Part 1 of Hard Knock TV’s exclusive interview with Ab-Soul starts with Ab talking to Nick Huff Barili about the first rhyme he ever wrote, which was over Twista’s Emotions instrumental. SnapG was Ab’s first rap name and he even spit what he remembers from the verse. Soulo goes on to talk about how him [cont.]

New material produced by Willie B of the TDE fam.

AB-Soul performs “Pineal Gland” at Shade 45 with DJ Kay Slay.

These two Black Hippy remixes reunite the crew, appearing on the Target and Spotify editions of Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City.

Kendrick Lamar released this new track after his stop in Vegas this weekend, which does NOT appear on his new album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, hitting this Tuesday on Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment.

Ab-Soul & producer Brain Gang Blue sit down with Gabe Cruz of FlyTimesDaily to talk about the song “Mixed Emotions”. Video by Thomas Biggars & Preston McManus.

Coffee Music Hub recently brought Ab-Soul to Dallas To Perform in front of a very electric audience. Fly Times Daily were on hand to catch Ab-Soul perform “Terrorist Threats” live, as well as get Ab-Soul Kissing a fan on camera just before performing “Black Lip Bastard”, and rounded out the night with an exclusive interview.

From Jaye’s Fiat Lvx mixtape, hitting August 31st.

It’s #TDEFamAppreciationWeek.

Directed by The ICU. Original version taken from Control System, available now.

From Stereotype, coming soon via Stones Throw. Produced by Statik Selektah.

Beats TV sits down with Top Dawg Entertainment’s Ab-Soul for an exclusive freestyle.

West coast hip-hop founders Treacherous Records and The DJBooth are proud to present their new compilation album, The Mint Room. Packed with 14 original offerings, including approved singles Back in the Days, Born Go Getta and more, this is independent hip-hop at its rawest and most treacherous. The Mint Room finds Treacherous Records recruiting an [cont.]

From The Mint Room compilation, hitting later this month.

Ab-Soul dropped by the Toca Tuesdays studio last week to promote his new album Control System. While on the air, he gave the world a few bars. Check out Toca Tuesdays each and every Tuesday from 8p till Midnight EST on Shade 45.

February 23, 1986: The LA Times’ Connie Johnson penned a young Janet Jackson had “truly arrived” after releasing her third studio album Control. “This is a story about control, my control,” Jackson declared on the album and title track intro. A year to date from that review a child was born, who on May 11, [cont.]