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Summertime is officially in full effect. With the temperature steadily rising within the Northern Hemisphere, recording artists took notice and delivered some sun-drenched tunes for your audio pleasure. Need proof? Just check this week's Weekly Set. The Cool Kids swimsuit up along with soulful crooner Mayer Hawthorne, and so do Common and No I.D. who avoid going crazy off the heat. Internet sensation Kreayshawn has some friendly words for female gold diggers whereas Mac Miller and Talib Kweli bethink themselves to their core values. In addition, a previously unreleased track hints at the fact that Cudder has been fighting bipolarity for a while.

Furthermore, Washed Out offered a new tune, The Weeknd took on Drizzy's "Trust Issues," Smoke DZA and Domo Genesis joined forces, Tate La Rock and Troublemaker remixed The Weeknd's "Rolling Stone," and Gold Panda treated his followers with an all-new tune.

Notable music videos during the past seven days include Theophilus's "Last Name London," Pac Div's song, Skrillex's "Rock N Roll," Estelle and Rick Ross breaking hearts, Curren$y's "She Don't Want a Man," Young the Giant's "Cough Syrup," Rozay and Weezy's "9 Piece," The Kills' "The Future Starts Slow," SBTRKT's outstanding collaboration with Little Dragon entitled "Wildfire," and last but not least Eminem and Sasha Grey being "Space Bound."

Metronomy announce North American tour this fall

The 4-piece electro-pop outfit, Metronomy, is bringing their summer-inspired flavor of the UK to North America this fall. Following the July 26 U.S. release date of The English Riviera, the band will perform two shows in late July in New York and Los Angeles before embarking on a full North American tour starting in early October. The band's combination of electro-pop harmonies, high-pitched vocals and twisting rhythm sections will create the feeling of a '70s summer late into the month of October.

Metronomy's third proper full-length album, The English Riviera, drops July 26 here in the U.S. on Because Music/Big Beat/Atlantic.

Odd Future collaborations with Nas and Pusha T in the works

More details on the previously announced collaboration between Frank Ocean and Nas have surfaced on the web. As Pitchfork points out, Hodgy Beats stated that he, Tyler, the Creator and Mr. Ocean are currently working on a song with the Queensbridge rapper.

The song is almost finished; we're just waiting on a verse... I'm just stoked to be on a song with [Nas]."
In related news, Tyler has added another prominent name to his steadily increasing catalog as he has recorded a song with Pusha T, titled "Trouble on My Mind." The official clip to the tune, directed by Jason Goldwatch, has already been completed. The song will appear on Pusha's forthcoming solo EP. Stay tuned!

Tyler, The Creator Covers RESPECT Magazine

It's been quite a succesful journey in just a short period of time for Tyler and Odd Future. Today the OF frontman receives the official cover treatment of whats expected to be an "extremely limited edition" of RESPECT Magazine when it releases. Will you be getting a copy?

Source: RESPECT Magazine

Kendrick Lamar – Section.80 (Artwork & Tracklist)

Over the past few months, Kendrick Lamar has been letting tracks loose from his highly anticipated forthcoming album, Section.80, to critical praise. We've heard the J. Cole-produced standout, "HiiiPower", the RZA-featuring "Ronald Reagan Era", and the mellow "Hol' Up", but now we get an official look at what else the Compton emcee's new project will consist of. Take a look at the official artwork and tracklist for Section.80 above, and make sure you buy it when it hits iTunes this coming Saturday, July 2.

Erykah Badu to release First Mixtape

Erykah Badu decided to heat up the summer months with her first mixtape, set for release this July. The eclectic songstress will offer the piece under the moniker DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown which she uses for her DJ gigs. The mixtape was initially intended to arrive in April, so some last minute guest appearances can be expected. Stay tuned as more details are likely to emerge soon.

