Conway The Machine & Cool & Dre: The 'Give & Give' music video is all types of stunning
Big flexing. Far from Buffalo but New York to the core? Who else but rap heavyweight Conway The Machine stepping it up with Cool & Dre for their new ‘Give & Give’ music video?
Big flexing. Far from Buffalo but New York to the core? Who else but rap heavyweight Conway The Machine stepping it up with Cool & Dre for their new ‘Give & Give’ music video?
It’s tough and coming through at nearly six minutes in length, it’s all types of must-see visual flexing. Tap in.
Benny The Butcher: It's a basketball clinic in the 'BRON' music video
New York flexing? You better believe it. Buffalo’s own Benny The Butcher suits up and gets ready for a full-fledged new album rollout courtesy of a ‘BRON’ music video.
New York flexing? You better believe it. Buffalo’s own Benny The Butcher suits up and gets ready for a full-fledged new album rollout courtesy of a ‘BRON’ music video.
With buzz building for the Everybody Can’t Go album, it’s all eyes on the basketball inspired tune with ‘BRON’ sparking must-see feels.
Benny The Butcher, the Grammy-Nominated and Emmy-Award-winning member of Buffalo’s acclaimed Griselda collective, unveils a new single and music video entitled “BRON” out today via Def Jam Recordings. Listen HERE and watch HERE. It brings us another step closer to the arrival of his highly anticipated new album, EVERYBODY CAN’T GO, on January 26, 2024. Pre-order/Pre-save HERE.
The track’s soulful keyboard loop wraps around a thick beat as Benny lyrically muscles his way into the spotlight with a warning, “The Butcher coming!” He leans into a confident and charismatic cadence with bold bars. He affirms, “In my city, I’m King Kong,” and cleverly confides, “I can’t resist all this winning. It’s like me and success built a bond.” The black-and-white visual finds him in a Hapeville, GA school gymnasium at 5am. Local basketball players hit the court, while he raps in the locker room and in the paint. It undeniably evokes the victorious spirit of his rhymes.
“BRON” furthers the momentum from his recent anthem “One Foot In” ft. Stove God Cooks, produced by HIT-BOY. Beyond racking up 441K Spotify streams and 524K YouTube views on the music video, the latter incited critical applause. Stereogum noted, “Benny’s new single “One Foot In” is all about existing in the music business and the criminal underworld at the same time — a difficult proposition for anyone.” Clash professed,“‘One Foot In’ goes hard from the first note to last,” and REVOLT highlighted how “the track gives fans a vivid look into the Buffalo emcee’s dark past.” Brooklyn Vegan put it best, “Everyone’s in top form on this one. It’s gritty and gleaming all at once, with a hook you’ll be humming after one listen and verses from Benny and Stove God that find them going as hard as ever.” Listen HERE.
Benny set off his Def Jam era with “Big Dog” featuring Lil Wayne. “Big Dog” has already amassed 3.2 million Spotify streams and counting, in addition to 2.5 million YouTube views on the music video. It earned widespread critical acclaim as The FADER praised how “they are clearly having fun with their bars.” Stereogum raved, “Sometimes, Benny The Butcher and Lil Wayne get together to rip an Alchemist beat to pieces.” Brooklyn Vegan proclaimed, “It finds the Butcher’s boom bap revival sounding as gritty and alluring as ever.”
Benny The Butcher’s flow might be the only thing colder than the winter in his native Buffalo, NY. He realized his destiny at just 10 years old, honing his lyricism with wisdom and wit. He quietly established himself as one of the most elite rappers in the game with a series of mixtapes under the moniker of B.E.N.N.Y. During 2014 he joined forces with his cousins and Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine, to form the trio known as Griselda.”
The group flipped the game upside down as Benny prolifically dropped solo projects, including My First Brick and Butcher On Steroids with DJ Green Lantern. 2018 saw Benny reach critical mass with Tana Talk 3, paving the way for the tastemaker-approved Burden of Proof in 2020. The latter cracked the Top 30 of the Billboard 200 anchored by “Legend,” and “New Streets.” He leveled up again to another stratosphere in 2022 with Tana Talk 4, debuting in the Top 25 of the Billboard 200 and spawning the hit single “Johnny P’s Caddy” [feat. J. Cole]. The single reached gold status vaulted onto the Billboard Hot 100, and tallied over 100 million streams and counting. However, he comes out swinging in 2024. Benny’s icy flow, infectious hooks, and irresistible sense of soul drive his 2024 opus, EVERYBODY CAN’T GO [Def Jam Recordings]. The Butcher is back, and the bars cut deep. Beware.
Westside Gunn's really having the time of his life overseas
Is there anyone else more fun to root for these days than Westside Gunn? The Griselda leader really knows the perfect mixture for fly fits and art then dabble in his admiration - low-key obsession - with wrestling too?
Is there anyone else more fun to root for these days than Westside Gunn? The Griselda leader really knows the perfect mixture for fly fits and art then dabble in his admiration - low-key obsession - with wrestling too?
It’s too fire. Another sneak peek into how Gunn’s living it up overseas these days.
