For those awaiting SZA’s album, there are four days left in 2016 for TDE to drop the project before year’s end.
But CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith doesn’t seem too worried about making the deadline, as he said on Twitter yesterday (December 27) that the label dropped six albums this year — fans just didn’t know it.
Besides Kendrick Lamar’s untitled unmastered., ScHoolboy Q’s Blank Face LP, Isaiah Rashad’s The Sun’s Tirade and Ab-Soul’s DWTW, TDE also dropped newest signee Lance Skiiiwalker’s debut album, Introverted Intuition. And Top Dawg claims that the other new signee, known as John Doe #2 on his official white board, quietly dropped a project as well.
Reddit speculates that the newest signee is either Inglewood’s SiR, Bronx MC Kemba or Chicago’s Kembe X. SiR appeared on The Sun’s Tirade as well as Jay Rock’s 90059 album last year and he released his own EP, Her, this year. Reddit points out that Kendrick tweeted the project and SiR’s label, “iiinglewood SiR” has three “i”s just like Hiii Power.
Kemba dropped his Negus album this year and Reddit says he’s gotten support from Compton’s good kid.
Kembe X is managed by Top Dawg’s son Moosa and did release his Talk Back album this summer. Kendrick gave him a co-sign too by retweeting a link to his “Oxygen” song. Rumors swirled earlier this year that the Windy City rapper signed to TDE when he posted a photo of himself wearing a TDE chain. Top Dawg said the young gun was just a “friend of the family,” but was that just to keep us on our toes?
And revealing TDE’s newest soldier is not all that will happen in 2017. Top Dawg has promised even more music, which could come in the form of an album from Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q’s promised 2017 release, and possibly the proper follow-up to KDot’s To Pimp a Butterfly. We’ve got our fingers crossed for that SZA LP too.
Top dawg declined that kembe x signed to them and claimed he was a “friend of the label” but he would fit that roster like a glove! Talk back is one of my favorite albums this year. Very young but very talented and raw, the kid deserves more exposure.
Who give a damn, aint nobody buy or hear 90% of these albums, they all riding on kendrick lamar coat tail & he overrated, top dawg act like he blessing the world with this music
I think these albums were pretty solid efforts all and all. However, absoul has yet to top control system, and I hope he does one day. Schoolboys album was fun. Kendrick isn’t what he used to be, but I assume his next album will also sound very different. If your not into what’s popular now, just look into JON Connor. He’s signed to Dr dre and is preparing to drop his aftermath debut album “vehicle city”, so let’s all say a prayer and hope for some ill dr dre production!
what did Kendrick used to be??? I never understand this sentiment because it seems to stem from people who started listening to Kendrick after Section.80 or GKMC, especially the latter which is the album that is most different in his discog not TPAB.
The problem 2day is cock breath’s like you thinking they know. They don’t know.
No need to get butthurt over someone’s music tastes. It’s all opinion.
Stay out of it ya melt. This is between me an him.
Butthurt though? The fuck lad?
Is that u topdawg? My bad these were all classic albums….Foh, dick rider
Top Dawg is arguably the most annoying person in hiphop after DJ Khaled.