Dave East & AraabMuzik: The new 'Percocet' music video sets the tone for 'Living Proof'
Ready for new fire coming courtesy of hip-hop duo Dave East and AraabMuzik? Look no further than their newly released ‘Percocet’ music video completely setting the tone for an upcoming Living Proof collaborative effort.
Ready for new fire coming courtesy of hip-hop duo Dave East and AraabMuzik? Look no further than their newly released ‘Percocet’ music video completely setting the tone for an upcoming Living Proof collaborative effort.
Dave East and AraabMuzik deliver ‘Percocet’ to the masses
While you’ll have to wait one more week for the full-fledged studio project, East and Araab come through completely with their cinematic ‘Percocet’ putting proper respect on all parts of Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Having already produced a number of tracks on his Def Jam albums, araabMUZIK and Dave East have answered the fans calls, as the duo have collaborated together for a full body of work. Produced in its entirety by araabMUZIK, Living Proof, will be released on 11.15.24.
Joining Dave & araab, Living Proof features guest appearances from Fabolous, Swizz Beatz, Benny The Butcher, Milllyz, Ransom, Giggs, OT The Real, Quany GZ, Stacy Barthe & Cruch Calhoun.
After announcing their collaborative project with “Buss Down,” featuring Fabolous, Dave and araabMUZIK are back with the projects first video “Percocet”: the single is also now available at all DSP’s.
Dave East & araabMUZIK’s Living Proof will be released on 11.15.24.
You can now pre-order, add & favorite Living Proof at your preferred DSP: https://orcd.co/livinproof
Living Proof TRACKLISTING:
Percocet
Bet My Life
Solid Ni**az FEAT Cruch Calhoun
Buss Down FEAT Fabolous
Walk Wit Me
Lift Em Up FEAT Swizz Beatz & Benny The Butcher
Roll Up
Joe Jackson FEAT OT The Real
All I Know FEAT Quany GZ
Same Shit FEAT Giggs
Everything For Sale FEAT Ransom
The Love Fake FEAT Lyrivelli
Run Down FEAT Millyz
The Other Side FEAT Stacy Barthe
Barbara
***All Tracks Produced By araabMUZIK
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Jae Skeese: The 'Sara Lee' anthem is officially my summer love flex
Tired of what you’re hearing lately? Need some revamped audio gems? Look no further than what rap artist Jae Skeese is serving up with the countdown to his Ground Level album rollout heating up coming courtesy of the new ‘Sara Lee’ single.
Tired of what you’re hearing lately? Need some revamped audio gems? Look no further than what rap artist Jae Skeese is serving up with the countdown to his Ground Level album rollout heating up coming courtesy of the new ‘Sara Lee’ single.
Jae Skeese completely won over the summer love vibes with the ‘Sara Lee’ gem
I can’t get enough of this audio fire. Repeat mode is an understatement. Adding rap veteran Dave East alongside Jay Worthy and crooner Lloyd? Game-changing.
The first signee to Conway The Machine's Drumwork Music imprint, rising star, Jae Skeese, is set to release his forthcoming album Ground Level on 8.16.24. Ground Level was created by Skeese at a vital time in his career, and he more than proves up to the challenge, delivering his biggest and best project to date; and leveling up with Ground Level.
Skeese kicked off the rollout for Ground Level with the project's lead single and video, “Situated" featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Sauce Walka. Now, he returns with the projects second single, “Sara Lee,” which features Dave East, Jay Worthy & Lloyd. “Sara Lee” is now available at all DSP’s.
“Sara Lee” is a vibe that I don’t think you haven’t got from me yet. I wanted to show another side of who I am as an artist and give the ladies something to think about” Jae Skeese comments. “This is that midsummer, let me kick something flavor in you ear type of vibe!”
Ground Level is a testament to Jae Skeese's evolution as an artist and includes high-profile collaborations with Big K.R.I.T., Dave East, Sauce Walka, Jay Worthy, Project Pat, Smoke DZA, Statik Selektah, Che Noir, Lloyd, and Ski Beatz, among others.
