The Drive In Theatre is already among the most listened-to music of 2014. The Jet Life crew hits the road, announcing an official curated SXSW event. Curren$y ended 2013 with a list of new projects under his belt, including three EPs, a full-length mixtape, and three feature-length film’s worth of video releases. He started 2014…
The New Orleans rapper’s BitTorrent Bundle features new music, video, art, and more. After over a month of hype: it’s here. Welcome to The Drive In Theatre. Curren$y’s new mixtape is hazy rap, brought into sharp focus; a lesson in hip hop, from one of the genre’s greatest professors. The 14-track tape features Action Bronson,…
On February 14, the first full length follow up to New Jet City will be ready for download. Introducing the new Jet-Life.com. Curren$y raps about real life. He releases music directly to fans. He puts out mixtapes when he feels like it. He makes mixtapes that aren’t: part video, part song, part flyer. His crew…
How a New Orleans hip hop crew reinvented mixtape culture. It’s been said that the history of hip hop is told by the tape. It was cassettes, not records, that moved rap from a localized movement to music’s mainstream: traveling from parties, to trunks, to radio stations; crossing borders and sonic barriers as they exchanged…
Download Jet Life X BitTorrent. Yeezus. Magna Carta… Holy Grail. Summer radio has been dominated by crazy massive statements about the state of hip hop. Hashtag New Rules, yo: it’s not about the music, anymore. It’s about marketing; the no-strategy-strategy of Kanye, the sponsorship politics of Jay. It’s about more than that, too. This is…
Just Enjoy This Shit is the motto behind Jet Life’s brand of hazy-aimless-cool rap. Okay, deal. We’re all for a crew that’s always been about fans first; giving away new tracks for free, and bringing mixtapes to the masses. The question Jet Life asked us (and it’s a big ask, and it’s a crazy ambition):…