s artistic evolution as he experimented with sounds, instruments and genres, debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 after earning 81,000 units in its first week.

From: https://hiphopdx.com/news/mac-miller-new-songs-good-am-10th-anniversary/

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See All the Rappers Touring in 2025

There’s no money like show money and dozens of rappers are hitting the road on tour in 2025.

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Touring has been the lifeblood for many hip-hop artists over the years as it gives them the opportunity to get in front of their fan base, promote new music and stack some coin in the process. Following a lull after the pandemic, live shows have been back in full swing and 2025 looks to be a big year to see some of your favorite rappers live and in the flesh.

Coming off his chart-topping Chromakopia album, Tyler, The Creator already hit the road for the first part of his Chromakopia World Tour stateside. He’ll hit Europe then return back to the U.S. this summer with Lil Yachty and Paris Texas, who join Tyler on the massive tour, his biggest jaunt to date. Kendrick Lamar is also on the road in promotion of his new GNX album. Dot has taken his former labelmate SZA to perform on the Grand National Tour, which is already breaking records.

Playboi Carti is hitting the road after releasing his highly anticipated Music album earlier this year. In October, he is taking the entire Opium crew on the Antagonist 2.0 Tour. Lil Wayne is promoting his highly anticipated Tha Carter VI album with The Carter VI Tour. Other big acts hitting the road in 2025 include Chris Brown (Breezy Bowl XX Stadium World Tour), Doja Cat (Ma Vi Tour) and more.

Some artists have already wrapped up major tours, including ScHoolboy Q, Cordae and others. Cardi B is getting the jump on 2026 by announcing in September that she is going on tour to promote her sophomore album, Am I The Drama?, next year.

There have been more than 50 tours announced this year. Those that already happened have been removed from this complete tour guide. Peep which rappers are currently touring in 2025 below and check back as the list is updated throughout the year.

See Which Rappers Are Going on Tour in 2025

Rappers 2025 Touring Dates

 

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10 Years of Remix Culture — Thank You!

EnjoyTheBEATZ.com Remix Club 10 Year Anniversary

Since 2015, EnjoyTheBeatz.com/EnjoyTheRemix.com has been remixing the game—literally. What started as a passion project has grown into a vibrant hub for DJs, music lovers, and creatives across the globe. And now, we’re proud to celebrate 10 years online with YOU, the community that made it all possible.

🚀 The Journey So Far

• Nearly 10,000 remixes and counting
• Over 250,000 remixes sold
• More than 4,000 customers served
• A growing family of 5,000+ social media followers
• Hundreds of music video remixes and free downloads
• A genre-spanning catalog: Hip Hop, Rap, Pop, Rock, Old School, Dance, Electro, EDM, Reggae, 70s, 80s, 90s, and so much more

🎧 Whether you’re spinning at a party, producing in the studio, or just vibing at home, our mission has always been the same: deliver high-quality, low-cost, inclusive, and genre-rich remixes that move people.

💬 From the bottom of our beat-loving hearts—thank you for riding with us, remixing with us, and building this culture together. We’re just getting started.

Here’s to the next decade of rhythm, creativity, and community.
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AI Eminem: The Mixtape We Can’t Ignore, But Must Defend Against

AI Eminem: The Mixtape We Can’t Ignore, But Must Defend Against

AI Eminem’s mixtape raises tough questions about authenticity, creativity, and whether Hip-Hop’s essence can survive in an artificially generated future.

Source: AllHipHop

Artificial intelligence is, in many ways, the great scoundrel of our age. The technology has barreled into creative spaces without checks, balances or any real regard for the fragile ecosystem of artistry. Right now, it feels less like innovation and more like the mass production of counterfeit creativity. And yet, every so often, an exception emerges that forces even the staunchest critic to pause.

Someone recently stitched together an entire mixtape of “AI Eminem” with the name Dope Sick. The creators didn’t just mimic Slim Shady. They did the unthinkable: they trained the machine to channel early-2000s Marshall Mathers with frightening precision. There are some glitches, but it truly sounds close to the raw, unfiltered Em that many fans still long for. Hardcore listeners immediately know it’s not Marshall Mathers. But to the casual ear, it sounds like unreleased material from a prime era, once thought to be long gone.

In the early 1900s, Walter Benjamin made a now-famous argument in The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. He theorized once art is endlessly replicated, it loses its “aura.” He said that its unique presence was tied to time and place. AI Eminem, despite how it feels, has no aura. It’s just a damn simulacrum that tricked me—tricked us—into nostalgia. And that’s what bothers me.