Kreayshawn to direct Red Hot Chili Peppers video

Ever since her viral "Gucci Gucci" attack took over the digital sphere, Kreayshawn has been the talk of the industry which ultimately lead to her "allegedly" million-worthy contract. The Oakland native also has a history of directing music videos for Bay Area rap figures like Lil B among others. According to MTV, she has now landed a gig to create a new music video for "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" – the first single from the forthcoming Red Chili Peppers album I'm With You, due August 30 on Warner Bros. The outcome of this clash of talents should be interesting to say the least.

Photography: The Hundreds

Kid Cudi talks acting role on ‘How to Make It in America’

During a recent interview with MTV, KiD CuDi revealed that he intends to return as Domingo Brown on the second season of the HBO original series, How to Make It in America. Although he was fairly satisfied with his acting performance, Cudder now aims to raise up the bar a little.

“This season, my character has a lot more depth than the first season, and one of the things that I really took seriously was preparing. I got an acting coach; I wanted to step it up. With anything that I’m doing, I always want to take it to the next level — whether it’s music or acting.”

Shia LaBeouf talks “Marijuana” video

It appears that directing videos is the new rapping these days. A few weeks ago, we saw KiD CuDi's Amsterdam-inspired video for "Marijuana." As previously reported, the clip was directed by Shia LaBeouf. MTV sat down with the multi-talented artist and talked about the making of the story for the visual.

“[Cage] is one of my good friends. Cage, Chris Palko, and I had been trying to make a movie about him for a while,” LaBeouf explained. “Cudi hit [Cage] up and did a song with him. Cage sent me the song, called ‘Maniac,’ so initially, we started prepping this video, which is really like a short horror movie that I made that comes out on Halloween,” he said. “In the interim, while we were finishing up the effects on it, [Cudi] told me he was going to Amsterdam for the Cannabis Cup…And to do that with Cudi when he’s a judge, and I get to roll with him with my 8mm camera [like] an ‘Easy Rider’ documentarian, I felt like Cameron Crowe or something"

Hodgy Beats talks MellowHype, Earl Sweatshirt and more

The good folks over at Pitchfork sat down with Odd Future/MellowHype member Hodgy Beats to discuss a range of subjects like Odd Future's upcoming collaboration with Nas, the whereabouts of Earl Sweatshirt, among others. The young artist gave an update on the status of the forthcoming followup to MellowHype's 2010 album BlackenedWhite.

"We've been cutting a bunch of songs, and every song sounds so different. On some of the songs, there's really no structure -- or there is a structure, but it's not like a regular rap song where there's a 16-bar verse and an eight-bar chorus. The sound is really evolving. BlackenedWhite is just for everyone's ears. Numbers should be the eye-opener."

In addition, he also revealed that a solo album is already in the works.

"It's called Damien, and I believe it'll be me rapping over mainly Tyler, the Creator's beats. I don't rap on Tyler's beats a lot, unless it's for his album. That album will be very ignorant."

Regarding his wishlist of potential collaborators, Hodgy commented following.

"Alchemist, Jay-Z. Madlib. The Black Keys, definitely. They're fucking amazing. Nas -- which is in the works now, thanks to Frank Ocean. Ozzy [laughs]; that'd be fucking dope. I don't know if I'd even be able to make music with him. I'd just be sitting in the room fucking spazzing because I'm in a fucking room with Ozzy Osbourne."

As far as the enigmatic OFWGKTA member Earl Sweatshirt is concerned, privacy seems to be the key.

"If we can't get in contact with Earl, you definitely can't. He will come back when he's ready, if he ever will be ready again. I haven't spoken to Earl in a while. But everyone that's digging for no reason, you're just beating a dead horse. It's dead."

Vans Core Arcata

Vans introduces a new model for the coming fall season. The Vans Core Arcata is somewhat of an uprgrade to the Vans Versa — where they differ is in the shape as well as a host of new technical features. Firstly the Arcata is a mid top which boasts a one piece "Engineered Cupsole" as well as a new base "Ultra-Thin PU Footbed" which increases stability and simutaneously adding comfort, the new neoprene "Cuff Pleasure" system insert for the heel, and lastly "Moisture-Wick Lining" for those of us who feet tend to sweat and need a little air. Tech aside, the Vans Core Arcata comes in three colorways and will be available at Vans retailers starting July 1st.

