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  • Reason reveals his departure from Top Dawg Entertainment

    Reason reveals his departure from Top Dawg Entertainment

    Reason leaves TDE

    Reason has been making public his frustration with Top Dawg Entertainment specifically concerning the rollout of his latest album. Last week, the California rapper announced on social media that he has finally parted ways with the label, in a good way though.

    “THE LAST 7 YEARS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE, AND I’VE APPRECIATED ALL THE TIME AND EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE COME WITHIN THAT SPAN OF TIME,” Reason wrote in part of the message. “I CANT EVEN PUT INTO WORDS THE SURREAL FEELING I VE HAD OF BEING ABLE TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS, EXPRESSIONS, EMOTIONS, STORIES, AND EXPERIENCES WITH YOU ALL THROUGH THE PLATFORM PROVIDED TO ME BY TOP DAWG ENTERTAINMENT.

    “WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT COMES WITH GREAT APPRECIATION AND EXCITEMENT THAT I WANT TO ANNOUNCE MY SPLIT WITH TDE. I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO TOP HIMSELF, NOT ONLY FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO LIVE OUT MY DREAM BUT ALSO FOR HEARING ME AND UNDERSTANDING MY DECISION TO TRAVEL A DIFFERENT PATH AFTER THE YEARS. THERE’S TRULY NO WORDS FOR THE AMOUNT OF RESPECT I HAVE FOR YOU, AND THAT’LL NEVER CHANGE, NO MATTER WHAT.”

  • Top Dawg teases TDE compilation album

    Top Dawg teases TDE compilation album

    Top Dawg promises new music

    TDE founder Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith promises incoming new music from the label. During a recent interaction with fans on Twitter, Top Dawg was asked if there will be any releases from the camp. He replied that people should expect new music from several artists and a possible compilation album.

    “Reason, [Ray Vaughn], Doechii, [Schoolboy] Q, Jay Rock, [Zacari] and a compilation..if everybody do their part,” Top Dawg wrote. “When they turn them in I will release em.”

    In a another reply, the label-head hinted at a full-length album of an EP from the super group Black Hippy writing, “I think they we will….. they owe y’all an album or Ep.”


  • Rich The Kid confirms he was once signed to TDE, recalls how he got Kendrick Lamar on ‘New Freezer’

    Rich The Kid confirms he was once signed to TDE, recalls how he got Kendrick Lamar on ‘New Freezer’

    Rich The Kid was once part of TDE

    Rich The Kid has come a long way in the rap game, and has consequently worked with multiple labels in his career. What many don’t know is that he was once signed to Top Dawg Entertainment, his gateway to Interscope. The rapper confirmed this during a recent interview on Bootleg TV.

    This also explains how he was able to land a collab with Kendrick Lamar with “New Freezer.” “When I first met Kendrick Lamar I was recording my album in one room, Kendrick was recording his album in one room, SZA was recording her album in another room,” Rich said after he was asked about his relationship with TDE. “And then one day they came in like ‘yo, Kendrick wants to hear like some new records,’ I played him ‘New Freezer’ and his was like ‘yeah.’”

    Some of Rich’s earlier songs like “Plug Walk” and “Cocaina” were released via TDE and Interscope.

  • Kendrick Lamar wrote the TDE studio rules

    Kendrick Lamar wrote the TDE studio rules

    We all know of the famous TDE Studio Rules that has been circulating. Turns out those were written by Kendrick Lamar, during an interview on The Cruz show on Power 106, Kendrick Lamar admitted to writing the studio rules.

    “Who wrote the TDE studio rules?”

    “I wrote those” Kendrick Lamar replied.

    “We all thought Q wrote em.”

    “No but if you look at it everything is written for Q”

    You can watch the interview for yourself above.

    Read: The 5 TDE studio rules

  • Top Dawg Entertainment reportedly adding DOECHII to their roster

    Top Dawg Entertainment reportedly adding DOECHII to their roster

    Numerous major labels are reportedly eying for Doechii’s distribution deal


    Tampa, Florida upcoming artist Doechii is reportedly signing with Top Dawg Entertainment, Hits Daily Double has reported. It is also said that the new contract isn’t the only good news for Doechii, as several major labels are allegedly battling for her distribution deal.

    Related content: TDE Punch talks Kendrick Lamar’s final album at the label

    Doechii launched her musical career in 2015 and later gained attention with the record “Girls.” She later received more recognition after the single “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake,” from her 2020 first project Oh The Places You’ll Go, went viral on TikTok. She also featured on TDE’s Isiah Rashad’s album, The House is Burning, and also accompanied him on his Lil Sunny’s Awesome Vacation Tour.

    The new reported signing comes in the wake of Kendrick Lamar’s impending departure from the TDE, which will be in effect after K. Dot’s next album drops.