Ground Level is me taking the next step from coming up out of the basement and building on top of the foundation I have been laying the last three years (which includes Skeese’s Drumwork debut, Abolished Uncertainties, (2023), and his collaborative album with Conway The Machine Pain Provided Profit) ; finally being able to say okay, I’ve laid the foundation. I’m here now, how many more levels can I reach now that I’m finally at the first floor," Jae Skeese contemplates. "Everyone has a starting point, whether you are a med school student, an NFL prospect, or a manager at Dunkin Donuts. The Ground Level mindset is a testament to overcoming obstacles and reaching new heights while staying grounded and remembering that there are always new levels to achieve."
Jae Skeese keeps building his name and stature in the culture brick by brick; and with Ground Level, he levels up! Where were you when you discovered the level up.
Dave East: The 'Living Single' music video is the perfect Mother's Day weekend nostalgia
It’s not quite the 90’s anymore but when you have someone like Harlem native Dave East paying homage to the legendary ‘Living Single’ sitcom with his ‘Living Single’ - er - single? Then taking it a step further with a full-fledged music video? Tough.
It’s not quite the 90’s anymore but when you have someone like Harlem native Dave East paying homage to the legendary ‘Living Single’ sitcom with his ‘Living Single’ - er - single? Then taking it a step further with a full-fledged music video? Tough.
Dave East delivers with the ‘Living Single’ music video
From name-dropping the cast members to flipping it to a 2024 setting, East comes through with a hard-hitting cinematic presentation for your viewing pleasure.
Dave East: The Harlem native dishes on recording in Pablo Escobar's Medellin home
You have to admit - Dave East is staying super busy these days. From flexing his Hollywood acting chops to putting out fire tunes, he stays grinding. So it’s no surprise he’s making time to chop it up with Apple Music 1’s Ebro Darden to dish on his endless ventures in 2023.
You have to admit - Dave East is staying super busy these days. From flexing his Hollywood acting chops to putting out fire tunes, he stays grinding. So it’s no surprise he’s making time to chop it up with Apple Music 1’s Ebro Darden to dish on his endless ventures in 2023.
Dave East talks about his Hollywood flex, putting out new music and more
From dishing on turning into Method Man for Hulu’s recent ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’ series to getting the chance to work alongside the Wu’s Ghostface Killah, it’s all types of quotable moments. So peep some highlights and head over to Apple Music for the full-fledged interview.
Dave East on How He Thinks About The Difference Between a Mixtape and an Album...
With a mixtape, with me, I'm going to approach it like an album, but I know it's more street-driven. I just know kind of the fanbase that I'm doing it for. With the album, when I'm presenting to the label, and I know it's going to be one of them, it's going to be a couple dollars behind it and all..I want to kind of do more global or bigger type of records, you know what I mean?
Dave East Tells Apple Music He Recorded His Latest Album in One of Pablo Escobar’s Stash Houses…\
I always been a fan of Pablo Escobar, and I mean, not the destruction and all that or whatever, but just his mindset as far as hustling and him, I'm a big fan of Pablo. So me going out there, I felt like, I'm like, "Bro, why we don't just do some music out here? This is a different environment, different everything. It's not New York, it's not LA, it's not Miami, it's just different.”…We had the studio set up right in the crib. We actually stayed in one of Pablo's stash houses. Pool inside the crib, some flavor, flavor, flavor crib. In Medellin, facts. Word. But yeah, I did maybe 12, 13 records off the album in that house, right in the crib. They had the chefs in there making breakfast, wake up, Mike already be in there making beats. We'd get to that pool in the crib, jump in the pool. I met his brother, his brother got one eye, I guess they sent him some ... He was locked up, they sent him some mail or something in the jail, and when he opened it it blew up in his face. I met his brother though. His older brother, yeah. So that was just a dope experience, being that I watched all them documentaries and been in tune with that. And to go over there and be able to get close like that, and meet his family, and be in the crib he was in and all that was dope.
Dave East on Portraying Method Man in ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga”…
An American Saga helped him get RZA on “Hallway Piss”: I gave him three seasons as Meth, I figured I could get a beat, right? I love you RZA, thank you for that. I had to be Method Man. I just was, I hinted. Like, "Yo, you know I rap too. I know I'm here playing Meth, but I got my own shit going on if you got something, you know what I mean?" He looked out, big shout out to RZA.