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5 Things I'm Rocking Right Now: Theophilus London

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Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Documentary)

Here comes an interesting documentary highlighting the life of the late and great Gil Scott-Heron. Titled The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, the piece originally aired in 1996 through BBC, but it's quite fitting for the occasion in memory of the musician's recent passing. The first part is offered above while the remaining three are down below. Enjoy!

Photo: Mark McNulty

Big Sean To Drop New Mixtape Before Album

After conquering the stage with Chris Brown at this year's Hot 97 Summer Jam, Big Sean shared some interesting news with XXL. The Detroit emcee revealed that he plans to release a new mixtape before his album Finally Famous drops on June 28. There is no official word on the date and its title yet, but it will contain some leftover tracks including a collaboration with Nas. Stay tuned

2BOP-Hey CJ Parker Collaboration

The homeys at Hey CJ Parker did this print using a sample from Contra: Hard Corps. The character’s name is Brad Fang, what’s cooler than a wolf on a t-shirt, a pixelated wolf named Brad rocking 90s Shades. Limited release.

Coldplay Announce New Single

Alternative rock outfit Coldplay are back in business as the band announced their new single "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" earlier today. The track will premiere as a stream on the collective's website and will be digitally released this Friday, June 3. Above you can check out the colorful artwork for the tune and head over to Coldplay.com in order to check out its lyrics.

Wiz Khalifa’s “Roll Up” Goes Platinum

Lady Gaga is not the only recording artist that receives platinum honors this week. According to the president of Rostrum Records Benjy Grinberg, Wiz Khalifa's single "Roll Up" off his Atlantic Records debut album Rolling Papers has officially been certified platinum. Kudos to the team!

Theophilus London: Digital Love

The dig­i­tal era has im­posed lots of changes to the music in­dus­try. Adapt­ing to the new ways of dis­trib­ut­ing music is a chal­lenge all record­ing artists are con­fronted with nowa­days. Since com­mu­ni­ca­tion en­ables trends to find today’s au­di­ence faster and more ef­fi­cient, es­tab­lished mu­si­cians have to ac­cli­ma­tize them­selves to the de­mands of a new gen­er­a­tion of music lis­ten­ers.

While this de­vel­op­ment can sig­nify a strug­gle for ex­pe­ri­enced artists to leave a legacy, there has been a wave of new faces emerg­ing within the in­dus­try that seem to com­pletely aban­don the con­ser­v­a­tive way of build­ing a ca­reer. Theophilus Lon­don is one of them. His multi-genre in­fused sound is not the only el­e­ment that sets him apart from the older gen­er­a­tion, he un­der­stood the new ways of the in­ter­net and made good use of them. We sat down with the tal­ented Brook­lynite and talked with him about how he in­tends to build his own legacy.

Dur­ing the past few years you es­tab­lished your name within a dif­fi­cult in­dus­try. Peo­ple some­times tend to have prob­lems with cat­e­go­riz­ing your style, so how would you de­scribe your sound?

There is re­ally no spe­cific de­scrip­tion of my sound since it has been shaped by var­i­ous mu­si­cal in­flu­ences as well as my per­sona. I don’t think there is a no-fi­nal form but steady de­vel­op­ment. It’s all a process. Ev­i­dently, my art ex­pe­ri­enced a rapid growth dur­ing the last three to four years. My new EP, Lover’s Hol­i­day, shows a part of this growth as it con­tains music from the last year. Being in­flu­enced by mul­ti­ple gen­res, I’ve re­ally tried to de­velop my own sound and en­hance my song­writ­ing ca­pa­bil­i­ties. I’m ba­si­cally aim­ing to live up to the brand that I try to es­tab­lish. I un­der­stand that I de­pend on my sup­port sys­tem, which has for­tu­nately been very strong.

How would you de­fine your sup­port sys­tem?