“TOUT ~ PUISSANT 🦂⚖️🐐
#FLYGOD #ART #CULTURE #FASHION #ICON #GXFR#PEACEFLYGOD #MICHELLERECORDS #RIPVIRGIL
🎥 @thankyousnapgod”
Westside Gunn taking in all Paris has to offer is must-see
You have to give it up to Westside Gunn. He’s always going non-stop mode and his dedication to the culture is unbelievable. A unique approach to hip-hop, music-making and the fashion? Nuts. So of course it was only time before he pulled through with the ultimate must-see Paris adventure.
You have to give it up to Westside Gunn. He’s always going non-stop mode and his dedication to the culture is unbelievable. A unique approach to hip-hop, music-making and the fashion? Nuts. So of course it was only time before he pulled through with the ultimate must-see Paris adventure.
At any given time, you can catch him on an All Elite Wrestling or WWE prime time - or pay-per-view - live broadcast or bossing up with game-changers, both in the hip-hop world and in every other facet of relevant culture with the art world, clothing designs and more all meshing together. But for now, embrace Westside’s dope sneak peek at his France journey.
“PEACE “FLY” GOD
I’m Finally where I Belong …. some might be VERY GREAT at 1 or 2 things and that’s a blessing but I’m GREAT at EVERYTHING 🐐🦂⚖️
#FLYGOD #ICON #MASTERMIND #ART #CULTURE #GXFR#MICHELLERECORDS #FASHION
🎥 @thankyousnapgod”
Conway The Machine goes through the emotions in 'Stressed'
New York rapper Conway The Machine is staying extra busy with his new God Don’t Make Mistakes studio album. The hip-hop heavyweight comes through with the visual treatment to standout banger ‘Stressed’ clocking in at nearly six minutes and packed with emotion.
New York rapper Conway The Machine is staying extra busy with his new God Don’t Make Mistakes studio album. The hip-hop heavyweight comes through with the visual treatment to standout banger ‘Stressed’ clocking in at nearly six minutes and packed with emotion.
From the opening sequence to getting a reminder of how close Conway came to his own death, the video is an emotional rollercoaster. Peep some details and check out the full visual.
The road to Conway The Machine’s Shady Records major-label debut album has been eventful and incredibly redemptive. Along that long and winding path, many things were learned, chiefly among them was that to touch souls, you must first reveal your own and that is exactly what Conway achieved with God Don’t Make Mistakes.
In sharing his story with the world, Conway broke down his own barriers and because of that candidness, God Don’t Make Mistakes displays him in an entirely different light. Vulnerable and reflective; Conway supplied his fans with a mirror into his life. God Don’t Make Mistakes is an honest and real accounting of a man wrestling with his own demons and inner-turmoil.
“Do anyone care that I’m stressed”? Perhaps, no one track from God Don’t Make Mistakes accentuates that window into his soul better than “Stressed.” Conway touches on his cousin’s suicide, childhood abuse, the loss of his infant son, addiction, trauma, and the debilitating Bells Palsy diagnosis that he has suffered from since being shot in the head; and that almost killed him.
Now, Conway has released the visual for “Stressed” and its 5-minutes of free therapy that serves as a reminder to check on your strong friends.
God Don’t Make Mistakes is now available at all DSP’s and features appearances and production from Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Benny The Butcher, Westside Gunn, Jill Scott, T.I., Beanie Sigel, Hit-Boy, The Alchemist, Daringer, Beat Butcha, Bink, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Novel, Keisha Plum, Cosmo Beats and Conway’s Drumwork label artists Jae Skeese and 7xvethegenius.
Jonny Fastlane report: Benny The Butcher accused of stealing $10K earrings
If you want to get into contact with me the best way to do it is on Instagram. If you just want to say what up, if you want to tell me you love my videos - you can tell me that you hate my videos but the best way to do that is on Instagram. Peace y’all, Jonny Fastlane here. So, Benny The Butcher is accused of stealing some woman’s earrings. Let’s talk hip-hop!
If you want to get into contact with me the best way to do it is on Instagram. If you just want to say what up, if you want to tell me you love my videos - you can tell me that you hate my videos but the best way to do that is on Instagram. Peace y’all, Jonny Fastlane here. So, Benny The Butcher is accused of stealing some woman’s earrings. Let’s talk hip-hop!
This situation is crazy as hell and I don’t even know how true this sh*t is. It’s all alleged but Benny The Butcher’s being accused of stealing some woman’s earrings. So allegedly allegedly the whole situation went down a couple weeks ago when he was at a hotel with some shorty or whatever and then apparently the following day she realizes that her $10,000 diamond earrings are gone. She calls Benny like ‘Yo, where’s my earrings at. It was only me and you up in this hotel room.’
He’s like, ‘Oh yeah, I do have them. I’m going to return them to you.’ Allegedly allegedly. I mean it just sounds weird. It sounds like some shit that ain’t really happen but anyway, this is what she says. happens right. Then she says she called him again a couple days later and he says you know what, those earrings, I lost them. My bad.
So then she files a police report on him and instead of just being like ‘Fuck it just give me the money,’ you know Benny’s got money so he doesn’t really have to steal anybody’s earrings. The whole thing just sounds weird to me.
But let me know what y’all think about this in the comments.