  • TDE Punch talks Kendrick Lamar’s final album at the label

    TDE Punch talks Kendrick Lamar’s final album at the label

    Punch considers Kendrick Lamar’s departure from TDE as growth


    As fans around the world anticipate Kendrick Lamar’s next studio album, they’re also to accept the fact that it’ll be his last release via Top Dawg Entertainment. TDE President Punch recently appeared in an interview with The Mic where he spoke about Kendrick leaving TDE.


    “I don’t even know if I would describe it that way as ready to leave, as more so ready to build his own thing,” Punch said. “That’s a grown man right now. We watched him grow from a teenager up into an established grown man, a businessman, and one of the greatest artists of all time. So how long do you actually be signed up under somebody? It’s been almost 20 years. So it’s time to move on and try new things and venture out,” he added.

    Related content: Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Good Kid, M. A. A. D City’ was the best-selling vinyl rap album in 2021

    The label executive also explained why an album from Black Hippy, a supergroup made up of Kendrick, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and Schoolboy Q, never materialized. “We definitely wanted to do a Black Hippy album. But it was such a learning experience for us, everything was new,” he explained.

    “The timing never really panned out. When one guy would be recording his album, another guy would be on tour. Everybody was never in the same timeframe. So we didn’t want to hold back; we wanted to keep going and just push further into their individual careers. In hindsight, I wish I would’ve pushed the Black Hippy album more. That was always my goal, personally. You would have to ask everybody individually to see if that’s what their goal was.”

  • TDE producer Sounwave returns to social media; fans see it as a sign of Kendrick Lamar’s album

    TDE producer Sounwave returns to social media; fans see it as a sign of Kendrick Lamar’s album

    Sounwave says, “new creations on the way”

    Sounwave, TDE’s in-house producer who is behind Kendrick Lamar’s classic hits like “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe,” “King Kunta,” and “A. D. H. D,” has returned to social media after spending a year off the spotlight. The producer started his year with an Instagram post on Saturday (January 1) showing his laptop and production apparatus.

    Related content: J. Cole Doubles Down on his Competitive Attitude Towards Drake and Kendrick

    “Took a full year off to get realigned with what I love to do,” he wrote in the caption. “New creations on the way,” he added.



    While fellow producers Rapsody, Terrace Martin, Boi-1da, as well as TDE members Ret One, Kenny Beats, and BADBADNOTGOOD welcomed Sounwave back, many fans had their hopes for a new Kendrick album revived. “New Kendrick soon?” One Instagram user asked. “Plz tell Kendrick to drop,” another added.

    K. Dot began the album rollout for the follow-up to his 2017’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, DAMN, in August when he made a rare announcement that the album will be his last release through his long-time home label, TDE.

    In September, it was reported that the California megastar registered over 30 song titles on ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers). Among the registered tracks are unheard records like “Before The Hangman’s Noose,” “Director,” “Believe,” “Blow Ya Mind,” Feel For You,” “End of the Line,” “Erika Kane,” “Driving Down The Darkness,” “Lesson Learned,” “Living My Life” and Hood Love.”



  • Ab-Soul Says his New Album is “Coming Soon”

    Ab-Soul Says his New Album is “Coming Soon”

    Ab-Soul is readying his next album

    Ab-Soul wants his fans’ optimism to remain alive, as he teases that it won’t be long before his next album sees the light of day. On Tuesday (May 18), the 34-year-old hopped on Twitter to make the announcement. “That’s all I got right now… Album comin soon…” Soul wrote.

    Related content: Ab-Soul took AP/Honors English in High School


    This is the second time in 2021 the Top Dawg Entertainment rapper has shared updates concerning his next body of work. On New Year’s Day, the introspective lyricist announced on Twitter that his album is on the way. He also ended up hinting at the possibilities of Kendrick Lamar’s album dropping soon as well.

    “Yea the album is on the way, you knew that…” He wrote, before a fan asked if that’s the case with Kendrick, and Ab-Soul simply replied, “Yup.”


    It’s been five years since the California artist dropped his last album, Do What Thou Wilt, which was released in 2016. He’s not the only one from TDE to go on a musical hiatus for a while. With the exception of REASON who dropped his New Beginnings album last year, artists like Kendrick and SZA haven’t released albums since their 2017 DAMN and CTRL respective albums.

    In mid-January, TDE’s head, Punch, shared on Twitter that he’s in the studio with Ab-Soul, exposing him for covering his iPhone camera to keep the recording process top secret. “In the studio with @abdashsoul,” he wrote. “My Mans got duck tape covering the cameras on his iPhone. Lol.” He quickly rectified his spelling with “duct” in another tweet.

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