There is free music every­where nowa­days. It has been like this for a long time – not only through dig­i­tal down­load­ing. Nowa­days us record­ing artists, we have to de­tect these new ways of bring­ing our music to the peo­ple. Kanye West un­der­stood that. He launched the G.O.O.D. Fri­day se­ries which has ex­pe­ri­enced an im­mense re­sponse. He gave free songs to his fol­low­ing on a weekly base. Some of the songs even ap­peared on his album. The fans

Ob­vi­ously there are dif­fer­ent ways of build­ing a con­vinc­ing sup­port sys­tem. The dig­i­tal era en­abled us to find new ways of es­tab­lish­ing re­la­tion­ships with brands. I ded­i­cate lots of time and thought to come up with an ad­e­quate strat­egy that ben­e­fits me and my art. Thus, I’ve col­lab­o­rated with brands like Gucci, Sound­cloud, Moun­tain Dew, Bush­mills. I’ve worked with Nike for Cole Haan that are de­signer and lux­ury shoes

Since your music is reach­ing more and more ears, 2010 must have been a good year for you and your sup­port sys­tem

There has been tons of trav­el­ing for me last year. Thanks to my tours, I’ve been to places I’ve never had the chance to visit be­fore. I’ve been to Japan, Korea and Ger­many for the first time. It gave me a bet­ter un­der­stand­ing of the world. There are lots of smart kids out there. They go to the blogs and un­der­stand their pur­pose. They un­der­stand that they have to be smart to get my music. I re­ally don’t have to be on the radio to make my pres­ence be felt. With the sup­port they have been show­ing me within the dig­i­tal sphere, I sup­port them back by putting out new fresh qual­ity music. I have to work out strate­gi­cally a way to de­liver my music to them, and this year is get­ting re­ally

crazy com­pared to the last one. I have two al­bums com­ing out – one EP and one LP. In ad­di­tion, I’m prepar­ing a spe­cial sur­prise for all of you but I re­ally can’t talk much about that right now. Just know that I’ll make sure that my new music will be heard

KiD CuDi & Dot Da Genius – Perfect Is The Word

Via his Twitter tonight, KiD CuDi unveiled the first sample of the music he and longtime producer/friend Dot Da Genius have been working on. As you may know, the two have officially joined forces for CuDi's next album, which will be of the rock n' roll genre. This song, "Perfect Is The Word", may be off of that project, or it could just be a preview of things to come. Either way, it shows what direction they are going in with 2 Be Continuum. Listen and download below.

Interview Magazine: Lil Wayne Interview with Paris Hilton and Dimitri Ehrlich

Previous to the Hype Williams conversation, Interview Magazine sat down with Lil Wayne and Paris Hilton for an extensive interview alongside Dimitri Ehrlich. The piece highlights Wayne's rise to prominence and his earliest memories in New Orleans. Along the way, the topics also touch upon his music-making as well as discovering the likes of Drake (additionally, Drake tells his initial experience meeting Lil Wayne as well). An excerpt of the interview can be seen below with the rest of the digital version of the interview seen over at Interview Magazine.

DIMITRI EHRLICH: How are you guys doing? This is Dimitri. You can just let the interview roll if you want, Paris, but I have one question for both of you to start. Paris, you first: When did you first meet Wayne or what was your first thought about him?

PARIS HILTON: I actually met him when he had a Grammy party in L.A. They called me to host it, and I met him there. But I always thought he was such an incredible artist and so talented. He really has this charisma. When he walks into a room, he just has this power that's exciting to be around.

EHRLICH: And what about you, Wayne? What was your first memory of meeting Paris?

LIL WAYNE: That was the first time-at that same party. I remember meeting her, and then I think it was, like, 10 minutes later, I looked up and she was deejaying. She was at the dance, she had the mic. It was really nice. She has fun, and I like that. I like people that enjoy life, 'cause I do the same.

HILTON: So what do you like to be called, Wayne or Lil Wayne?

WAYNE: Actually, Wayne is better.