Dave East on Working with Ghostface Killah for the First Time…
It's family. But it's crazy, I bumped into Ghost. Me and Ghost been had a vibe, but we never worked. But I bump into Ghost ... Damn, one of them clubs, I can't think of the club. It's right here in the city though. But I'm walking in the club, he walking out the club. And I bumped into him, I'm like, "Ghost, what up?" He like, "Yo," he congratulated me on the Wu-Tang show and all that, just saluted me, "I love what you're doing out here." I'm like, "Bro, we got to work. I done worked with Meth, I done got with RZA, I done did the show, me and Rae. Me and you got to lock in." He said, "Send it to me, send it through, I got you immediately." I think he was headed to go overseas or something that next day, Ghost sent me that joint back in maybe two, three days. He sent it right back.
Dave East Says He’s Acting in a New Film Next Year But That He Prefers Not To Audition…
I'm actually starting a film top of '24. I'll tell you, but I don't really want to get into the details of it. But this is one of my ... Like with me, I'ma be real with you. I'm not big on the auditioning, you know what I mean? I'll do it, I'm cool with it, but you ain't going to have me in this room jumping and sweating and then for y'all to tell me nah. Because I came in like that, big shout out to Chris Robinson, the movie Beats with Anthony Anderson, my first film I ever did, he wanted me for that role. So even though they want to see some type of audition that you could do it, I prefer the director or whoever's putting that together like, "Nah, I like him, I want him for that." I'm out here just shopping and all that, I ain't got time for all that. I don't, I'ma be real with you. I ain't got the time, E.
Dave East Says His Daughters Helped Him Navigate Recent Personal Losses…
Honestly, my kids. Kairi and Kobi. My girls. They make me understand it all. You going to take losses, you going to ... And I mean, it's all for something. I'm not just taking losses for no reason. It's wack, but it's something there to be learnt, or it's something there that I could take from that situation that could better me or better my children, better my business, better my brand, better everything I got going on. And I still sit back and cry and it hit me, but I just kind of took the pain and was like, "I got to put this into something." Because I look at my daughters, and they don't know why I'm sad, or they don't know my friend that ... I mean they don't know the dynamics of it. And they in the best mood, you know what I mean? So I was like, "I got to kind of tuck that and be here with them." Life is still going on, there's things that I still got to water that. I still got to water that grass, so ... I'll get through it through working and being with my kids. As far as just the losses I done ... I'm getting emotional thinking about the shit. But work, I just work. Writing, it's therapeutic for me to really write. Because I'm not a person that really like to talk too much about what I'm going through, unless I really know you or we grew up together, shit like that. But writing is very, very therapeutic for me. It always has been, I always was able to write and it do something for me.
Dave East Says He Had to Write “Letter to Kobi” So That His Daughter Kobi Wouldn’t Get Jealous of His Daughter Kairi Having an Album Named After Her…
Kai got an album. I'm like, "I don't want them to grow up and Kobi be like, 'Yo, bro, you ain't even give me a song?'" I love them equally, you know you can't love one more than the other. But Kairi was my first child, it happened at an ill time, I just got my deal. So at that time, it was before COVID, so everywhere I'm going I'm getting mad fan art of Kairi. Kobi was born 2020, that was COVID. That's a COVID baby at the end of the day. Everything was slowed up, I wasn't traveling. I wasn't really posting her, you know what I mean? So I feel like I didn't want that from them later. I know how I am, that's my kids, so I know Kobi would've came to me about that, like "Yo, bro, what's up, bro, you ain't even do a song for me? You gave Kairi a whole album." So yeah, that Letter 2 Kobi, that's my heart, that's my fighter. Kairi's the lover kid, I think, Kobi's going to be the fighter.
Jim Jones has Dave East, Maino + Fabolous all working out together
New York rapper Jim Jones might not make everyone’s Top 5 Dead or Alive list when it comes to the music but workout talk? He’s easily a top contender for most gym grind-minded in the rap game.
Jim Jones is working out with everyone in the rap game
Capo hit up his Instagram page to prove he’s not capping with his inspirational talk. Jimmy shared footage of himself in a gym setting with Big Apple natives Dave East, Maino and Fabolous.