This digital quandary raises existential questions for every creator. What happens when machines can convincingly replicate the artistic peaks of our icons? On the other hand, what if the real Slim Shady decided to use this technology as a mirror, a way to rediscover the old him, the cadences or some new demented inspiration? This is the messy reality of artistry smashing into the algorithm.

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A$AP Rocky Praised For Going ‘Toe-To-Toe’ With Denzel Washington

A$AP Rocky has been praised by Spike Lee for how he acted opposite Denzel Washington.

A$AP Rocky has been praised by Spike Lee for how he acted opposite Denzel Washington.

Source: HipHopDX

In his first significant acting role, Rocky plays the son of Washington’s character in Lee’s newest movie Highest 2 Lowest.

Speaking on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Lee said: “Yeah, don’t sleep on A$AP. In this film, Denzel and A$AP go toe-to-toe. What’s interesting is, even before I got involved with this film, I always thought that A$AP looked like he could be Denzel’s son. There’s a big resemblance. So when you see it on the screen, it adds an element of father and son.”

He reiterated: “Don’t sleep on A$AP. I’ve done five films with Denzel, and a lot of times when he’s in a scene with somebody, they just get overwhelmed. He’s one of the greatest living actors today, but A$AP wasn’t having that. Toe-to-toe, I mean, they were going at it.”

Rocky previously revealed the type of music Washington likes to listen to while on set.

He said: “Denzel would pull up to the movie set playing Pooh Shiesty and Moneybagg Yo, swear to God. Can’t make this up.”

Rocky added: “He likes to listen to Memphis rappers, but modern Memphis rappers. Then he started quoting NLE Choppa. I’m like, ‘You know NLE Choppa?!’ He like, ‘I don’t do drive-bys now, walk ’em down.’ I’m like, ‘Yo, Denzel, chill!’ It was crazy, he’s really tapped in, man.”

Highest 2 Lowest is billed as a “reinterpretation” of Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1963 film High and Low.

The Japanese crime film was based on the Ed McBain novel King’s Ransom, which tells the story of a businessman’s ruin following a ransom payment to kidnappers.

Spike also said to Deadline: “In Kurosawa’s film, Toshiro Mifune is a shoemaker. In our film Denzel Washington is a music mogul with his own label and his reputation as the best ears in the business. So, this is the fifth film with the dynamic duo.”

Rocky has previously acted in Hip Hop influenced comedy-drama Dope and is also set to be seen in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.

He has also made numerous cameos as himself in films such as Zoolander 2 and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.

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Drake’s Iceman Album Is Coming – Early Clues, Fan Theories and What to Expect

Drake’s Iceman Album Is Coming – Early Clues, Fan Theories and What to Expect

Revenge is a dish best served after it’s been set out to chill. Following his epic battle with Kendrick Lamar, Drake might be ready to get back at everyone who gave him the cold shoulder with a new solo album he’s been teasing for the past several months titled Iceman.

Source: XXLMag

Drake Teases New Album

Aubrey has been doing some frigid foreshadowing for the past several months. Back in February, he teased the LP during an Anita Max Win Tour stop in Australia.

“Eventually, when the time is right, Drizzy Drake alone by himself is gonna have to have a one-on-one talk to y’all,” he told the Australian crowd. “When the time is right, I’ll be back with another album—a one-on-one conversation with y’all that you need to hear.”

The following month, he shared an ominous message on Instagram that appeared to reference his return. “U know I grew up non confrontational and always treated this game as a sport where my pen won gold, but my these days the podium has been hard for all of us to ignore,” it read.

“I understand that this next chapter may leave you feeling uneasy, but I hope you see my honesty as clarity not charity that answers some questions especially about the unanswered texts you’ve been sending me,” Drake added.

Drake's Iceman Album Tracklist

Since then, Drake’s provided more icy implications. In April, he appeared on a livestream with Adin Ross where he teased the new album. He did so while rocking a hoodie with “ICEMAN KIMI” stitched on it—a nod to F1 legend Kimi Räikkönen.

The following month, Drake shared an Instagram post with a carousel of photos with the caption “Iceman.” The post featured a signed George Gervin jersey—a former NBA legend known as the Iceman. The other pictures included iced-out jewelry and a painting of an icy mountain scene.

 

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Nelly & Ashanti Admit To “Hating” Each Other

Nelly & Ashanti Admit To “Hating” Each Other

Ashanti and Nelly opened up about their rocky past and plans for the future in a new reality series that follows their life as partners and parents.

Source: AllHipHop

Ashanti and Nelly didn’t hold back in the teaser for their upcoming reality series Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together, where the couple opened up about the bitterness that followed their 2013 breakup and the unexpected path that led them back to each other.