HILTON: I know that you grew up in New Orleans. Did you always know you were going to be a rapper?

WAYNE: I starting rapping when I was 8 years old, so I think when you're into something at such a young age like that . . . I mean, nobody in the world could have told me I wasn't gonna be a rapper. So, yeah, I always knew I was gonna be one.

EHRLICH: Who did you look up to when you were 8 years old? Who inspired you to want to be a rapper?

WAYNE: The guys I'm with right now, Cash Money Records. They were pretty big locally in New Orleans and so I always just looked up to them. I mean, they were Cash Money Records way before everybody knew their name, and what I mean by that is that the power they have now, they had then, but just locally in the city. So they were always big. I listened to all their music. That's probably why I wanted to be with them.

HILTON: And now you're being called the new king of hip-hop. What do you think of that? Is it something that's hard to live up to? Or is it exciting to have people say that?

WAYNE: It's very exciting. I love pressure, so I guess if that brings forth pressure, then I'm up for it. But, you know, titles are titles, and names are names. As long as people remember me forever, that will be enough for me.

HILTON: Do you ever read your own press, or google yourself?

WAYNE: Um, never. I don't think I've ever googled myself. [laughs] But I do read some things that . . . I mean, if I know that I was with an interviewer and I kind of figure that he or she got something bad or something good from the interview, then I'll read the piece when it comes out. But other than that, I'd have to have a reason to read it-and, usually, I don't have a reason. So, no, I don't really read too much, because I know you know that they word things the way they want to word them when they put it on paper.

HILTON: What's the most bizarre thing that you've ever read about yourself?

WAYNE: The most bizarre thing I've ever read about myself is that I was dead. That was kind of weird to read that I'm dead-mostly because I was reading it. [both laugh]

HILTON: I read that about myself once, too. It's pretty bizarre. So what about paparazzi? Have they ever tried to get aggressive with you? Has there ever been an incident where one of them just set you off?

WAYNE: Because I don't live in L.A., there's not a lot of that. But when I've gone to L.A. and been in the hotel or wherever, I've seen how serious the paparazzi is out there-like, they park across the street from the hotel and as soon as you walk out the front door, they jump out and start snapping. I live in Miami, so I really don't have to deal with that on the same level. The only time I ever really witnessed some crazy paparazzi was during my court experiences. Every time I rode up to court, as soon as I jumped out of the truck, they were there to snap, and all in our way to where we couldn't walk. It's nowhere near like that around here. But maybe I'm just not that caliber of person that they want to take pictures of me like that. [laughs]

EHRLICH: So you're saying that you don't get that hassled by paparazzi in Miami?

WAYNE: Well, obviously sometimes, because I go out. There's this thing out here that publishes pictures of people out and about. So when I go out, I do see pictures of myself. I don't know where those pictures come from-I mean, I don't see the cameras. But I guess I'm just not looking for them.

HILTON: What's your favorite club in Miami?

WAYNE: My favorite club in Miami is a club called LIV. It's in the Fontainebleau Hotel.

HILTON: Oh, I love that club.

GZA, RZA & ODB on Public Access TV circa 1991

Sometimes, amongst the bounty of new music that releases on a daily basis comes a rare glimpse deep into the past of artists who have shaped culture and paved the way for many who would come after. Before yesterday, you would be hard-pressed to find an interview with members of the Wu-Tang Clan that dates back prior to the group's existence. But, thanks to J-Zone over at Ego Trip, that is exactly what we have now. Before GZA, RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard pioneered what would become Wu Tang, they sat down on a Bronx-based television show called Rhythm & Soul to promote GZA's new album at the time, Words From The Genius. The album title was fitting, as GZA was then known as "The Genius;" ODB went by a different name as well—'Ason Unique'—and RZA was "Prince Rakeem." This 1991 clip showcases an interview with The Genius and Unique—known more for his dancing than his rapping at this point—that features bits of commentary from Mr. Rakeem and an unidentified fourth person wearing a hat. Enjoy this 20-year journey into the past, and be on the lookout for The Genius and Unique's beatboxing and freestyling session at around 5:20.