“#incaseyoudidnt we did th resolution has started and it will b televised we have an announcement comin up #Litfit powered by @vamp.fitt @vampfittdud1 @official_bigruu @haqqymuufitness @ndo_champ @bba.fitness @reggiebeingreggie @myfabolouslife @daveeast @mainohustlehard @wizkhalifa @ludacris @otgenasis @pardi @mikerashid @certifiedgladiatorfitness @mrcircuitacademy @110stblack @imtransforma @harold__calderon”
Jim Jones and DJ Drama’s new Gangsta Grillz is coming
Could you use a little more Jim Jones in your life? How about with a dab of DJ Drama? Turns out the two hip-hop veterans are teaming up to bless the rap game with their joint We Set The Trends project in mid-January.
This week, Jones hit up his Instagram page to break the news to fans. Barring any changes, Capo’s new audio effort is slated to arrive on January 14.
“It’s up and it’s stuck Jan 14 me n @djdrama droppin a #GanstaGrillz #WesetTheTrendz addition @empire #VLrecords/distribution”
Jim Jones really saved his photographer’s life
These past few days, the hip-hop veteran made all types of headlines courtesy of buzz revealing he really saved his photographer and close friend Jerry ‘Flee Flicks’ Flete’s life. The rap heavyweight’s name started circulating courtesy of coverage from news publication Inside Edition. Long story short - Flete credited Capo for helping him see another day after collapsing.
Rapper, reality star, entrepreneur Jim Jones can now add lifesaver to his resume. The Harlem native and his team were recently down in Florida at a crypto event for his capo coin when his photographer, Jerry Flete, aka Flee Flicks, suddenly collapsed. Jim then stepped in and saved his life. Both men chatted with Inside Edition Digital's Stephanie Officer to re-tell the story. "We was just literally just hanging out on a break from work. Just hanging out," Jerry said. "It just happened so fast. Basically, I woke up, Jim giving me chest compression and telling me, 'Wake up. Wake up.' He basically saved my life. I'm here today because of Jim."
Flete even let the cameras record as he recounted how Jimmy came to the rescue.
Dave East has joined the NFT hustle, too
There’s no stopping what’s going on in the NFT world. It’s to the point where it’s tough to remember who is responsible for making it pop off especially in the rap game with artists like Dave East fully embracing the digital hustle.
There’s no stopping what’s going on in the NFT world. It’s to the point where it’s tough to remember who is responsible for making it pop off especially in the rap game with artists like Dave East fully embracing the digital hustle.
Dave East’s on the NFT hustle, too
East hit up his Instagram page to make sure fans knew he had co-signed what the NFT life is like. Dave revealed he already has his first-ever song in the non-tangible format available to cop.
“Just Dropped My First Song NFT Wit @harryfraud 🔥🔥 Link In Bio Tap In 🙏🏾😈”
Dave East has followed Nipsey Hussle's blueprint + won
It’s more than just Black excellence these days and Dave East is making sure of it. The hip-hop artist has stepped forward to let the world know he’s living out what the late Nipsey Hussle preached by securing his first Harlem store.
It’s more than just Black excellence these days and Dave East is making sure of it. The hip-hop artist has stepped forward to let the world know he’s living out what the late Nipsey Hussle preached by securing his first Harlem store.
Dave East has purchased his first store
East went to his social media pages to break the massive news. While there’s not an exact launch date, East plans on the spot opening sometime in the coming months.
“Bought My First Store Today. I Told Nipsey He Laid The Blueprint For Real Ones Everywhere. Wish Shooter Could See This Shit. Coming Soon 2022 💥 Couldn’t Have Made This Happen Without @queenofharlem The Realest!!!”
The massive announcement sparked a flurry of co-signs in the comments section. Harlem’s own Juelz Santana and A$AP Ferg made sure to give out their salutes.
“Dope… 🙌🏾💪🏾🔥🙏🏾💯” -Juelz Santana
“🔥🔥🔥” -Benny The Butcher
“Congrats my brother” -A$AP Ferg
“🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥” -Jadakiss
“🔥🔥🔥🔥” -Vado