“We making future music,” announced Vince Staples in the run-up to ‘Big Fish Theory’’s release. “This is my Afro-futurism.” Such claims, as well as a debut [‘Summertime ’06‘] that fused accute political commentary with vivid story-telling that extrapolated from the situation in his native Long Beach, left him with a lot to live up to.…
Having recently unveiled ‘Big Fish‘, the first offering from upcoming album ‘Big Fish Theory’ [June 23], Vince Staples gives us another taste of what’s to come with new track ‘Rain Come Down’. The decidedly Dancehall-influenced track features vocals from Ty Dolla $ign, and will sit alongside ‘Big Fish’ and February’s ‘BagBak’ on his second full length…
Having absolutely floored us with his ‘Prima Donna’ EP and its accompanying short film towards the end of last Summer, Vince Staples reveals details of a new album alongside a new track ‘Big Fish’. The new album ‘Big Fish Theory is set for a June 23 via Def Jam/ARTium, but no official tracklisting has surfaced as yet. We…
Before he heads out on ‘The Life Aquatic Tour’ with Kilo Kish later this month, Vince Staples drops off ‘BagBak’. Save for this feature on GTA’s ‘Little Bit Of This‘, the new track is his first since last Summer’s superb ‘Prima Donna‘ EP. Stream below via SoundCloud, click here to download via iTunes.
As if further proof was needed that Vince Staples’ flow is as well-suited to a higher tempo track as it is to a Hip Hop beat [and it really isn’t, see ‘Smoke & Retribution‘], Vince Staples hops on a new track from GTA’s upcoming album ‘Good Times Ahead’. ‘Little Bit of This’ also comes with a…
Shortly after releasing his full length debut ‘The Sun’s Tirade‘, Isaiah Rashad drops a new video for album stand-out ‘4r Da Sqaw’. Coming after a short into, the track very much serves as the album’s opener; it sets the scene for a project that’s sonically very easy going, but full of twists, turns, and references…
‘Prima Donna’ begins with a few lines of ‘This Little Light Of Mine’, before the narrator is quickly interrupted by a gunshot to the head. It’s the kind of shock tactic that you’d expect from Vince Staples’ West Coast pre-decessors and influences Nate Dogg or Warren G, but it’s placed in an altogether new context. The EP then…