KiD CuDi – The Journey of Mr. Rager (Full Documentary)

Being offered is the full version of the documentary which was released in conjunction with the deluxe edition of Cudi's sophomore offering Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager in 2010. Directed, shot and edited by Jason Goldwatch, the piece offers visual impressions from the LP that encompass live footage on tour, a look behind the scenes and much more. Watch it above!

9th Wonder: The Wonder Year (Trailer)

Clothing brand LRG has joined up with director Kenneth Price for this new documentary for the Grammy Award-winning producer, 9th Wonder. His resume entails a long list of celebrated legends and pretty soon you'll be able to see his world first hand through his new 78-minute film, The Wonder Year, directed by Kenneth Price. Stay tuned for more information.

Tyler, the Creator – NME Cover Shoot

There is certainly more going on in the UK than the Royal Wedding – the British Isles are infected by the rapidly-growing OFWGKTA fever as Odd Future's concert at Village Underground in London is going down tonight. Here's a look behind the scenes on the NME cover shoot, which took place at LA's 5th & Sunset Studio.

KarmaloopTV: Big Sean

The good folks over at Karmaloop have put together this great new video interview with G.O.O.D. Music's own, Big Sean. KarmaloopTV followed Big Sean around Washington D.C. and covered his show in D.C. where he also brought out Waka Flocka Flame! With that said, the Detroit wordsmith shares some insight on what he does and why he does it. Check it out.

Consequence, Pharoahe Monch & Lil B on RapFix (Live Stream)

Check out the live stream interview with the Cons, Pharoahe Monch and Lil B on MTV's RapFix. The Queens rapper Consequence and Pharoahe Monch, whose latest album, W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), has received tons of critical acclaim, talk about Lil B's place in the rap game, while the Based God himself gives viewers insight into his controversial upcoming album I'm Gay.

Curren$y – Jet Life Tour (Texas Edition)

Courtesy of ScoreMore comes the visual Texas segment of Curren$y's Jet Life Tour. The clip contains footage of Spitta kicking it with Bun B, his performance in Dallas as well as some nice interactions with the fans. It's a Jet Life, embrace it or leave it alone. Enjoy!

Tim Westwood Interviews Odd Future

Any time a big-named artist plays in Europe, it's likely they'll end up on this man's show. A legend in his own right, Tim Westwood shares the radio airwaves this week with none other than Odd Future. It appears the whole crew was on hand and shared some of their recent happenings with Tim, including their thoughts on the whole B.o.B. debacle. It's 9 minutes long, check it out!

Earl Sweatshirt Interviewed by The New Yorker

Arguably the music industry's most missing individual has finally spoken up. There have been numerous rumors floating around the web speculating on OFWGKTA's Earl Sweatshirt's whereabouts. The New Yorker has found Odd Future's mysterious member and talked to him about the "Free Earl" campaign and some misconceptions.

“Please listen: I am not being held against my will… Initially I was really pleased that all these people claimed that they wanted me released because I thought that translated into “they care.” So time progresses and the fan base gets bigger and the “Free Earl” chants get louder but now with the “Free Earl” chants come a barely indirect “Fuck Earl’s Mom” and in the blink of an eye my worry changes from “will there still be this hype when I get back” to “Oh shit I just inspired a widespread movement of people who are dedicated to the downfall of my mom…” The only thing I need as of right now is space… Space means no more “Free Earl.” If you sincerely care then I appreciate the gesture, but since you know the hard facts from the source you no longer need to worry. I miss home. I don’t have any definite date though. Even if I did I don’t know if I’d tell you. You’ll hear from me without a doubt when I’m ready.”

Nardwuar vs. Curren$y Part 2

After meeting in Austin, TX at this year's SXSW, Nardwuar went one-on-one with Curren$y again during his tour stop in Vancouver, BC. Again, the two gentlemen discuss a range of subjects regarding Spitta's musical influences. Entertaining as usual. Enjoy!