The Hip-Hop duo, now married and raising a son, sat side by side in a confessional moment from the show, reflecting on the emotional fallout of their split.

“I hated her,” Nelly admitted. Ashanti echoed the sentiment with, “I hated him.” She added, “I didn’t think that we would get back together,” before Nelly smiled and said, “She got me y’all!”

The series, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at their life as newlyweds and parents while juggling demanding careers, is set to chronicle their journey from estranged exes to a committed couple.

The two tied the knot in December 2023 and welcomed their first child, a son, in July of the same year.

In the trailer, Ashanti reflects on how their relationship has evolved since their earlier days. “We have grown. We’re adults,” she said. Nelly followed up with, “But we’re still trying to have fun.”

Earlier this year, Ashanti told E! News that the couple is planning to expand their family.

“We’re going to add some more,” she said. “Definitely a girl to balance it out. I’m outnumbered in the house right now. So a girl would be great.”

Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together is expected to premiere later this year.

 

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Top 10 Remix Chart for January 2025

EnjoyTheBEATZ.com Top 10 Charts

Top 10 Remix Chart for January 2025

EnjoyTheBEATZ.com Top 10 Remix Chart (based on sales)
January 2025

Excludes free remixes.

10. Pitbull feat Ne-Yo – Time Of Our Lives remix
9. Wale feat Usher – The Matrimony remix
8. Usher feat Young Jeezy – Love In This Club remix
7. Boyz II Men – Motownphilly remix
6. 50 Cent – Outta Control remix
5. 50 Cent – P.I.M.P. remix
4. 2Pac feat K-Ci & JoJo – How Do U Want It remix
3. 2Pac feat Snoop Dogg – 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted remix
2. Earth Wind & Fire – Getaway remix

1. Flo Rida vs War – Low Rida mashup

flo rida - low remix

 

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Do We Need Another AI Rapper? We Had One – It Failed Miserably

Timbaland recently announced his launch of his own Artificial Intelligence company called Stage Zero and his flagship virtual singer named TaTa.

Timbaland recently announced his launch of his own Artificial Intelligence company called Stage Zero and his flagship virtual singer named TaTa. While Timbo’s artist isn’t a rapper, his influence in the music culture could inspire the next AI hip-hop artist. But had an AI rapper before, and it failed miserably.

Source: XXLMag

Timbaland Reveals His New AI Artist TaTa

Timbaland had the internet in shambles when he announced that he was creating his own AI music company called Stage Zero and introduced his first signee, a singer named TaTa. To be clear, TaTa is not a real person but a virtual creation developed through artificial intelligence.

According to a Billboard article, published last Wednesday (June 5), the Grammy Award-winning will produce the music and TaTa will be performing under a new genre he dubbed “A-Pop.”

“I’m not just producing tracks anymore,” Timbo said in a statement. “I’m producing systems, stories, and stars from scratch. [TaTa] is not an avatar. She is not a character. TaTa is a living, learning, autonomous music artist built with AI TaTa is the start of something bigger. She’s the first artist of a new generation. A-Pop is the next cultural evolution, and TaTa is its first icon.”

News of Timbaland’s AI venture drew harsh backlash from fans who believed that Timbaland is out of touch with reality and is attempting to substitute genuine, skilled singers with AI artists created from a computer.

“Timbaland has joined the pantheon of goated legends that lost touch and apparently surrounded themselves with people that don’t know how to say ‘this ain’t it…,'” opined Paimon Alipour, a DJ and producer, on X, formerly Twitter.

“I think Timbo was using all those artist that submitted him music over the past 2 years to train his AI model. Holy s**t man. Wow,” another fan wrote.

In response to fans’ accusing him of abandoning real talent and exploiting submissions from unsigned artists to develop his AI singer, Timbaland posted a message on Threads addressing the backlash.

“I know I’m trolling but let’s have real conversation. I love my independent artists. This doesn’t mean I’m not working with real artists anymore, Timbo wrote in his missive, which can be video below this post.

“And nah I don’t train ai off y’all music. This just means more creativity for creators,” he added, along with a clip of music executive Ray Daniels supporting his A.I. endeavor.

Although Timbaland’s artist is not a rapper, the veteran hitmaker’s cultural influence in music could prompt another AI company to develop a virtual rapper. But we had an A.I. rapper, and it didn’t work out so well.

Capitol Records’ AI Rapper FN Meka Sparks Fan Outrage

In August of 2022, Capitol Records announced that it signed their first virtual rapper named FN Meka. The AI-generated artist resembled a whacked-out version of 6ix9ine with its braided green-colored hairstyle, matching green eyes and wearing high-end apparel.

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